2003 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

2003 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the; 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 August 2003
Official name	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:58.769
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:59.966 on lap 22
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Troy Bayliss
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	2:03.872
Fastest lap
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	2:03.969 on lap 11
Podium
First	Randy de Puniet
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Manuel Poggiali
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	2:08.100
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	2:07.836 on lap 4
Podium
First	Daniel Pedrosa
Second	Stefano Perugini
Third	Alex de Angelis

The 2003 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 August 2003 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

Chris Burns, riding a ROC Yamaha, would become the last rider to start a race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing's premier class with a 2-stroke 500cc bike. His teammate, José David de Gea, also entered the race riding the Sabre V4 500cc bike, but he did not take the start.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	22	44:18.907	1	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	22	+0.042	2	20
3	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+0.668	6	16
4	7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+5.390	5	13
5	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	22	+8.729	3	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	22	+11.043	7	10
7	4	Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+11.439	9	9
8	11	Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	22	+13.574	8	8
9	6	Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	22	+23.273	10	7
10	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+26.404	17	6
11	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+26.685	11	5
12	45	Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	+30.728	12	4
13	41	Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	+39.531	18	3
14	56	Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+41.240	14	2
15	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	22	+44.623	15	1
16	88	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+55.499	22
17	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+55.677	13
18	8	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+1:00.700	19
19	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+1:08.130	20
20	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+1:14.524	16
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	19	Retirement	4
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	12	Retirement	21
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	11	Retirement	23
Ret	35	Chris Burns	WCM	ROC Yamaha	9	Retirement	25
DNS	52	David de Gea	WCM	Sabre V4	0	Did not start	24
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	41:45.354	2	25
2	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	20	+0.527	4	20
3	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	20	+0.951	1	16
4	3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	20	+5.492	6	13
5	5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	20	+10.407	10	11
6	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+10.875	3	10
7	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+15.278	5	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+15.565	7	8
9	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+32.752	9	7
10	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	20	+36.167	14	6
11	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	20	+36.608	12	5
12	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	20	+50.700	15	4
13	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+52.299	17	3
14	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+52.870	20	2
15	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	20	+53.063	16	1
16	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+58.903	22
17	52	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	20	+1:08.193	24
18	66	Vesa Kallio	Yamaha	20	+1:35.989	25
19	74	Michal Filla	Yamaha	20	+1:44.230	26
20	98	Katja Poensgen	Honda	20	+1:59.070	28
21	47	Arie Vos	Yamaha	20	+2:01.799	27
22	75	Gábor Rizmayer	Honda	19	+1 lap	29
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	19	Accident	21
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	13	Retirement	18
Ret	18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	12	Retirement	30
Ret	26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	6	Retirement	23
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	3	Retirement	8
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	0	Accident	19
Ret	73	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	0	Accident	11
DNS	6	Alex Debón	Honda	0	Did not start	13
Source: ^[6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	19	40:59.354	4	25
2	7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	19	+3.981	5	20
3	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	19	+10.454	1	16
4	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	+11.052	17	13
5	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	19	+12.351	9	11
6	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	19	+12.968	10	10
7	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	+21.109	11	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+21.513	12	8
9	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	19	+24.841	14	7
10	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	19	+34.942	15	6
11	79	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	+35.213	8	5
12	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	19	+41.042	13	4
13	8	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+41.362	19	3
14	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	19	+41.540	23	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	19	+41.662	22	1
16	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+42.513	30
17	10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	19	+43.010	26
18	32	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	19	+43.068	16
19	88	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	19	+1:02.481	25
20	33	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	19	+1:02.611	21
21	26	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	19	+1:02.747	27
22	31	Julián Simón	Malaguti	19	+1:10.272	24
23	25	Imre Tóth	Honda	19	+1:10.398	29
24	55	Igor Kaláb	Honda	19	+1:20.158	32
25	56	Markéta Janáková	Honda	19	+1:31.093	33
26	57	Luka Nedog	Honda	18	+1 lap	36
Ret	92	Václav Bittman	Honda	18	Accident	34
Ret	50	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	16	Retirement	31
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	11	Accident	6
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	11	Accident	7
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	10	Retirement	28
Ret	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	9	Accident	3
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	9	Accident	2
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	8	Accident	18
Ret	78	Péter Lénárt	Honda	7	Retirement	35
DNS	39	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	0	Did not start	20
DNS	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia		Did not start
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.^[8]^[9]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	212
2	Sete Gibernau	178
3	Max Biaggi	141
4	Loris Capirossi	97
5	Troy Bayliss	96

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	245
2	Ducati	145
3	Yamaha	115
4	Aprilia	58
5	/ Proton KR	27

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "2003 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ "2003 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "World championship standings". Crash. August 17, 2003.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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[1] "2003 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[3] "2003 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[4] "Gauloises GP České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[5] "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[6] "Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[7] "Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[8] "World championship standings". Crash. August 17, 2003.

[9] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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