2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Pacific Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 October 2003
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:47.696
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:48.885
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:52.849
Fastest lap
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:53.612
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Manuel Poggiali
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:57.736
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:58.545
Podium
First	Héctor Barberá
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Andrea Dovizioso

The 2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2003 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	43:57.590	1	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Honda	+3.754	3	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+5.641	5	16
4	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+19.456	4	13
5	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+19.909	9	11
6	Alex Barros	Yamaha	+20.938	8	10
7	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+22.307	11	9
8	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+27.887	6	8
9	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+41.731	12	7
10	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	+50.106	14	6
11	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+53.214	20	5
12	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+53.589	25	4
13	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+1:05.620	15	3
14	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	+1:07.535	18	2
15	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	+1:09.055	19	1
16	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:11.533	22
17	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+1:27.583	13
18	Tamaki Serizawa	Moriwaki	+1:33.001	23
19	José David de Gea	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	Retirement	21
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	Retirement	17
Ret	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	Retirement	7
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	16
Ret	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	Retirement	26
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	10
Ret	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Retirement	2

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Toni Elías	Aprilia	43:57.125	1	25
2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+1.483	11	20
3	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+2.159	7	16
4	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+6.018	10	13
5	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+6.163	6	11
6	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+20.407	3	10
7	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+25.938	8	9
8	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+28.417	15	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+39.804	13	7
10	Choyun Kameya	Honda	+39.919	14	6
11	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+49.703	12	5
12	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+55.921	18	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:01.015	22	3
14	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:03.387	24	2
15	Masaki Tokudome	Yamaha	+1:03.530	20	1
16	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:04.299	19
17	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:04.621	16
18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:21.680	26
19	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:44.192	28
20	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	30
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Honda	Retirement	4
Ret	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Yamaha	Retirement	9
Ret	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	Retirement	29
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Anthony West	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	Retirement	2
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	41:54.483	4	25
2	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+0.164	10	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.304	5	16
4	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+2.731	2	13
5	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+2.970	16	11
6	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+3.215	1	10
7	Mika Kallio	KTM	+3.264	13	9
8	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+9.200	6	8
9	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+13.016	8	7
10	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+13.195	15	6
11	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+13.353	19	5
12	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+19.848	18	4
13	Masao Azuma	Honda	+20.107	21	3
14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+20.616	12	2
15	Simone Corsi	Honda	+23.402	17	1
16	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	+24.840	9
17	Youichi Ui	Gilera	+30.548	24
18	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+47.008	23
19	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+52.431	22
20	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	+52.675	30
21	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	+57.467	29
22	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+1:11.694	33
23	Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Honda	+1:11.770	36
24	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:13.195	25
25	Sadahito Suma	Honda	+1:16.576	31
26	Imre Tóth	Honda	+1:28.964	32
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	Retirement	20
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	3
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Yuki Hatano	Honda	Retirement	37
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	Retirement	26
Ret	Michele Danese	Honda	Retirement	38
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	35
Ret	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	34
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Retirement	28

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