2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 October 2003
Official name	SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:30.068
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:31.421
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:33.771
Fastest lap
Rider	Jaroslav Huleš
Time	1:45.680
Podium
First	Roberto Rolfo
Second	Anthony West
Third	Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:37.342
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Ballerini
Time	1:50.518
Podium
First	Andrea Ballerini
Second	Masao Azuma
Third	Steve Jenkner

The 2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2003 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	41:53.543	1	25
2	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+5.212	2	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+12.039	5	16
4	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+12.070	3	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+12.294	8	11
6	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+28.017	15	10
7	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+28.044	11	9
8	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+40.112	9	8
9	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+41.410	14	7
10	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+49.902	17	6
11	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	+51.260	10	5
12	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+54.101	13	4
13	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+54.779	12	3
14	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+1:01.520	19	2
15	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:06.080	21	1
16	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+1:06.630	18
17	Max Biaggi	Honda	+1:14.003	6
18	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1 Lap	22
19	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	Retirement	20
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	7
Ret	Alex Barros	Yamaha	Retirement	16
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	4
Ret	José David de Gea	Harris WCM	Retirement	23

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	45:14.Ret3	8	25
2	Anthony West	Aprilia	+14.040	11	20
3	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+33.511	5	16
4	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+54.252	3	13
5	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:06.895	13	11
6	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:06.943	9	10
7	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:13.421	12	9
8	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+1:22.119	10	8
9	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+1:22.163	7	7
10	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:25.303	22	6
11	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+1:41.591	1	5
12	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	+2:49.682	18	4
13	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1 Lap	17	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1 Lap	19	2
15	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1 Lap	15	1
16	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1 Lap	16
17	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+2 Laps	25
18	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+3 Laps	20
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Christian Gemmel	Honda	Retirement	23
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Honda	Retirement	2
Ret	Katja Poensgen	Honda	Retirement	24
Ret	Geoff Hardcastle	Yamaha	Retirement	26
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	Retirement	6

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	43:41.886	23	25
2	Masao Azuma	Honda	+8.849	17	20
3	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+14.187	9	16
4	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+14.752	16	13
5	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+16.387	22	11
6	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+22.852	6	10
7	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+23.167	2	9
8	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+39.210	5	8
9	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+45.888	14	7
10	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+48.500	15	6
11	Youichi Ui	Gilera	+1:07.473	20	5
12	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:08.499	28	4
13	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+1:25.817	18	3
14	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	+1:46.395	27	2
15	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	+1:50.845	25	1
16	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+1 Lap	12
17	Michele Danese	Honda	+1 Lap	31
Ret	Imre Tóth	Honda	Retirement	29
Ret	Matthew Kuhne	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	Retirement	19
Ret	Mika Kallio	KTM	Retirement	3
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Joshua Waters	Honda	Retirement	30
Ret	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	32

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