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2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

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Tochigi Prefecture  2003 Pacific Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date5 October 2003
Official nameGauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi Honda
Time 1:47.696
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:48.885 on lap 16
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Third United States Nicky Hayden Honda
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 1:52.849
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 1:53.612 on lap 6
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:57.736
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi
Time 1:58.545 on lap 8
Podium
First Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia
Second Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda

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

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 24 43:57.590 1 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 24 +3.754 3 20
3 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 24 +5.641 5 16
4 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 24 +19.456 4 13
5 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +19.909 9 11
6 4 Brazil Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +20.938 8 10
7 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 24 +22.307 11 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +27.887 6 8
9 56 Japan Shinya Nakano d'antin Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +41.731 12 7
10 43 Japan Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 24 +50.106 14 6
11 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 24 +53.214 20 5
12 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +53.589 25 4
13 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:05.620 15 3
14 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:07.535 18 2
15 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 +1:09.055 19 1
16 88 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 24 +1:11.533 22
17 45 United States Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +1:27.583 13
18 25 Japan Tamaki Serizawa Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 24 +1:33.001 23
19 52 Spain José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 23 +1 lap 24
Ret 8 Australia Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 10 Retirement 21
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 2 Accident 17
Ret 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 1 Retirement 26
Ret 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident 10
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 0 Accident 16
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident 7
DSQ 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 24 (+4.864)[N 1] 2
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 23 43:57.125 1 25
2 3 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 23 +1.483 11 20
3 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 23 +2.159 7 16
4 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +6.018 10 13
5 92 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +6.163 6 11
6 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +20.407 3 10
7 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +25.938 8 9
8 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +28.417 15 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 23 +39.804 13 7
10 70 Japan Choujun Kameya Honda 23 +39.919 14 6
11 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +49.703 12 5
12 15 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 23 +55.921 18 4
13 26 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:01.015 22 3
14 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +1:03.387 24 2
15 69 Japan Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 23 +1:03.530 20 1
16 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 23 +1:04.299 19
17 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 23 +1:04.621 16
18 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +1:21.680 26
19 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +1:44.192 28
20 18 Netherlands Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 22 +1 lap 30
Ret 5 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 18 Accident 4
Ret 67 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha 11 Retirement 9
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 9 Accident 5
Ret 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 9 Retirement 29
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 8 Retirement 23
Ret 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 6 Retirement 21
Ret 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 5 Retirement 17
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 3 Retirement 27
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 2 Accident 2
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 1 Retirement 25
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 41:54.483 4 25
2 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 21 +0.164 10 20
3 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.304 5 16
4 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 21 +2.731 2 13
5 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +2.970 16 11
6 3 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 +3.215 1 10
7 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 21 +3.264 13 9
8 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +9.200 6 8
9 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +13.016 8 7
10 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 21 +13.195 15 6
11 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +13.353 19 5
12 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +19.848 18 4
13 8 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 +20.107 21 3
14 79 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 21 +20.616 12 2
15 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 21 +23.402 17 1
16 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Gilera 21 +24.840 9
17 41 Japan Youichi Ui Gilera 21 +30.548 24
18 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 21 +47.008 23
19 1 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +52.431 22
20 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 21 +52.675 30
21 66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +57.467 29
22 88 Denmark Robbin Harms Aprilia 21 +1:11.694 33
23 59 Japan Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:11.770 36
24 31 Spain Julián Simón Malaguti 21 +1:13.195 25
25 94 Japan Sadahito Suma Honda 21 +1:16.576 31
26 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 21 +1:28.964 32
Ret 10 Italy Roberto Locatelli KTM 20 Retirement 20
Ret 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 Accident 3
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 14 Accident 11
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 14 Retirement 14
Ret 95 Japan Yuki Hatano Honda 12 Accident 37
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 7 Accident 26
Ret 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 5 Accident 7
Ret 28 Italy Michele Danese Honda 5 Retirement 38
Ret 65 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 4 Retirement 27
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Retirement 35
Ret 26 Spain Emilio Alzamora Derbi 3 Accident 28
Ret 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Accident 34
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.[9][10]

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Disqualified for riding in an irresponsible manner.

References

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  1. ^ "2003 Pacific MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2003 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "2003 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ^ "PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ "World championship standings". Crash. October 5, 2003.
  10. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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