Motorcycle World Championship 2003

Motorcycle World Championship 2003

MotoGP world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Team:	Honda Repsol
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Manuel Poggiali
Constructor:	Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Dani Pedrosa
Constructor:	Aprilia
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The 2003 motorcycle world championship season was the 55th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

MotoGP class (990 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	06.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
2	04/27	South African GP	Welkom	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi
3	05/11	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Troy Bayliss	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
4th	25.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Noriyuki Haga
5	08.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi
6th	15.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
7th	28.06.	73. Dutch TT	Aces	Sete Gibernau	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Sete Gibernau
8th	07/13	British GP	Donington	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
9	07/27	67th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Troy Bayliss	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
10	08/17	Czech GP	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Troy Bayliss	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
11	07.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
12	20.09.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Makoto Tamada	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
13	05.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Nicky Hayden	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
14th	12.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
15th	19.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Nicky Hayden	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
16	11/02	Valencia GP	Valencia	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Honda 357 2 Sete Gibernau Honda 277 3 Max Biaggi Honda 228 4th Loris Capirossi Ducati 177 5 Nicky Hayden Honda 130 6th Troy Bayliss Ducati 128 7th Carlos Checa Yamaha 123 8th Tōru Ukawa Honda 123 9 Alex Barros Yamaha 101 10 Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 101 11 Makoto Tamada Honda 87 12 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 71 13 Colin Edwards Aprilia 62

14th Noriyuki Haga Aprilia 47 15th Marco Melandri Yamaha 45 16 Norick Abe Yamaha 31 17th John Hopkins Suzuki 29 18th Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 27 19th Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 22nd 20th Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 22nd 21st Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 19th 22nd Garry McCoy Kawasaki 11 23 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 8th 24 Akira Ryō Suzuki 6th 25th Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 4th 26th Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 4th

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	395
2	Ducati	222
3	Yamaha	173
4th	Aprilia	81
5	Suzuki	43
6th	proton	38
7th	Kawasaki	19th

Team evaluation

1	Honda Repsol	487
2	Camel Pramac Pons	351
3	Ducati Marlboro Team	305
4th	Telefonica MoviStar Honda	299
5	Fortuna Yamaha team	188
6th	Gauloises Yamaha Team	172
7th	Alice Aprilia Racing	109
8th	D'Antin Yamaha team	101
9	Pramac Honda	87
10	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	55
11	Proton Team KR	46
12	Kawasaki Racing Team	15th

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	06.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Manuel Poggiali	Hiroshi Aoyama	Yūki Takahashi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Hiroshi Aoyama
2	04/27	South African GP	Welkom	Manuel Poggiali	Randy De Puniet	Franco Battaini	Randy De Puniet	Manuel Poggiali
3	05/11	GP of Spain	Jerez	Toni Elías	Roberto Rolfo	Randy De Puniet	Randy De Puniet	Manuel Poggiali
4th	25.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Toni Elías	Randy De Puniet	Roberto Rolfo	Manuel Poggiali	Randy De Puniet
5	08.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Manuel Poggiali	Fonsi Nieto	Franco Battaini	Randy De Puniet	Randy De Puniet
6th	15.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Randy De Puniet	Fonsi Nieto	Anthony West	Randy De Puniet	Manuel Poggiali
7th	28.06.	73. Dutch TT	Aces	Anthony West	Franco Battaini	Sylvain Guintoli	Manuel Poggiali	Franco Battaini
8th	07/13	British GP	Donington	Fonsi Nieto	Manuel Poggiali	Anthony West	Fonsi Nieto	Manuel Poggiali
9	07/27	67th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Roberto Rolfo	Fonsi Nieto	Randy De Puniet	Sebastián Porto	Fonsi Nieto
10	08/17	Czech GP	Brno	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Manuel Poggiali	Toni Elías
11	07.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali
12	20.09.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Manuel Poggiali	Roberto Rolfo	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali
13	05.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Toni Elías	Roberto Rolfo	Manuel Poggiali	Toni Elías	Toni Elías
14th	12.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Fonsi Nieto	Toni Elías	Toni Elías
15th	19.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Roberto Rolfo	Anthony West	Fonsi Nieto	Toni Elías	Jaroslav Huleš
16	11/02	Valencia GP	Valencia	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías

Driver ranking

1 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 249 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 235 3 Toni Elías Aprilia 226 4th Randy De Puniet Aprilia 208 5 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 194 6th Franco Battaini Aprilia 148 7th Anthony West Aprilia 145 8th Sebastián Porto Honda 127 9 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 119 10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 101 11 Alex Debón Honda 81 12 Joan Olivé Aprilia 38 13 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 34 14th Chaz Davies Aprilia 33 15th Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 31 16 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 30th 17th Alex Baldolini Aprilia 30th

18th Yūki Takahashi Honda 29 19th Eric Bataille Honda 20th 20th Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26th 21st Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26th 22nd Christian Gemmel Honda 24 23 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 24 24 Jakub Smrž Honda 14th 25th Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha / Honda 10 26th Tekkyū Kayō Yamaha 7th 27 Choujun Kameya Honda 6th 28 Jay Vincent Aprilia 5 29 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 5 30th Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 4th 31 Max Neukirchner Honda 1 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 1 Radomil Rous Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	390
2	Honda	252
3	Yamaha	119

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	06.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Stefano Perugini	Mirko Giansanti	Steve Jenkner	Alex De Angelis	Stefano Perugini
2	04/27	South African GP	Welkom	Dani Pedrosa	Andrea Dovizioso	Steve Jenkner	Yōichi Ui	Dani Pedrosa
3	05/11	GP of Spain	Jerez	Lucio Cecchinello	Steve Jenkner	Alex De Angelis	Pablo Nieto	Stefano Perugini
4th	25.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Dani Pedrosa	Lucio Cecchinello	Andrea Dovizioso	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa
5	08.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Lucio Cecchinello	Dani Pedrosa	Pablo Nieto	Casey Stoner	Gino Borsoi
6th	15.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Dani Pedrosa	Thomas Lüthi	Alex De Angelis	Pablo Nieto	Casey Stoner
7th	28.06.	73. Dutch TT	Aces	Steve Jenkner	Pablo Nieto	Héctor Barberá	Dani Pedrosa	Héctor Barberá
8th	07/13	British GP	Donington	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso	Stefano Perugini	Stefano Perugini	Lucio Cecchinello
9	07/27	67th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Stefano Perugini	Casey Stoner	Alex De Angelis	Stefano Perugini	Pablo Nieto
10	08/17	Czech GP	Brno	Dani Pedrosa	Stefano Perugini	Alex De Angelis	Alex De Angelis	Lucio Cecchinello
11	07.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Pablo Nieto	Héctor Barberá	Alex De Angelis	Alex De Angelis	Héctor Barberá
12	20.09.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Alex De Angelis	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
13	05.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Héctor Barberá	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo
14th	12.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Dani Pedrosa	Mika Kallio	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner
15th	19.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Andrea Ballerini	Masao Azuma	Steve Jenkner	Stefano Perugini	Andrea Ballerini
16	11/02	Valencia GP	Valencia	Casey Stoner	Steve Jenkner	Héctor Barberá	Alex De Angelis	Steve Jenkner

Driver ranking

1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 223 2 Alex De Angelis Aprilia 166 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 164 4th Stefano Perugini Aprilia 162 5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 157 6th Steve Jenkner Aprilia 151 7th Pablo Nieto Aprilia 148 8th Casey Stoner Aprilia 125 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 112 10 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 93 11 Mika Kallio Honda / KTM 88 12 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 79 13 Yōichi Ui Aprilia / Gilera 76 14th Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 70 15th Thomas Lüthi Honda 68 16 Masao Azuma Honda 64

17th Gino Borsoi Aprilia 54 18th Arnaud Vincent KTM / Aprilia 39 19th Simone Corsi Honda 32 20th Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 31 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 31 22nd Andrea Ballerini Gilera / Honda 25th Gioele Pellino Aprilia 25th 24 Roberto Locatelli KTM 18th 25th Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 10 26th Robbin Harms Aprilia 8th 27 Stefano Bianco Gilera 7th 28 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia / Honda 5 29 Julián Simón Malaguti 4th 30th Max Sabbatani Aprilia 3 31 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 2

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	343
2	Honda	286
3	Derbi	79
4th	KTM	73
5	Gilera	11

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2003  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2003 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)