2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 15 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 19 October 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. The MotoGP race was famous after Valentino Rossi won the world title after getting a 10-second penalty after overtaking under yellow flags after Troy Bayliss had crashed.[3]
MotoGP classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 41:53.543[N 1] | 1 | 25 |
2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +5.212 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +12.039 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 27 | +12.070 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 27 | +12.294 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +28.017 | 15 | 10 |
7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +28.044 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +40.112 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +41.410 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 27 | +49.902 | 17 | 6 |
11 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +51.260 | 10 | 5 |
12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +54.101 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +54.779 | 12 | 3 |
14 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +1:01.520 | 19 | 2 |
15 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1:06.080 | 21 | 1 |
16 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.630 | 18 | |
17 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 27 | +1:14.003 | 6 | |
18 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 26 | +1 lap | 20 | |
19 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
20 | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 14 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 16 | |
Ret | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 3 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 52 | José David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
Sources:[4][5][6] |
250 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 25 | 45:14.993 | 8 | 25 |
2 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 25 | +14.040 | 11 | 20 |
3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +33.511 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 25 | +54.252 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 25 | +1:06.895 | 13 | 11 |
6 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 25 | +1:06.943 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 25 | +1:13.421 | 12 | 9 |
8 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 25 | +1:22.119 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 25 | +1:22.163 | 7 | 7 |
10 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 25 | +1:25.303 | 22 | 6 |
11 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 25 | +1:41.591 | 1 | 5 |
12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 25 | +2:49.682 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 17 | 3 |
14 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | 2 |
15 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 15 | 1 |
16 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 16 | |
17 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 23 | +2 laps | 25 | |
18 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 22 | +3 laps | 20 | |
Ret | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 23 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 19 | Accident | 23 | |
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 16 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 5 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 4 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 79 | Geoff Hardcastle | Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
DNQ | 77 | Mark Rowling | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 78 | Peter Taplin | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 80 | Rodney Camm | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 76 | Brett Underwood | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
Source:[7] |
125 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 23 | 43:41.886 | 23 | 25 |
2 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +8.849 | 17 | 20 |
3 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +14.187 | 9 | 16 |
4 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +14.752 | 16 | 13 |
5 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +16.387 | 22 | 11 |
6 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 23 | +22.852 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 23 | +23.167 | 2 | 9 |
8 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 23 | +39.210 | 5 | 8 |
9 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 23 | +45.888 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 88 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 23 | +48.500 | 15 | 6 |
11 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Gilera | 23 | +1:07.473 | 20 | 5 |
12 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 23 | +1:08.499 | 28 | 4 |
13 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 23 | +1:25.817 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 23 | +1:46.395 | 27 | 2 |
15 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 23 | +1:50.845 | 25 | 1 |
16 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 12 | |
17 | 28 | Michele Danese | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 31 | |
Ret | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 29 | |
Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 46 | Matthew Kuhne | Honda | 19 | Retirement | 33 | |
Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 24 | |
Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 12 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 9 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 8 | |
Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 44 | Joshua Waters | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 30 | |
Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 32 | |
DNS | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | Did not start | |||
DNQ | 45 | Brett Simmonds | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
WD | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | Withdrew | |||
Source:[8] |
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9][10]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ 10-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.
References
- ^ "2003 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Sports, Dorna. "Rossi wins dramatic Philip Island encounter despite ten second penalty - MotoGP". motogp.com.
- ^ "2003 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "World championship standings". Crash. 19 October 2003.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2019.