2003 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
Motorcycle race
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The 2003 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 October 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit.
Date12 October 2003
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
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| Race 14 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 12 October 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 21 | 43:41.457 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 |  Sete Gibernau |
Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 21 | +2.042 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi |
Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 21 | +7.644 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 21 | +13.733 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa |
Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +13.789 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +20.567 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 |  Tohru Ukawa |
Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 21 | +23.449 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano |
d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +26.740 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 |  Troy Bayliss |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +32.149 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada |
Pramac Honda | Honda | 21 | +40.556 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri |
Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +43.863 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga |
Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +44.613 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Colin Edwards |
Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +54.667 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +1:02.687 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 |  Alex Barros |
Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +1:03.006 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Andrew Pitt |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +1:06.128 | 20 | |
| 17 | 99 |  Jeremy McWilliams |
Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +1:10.916 | 18 | |
| 18 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +1:11.344 | 19 | |
| 19 | 8 | Garry McCoy |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +1:17.205 | 16 | |
| 20 | 43 | Akira Ryō |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +1:41.315 | 15 | |
| 21 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari |
Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 21 | +1:49.094 | 21 | |
| Ret | 52 | José David de Gea |
WCM | Harris WCM | 18 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 35 | Chris Burns |
WCM | Harris WCM | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| DNS | 19 |  Olivier Jacque |
Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Did not start | 23 | |
| Sources: [2][3][4] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Aprilia | 20 | 43:15.925 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali |
Aprilia | 20 | +9.931 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto |
Aprilia | 20 | +9.942 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo |
Honda | 20 | +25.839 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Randy de Puniet |
Aprilia | 20 | +34.060 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Aprilia | 20 | +36.004 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo |
Yamaha | 20 | +49.445 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 |  Sebastián Porto |
Honda | 20 | +53.955 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Anthony West |
Aprilia | 20 | +57.165 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Alex Baldolini |
Aprilia | 20 | +1:03.700 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 |  Dirk Heidolf |
Aprilia | 20 | +1:04.419 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 57 | Chaz Davies |
Aprilia | 20 | +1:06.349 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Hugo Marchand |
Aprilia | 20 | +1:07.487 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Joan Olivé |
Aprilia | 20 | +1:08.008 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 20 | +1:18.180 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Christian Gemmel |
Honda | 20 | +1:21.642 | 19 | |
| 17 | 98 | Katja Poensgen |
Honda | 20 | +2:08.210 | 24 | |
| 18 | 18 |  Henk vd Lagemaat |
Honda | 20 | +2:13.493 | 26 | |
| 19 | 81 |  Shi Zhao Huang |
Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 33 | Héctor Faubel |
Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón |
Honda | 8 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek |
Yamaha | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNS | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 8 | |
| DNQ | 82 | Zi Xian He |
Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
| Source: [5] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa |
Honda | 19 | 43:07.647 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
KTM | 19 | +2.658 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Derbi | 19 | +2.750 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi |
Honda | 19 | +3.006 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 19 | +5.032 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis |
Aprilia | 19 | +7.242 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti |
Aprilia | 19 | +9.549 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 80 | Héctor Barberá |
Aprilia | 19 | +10.908 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Pablo Nieto |
Aprilia | 19 | +11.197 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli |
KTM | 19 | +12.874 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli |
Aprilia | 19 | +14.926 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Stefano Bianco |
Gilera | 19 | +15.443 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Honda | 19 | +15.576 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 79 |  Gábor Talmácsi |
Aprilia | 19 | +22.889 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Aprilia | 19 | +24.161 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 19 | +24.266 | 18 | |
| 17 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai |
Malaguti | 19 | +24.860 | 13 | |
| 18 | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Gilera | 19 | +27.972 | 23 | |
| 19 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini |
Honda | 19 | +47.813 | 24 | |
| 20 | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 19 | +48.612 | 20 | |
| 21 | 88 |  Robbin Harms |
Aprilia | 19 | +58.448 | 27 | |
| 22 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Honda | 19 | +58.474 | 26 | |
| 23 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora |
Derbi | 19 | +1:25.522 | 29 | |
| 24 | 25 | Imre Tóth |
Honda | 19 | +1:25.560 | 28 | |
| 25 | 31 | Julián Simón |
Malaguti | 19 | +1:25.881 | 30 | |
| 26 | 28 | Michele Danese |
Honda | 19 | +2:10.497 | 32 | |
| Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner |
Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani |
Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini |
Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino |
Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNS | 24 | Simone Corsi |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.[7][8]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.