The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.
MotoGP classification The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 13 24:29.665 7 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 13 +0.165 1 20 3 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +1.793 2 16 4 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +29.912 16 13 5 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +31.493 5 11 6 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 13 +33.946 12 10 7 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +35.447 8 9 8 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +36.231 18 8 9 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 13 +51.254 22 7 10 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +1:01.802 19 6 11 17 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 12 +1 lap 10 5 12 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 13 4 13 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 23 3 14 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 9 2 15 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 4 1 16 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 11 +2 laps 17 Ret 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Accident 21 Ret 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 2 Accident 11 Ret 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 1 Accident 15 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident in 1st part 14 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Retirement in 1st part 3 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident in 1st part 6 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 0 Retirement in 1st part 20 Source:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 43:55.538 5 25 2 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +3.740 3 20 3 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +4.562 9 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +4.972 4 13 5 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +5.122 8 11 6 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +6.100 7 10 7 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +29.672 10 9 8 6 Alex Debón Honda 26 +34.885 17 8 9 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +35.013 22 7 10 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +35.559 13 6 11 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +45.562 15 5 12 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +54.955 14 4 13 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +55.049 23 3 14 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +55.794 12 2 15 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +56.183 18 1 16 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +57.386 21 17 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:27.351 11 18 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +1:36.597 2 19 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1 lap 20 20 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 22 Retirement 16 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 9 Retirement 19 Ret 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 5 Accident 6 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 5 Accident 1 Ret 45 Samuel Aubry Honda 2 Retirement 25 DNQ 44 Vincent Eisen Honda Did not qualify DNQ 98 Katja Poensgen Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 41:58.500 6 25 2 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +2.337 7 20 3 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +2.427 1 16 4 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 +11.278 4 13 5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +11.814 17 11 6 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +12.592 2 10 7 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 24 +18.930 15 9 8 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +25.206 18 8 9 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +29.471 10 7 10 8 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +33.910 14 6 11 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +44.379 9 5 12 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +44.537 11 4 13 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +55.218 12 3 14 24 Simone Corsi Honda 24 +58.773 19 2 15 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +58.962 28 1 16 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +1:07.803 16 17 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +1:17.604 27 18 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +1:20.140 20 19 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +1:40.757 21 20 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +1:43.908 26 21 14 Chris Martin Aprilia 24 +1:49.778 33 22 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 23 +1 lap 35 23 25 Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1 lap 31 24 21 Leon Camier Honda 23 +1 lap 37 25 74 Jimmy Petit Honda 23 +1 lap 30 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 Accident 5 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 18 Retirement 22 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 16 Accident 23 Ret 73 William Gautier Honda 13 Retirement 32 Ret 86 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 11 Retirement 34 Ret 85 Xavier Herouin Honda 10 Retirement 36 Ret 72 Alexis Masbou Honda 9 Accident 29 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 4 Retirement 25 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Retirement 24 Ret 1 Arnaud Vincent KTM 0 Accident 8 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Honda 0 Retirement 13 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 0 Accident 3 DNS 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 90 2 Max Biaggi 67 3 Sete Gibernau 63 4 Alex Barros 46 5 Troy Bayliss 40
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 100 2 Yamaha 46 3 Ducati 45 4 Aprilia 23 5 / Proton KR 21
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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