The 2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 June 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 44:21.758 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 25 +3.075 1 20 3 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 25 +4.344 4 16 4 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +4.935 8 13 5 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +5.003 6 11 6 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 25 +20.587 11 10 7 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 25 +22.982 10 9 8 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +24.989 5 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 25 +27.159 18 7 10 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +30.376 12 6 11 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 25 +33.193 20 5 12 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 25 +40.443 15 4 13 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +40.445 14 3 14 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 25 +42.325 9 2 15 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 25 +48.659 13 1 16 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 25 +1:04.721 21 17 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +1:36.914 19 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Accident 3 Ret 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 6 Retirement 7 Ret 48 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 16 Ret 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 0 Accident 22 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 0 Accident 17 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 41:59.893 1 25 2 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +0.244 6 20 3 14 Anthony West Aprilia 23 +2.641 9 16 4 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 23 +4.329 3 13 5 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +7.896 7 11 6 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +11.432 4 10 7 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 23 +11.883 5 9 8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +15.761 10 8 9 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 23 +24.270 8 7 10 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +29.370 14 6 11 6 Alex Debón Honda 23 +32.091 17 5 12 30 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 23 +34.948 12 4 13 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 23 +44.259 13 3 14 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 23 +46.384 15 2 15 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 23 +59.767 19 1 16 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 23 +1:36.297 22 17 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 22 +1 lap 25 18 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 22 +1 lap 24 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 22 Accident 21 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 12 Retirement 2 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 10 Retirement 16 Ret 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 10 Retirement 23 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 5 Accident 11 Ret 31 Christophe Rastel Honda 5 Retirement 26 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 3 Retirement 20 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 18 DNS 40 Álvaro Molina Aprilia Did not start Source:
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 22 41:16.672 6 25 2 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 22 +0.137 14 20 3 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 22 +0.315 5 16 4 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +1.589 8 13 5 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 22 +19.874 9 11 6 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 22 +22.560 11 10 7 36 Mika Kallio Honda 22 +22.647 19 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +22.856 18 8 9 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 22 +22.916 12 7 10 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 22 +23.415 23 6 11 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 22 +31.815 13 5 12 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 22 +34.948 20 4 13 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 22 +40.938 15 3 14 1 Arnaud Vincent KTM 22 +41.163 17 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Honda 22 +41.405 16 1 16 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 22 +41.888 22 17 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +51.330 1 18 50 Andrea Ballerini Gilera 22 +51.993 26 19 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 22 +52.289 21 20 25 Imre Tóth Honda 22 +54.364 30 21 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 22 +1:08.127 33 22 8 Masao Azuma Honda 22 +1:09.768 24 23 70 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +1:22.794 27 24 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 22 +1:32.672 28 25 82 Jordi Carchano Honda 22 +1:40.507 35 26 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 22 +1:40.604 36 27 21 Leon Camier Honda 22 +1:40.730 32 28 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 17 +5 laps 29 Ret 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 15 Accident 2 Ret 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 15 Accident 4 Ret 69 David Bonache Honda 14 Retirement 31 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 13 Retirement 3 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 11 Retirement 7 Ret 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 10 Retirement 25 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 9 Accident 10 Ret 14 Chris Martin Aprilia 7 Retirement 34 WD 81 Ismael Ortega Aprilia Withdrew Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 135 2 Sete Gibernau 88 3 Max Biaggi 85 4 Loris Capirossi 61 5 Alex Barros 54
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 145 2 Ducati 90 3 Yamaha 70 4 Aprilia 34 5 / Proton KR 21
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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