The 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2003 at the Donington Park circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 30 46:06.688 1 25 2 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +7.138 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 30 +8.794 4 16 4 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +13.041 7 13 5 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +16.269 6 11 6 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +27.085 5 10 7 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +27.662 13 9 8 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 30 +32.012 12 8 9 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +34.799 11 7 10 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +35.001 9 6 11 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +48.165 14 5 12 71 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:00.423 16 4 13 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 30 +1:06.160 15 3 14 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +1:14.866 19 2 15 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:30.291 21 1 16 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 29 +1 lap 17 17 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 29 +1 lap 20 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 18 Accident 8 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 13 Retirement 18 Ret 52 David de Gea WCM Sabre V4 9 Retirement 23 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 4 Accident 3 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM ROC Yamaha 1 Accident 22 Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 0 Accident 10 DNS 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 42:58.011 1 25 2 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 27 +0.269 2 20 3 14 Anthony West Aprilia 27 +2.558 10 16 4 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +2.933 3 13 5 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +2.934 7 11 6 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 27 +25.030 8 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +27.663 6 9 8 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +31.591 5 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +50.348 4 7 10 6 Alex Debón Honda 27 +53.337 12 6 11 23 Jay Vincent Aprilia 27 +58.098 11 5 12 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +1:00.050 16 4 13 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 27 +1:00.250 17 3 14 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:10.355 21 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:11.666 23 1 16 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 27 +1:15.036 19 17 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:23.682 20 18 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 26 +1 lap 24 19 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 26 +1 lap 27 Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 Accident 18 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 19 Retirement 15 Ret 58 Lee Dickinson Yamaha 12 Retirement 26 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 8 Retirement 14 Ret 60 Phillip Desborough Yamaha 5 Accident 25 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 4 Accident 13 Ret 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 4 Accident 22 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 1 Accident 9 DNQ 59 Andrew Sawford Honda Did not qualify EX 53 Teresio Isola Yamaha Excluded Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 25 41:25.907 6 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +0.605 3 20 3 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 25 +2.597 1 16 4 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 25 +9.170 10 13 5 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 25 +11.692 9 11 6 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 25 +15.898 11 10 7 36 Mika Kallio Honda 25 +21.004 5 9 8 1 Arnaud Vincent KTM 25 +21.756 17 8 9 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 25 +22.212 15 7 10 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +23.642 8 6 11 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 25 +23.812 20 5 12 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 25 +34.153 16 4 13 8 Masao Azuma Honda 25 +35.552 22 3 14 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +35.873 18 2 15 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 25 +36.203 26 1 16 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 25 +44.343 24 17 25 Imre Tóth Honda 25 +51.520 25 18 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 25 +1:06.379 30 19 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +1:06.972 12 20 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 25 +1:11.783 33 21 81 Ismael Ortega Aprilia 25 +1:12.473 32 22 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +1:26.143 13 23 84 Paul Veazey Honda 24 +1 lap 34 24 50 Midge Smart Honda 24 +1 lap 36 25 49 Lee Longden Honda 24 +1 lap 37 26 83 Chester Lusk Honda 23 +2 laps 38 Ret 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 Accident 2 Ret 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 Retirement 28 Ret 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 22 Retirement 27 Ret 21 Leon Camier Honda 7 Retirement 31 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 5 Accident 14 Ret 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 5 Retirement 29 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 1 Accident 21 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 1 Accident 19 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 1 Accident 23 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 0 Accident 7 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Honda 0 Accident 4 DNS 51 Kris Weston Honda 0 Did not start 35 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 167 2 Sete Gibernau 133 3 Max Biaggi 130 4 Loris Capirossi 84 5 Troy Bayliss 64
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 195 2 Ducati 113 3 Yamaha 93 4 Aprilia 52 5 Suzuki 22
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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