The 2003 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 August 2003 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.
Chris Burns, riding a ROC Yamaha, would become the last rider to start a race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing's premier class with a 2-stroke 500cc bike. His teammate, José David de Gea, also entered the race riding the Sabre V4 500cc bike, but he did not take the start.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 22 44:18.907 1 25 2 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 22 +0.042 2 20 3 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +0.668 6 16 4 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +5.390 5 13 5 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 22 +8.729 3 11 6 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 22 +11.043 7 10 7 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +11.439 9 9 8 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 22 +13.574 8 8 9 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 22 +23.273 10 7 10 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +26.404 17 6 11 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +26.685 11 5 12 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +30.728 12 4 13 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +39.531 18 3 14 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +41.240 14 2 15 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 22 +44.623 15 1 16 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +55.499 22 17 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 22 +55.677 13 18 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:00.700 19 19 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:08.130 20 20 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 22 +1:14.524 16 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 19 Retirement 4 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 12 Retirement 21 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 11 Retirement 23 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM ROC Yamaha 9 Retirement 25 DNS 52 David de Gea WCM Sabre V4 0 Did not start 24 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 41:45.354 2 25 2 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 20 +0.527 4 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 20 +0.951 1 16 4 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 20 +5.492 6 13 5 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 20 +10.407 10 11 6 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +10.875 3 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +15.278 5 9 8 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +15.565 7 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +32.752 9 7 10 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 20 +36.167 14 6 11 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 20 +36.608 12 5 12 34 Eric Bataille Honda 20 +50.700 15 4 13 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +52.299 17 3 14 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +52.870 20 2 15 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 20 +53.063 16 1 16 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 20 +58.903 22 17 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 20 +1:08.193 24 18 66 Vesa Kallio Yamaha 20 +1:35.989 25 19 74 Michal Filla Yamaha 20 +1:44.230 26 20 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 20 +1:59.070 28 21 47 Arie Vos Yamaha 20 +2:01.799 27 22 75 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 19 +1 lap 29 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 19 Accident 21 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 13 Retirement 18 Ret 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 12 Retirement 30 Ret 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 6 Retirement 23 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 3 Retirement 8 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 0 Accident 19 Ret 73 Radomil Rous Aprilia 0 Accident 11 DNS 6 Alex Debón Honda 0 Did not start 13 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 40:59.354 4 25 2 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 19 +3.981 5 20 3 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 19 +10.454 1 16 4 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 +11.052 17 13 5 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +12.351 9 11 6 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19 +12.968 10 10 7 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 19 +21.109 11 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +21.513 12 8 9 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 19 +24.841 14 7 10 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 19 +34.942 15 6 11 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +35.213 8 5 12 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 +41.042 13 4 13 8 Masao Azuma Honda 19 +41.362 19 3 14 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +41.540 23 2 15 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 19 +41.662 22 1 16 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +42.513 30 17 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 19 +43.010 26 18 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 19 +43.068 16 19 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 19 +1:02.481 25 20 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 19 +1:02.611 21 21 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 19 +1:02.747 27 22 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 19 +1:10.272 24 23 25 Imre Tóth Honda 19 +1:10.398 29 24 55 Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +1:20.158 32 25 56 Markéta Janáková Honda 19 +1:31.093 33 26 57 Luka Nedog Honda 18 +1 lap 36 Ret 92 Václav Bittman Honda 18 Accident 34 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 16 Retirement 31 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 11 Accident 6 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 11 Accident 7 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 10 Retirement 28 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 9 Accident 3 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 9 Accident 2 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Honda 8 Accident 18 Ret 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 7 Retirement 35 DNS 39 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 0 Did not start 20 DNS 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 212 2 Sete Gibernau 178 3 Max Biaggi 141 4 Loris Capirossi 97 5 Troy Bayliss 96
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 245 2 Ducati 145 3 Yamaha 115 4 Aprilia 58 5 / Proton KR 27
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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