The 2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 September 2003 at the Autódromo do Estoril.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 28 46:48.005 3 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 28 +2.094 2 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +5.254 1 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 28 +5.269 4 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 28 +10.581 10 11 6 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +14.246 8 10 7 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +16.143 11 9 8 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +18.083 7 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 28 +18.284 15 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 28 +21.815 9 6 11 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +24.059 12 5 12 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +27.082 6 4 13 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +27.651 5 3 14 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +31.505 13 2 15 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +57.118 18 1 16 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 28 +1:01.412 19 17 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 28 +1:01.542 14 18 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 28 +1:06.601 17 19 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 28 +1:10.958 16 20 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 28 +1:11.523 23 21 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +1:18.550 20 22 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 27 +1 lap 21 Ret 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 26 Retirement 22 DNS 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 0 Did not start 24 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 44:37.770 1 25 2 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 26 +4.731 4 20 3 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +5.987 2 16 4 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +6.470 7 13 5 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 26 +25.023 5 11 6 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +25.273 6 10 7 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +27.791 3 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +27.913 9 8 9 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +43.047 8 7 10 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +43.112 11 6 11 6 Alex Debón Honda 26 +44.796 10 5 12 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:10.765 12 4 13 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +1:11.702 21 3 14 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:11.714 16 2 15 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +1:13.983 15 1 16 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:19.238 20 17 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:36.515 18 18 66 Vesa Kallio Yamaha 25 +1 lap 25 19 40 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 25 +1 lap 26 20 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 25 +1 lap 14 21 51 Frederik Watz Yamaha 25 +1 lap 24 22 41 Miguel Praia Yamaha 25 +1 lap 27 23 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 28 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 10 Retirement 13 Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 5 Accident 17 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 5 Accident 22 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 2 Accident 23 Ret 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 0 Accident 29 DNS 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 0 Did not start 19 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 23 41:08.307 5 25 2 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +0.022 22 20 3 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +0.308 1 16 4 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +0.560 2 13 5 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +3.326 13 11 6 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +8.143 3 10 7 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +8.287 10 9 8 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +13.353 8 8 9 24 Simone Corsi Honda 23 +13.574 18 7 10 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +13.869 16 6 11 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 23 +24.879 23 5 12 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 23 +39.570 25 4 13 8 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +46.623 15 3 14 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 23 +46.983 17 2 15 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +47.176 21 1 16 60 Mattia Angeloni Honda 23 +47.278 24 17 93 Manuel Manna Aprilia 23 +47.614 28 18 70 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +1:22.395 30 19 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 23 +1:25.014 34 20 81 Ismael Ortega Aprilia 23 +1:25.533 36 21 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +1:26.476 35 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 13 Accident 4 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 13 Retirement 27 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 10 Retirement 9 Ret 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 7 Retirement 32 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 6 Accident 14 Ret 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 5 Retirement 29 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 4 Accident 26 Ret 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 4 Retirement 20 Ret 25 Imre Tóth Honda 1 Retirement 33 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 0 Accident 7 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 0 Accident 11 Ret 69 David Bonache Honda 0 Accident 31 DNS 41 Youichi Ui Gilera 0 Did not start 12 DNS 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 0 Did not start 6 DSQ 36 Mika Kallio KTM 23 (+46.646) 19 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 eleven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 237 2 Sete Gibernau 191 3 Max Biaggi 161 4 Loris Capirossi 113 5 Troy Bayliss 106
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 270 2 Ducati 161 3 Yamaha 124 4 Aprilia 60 5 / Proton KR 27
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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