The 2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2003 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 24 43:57.590 1 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 24 +3.754 3 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 24 +5.641 5 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 24 +19.456 4 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +19.909 9 11 6 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +20.938 8 10 7 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 24 +22.307 11 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +27.887 6 8 9 56 Shinya Nakano d'antin Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +41.731 12 7 10 43 Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 24 +50.106 14 6 11 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 24 +53.214 20 5 12 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +53.589 25 4 13 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:05.620 15 3 14 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:07.535 18 2 15 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 +1:09.055 19 1 16 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 24 +1:11.533 22 17 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +1:27.583 13 18 25 Tamaki Serizawa Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 24 +1:33.001 23 19 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 23 +1 lap 24 Ret 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 10 Retirement 21 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 2 Accident 17 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 1 Retirement 26 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident 10 Ret 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 0 Accident 16 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident 7 DSQ 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 24 (+4.864) 2 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 23 43:57.125 1 25 2 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 23 +1.483 11 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 23 +2.159 7 16 4 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +6.018 10 13 5 92 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +6.163 6 11 6 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +20.407 3 10 7 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +25.938 8 9 8 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +28.417 15 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 23 +39.804 13 7 10 70 Choujun Kameya Honda 23 +39.919 14 6 11 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +49.703 12 5 12 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 23 +55.921 18 4 13 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:01.015 22 3 14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +1:03.387 24 2 15 69 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 23 +1:03.530 20 1 16 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 23 +1:04.299 19 17 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 23 +1:04.621 16 18 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +1:21.680 26 19 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +1:44.192 28 20 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 22 +1 lap 30 Ret 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 18 Accident 4 Ret 67 Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha 11 Retirement 9 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 9 Accident 5 Ret 13 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 9 Retirement 29 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 8 Retirement 23 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 6 Retirement 21 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 5 Retirement 17 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 3 Retirement 27 Ret 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 2 Accident 2 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 1 Retirement 25 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 41:54.483 4 25 2 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 21 +0.164 10 20 3 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.304 5 16 4 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 21 +2.731 2 13 5 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +2.970 16 11 6 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 +3.215 1 10 7 36 Mika Kallio KTM 21 +3.264 13 9 8 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +9.200 6 8 9 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +13.016 8 7 10 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 21 +13.195 15 6 11 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +13.353 19 5 12 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +19.848 18 4 13 8 Masao Azuma Honda 21 +20.107 21 3 14 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 21 +20.616 12 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Honda 21 +23.402 17 1 16 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 21 +24.840 9 17 41 Youichi Ui Gilera 21 +30.548 24 18 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 21 +47.008 23 19 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +52.431 22 20 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 21 +52.675 30 21 66 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +57.467 29 22 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 21 +1:11.694 33 23 59 Hiroaki Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:11.770 36 24 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 21 +1:13.195 25 25 94 Sadahito Suma Honda 21 +1:16.576 31 26 25 Imre Tóth Honda 21 +1:28.964 32 Ret 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 20 Retirement 20 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 Accident 3 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 14 Accident 11 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 14 Retirement 14 Ret 95 Yuki Hatano Honda 12 Accident 37 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 7 Accident 26 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 5 Accident 7 Ret 28 Michele Danese Honda 5 Retirement 38 Ret 65 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 4 Retirement 27 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Retirement 35 Ret 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 3 Accident 28 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Accident 34 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 282 2 Sete Gibernau 224 3 Max Biaggi 199 4 Loris Capirossi 131 5 Troy Bayliss 112
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 320 2 Ducati 179 3 Yamaha 143 4 Aprilia 67 5 Suzuki 29
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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