The 2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2003 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The MotoGP race is known for newly-crowned champion Valentino Rossi's dominant win despite a 10-second penalty for overtaking under the yellow flags from Troy Bayliss' crash.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 27 41:53.543 1 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +5.212 2 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 27 +12.039 5 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 27 +12.070 3 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 27 +12.294 8 11 6 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +28.017 15 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +28.044 11 9 8 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +40.112 9 8 9 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +41.410 14 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 27 +49.902 17 6 11 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +51.260 10 5 12 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +54.101 13 4 13 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +54.779 12 3 14 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +1:01.520 19 2 15 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1:06.080 21 1 16 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +1:06.630 18 17 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 27 +1:14.003 6 18 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 26 +1 lap 20 19 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 26 +1 lap 22 20 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 26 +1 lap 24 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 14 Accident 7 Ret 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 9 Retirement 16 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 3 Accident 4 Ret 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 0 Accident 23 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 25 45:14.993 8 25 2 14 Anthony West Aprilia 25 +14.040 11 20 3 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +33.511 5 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 25 +54.252 3 13 5 6 Alex Debón Honda 25 +1:06.895 13 11 6 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +1:06.943 9 10 7 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 25 +1:13.421 12 9 8 13 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 25 +1:22.119 10 8 9 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 25 +1:22.163 7 7 10 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 25 +1:25.303 22 6 11 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 25 +1:41.591 1 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 25 +2:49.682 18 4 13 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 24 +1 lap 17 3 14 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 24 +1 lap 19 2 15 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 24 +1 lap 15 1 16 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +1 lap 16 17 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 23 +2 laps 25 18 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 22 +3 laps 20 Ret 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 Accident 4 Ret 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 19 Accident 23 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 16 Accident 14 Ret 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 5 Accident 2 Ret 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 4 Accident 24 Ret 79 Geoff Hardcastle Yamaha 4 Retirement 26 Ret 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2 Accident 21 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 0 Accident 6 DNQ 77 Mark Rowling Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 78 Peter Taplin Honda Did not qualify DNQ 80 Rodney Camm Honda Did not qualify DNQ 76 Brett Underwood Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 23 43:41.886 23 25 2 8 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +8.849 17 20 3 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +14.187 9 16 4 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +14.752 16 13 5 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +16.387 22 11 6 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +22.852 6 10 7 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +23.167 2 9 8 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +39.210 5 8 9 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +45.888 14 7 10 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 23 +48.500 15 6 11 41 Youichi Ui Gilera 23 +1:07.473 20 5 12 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 23 +1:08.499 28 4 13 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 23 +1:25.817 18 3 14 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 23 +1:46.395 27 2 15 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 23 +1:50.845 25 1 16 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 22 +1 lap 12 17 28 Michele Danese Honda 22 +1 lap 31 Ret 25 Imre Tóth Honda 20 Retirement 29 Ret 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 19 Accident 7 Ret 46 Matthew Kuhne Honda 19 Retirement 33 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 17 Accident 1 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 17 Retirement 24 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 14 Accident 10 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 14 Accident 13 Ret 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 12 Accident 19 Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 9 Accident 3 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 8 Retirement 26 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 7 Accident 11 Ret 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 6 Retirement 8 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 5 Accident 4 Ret 44 Joshua Waters Honda 5 Retirement 30 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 1 Accident 21 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 1 Retirement 32 DNS 24 Simone Corsi Honda Did not start DNQ 45 Brett Simmonds Honda Did not qualify WD 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda Withdrew Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 332 2 Sete Gibernau 257 3 Max Biaggi 215 4 Loris Capirossi 161 5 Nicky Hayden 130
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 370 2 Ducati 209 3 Yamaha 164 4 Aprilia 73 5 Suzuki 38
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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