The 2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 31 October – 2 November 2003 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 30 47:13.078 1 25 2 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +0.681 2 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +11.227 3 16 4 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 30 +16.293 6 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +20.868 5 11 6 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +30.851 8 10 7 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +37.770 10 9 8 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +38.922 7 8 9 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +40.229 11 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 30 +46.500 13 6 11 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:01.496 18 5 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:04.510 15 4 13 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:05.191 17 3 14 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +1:06.012 20 2 15 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:06.154 22 1 16 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 30 +1:11.432 4 17 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:26.736 19 18 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.016 16 19 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.450 14 20 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 23 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 Retirement 21 Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 4 Accident 9 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 4 Accident 12 WD 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 44:01.924 1 25 2 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +0.072 2 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 27 +12.810 4 16 4 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +22.496 3 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +30.731 7 11 6 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 27 +32.381 9 10 7 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +35.547 10 9 8 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +36.987 6 8 9 34 Eric Bataille Honda 27 +38.672 12 7 10 6 Alex Debón Honda 27 +41.748 5 6 11 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +55.156 8 5 12 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:03.117 18 4 13 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 27 +1:08.018 15 3 14 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:18.041 16 2 15 73 Radomil Rous Aprilia 27 +1:24.071 19 1 16 40 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 27 +1:29.994 26 17 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 27 +1:32.471 21 18 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 26 +1 lap 27 19 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 26 +1 lap 25 20 83 Patrick Lakerveld Aprilia 25 +2 laps 28 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 15 Retirement 17 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 14 Retirement 13 Ret 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Retirement 24 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 11 Retirement 23 Ret 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 8 Retirement 20 Ret 13 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 2 Accident 14 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 1 Retirement 11 Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 1 Retirement 22 DNQ 84 Yves Polzer Honda Did not qualify DNQ 42 Grégory Leblanc Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 40:27.662 8 25 2 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +0.268 13 20 3 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +1.101 4 16 4 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 24 +3.205 3 13 5 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +8.760 11 11 6 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +8.888 7 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +12.265 2 9 8 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +16.738 5 8 9 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +21.089 15 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +30.673 9 6 11 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +32.847 17 5 12 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +32.954 21 4 13 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 24 +33.349 6 3 14 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 24 +34.889 14 2 15 8 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +34.958 31 1 16 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +40.633 24 17 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +45.678 18 18 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 24 +50.241 19 19 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +50.313 22 20 70 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +58.305 29 21 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 24 +58.315 23 22 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:23.309 26 23 81 Ismael Ortega Aprilia 24 +1:33.631 35 24 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +1:39.042 28 Ret 90 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 20 Accident 30 Ret 28 Michele Danese Honda 17 Retirement 37 Ret 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 14 Retirement 12 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 9 Retirement 36 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 7 Retirement 25 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Honda 3 Accident 33 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 3 Accident 32 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1 Accident 1 Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 1 Accident 10 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Gilera 1 Retirement 16 DNS 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 0 Did not start 20 DNS 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 0 Did not start 27 DNS 69 David Bonache Honda 0 Did not start 34 Source:
Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 357 2 Sete Gibernau 277 3 Max Biaggi 228 4 Loris Capirossi 177 5 Nicky Hayden 130
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 395 2 Ducati 225 3 Yamaha 175 4 Aprilia 81 5 Suzuki 43
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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