Flag: | UK |
Grand Prix: | British |
Location: | Donington Park |
Official Name: | Cinzano British Grand Prix[1] [2] |
Course Mi: | 2.500 |
Course Km: | 4.023 |
Race No: | 8 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | July 13 |
Year: | 2003 |
Pole Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
Pole Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Pole Time Motogp: | 1:30.740 |
Fast Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
Fast Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Fast Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Fast Time Motogp: | 1:31.023 on lap 2 |
First Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
First Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
First Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Second Rider Motogp: | Sete Gibernau |
Second Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
Second Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Third Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
Third Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Third Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Pole Rider 250: | Fonsi Nieto |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Pole Time 250: | 1:33.859 |
Fast Rider 250: | Manuel Poggiali |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | San Marino |
Fast Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Fast Time 250: | 1:34.558 on lap 3 |
First Rider 250: | Fonsi Nieto |
First Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
First Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Second Rider 250: | Manuel Poggiali |
Second Rider 250 Country: | San Marino |
Second Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Third Rider 250: | Anthony West |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Australia |
Third Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Pole Rider 125: | Stefano Perugini |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
Pole Time 125: | 1:37.984 |
Fast Rider 125: | Lucio Cecchinello |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Fast Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
Fast Time 125: | 1:38.463 on lap 7 |
First Rider 125: | Héctor Barberá |
First Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
First Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
Second Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 125 Bike: | Honda |
Third Rider 125: | Stefano Perugini |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
The 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2003 at the Donington Park circuit.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 30 | 46:06.688 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +7.138 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +8.794 | 4 | 16 | |
4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +13.041 | 7 | 13 | |
5 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +16.269 | 6 | 11 | |
6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +27.085 | 5 | 10 | |
7 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +27.662 | 13 | 9 | |
8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +32.012 | 12 | 8 | |
9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +34.799 | 11 | 7 | |
10 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +35.001 | 9 | 6 | |
11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +48.165 | 14 | 5 | |
12 | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:00.423 | 16 | 4 | |
13 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:06.160 | 15 | 3 | |
14 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:14.866 | 19 | 2 | |
15 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:30.291 | 21 | 1 | |
16 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | ||
17 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 29 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 8 | ||
Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 13 | Retirement | 18 | ||
Ret | 52 | David de Gea | WCM | Sabre V4 | 9 | Retirement | 23 | ||
Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 3 | ||
Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | ROC Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 22 | ||
Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | ||
DNS | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | Did not start | ||||
Sources:[3] [4] [5] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | 42:58.011 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 27 | +0.269 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 27 | +2.558 | 10 | 16 | |
4 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 27 | +2.933 | 3 | 13 | |
5 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +2.934 | 7 | 11 | |
6 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 27 | +25.030 | 8 | 10 | |
7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +27.663 | 6 | 9 | |
8 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +31.591 | 5 | 8 | |
9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +50.348 | 4 | 7 | |
10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 27 | +53.337 | 12 | 6 | |
11 | 23 | Jay Vincent | Aprilia | 27 | +58.098 | 11 | 5 | |
12 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 27 | +1:00.050 | 16 | 4 | |
13 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 27 | +1:00.250 | 17 | 3 | |
14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:10.355 | 21 | 2 | |
15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:11.666 | 23 | 1 | |
16 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 27 | +1:15.036 | 19 | ||
17 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:23.682 | 20 | ||
18 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | ||
19 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | ||
Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 18 | ||
Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 15 | ||
Ret | 58 | Lee Dickinson | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 26 | ||
Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 14 | ||
Ret | 60 | Phillip Desborough | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 25 | ||
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 4 | Accident | 13 | ||
Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 4 | Accident | 22 | ||
Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 9 | ||
DNQ | 59 | Andrew Sawford | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
EX | 53 | Teresio Isola | Yamaha | Excluded | ||||
Source:[6] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 25 | 41:25.907 | 6 | 25 | |
2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 25 | +0.605 | 3 | 20 | |
3 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 25 | +2.597 | 1 | 16 | |
4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 25 | +9.170 | 10 | 13 | |
5 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 25 | +11.692 | 9 | 11 | |
6 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +15.898 | 11 | 10 | |
7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 25 | +21.004 | 5 | 9 | |
8 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 25 | +21.756 | 17 | 8 | |
9 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 25 | +22.212 | 15 | 7 | |
10 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 25 | +23.642 | 8 | 6 | |
11 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 25 | +23.812 | 20 | 5 | |
12 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 25 | +34.153 | 16 | 4 | |
13 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 25 | +35.552 | 22 | 3 | |
14 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 25 | +35.873 | 18 | 2 | |
15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 25 | +36.203 | 26 | 1 | |
16 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 25 | +44.343 | 24 | ||
17 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 25 | +51.520 | 25 | ||
18 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 25 | +1:06.379 | 30 | ||
19 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:06.972 | 12 | ||
20 | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 25 | +1:11.783 | 33 | ||
21 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.473 | 32 | ||
22 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 25 | +1:26.143 | 13 | ||
23 | 84 | Paul Veazey | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 34 | ||
24 | 50 | Midge Smart | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 36 | ||
25 | 49 | Lee Longden | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 37 | ||
26 | 83 | Chester Lusk | Honda | 23 | +2 laps | 38 | ||
Ret | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | Accident | 2 | ||
Ret | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | Retirement | 28 | ||
Ret | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 22 | Retirement | 27 | ||
Ret | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 31 | ||
Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 14 | ||
Ret | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 5 | Retirement | 29 | ||
Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 21 | ||
Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 1 | Accident | 19 | ||
Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 1 | Accident | 23 | ||
Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 7 | ||
Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 4 | ||
DNS | 51 | Kris Weston | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 35 | ||
Source:[7] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[8]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Valentino Rossi | 167 | |
2 | 133 | ||
3 | Max Biaggi | 130 | |
4 | Loris Capirossi | 84 | |
5 | Troy Bayliss | 64 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda | 195 | |
2 | Ducati | 113 | |
3 | Yamaha | 93 | |
4 | 52 | ||
5 | Suzuki | 22 |