2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Grand Prix Polini de Francehttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-french-motogp 2003 French MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 16 May 2018https://www.progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 16 May 2018 Bugatti Circuit 2.597 4.180 4 16 25 May 2003 Bugatti Circuit.svg Valentino Rossi Italy Honda 1:35.208 Noriyuki Haga Japan Aprilia 1:36.688 on lap 9 (first part) Sete Gibernau Spain Honda Valentino Rossi Italy Honda Alex Barros Brazil Yamaha Manuel Poggiali San Marino Aprilia 1:39.229 Randy de Puniet France Aprilia 1:40.356 on lap 9 Toni Elías Spain Aprilia Randy de Puniet France Aprilia Roberto Rolfo Italy Honda Andrea Dovizioso Italy Honda 1:43.565 Daniel Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:43.837 on lap 8 Daniel Pedrosa Spain Honda Lucio Cecchinello Italy Aprilia Andrea Dovizioso Italy Honda The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France. MotoGP classification The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 13 24:29.665 7 25 2 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 13 +0.165 1 20 3 4 BRA Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +1.793 2 16 4 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +29.912 16 13 5 3 ITA Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +31.493 5 11 6 99 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 13 +33.946 12 10 7 11 JPN Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +35.447 8 9 8 41 JPN Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +36.231 18 8 9 8 AUS Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 13 +51.254 22 7 10 45 USA Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +1:01.802 19 6 11 17 JPN Norifumi Abe Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 12 +1 lap 10 5 12 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 13 4 13 23 JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 23 3 14 56 JPN Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 9 2 15 33 ITA Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 4 1 16 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 11 +2 laps 17 Ret 88 AUS Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Accident 21 Ret 21 USA John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 2 Accident 11 Ret 6 JPN Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 1 Accident 15 Ret 12 AUS Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident in 1st part 14 Ret 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Retirement in 1st part 3 Ret 7 ESP Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident in 1st part 6 Ret 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 0 Retirement in 1st part 20 Source: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-french-motogp 2003 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 2 August 2018https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/FRA/RAC2/classification.pdf Grand Prix Polini de France – MotoGP – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 25 May 2003 29 April 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/FRA/MotoGP/RAC FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003 Motogp.com 2 August 2018 4 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904114933/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/FRA/MotoGP/RAC dead 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 ESP Toni Elías Aprilia 26 43:55.538 5 25 2 7 FRA Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +3.740 3 20 3 3 ITA Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +4.562 9 16 4 10 ESP Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +4.972 4 13 5 8 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +5.122 8 11 6 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +6.100 7 10 7 14 AUS Anthony West Aprilia 26 +29.672 10 9 8 6 ESP Alex Debón Honda 26 +34.885 17 8 9 15 DEU Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +35.013 22 7 10 11 ESP Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +35.559 13 6 11 33 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +45.562 15 5 12 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +54.955 14 4 13 26 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +55.049 23 3 14 9 FRA Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +55.794 12 2 15 34 FRA Eric Bataille Honda 26 +56.183 18 1 16 13 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +57.386 21 17 36 FRA Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:27.351 11 18 21 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +1:36.597 2 19 96 CZE Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1 lap 20 20 18 NLD Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret 57 GBR Chaz Davies Aprilia 22 Retirement 16 Ret 28 DEU Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 9 Retirement 19 Ret 5 ARG Sebastián Porto Honda 5 Accident 6 Ret 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 5 Accident 1 Ret 45 FRA Samuel Aubry Honda 2 Retirement 25 DNQ 44 FRA Vincent Eisen Honda Did not qualify DNQ 98 DEU Katja Poensgen Honda Did not qualify Source: https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 25 May 2003 29 April 2018 125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 ESP Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 41:58.500 6 25 2 4 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +2.337 7 20 3 34 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +2.427 1 16 4 27 AUS Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 +11.278 4 13 5 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +11.814 17 11 6 41 JPN Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +12.592 2 10 7 7 ITA Stefano Perugini Aprilia 24 +18.930 15 9 8 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +25.206 18 8 9 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +29.471 10 7 10 8 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 24 +33.910 14 6 11 80 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +44.379 9 5 12 6 ITA Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +44.537 11 4 13 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +55.218 12 3 14 24 ITA Simone Corsi Honda 24 +58.773 19 2 15 10 ITA Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +58.962 28 1 16 79 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +1:07.803 16 17 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +1:17.604 27 18 11 ITA Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +1:20.140 20 19 26 ESP Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +1:40.757 21 20 31 ESP Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +1:43.908 26 21 14 GBR Chris Martin Aprilia 24 +1:49.778 33 22 78 HUN Péter Lénárt Honda 23 +1 lap 35 23 25 HUN Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1 lap 31 24 21 GBR Leon Camier Honda 23 +1 lap 37 25 74 FRA Jimmy Petit Honda 23 +1 lap 30 Ret 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 Accident 5 Ret 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 18 Retirement 22 Ret 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 16 Accident 23 Ret 73 FRA William Gautier Honda 13 Retirement 32 Ret 86 FRA Grégory Lefort Aprilia 11 Retirement 34 Ret 85 FRA Xavier Herouin Honda 10 Retirement 36 Ret 72 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 9 Accident 29 Ret 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 4 Retirement 25 Ret 42 ITA Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Retirement 24 Ret 1 FRA Arnaud Vincent KTM 0 Accident 8 Ret 36 FIN Mika Kallio Honda 0 Retirement 13 Ret 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 0 Accident 3 DNS 33 ITA Stefano Bianco Gilera Did not start Source: https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/125cc/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 25 May 2003 29 April 2018 Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/72284/1/world-championship-standings World Championship standings. May 25, 2003 Crashhttps://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/FRA/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2003 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-22 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 90 2 ITA Max Biaggi 67 3 SPA Sete Gibernau 63 4 BRA Alex Barros 46 5 AUS Troy Bayliss 40 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 100 2 JPN Yamaha 46 3 ITA Ducati 45 4 ITA Aprilia 23 5 MYS/USA Proton KR 21 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References French motorcycle Grand Prix 2003 2003 Spanish Grand Prix 2003 Italian Grand Prix 2002 French Grand Prix 2004 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix