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2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
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South African South Africa Arnette Africa's Grand Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-south-african-motogp 2003 South African MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 30 July 2018 Phakisa Freeway 2.636 4.242 2 16 27 April 2003 Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg Sete Gibernau Spain Honda 1:33.174 Valentino Rossi Italy Honda 1:33.851 on lap 21 Sete Gibernau Spain Honda Valentino Rossi Italy Honda Max Biaggi Italy Honda Randy de Puniet France Aprilia 1:36.247 Manuel Poggiali San Marino Aprilia 1:36.649 on lap 20 Manuel Poggiali San Marino Aprilia Randy de Puniet France Aprilia Franco Battaini Italy Aprilia Youichi Ui Japan Aprilia 1:40.834 Daniel Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:41.006 on lap 3 Daniel Pedrosa Spain Honda Andrea Dovizioso Italy Honda Steve Jenkner Germany Aprilia
The 2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 April 2003 at the Phakisa Freeway.
MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 28 44:10.398 1 25 2 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 28 +0.363 2 20 3 3 ITA Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 28 +5.073 3 16 4 12 AUS Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +12.606 9 13 5 4 BRA Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +18.930 10 11 6 11 JPN Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 28 +19.113 6 10 7 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 28 +20.156 11 9 8 17 JPN Norifumi Abe Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +20.870 14 8 9 7 ESP Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +22.125 7 7 10 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +25.218 12 6 11 56 JPN Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +35.903 5 5 12 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 28 +39.258 15 4 13 21 USA John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 28 +50.230 16 3 14 6 JPN Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 28 +1:01.441 18 2 15 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 28 +1:04.142 17 1 16 88 AUS Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +1:23.083 20 17 8 AUS Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1 lap 21 Ret 41 JPN Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 12 Retirement 19 Ret 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 8 Retirement 4 Ret 45 USA Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0 Accident 8 Ret 99 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 0 Accident 13 Sources: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT Resources.motogp.com 30 July 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/RSA/MotoGP/RAC MotoGP Race Classification 2003 Motogp.com 30 July 2018 30 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202920/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/RSA/MotoGP/RAC dead
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 26 42:14.305 2 25 2 7 FRA Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +0.615 1 20 3 21 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +5.641 3 16 4 5 ARG Sebastián Porto Honda 26 +12.147 5 13 5 3 ITA Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +12.967 8 11 6 14 AUS Anthony West Aprilia 26 +19.569 7 10 7 10 ESP Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +23.080 4 9 8 24 ESP Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +27.296 6 8 9 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +30.187 11 7 10 8 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +31.447 9 6 11 33 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +31.511 10 5 12 26 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +39.311 15 4 13 34 FRA Eric Bataille Honda 26 +40.209 13 3 14 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +46.756 14 2 15 57 GBR Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +54.833 20 1 16 13 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +1:02.623 23 17 36 FRA Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:09.165 18 18 15 DEU Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +1:16.891 22 19 18 NLD Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret 9 FRA Hugo Marchand Aprilia 11 Retirement 17 Ret 98 DEU Katja Poensgen Honda 10 Retirement 25 Ret 96 CZE Jakub Smrž Honda 9 Accident 16 Ret 28 DEU Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 8 Retirement 19 Ret 11 ESP Joan Olivé Aprilia 3 Retirement 21 DSQ 6 ESP Alex Debón Honda 10 Black flag 12 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 ESP Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 40:46.694 7 25 2 34 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +0.356 3 20 3 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +0.548 6 16 4 41 JPN Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +0.754 1 13 5 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +0.839 2 11 6 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1.965 4 10 7 36 FIN Mika Kallio Honda 24 +13.997 8 9 8 4 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +14.790 11 8 9 8 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 24 +16.790 12 7 10 27 AUS Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 +20.649 19 6 11 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +21.809 15 5 12 1 FRA Arnaud Vincent KTM 24 +22.015 14 4 13 80 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +23.814 13 3 14 24 ITA Simone Corsi Honda 24 +23.871 16 2 15 6 ITA Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +24.786 9 1 16 42 ITA Gioele Pellino Aprilia 24 +39.565 24 17 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +42.280 22 18 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 24 +42.379 25 19 79 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +51.145 10 20 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 24 +51.186 18 21 33 ITA Stefano Bianco Gilera 24 +53.316 17 22 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +55.253 30 23 26 ESP Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +56.952 21 24 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +57.035 20 25 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +58.109 26 26 14 GBR Chris Martin Aprilia 24 +58.622 28 27 31 ESP Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +1:05.036 27 28 10 ITA Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +1:11.674 29 29 78 HUN Péter Lénárt Honda 24 +1:35.808 33 Ret 11 ITA Max Sabbatani Aprilia 10 Retirement 23 Ret 21 GBR Leon Camier Honda 7 Retirement 32 Ret 25 HUN Imre Tóth Honda 2 Retirement 31 Ret 7 ITA Stefano Perugini Aprilia 1 Retirement 5 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/72054/1/world-championship-standings World Championship standings. 27 April 2003 Crashhttps://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/RSA/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2003 resources.motogp.com 2019-08-22
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 45 2 SPA Sete Gibernau 38 3 ITA Max Biaggi 36 4 AUS Troy Bayliss 24 5 BRA Alex Barros 19
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 50 2 ITA Ducati 29 3 JPN Yamaha 19 4 ITA Aprilia 10 5 JPN Suzuki 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
South African motorcycle Grand Prix 2003 2003 Japanese Grand Prix 2003 Spanish Grand Prix 2002 South African Grand Prix 2004 South African Grand Prix
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