2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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 was famous after Valentino Rossi won the world title after getting a 10-second penalty after overtaking under yellow flags after Troy Bayliss had crashed.[3]

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden on the podium after finishing first and third. This was Hayden's second podium in his rookie season.

  2003 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 October 2003
Official name	SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix[1][2]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Honda Time 1:30.068 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Honda Time 1:31.421 on lap 18 Podium First Valentino Rossi Honda Second Loris Capirossi Ducati Third Nicky Hayden Honda
250 cc
Pole position Rider Toni Elías Aprilia Time 1:33.771 Fastest lap Rider Jaroslav Huleš Honda Time 1:45.680 on lap 24 Podium First Roberto Rolfo Honda Second Anthony West Aprilia Third Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position Rider Stefano Perugini Aprilia Time 1:37.342 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Ballerini Honda Time 1:50.518 on lap 17 Podium First Andrea Ballerini Honda Second Masao Azuma Honda Third Steve Jenkner Aprilia

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	41:53.543[N 1]	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'Antin 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: [4][5][6]

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: [7]

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	Dani Pedrosa	Honda		Withdrew
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (motoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9][10]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.

Notes

1. 10-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.

References

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3. Sports, Dorna. "Rossi wins dramatic Philip Island encounter despite ten second penalty - MotoGP™". motogp.com.
4. "2003 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
5. "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
6. "AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
7. "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
8. "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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