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2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Australian
flag	Australia
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Official_Name	SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	15
Season_No	16
Date	19 October
Year	2003
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:30.068
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:31.421 on lap 18
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Ducati
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Toni Elías
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:33.771
Fast_Rider_250	Jaroslav Huleš
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Czech Republic
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_250	1:45.680 on lap 24
First_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
First_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_250	Anthony West
Second_Rider_250_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Stefano Perugini
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_125	1:37.342
Fast_Rider_125	Andrea Ballerini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:50.518 on lap 17
First_Rider_125	Andrea Ballerini
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Third_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	41:53.543	1	25
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+5.212	2	20
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+12.039	5	16
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	27	+12.070	3	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+12.294	8	11
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+28.017	15	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+28.044	11	9
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+40.112	9	8
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+41.410	14	7
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	27	+49.902	17	6
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+51.260	10	5
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+54.101	13	4
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+54.779	12	3
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+1:01.520	19	2
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:06.080	21	1
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+1:06.630	18
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+1:14.003	6
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	26	+1 lap	20
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	26	+1 lap	22
35	GBR Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	26	+1 lap	24
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	14	Accident	7
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	9	Retirement	16
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	3	Accident	4
52	ESP José David de Gea	WCM	Harris WCM	0	Accident	23

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	25	45:14.993	8	25
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	25	+14.040	11	20
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+33.511	5	16
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+54.252	3	13
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	25	+1:06.895	13	11
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+1:06.943	9	10
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	25	+1:13.421	12	9
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	25	+1:22.119	10	8
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	25	+1:22.163	7	7
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	25	+1:25.303	22	6
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	25	+1:41.591	1	5
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	25	+2:49.682	18	4
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	17	3
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	19	2
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	15	1
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	16
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	23	+2 laps	25
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	22	+3 laps	20
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	Accident	4
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	19	Accident	23
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	16	Accident	14
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	5	Accident	2
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	4	Accident	24
79	AUS Geoff Hardcastle	Yamaha	4	Retirement	26
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	2	Accident	21
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	0	Accident	6
77	AUS Mark Rowling	Yamaha		Did not qualify
78	AUS Peter Taplin	Honda		Did not qualify
80	AUS Rodney Camm	Honda		Did not qualify
76	AUS Brett Underwood	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	23	43:41.886	23	25
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+8.849	17	20
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+14.187	9	16
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+14.752	16	13
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+16.387	22	11
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+22.852	6	10
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+23.167	2	9
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	23	+39.210	5	8
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+45.888	14	7
88	DNK Robbin Harms	Aprilia	23	+48.500	15	6
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Gilera	23	+1:07.473	20	5
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	23	+1:08.499	28	4
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	23	+1:25.817	18	3
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	23	+1:46.395	27	2
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	23	+1:50.845	25	1
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	22	+1 lap	12
28	ITA Michele Danese	Honda	22	+1 lap	31
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	20	Retirement	29
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	Accident	7
46	AUS Matthew Kuhne	Honda	19	Retirement	33
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	17	Accident	1
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	17	Retirement	24
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	14	Accident	10
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	14	Accident	13
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	12	Accident	19
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	9	Accident	3
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	8	Retirement	26
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	7	Accident	11
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	6	Retirement	8
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	5	Accident	4
44	AUS Joshua Waters	Honda	5	Retirement	30
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	1	Accident	21
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	1	Retirement	32
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda		Did not start
45	AUS Brett Simmonds	Honda		Did not qualify
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	332
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	257
3	ITA Max Biaggi	215
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	161
5	USA Nicky Hayden	130

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	370
2	ITA Ducati	209
3	JPN Yamaha	164
4	ITA Aprilia	73
5	JPN Suzuki	38

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2004 Australian Grand Prix

References

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