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2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	UK
Grand Prix	British
Location	Donington Park
Official Name	Cinzano British Grand Prix
Image	Donington as of 2006.svg
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.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	30	46:06.688	1	25
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+7.138	2	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+8.794	4	16
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+13.041	7	13
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+16.269	6	11
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+27.085	5	10
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+27.662	13	9
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+32.012	12	8
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+34.799	11	7
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+35.001	9	6
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+48.165	14	5
71	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+1:00.423	16	4
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	30	+1:06.160	15	3
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+1:14.866	19	2
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+1:30.291	21	1
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap	17
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap	20
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	18	Accident	8
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	13	Retirement	18
52	ESP David de Gea	WCM	Sabre V4	9	Retirement	23
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	4	Accident	3
35	GBR Chris Burns	WCM	ROC Yamaha	1	Accident	22
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	0	Accident	10
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	42:58.011	1	25
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	27	+0.269	2	20
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	27	+2.558	10	16
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	27	+2.933	3	13
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	27	+2.934	7	11
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	27	+25.030	8	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+27.663	6	9
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	+31.591	5	8
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+50.348	4	7
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	27	+53.337	12	6
23	GBR Jay Vincent	Aprilia	27	+58.098	11	5
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+1:00.050	16	4
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	27	+1:00.250	17	3
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	27	+1:10.355	21	2
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	27	+1:11.666	23	1
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	27	+1:15.036	19
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:23.682	20
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	26	+1 lap	24
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	Accident	18
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	19	Retirement	15
58	GBR Lee Dickinson	Yamaha	12	Retirement	26
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	8	Retirement	14
60	GBR Phillip Desborough	Yamaha	5	Accident	25
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	4	Accident	13
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	4	Accident	22
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	1	Accident	9
59	GBR Andrew Sawford	Honda		Did not qualify
53	ITA Teresio Isola	Yamaha		Excluded

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	25	41:25.907	6	25
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	+0.605	3	20
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	25	+2.597	1	16
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	25	+9.170	10	13
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	25	+11.692	9	11
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	25	+15.898	11	10
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	25	+21.004	5	9
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	25	+21.756	17	8
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	25	+22.212	15	7
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	25	+23.642	8	6
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	25	+23.812	20	5
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	25	+34.153	16	4
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	25	+35.552	22	3
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	+35.873	18	2
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	25	+36.203	26	1
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	25	+44.343	24
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	25	+51.520	25
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	25	+1:06.379	30
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	25	+1:06.972	12
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	25	+1:11.783	33
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	25	+1:12.473	32
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	25	+1:26.143	13
84	GBR Paul Veazey	Honda	24	+1 lap	34
50	GBR Midge Smart	Honda	24	+1 lap	36
49	GBR Lee Longden	Honda	24	+1 lap	37
83	GBR Chester Lusk	Honda	23	+2 laps	38
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	Accident	2
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	24	Retirement	28
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	22	Retirement	27
21	GBR Leon Camier	Honda	7	Retirement	31
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	5	Accident	14
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	5	Retirement	29
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	1	Accident	21
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	1	Accident	19
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	1	Accident	23
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	7
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	0	Accident	4
51	GBR Kris Weston	Honda	0	Did not start	35

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	167
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	133
3	ITA Max Biaggi	130
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	84
5	AUS Troy Bayliss	64

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	195
2	ITA Ducati	113
3	JPN Yamaha	93
4	ITA Aprilia	52
5	JPN Suzuki	22

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

Notes

References

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

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2003 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(13 July 2003). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(13 July 2003). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Qualifying Practice Nr. 1 Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(13 July 2003). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(13 July 2003). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2003). "Standings".

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