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2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Catalan
flag	Catalonia
Official_Name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course_mi	2.937
Course_km	4.727
Race_No	6
Season_No	16
Date	15 June
Year	2003
Image	Circuit Catalunya 1995-2003.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:43.927
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:45.472 on lap 21
First_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Ducati
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Sete Gibernau
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:47.117
Fast_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:48.483 on lap 6
First_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
First_Rider_250_Country	France
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Anthony West
Third_Rider_250_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Pablo Nieto
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_125	1:51.043
Fast_Rider_125	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Australia
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_125	1:51.190 on lap 4
First_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Thomas Lüthi
Second_Rider_125_Country	Switzerland
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_125	Alex de Angelis
Third_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 June 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	44:21.758	2	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+3.075	1	20
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	25	+4.344	4	16
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+4.935	8	13
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+5.003	6	11
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	25	+20.587	11	10
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	25	+22.982	10	9
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+24.989	5	8
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+27.159	18	7
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+30.376	12	6
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	25	+33.193	20	5
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25	+40.443	15	4
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+40.445	14	3
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	25	+42.325	9	2
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+48.659	13	1
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	25	+1:04.721	21
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+1:36.914	19
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	12	Accident	3
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	6	Retirement	7
48	JPN Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	0	Accident	16
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	0	Accident	22
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	0	Accident	17

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	41:59.893	1	25
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+0.244	6	20
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	23	+2.641	9	16
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	23	+4.329	3	13
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+7.896	7	11
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+11.432	4	10
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	23	+11.883	5	9
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+15.761	10	8
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	23	+24.270	8	7
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	23	+29.370	14	6
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	23	+32.091	17	5
30	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	23	+34.948	12	4
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	23	+44.259	13	3
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	23	+46.384	15	2
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	23	+59.767	19	1
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	23	+1:36.297	22
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	22	+1 lap	25
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	22	+1 lap	24
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	22	Accident	21
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	12	Retirement	2
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	10	Retirement	16
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	10	Retirement	23
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	5	Accident	11
31	FRA Christophe Rastel	Honda	5	Retirement	26
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	3	Retirement	20
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	1	Retirement	18
40	ESP Álvaro Molina	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Dani Pedrosa, lifting his trophy on the podium after winning the 125cc race.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	22	41:16.672	6	25
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	22	+0.137	14	20
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	22	+0.315	5	16
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+1.589	8	13
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	22	+19.874	9	11
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	22	+22.560	11	10
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	22	+22.647	19	9
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	22	+22.856	18	8
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	22	+22.916	12	7
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	22	+23.415	23	6
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	22	+31.815	13	5
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	22	+34.948	20	4
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	22	+40.938	15	3
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	22	+41.163	17	2
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	22	+41.405	16	1
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	22	+41.888	22
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	22	+51.330	1
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Gilera	22	+51.993	26
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	22	+52.289	21
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	22	+54.364	30
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	22	+1:08.127	33
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	22	+1:09.768	24
70	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+1:22.794	27
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	22	+1:32.672	28
82	ESP Jordi Carchano	Honda	22	+1:40.507	35
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	22	+1:40.604	36
21	GBR Leon Camier	Honda	22	+1:40.730	32
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	17	+5 laps	29
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	15	Accident	2
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	15	Accident	4
69	ESP David Bonache	Honda	14	Retirement	31
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	13	Retirement	3
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	11	Retirement	7
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	10	Retirement	25
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	9	Accident	10
14	GBR Chris Martin	Aprilia	7	Retirement	34
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	Aprilia		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	135
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	88
3	ITA Max Biaggi	85
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	61
5	BRA Alex Barros	54

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	145
2	ITA Ducati	90
3	JPN Yamaha	70
4	ITA Aprilia	34
5	MYS/USA Proton KR	21

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(15 June 2003). "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(15 June 2003). "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(15 June 2003). "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(June 15, 2003). "World Championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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