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2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Grand Prix Polini de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.597
Course_km	4.180
Race_No	4
Season_No	16
Date	25 May
Year	2003
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:35.208
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Noriyuki Haga
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:36.688 on lap 9 (first part)
First_Rider_MotoGP	Sete Gibernau
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Alex Barros
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Brazil
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Pole_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:39.229
Fast_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Fast_Rider_250_Country	France
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:40.356 on lap 9
First_Rider_250	Toni Elías
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Second_Rider_250_Country	France
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_125	Andrea Dovizioso
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_125	1:43.565
Fast_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:43.837 on lap 8
First_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Andrea Dovizioso
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Honda

The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	13	24:29.665	7	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	13	+0.165	1	20
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	13	+1.793	2	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	13	+29.912	16	13
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	13	+31.493	5	11
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	13	+33.946	12	10
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	13	+35.447	8	9
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+36.231	18	8
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	13	+51.254	22	7
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+1:01.802	19	6
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	12	+1 lap	10	5
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	12	+1 lap	13	4
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	12	+1 lap	23	3
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	11	+2 laps	9	2
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	11	+2 laps	4	1
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	11	+2 laps	17
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	3	Accident	21
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	2	Accident	11
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	1	Accident	15
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Accident in 1st part	14
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	0	Retirement in 1st part	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	0	Accident in 1st part	6
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	0	Retirement in 1st part	20

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	43:55.538	5	25
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+3.740	3	20
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+4.562	9	16
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+4.972	4	13
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+5.122	8	11
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+6.100	7	10
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+29.672	10	9
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	26	+34.885	17	8
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	26	+35.013	22	7
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	26	+35.559	13	6
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+45.562	15	5
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	26	+54.955	14	4
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+55.049	23	3
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	26	+55.794	12	2
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+56.183	18	1
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	26	+57.386	21
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	26	+1:27.351	11
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+1:36.597	2
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	+1 lap	20
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	25	+1 lap	24
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	22	Retirement	16
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	9	Retirement	19
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	5	Accident	6
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	5	Accident	1
45	FRA Samuel Aubry	Honda	2	Retirement	25
44	FRA Vincent Eisen	Honda		Did not qualify
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	41:58.500	6	25
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+2.337	7	20
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+2.427	1	16
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	24	+11.278	4	13
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+11.814	17	11
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	24	+12.592	2	10
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	24	+18.930	15	9
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+25.206	18	8
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	24	+29.471	10	7
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+33.910	14	6
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	24	+44.379	9	5
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	24	+44.537	11	4
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+55.218	12	3
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	24	+58.773	19	2
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	24	+58.962	28	1
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	24	+1:07.803	16
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	24	+1:17.604	27
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+1:20.140	20
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	24	+1:40.757	21
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	24	+1:43.908	26
14	GBR Chris Martin	Aprilia	24	+1:49.778	33
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	23	+1 lap	35
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	23	+1 lap	31
21	GBR Leon Camier	Honda	23	+1 lap	37
74	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda	23	+1 lap	30
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	Accident	5
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	18	Retirement	22
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	16	Accident	23
73	FRA William Gautier	Honda	13	Retirement	32
86	FRA Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	11	Retirement	34
85	FRA Xavier Herouin	Honda	10	Retirement	36
72	FRA Alexis Masbou	Honda	9	Accident	29
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	4	Retirement	25
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	3	Retirement	24
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	0	Accident	8
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	0	Retirement	13
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	0	Accident	3
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	90
2	ITA Max Biaggi	67
3	SPA Sete Gibernau	63
4	BRA Alex Barros	46
5	AUS Troy Bayliss	40

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	100
2	JPN Yamaha	46
3	ITA Ducati	45
4	ITA Aprilia	23
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 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2004 French Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 French MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2003 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(25 May 2003). "Grand Prix Polini de France – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(25 May 2003). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(25 May 2003). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(May 25, 2003). "World Championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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