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2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 55th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 April 2003 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 2 November.

Season summary

Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his 3rd MotoGP championship in 2003, winning 9 races, highlighted by his win at Phillip Island where he was given a 10-second penalty for passing under a yellow flag and he overcame the penalty by winning the race with more than 10 seconds in hand. Rossi had become dissatisfied with his relationship with the Honda Racing Corporation and as the season progressed and HRC tried to get Rossi to sign a new contract, Rossi demurred until finally announcing at the end of the year that he would be leaving Honda. He soon signed with Yamaha and took Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief.

The season was marred by Daijiro Kato being killed at the first round at Suzuka. He lost control of his motorcycle on the approach to the Casio Triangle and hit a barrier at high speed. His heart was restarted by track paramedics, but he did not wake from a coma and died 2 weeks later. Controversy arose because the race was not red-flagged to allow Kato to be removed from the track with maximum care. Suzuka has since been removed from the MotoGP calendar. Teammate Sete Gibernau would inherit Kato's factory-spec RC211V.

MotoGP rookies for 2003 included Nicky Hayden (Rookie of the Year), Troy Bayliss, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards. A new constructor also arrived: Ducati. After much success in Superbike racing, Ducati returned to the premier-class of GP with their GP3. It made an immediate impression with its raw speed, and they finished the constructor's championship in second place, ahead of Yamaha and behind Honda.

Just like in 1998, Honda motorcycles won 15 (9 for Repsol Honda, 4 for Gresini and 2 for Pons each) of 16 races in the premier MotoGP class season.

2003 Grand Prix season calendar

On 12 July 2002, the FIM confirmed the 2003 pre-calendar. The South African GP was originally scheduled to run as the new season opener before the Japanese GP on this pre-calendar. On 16 October 2002, the FIM confirmed the 2003 calendar. In it, the South African and Japanese Grands Prix were switched around again.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2003:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
6 April	JPN SKYY vodka Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
27 April	ZAF Arnette Africa's Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway
11 May	ESP Gran Prémio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
25 May	FRA Grand Prix Polini de France	Bugatti Circuit
8 June	ITA Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
15 June	Catalonia Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
28 June ††	NLD Gauloises Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
13 July	GBR Cinzano British Grand Prix	Donington Park
27 July	DEU Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix von Deutschland	Sachsenring
17 August	CZE Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
7 September	PRT Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
20 September ††	Rio de Janeiro Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
5 October	Tochigi Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi	Twin Ring Motegi
12 October	MYS Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
19 October	AUS SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
2 November	Valencia Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

: †† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

There were no calendar changes for the 2003 season.

Regulation changes

The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2003 season:

Sporting regulations

For this year, the rules changed regarding the neutralisation of a race. This only applies to the MotoGP class. If the circumstances change in such a significant way due to weather changes, a heavy accident or any other reason, a race may be neutralised either once or multiple times and the following rules will apply:

A white flag with diagonal red cross (indicating damp conditions) will be shown in a still manner at each marshal post.
A safety car will enter and make one sighting lap. The subsequent pit lane exit will be closed with red lights and a red flag indicating this.
Riders can opt to enter the pit lane at the end of their current lap or make one more sighting lap to check the track conditions, then will have to enter the pits.
All riders who opt to ride one more lap have to catch up to the safety car on track. Any overtaking of the safety car is forbidden.
At the end of the safety car's run, it will enter the pit lane and the circuit will be closed with indication of the red flags. All riders following the safety car must also enter the pits.
The safety car will stop ± 50 meters behind the exit of the pit lane.
While in the pits, all riders are allowed to make changes to their tyres, adjustments to their motorcycles, refuel or change bikes.
If the race is neutralised before the final lap, a provisional race classification will be published. The provisional classification will consist out of the results taken at the last point where the leader, as well as all other riders on the same lap as the leader, had completed a full lap without the display of any neutralisation flags being waved. Riders who were already in the pit lane before will also be included in the provisional classification. Any rider who did not complete at least 75% of the laps completed by the race leader will not be classified. The race will be resumed if possible following the procedures of article 1.28.
If a race is neutralised during the final lap, the following procedure will apply: if at least one rider has completed all scheduled number of laps of the original race, the final classification will be calculated according to article 1.25.1 and the race will not be resumed. If no rider has completed the final number of laps of the original race, the provision of article 1.27.8 will apply and the race will continue based on the standards of article 1.28.
If a race is neutralised more than once, the provisional race classification for positions and allowance of participation in the resumed start will always be based on the provisional race classification from the last time a race was neutralised.
In all cases, the provisional race classification must be displayed on the official timekeeping monitors.

In the case of a race restart after neutralisation, the following rules will apply for the MotoGP class only:

The Race Direction will officially announce when the safety car will leave the pits to resume the race.
The number of laps which still have to be done will be measured by the scheduled number of laps the original race had and the number of laps of the provisional race classification. If the difference is less than three, the number of laps to go will be three laps.
If a race is neutralised more than once, the number of laps which still have to be done will be measured by the scheduled number of laps the original race had and the number of completed laps in all the previous parts. If the difference is less than three, the number of laps to go will be three laps.
Only the riders which are included in the latest provisional race classificial are permitted to resume the race.
Two minutes before the safety car exits the pits, the pit lane exit will be opened with indication of green lights and flags to allow all riders to bunch up behind the safety car in the order of the provisional race classification.
Thirty seconds before the safety car exits the pits, all riders should be ready behind the safety car in the order of the provisional race classification.
The pit lane exit will be closed with an indication of red flags and lights and the safety car will make one lap followed by all the riders upon announcement by the Race Direction. Overtaking the safety car is forbidden and any riders who remain in the pits will have to resume the race from there.
In all cases, the time to go before the safety car leaves and the pit lane closes, must be shown on a countdown board or clock which is present in the pit lane exit or on the official timekeeping monitors.
At the end of the safety car's lap, it will enter the pits whilst all riders continue on the circuit.
The race will be resumed via a rolling start when the riders cross the start/finish line where two green flags will be waved on each side of the track and the green start lights will be turned on. At this time, a time penalty may be given by the Race Direction to any rider: -who is not behind the rear wheel of the motorcycle in front of him. -who is in a higher position than in the provisional race classification. -who is more than three seconds behind the rider in front of him.
After the last rider in the file has passed the pit lane exit, the green lights will be turned on and the green flag will be waved to allow the riders in the pits to resume the race.
The final race classification will be created according to the position and the total number of laps of each rider at the time he crossed the start/finish line at the end of the race. The procedures of article 1.23.5. will apply in this case.

Technical regulations

Following Yamaha decided to ditch carburetor fuel feed after 2002 season, all MotoGP motorcycle entrants would begin mandatorily utilizing fuel injection for the first time.
The exposed edge of the exhaust pipe must be rounded to avoid any sharp edges. The last 30mm of the pipe must be horizontal and parallel to the center line of the bike with a tolerance of ±10 degrees.

2003 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner
6 April	JPN Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	ITA Stefano Perugini	SMR Manuel Poggiali	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
27 April	ZAF South African motorcycle Grand Prix	Phakisa	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	SMR Manuel Poggiali	ESP Sete Gibernau	[Report](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
11 May	ESP Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	ESP Toni Elías	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
25 May	FRA French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	ESP Toni Elías	ESP Sete Gibernau	[Report](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
8 June	ITA Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	SMR Manuel Poggiali	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
15 June	Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	FRA Randy de Puniet	ITA Loris Capirossi	[Report](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
28 June ††	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	DEU Steve Jenkner	AUS Anthony West	ESP Sete Gibernau	[Report](2003-dutch-tt)
13 July	GBR British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	ESP Héctor Barberá	ESP Fonsi Nieto	ITA Max Biaggi	[Report](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
27 July	DEU German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	ITA Stefano Perugini	ITA Roberto Rolfo	ESP Sete Gibernau	[Report](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 August	CZE Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	FRA Randy de Puniet	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
7 September	PRT Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	ESP Pablo Nieto	ESP Toni Elías	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
20 September ††	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	SMR Manuel Poggiali	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
5 October	Tochigi Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	ESP Héctor Barberá	ESP Toni Elías	ITA Max Biaggi	[Report](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
12 October	MYS Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	ESP Toni Elías	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
19 October	AUS Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	ITA Andrea Ballerini	ITA Roberto Rolfo	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
2 November	Valencia Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	AUS Casey Stoner	FRA Randy de Puniet	ITA Valentino Rossi	[Report](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)

: †† = Saturday Race

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	Tyre	No.	Rider
ITA Alice Aprilia Racing	RS Cube		41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	All
45	USA Colin Edwards	All
ITA Ducati Marlboro Team	Desmosedici GP3		12	AUS Troy Bayliss	All
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	All
GBR WCM	Harris WCM		35	GBR Chris Burns	1, 11–16
52	ESP José David de Gea	11–16
ROC Yamaha	35	GBR Chris Burns	8–10
Sabre V4	52	ESP José David de Gea	8–10
JPN Repsol Honda	RC211V		46	ITA Valentino Rossi	All
69	USA Nicky Hayden	All
ESP Camel Pramac Pons	3	ITA Max Biaggi	All
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	All
ITA Telefónica Movistar Honda	15	ESP Sete Gibernau	All
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	1
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	4–16
ITA Pramac Honda		6	JPN Makoto Tamada	All
JPN Kawasaki Racing Team	Ninja ZX-RR		8	AUS Garry McCoy	All
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	All
48	JPN Akira Yanagawa	1, 6
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	3, 5, 7, 9–10
JPN Moriwaki Racing WCM	MD211VF Proto		25	JPN Tamaki Serizawa	1
JPN Moriwaki Racing	13
MYS/USA Proton Team KR	KR3
KR5		9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	All
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	All
JPN Suzuki Grand Prix Team	GSV-R		10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	1–5, 9–16
21	USA John Hopkins	1–13, 15–16
71	JPN Yukio Kagayama	7–8
43	JPN Akira Ryō	14
JPN Team Suzuki	13
JPN Fortuna Yamaha Team	YZR-M1		7	ESP Carlos Checa	All
33	ITA Marco Melandri	1, 3–15
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	1–2, 16
JPN Yamaha Racing Team	4, 9
FRA Gauloises Yamaha Team	4	BRA Alex Barros	All
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	All
ESP d'Antín Yamaha Team	56	JPN Shinya Nakano	All

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Team changes

After fourteen consecutive seasons since 1989 in exception of 2000 and 2001, Kanemoto Racing officially shut down its MotoGP programme due to lack of funds and sponsorship.

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Fortuna Honda	Honda RS250RW	3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	All
Telefónica Movistar Junior Team	5	ARG Sebastián Porto	All
Troll Honda BQR	Honda RS250R	6	ESP Alex Debón	All
34	AND Eric Bataille	All
Safilo Oxydo - LCR	Aprilia RSV 250	7	FRA Randy de Puniet	All
Yamaha Kurz	Yamaha YZR 250	8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	All
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	1–5
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	6, 9–16
29	ITA Christian Pistoni	7
Équipe de France - Scrab GP	Aprilia RSV 250	9	FRA Hugo Marchand	All
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	All
Team Repsol Telefónica Movistar	Aprilia RSV 250	10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	All
24	ESP Toni Elías	All
Aspar Junior Team	Aprilia RSV 250	11	ESP Joan Olivé	All
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	All
Elit Grand Prix	Honda RS250R
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	1–11
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	12–16
Team Zoppini Abruzzo	Aprilia RSV 250	14	AUS Anthony West	All
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	All
Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing	Honda RS250R	15	GER Christian Gemmel	All
Dark Dog Molenaar	Honda RS250R	18	NED Henk van de Lagemaat	All
98	GER Katja Poensgen	1–12, 14–15
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	13, 16
Campetella Racing	Aprilia RSV 250	21	ITA Franco Battaini	All
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	All
73	CZE Radomil Rous	16
Matteoni Racing	Aprilia RSV 250	26	ITA Alex Baldolini	All
Aprilia Germany	Aprilia RSV 250	28	GER Dirk Heidolf	1–4, 8–16
29	ITA Christian Pistoni	5
30	GER Klaus Nöhles	6–7
57	GBR Chaz Davies	All
Oscar Competition	Honda RS250R
31	FRA Christophe Rastel	6
Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Yamaha YZR 250
39	ESP Luis Castro	3
Equipo Andalucía AMF	Aprilia RSV 250
40	ESP Álvaro Molina	3
MAS Racing Team	Aprilia RSV 250	6, 11, 16
Marina Park Mavi Sport Kurz	Yamaha YZR 250
41	POR Miguel Praia	11
Equipe de France	Honda RS250R
42	FRA Grégory Leblanc	3, 16
Eisen Moto Team	Honda RS250R
44	FRA Vincent Eisen	4
Team Racer Bike	Honda RS250R
45	FRA Samuel Aubry	4
MRTT	Honda RS250R
46	NED Jan Blok	7
J&E Sport Kunstgras	Yamaha YZR 250
47	NED Arie Vos	7, 10
Performance Racing	Honda RS250R
48	NED Hans Smees	7
De Arend Horeca Meubilair	Honda RS250R
49	NED Randy Gevers	7
Watz Racing	Yamaha YZR 250
51	SWE Frederik Watz	11
MS Aprilia Team	Aprilia RSV 250	54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	All
Galemain Racing	Yamaha YZR 250
58	GBR Lee Dickinson	8
St. Neots Motorcycle	Honda RS250R
59	GBR Andrew Sawford	8
AVS/Race to Win	Yamaha YZR 250
60	GBR Phillip Desborough	8
Neukirchner R.T. ADAC Sachse	Honda RS250R
62	GER Max Neukirchner	9
Bernd Hermann Racing Team	Honda RS250R
63	SWE Tomas Palander	9
KR-EATIV de Kehrer Racing	Honda RS250R
64	GER Nico Kehrer	9
MSC Schleizer Drejeck	Honda RS250R
65	GER Norman Rank	9
Raistila Racing	Yamaha YZR 250
66	FIN Vesa Kallio	9–11
SP Tadao Racing Team	Yamaha YZR 250
67	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	1, 13
71	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	1
Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250
68	JPN Tekkyu Kayo	1
J Racing	Yamaha YZR 250
69	JPN Masaki Tokudome	13
Burning Blood RT	Honda RS250R
70	JPN Choujun Kameya	13
Dy Do Miu Racing Team	Honda RS250R
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	1, 13
KLUB Team Racing Znojmo	Aprilia RSV 250
73	CZE Radomil Rous	10
TKB AMK Brno Racing Team	Yamaha YZR 250
74	CZE Michal Filla	10
Biro Racing Team	Honda RS250R
75	HUN Gábor Rizmayer	10
Team Underwood Diesel Express	Yamaha YZR 250
76	AUS Brett Underwood	15
Turramurra Cyclery	Yamaha YZR 250
77	AUS Mark Rowling	15
EMS Racing	Honda RS250R
78	AUS Peter Taplin	15
Hardcastle Communication Racing	Yamaha YZR 250
79	AUS Geoff Hardcastle	15
Awesome Discs Racing	Honda RS250R
80	AUS Rodney Camm	15
Madifchina d'Antin Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250
81	CHN Shi Zhao Huang	14
82	CHN Zi Xian He	14
Team Holland	Aprilia RSV 250
83	NED Patrick Lakerveld	16
Kiefer Castrol Honda	Honda RS250R
84	AUT Yves Polzer	16
Team Harc-Pro	Honda RS250R
92	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	1, 13

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

125cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Red Bull KTM	KTM 125 FRR	1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	1–9
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	All
36	FIN Mika Kallio	10–16
Sterilgarda Racing	Aprilia RS125R
41	JPN Youichi Ui	1–10
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	11–16
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	All
Telefónica Movistar Junior Team	Honda RS125R	3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	1–15
Safilo Oxydo - LCR	Aprilia RS125R	4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	All
27	AUS Casey Stoner	All
Matteoni Racing	Aprilia RS125R	6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	All
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	All
Abruzzo Racing	Aprilia RS125R	7	ITA Stefano Perugini	All
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	All
Ajo Motorsport	Honda RS125R	8	JPN Masao Azuma	All
36	FIN Mika Kallio	1–9
39	JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	10
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	11–16
Elit Grand Prix	Honda RS125R	12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	All
Seedorf Racing	Aprilia RS125R	14	GBR Chris Martin	1–6
88	DEN Robbin Harms	7, 9–16
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	8
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	All
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	3, 6, 11, 16
88	DEN Robbin Harms	5
Globet.com Racing	Aprilia RS125R	15	SMR Alex de Angelis	All
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	All
Exalt Cycle Red Devil	Aprilia RS125R	17	DEU Steve Jenkner	All
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	All
MetaSystem Racing Service	Honda RS125R	21	GBR Leon Camier	1–9
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	10
60	ITA Mattia Angeloni	11
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	12–16
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	1–11
28	ITA Michele Danese	12–16
Master - Mx Onda - Aspar	Aprilia RS125R	22	ESP Pablo Nieto	All
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	All
Team Scot	Honda RS125R	24	ITA Simone Corsi	All
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	All
Road Racing Team Hungary	Honda RS125R	25	HUN Imre Tóth	All
Caja Madrid Derbi Racing	Derbi 125 GP	26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	All
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	All
Semprucci - Angaia Malaguti	Malaguti 125GP	31	ESP Julián Simón	All
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	All
Metis Gilera Racing	Gilera 125 GP	33	ITA Stefano Bianco	1–4, 7–16
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	5–6
Freesoul Racing	Aprilia RS125R
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	1–10
Gilera 125 GP	41	JPN Youichi Ui	11–16
Team Costa Cálida	Aprilia RS125R
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	16
Grand Prix Training Centre	Honda RS125R
44	AUS Joshua Waters	15
Tassie Windscreens Simmonds	Honda RS125R
45	AUS Brett Simmonds	15
Matt Attack Racing	Honda RS125R
46	AUS Matthew Kuhne	15
Macadam Racing	Honda RS125R
49	GBR Lee Longden	8
Red Bull Rookies	Honda RS125R
50	GBR Midge Smart	8
Brooklands Autobody Racing	Honda RS125R
51	GBR Kris Weston	8
RZT Repsol Racing Team	Honda RS125R
52	GER Jarno Müller	9
ADAC Sachsen e.V.	Honda RS125R
53	GER Manuel Mickan	9
ADAC Sachsenring Jr. Racing Services	Honda RS125R
54	GER Patrick Unger	9
OMV Team Hanusch	Honda RS125R
55	CZE Igor Kaláb	10
91	GER Jascha Büch	9
Elcom-IPC Heron Racing Team	Honda RS125R
56	CZE Markéta Janáková	10
Lines Racing	Honda RS125R
57	SVK Luka Nedog	10
Honda Hamamatsu Escargot	Honda RS125R
59	JPN Hiroaki Kuzuhara	13
Team Leardni	Honda RS125R
60	ITA Mattia Angeloni	5
RCGM	Aprilia RS125R
61	ITA Michele Pirro	5
Engines Engineering	Malaguti 125GP
62	ITA Alessio Aldrovandi	5
Cheung Wing Team	Honda RS125R
64	CHN Cheung Wai On	1
S-Way & Revive	Honda RS125R
65	JPN Toshika Kuzuhara	1
Honda Kumamoto Racing	Honda RS125R	13
Team Harc Pro	Honda RS125R
66	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	1, 13
Team Life Hatada
Team Life	Honda RS125R
67	JPN Akio Tanaka	1
68	JPN Sadahito Suma	1
94	13
4 Racing	Honda RS125R
69	ESP David Bonache	3
6, 11, 16
Racing Team Gadea	Aprilia RS125R
70	ESP Sergio Gadea	3, 6, 11, 16
Mir Racing	Aprilia RS125R
71	ESP Rubén Catalán	3
Equipe de France Espoir	Honda RS125R
72	FRA Alexis Masbou	4
73	FRA William Gautier	4
Racing Moto Sport	Honda RS125R
74	FRA Jimmy Petit	4
DB Racing Team	Honda RS125R
75	NED Adri den Bekker	7
Tennen Racing Team	Honda RS125R
76	NED Jarno van der Marel	7
Schouten Racing	Honda RS125R
77	NED Raymond Schouten	7
TMR Competició	Honda RS125R
82	ESP Jordi Carchano	6
SP125Racing.com	Honda RS125R
83	GBR Chester Lusk	8
Banks Racing/GR Motorsport	Honda RS125R
84	GBR Paul Veazey	8
Mob 77	Honda RS125R
85	FRA Xavier Herouin	4
Provence Moto Sport	Honda RS125R
86	FRA Gregory Lefort	4
BNT Racing	Honda RS125R
87	ITA Michele Conti	5
Racing Team MVK	Honda RS125R
89	NED Mark van Kreij	7
ADAC Berlin	Honda RS125R
90	GER Dario Giuseppetti	9, 16
BRC Racing Team	Honda RS125R
92	CZE Václav Bittman	10
Matteoni Racing	Aprilia RS125R
93	ITA Manuel Manna	11
JHA Racing	Honda RS125R
95	JPN Yuki Hatano	13

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Standings

MotoGP standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Riders' standings

Pos	Rider	Bike	Team	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	357	2	277	3	228	4	177	5	130	6	128	7	123	8	123	9	101	10	101	11	87	12	71	13	62	14	47	15	45	16	31	17	29	18	27	19	22	20	22	21	19	22	11	23	8	24	6	25	4	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	Team	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
ITA Valentino Rossi	Honda	Repsol Honda	*1*	2	1	2	1	*2*	3	3	2	*1*	1	*1*	2	*1*	*1*	*1*
ESP Sete Gibernau	Honda	Telefónica Movistar Honda	4	1	Ret	1	7	3	1	2	1	2	4	2	4	2	4	2
ITA Max Biaggi	Honda	Camel Pramac Pons	2	3	2	5	3	14	2	1	*Ret*	5	2	4	1	3	17	4
ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	6	4	4	Ret	3	6	8	6	2	3
USA Nicky Hayden	Honda	Repsol Honda	7	7	Ret	12	12	9	11	8	5	6	9	5	3	4	3	16
AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	5	4	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	5	3	3	6	10	Ret	9	Ret	7
ESP Carlos Checa	Yamaha	Fortuna Yamaha Team	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5
JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Camel Pramac Pons	20	6	4	7	6	6	12	Ret	6	8	5	7	7	7	5	Ret
BRA Alex Barros	Yamaha	Gauloises Yamaha Team	8	5	5	3	Ret	8	8	DNS	Ret	7	11	12	6	15	Ret	6
JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	d'Antín Yamaha Team	9	11	8	14	5	5	13	9	7	14	12	8	9	8	7	Ret
JPN Makoto Tamada	Honda	Pramac Honda	Ret	14	6	Ret	4	7	16	13	13	9	10	3	DSQ	10	10	10
FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	Gauloises Yamaha Team	15	10	10	4	10	Ret	5	Ret	9	11	13	Ret	13	Ret	6	Ret
USA Colin Edwards	Aprilia	Alice Aprilia Racing	6	Ret	14	10	9	Ret	7	10	14	12	14	13	17	13	16	8
JPN Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	Alice Aprilia Racing	12	Ret	11	8	Ret	12	Ret	7	Ret	13	15	14	12	12	14	15
ITA Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Fortuna Yamaha Team	WD		17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret
JPN Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Fortuna Yamaha Team	11	8														9
Yamaha Racing Team				11					10
USA John Hopkins	Suzuki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	15	15	11	Ret	17	18	DNS	Ret		12	13
GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	Proton Team KR	Ret	Ret	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	19	16	Ret	17	11	12
USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	14	15	13	16	Ret				15	20	17	17	15	14	9	11
JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	Telefónica Movistar Honda				13	13	11	17	14	18	15	16	15	11	21	19	14
JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	Proton Team KR	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	15	11	Ret	20	Ret	14	18	18	17
AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Racing Team	16	17	18	9	15	17	18	16	16	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	13	19
DEU Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Racing Team			16		14		10		17	19
JPN Akira Ryō	Suzuki	Team Suzuki													10
Suzuki Grand Prix Team														20
JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team							Ret	12
AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Racing Team	17	16	15	Ret	16	Ret	14	17	19	16	21	18	16	16	15	18
JPN Tamaki Serizawa	MD211VF Proto	Moriwaki Racing WCM	19
Moriwaki	Moriwaki Racing													18
JPN Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Racing Team	18					Ret
ESP José David de Gea	Sabre V4	WCM								Ret	20	DNS
Harris WCM											22	19	19	Ret	Ret	20
GBR Chris Burns	Harris WCM	WCM	DNS										DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	WD
ROC Yamaha								Ret	WD	Ret
JPN Daijiro Kato†	Honda	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Ret†

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap |}

† – Daijiro Kato was fatally injured in an accident during the Japanese Grand Prix.

Constructors' standings

Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	395	2	248	3	175	4	81	5	43	6	38	7	19	Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
JPN Honda	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ITA Ducati	3	4	3	Ret	2	1	6	4	3	3	3	6	8	6	2	3
JPN Yamaha	8	5	5	3	5	4	4	6	7	4	7	8	5	5	6	5
ITA Aprilia	6	Ret	11	8	9	12	7	7	14	12	14	13	12	12	14	8
JPN Suzuki	13	13	7	16	Ret	15	15	11	15	17	17	17	10	14	9	11
MYS/USA Proton KR	Ret	12	9	6	Ret	16	Ret	15	11	Ret	19	16	14	17	11	12
JPN Kawasaki	16	16	15	9	14	17	10	16	16	16	21	18	16	16	13	18

Teams' standings

Each team got the total points scored by their two riders, including replacement riders. In one rider team, only the points scored by that rider was counted. Wildcard riders did not score points.
Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Team	Bike
No.	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	487	2	351	3	305	4	299	5	188	6	172	7	109	8	101	9	87	10	55	11	46	12	15	0	Pos	Team	Bike
No.	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
JPN Repsol Honda	46	*1*	2	1	2	1	*2*	3	3	2	*1*	1	*1*	2	*1*	*1*	*1*
69	7	7	Ret	12	12	9	11	8	5	6	9	5	3	4	3	16
ESP Camel Pramac Pons	3	2	3	2	5	3	14	2	1	*Ret*	5	2	4	1	3	17	4
11	20	6	4	7	6	6	12	Ret	6	8	5	7	7	7	5	Ret
ITA Ducati Marlboro Team	12	5	4	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	5	3	3	6	10	Ret	9	Ret	7
65	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	6	4	4	Ret	3	6	8	6	2	3
ITA Telefónica Movistar Honda	15	4	1	Ret	1	7	3	1	2	1	2	4	2	4	2	4	2
23				13	13	11	17	14	18	15	16	15	11	21	19	14
74	Ret†
JPN Fortuna Yamaha Team	7	10	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	4	6	8	4	8	9	Ret	5	8	5
17	11	8														9
33	WD		17	15	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	11	5	11	Ret
FRA Gauloises Yamaha Team	4	8	5	5	3	Ret	8	8	DNS	Ret	7	11	12	6	15	Ret	6
19	15	10	10	4	10	Ret	5	Ret	9	11	13	Ret	13	Ret	6	Ret
ITA Alice Aprilia Racing	41	12	Ret	11	8	Ret	12	Ret	7	Ret	13	15	14	12	12	14	15
45	6	Ret	14	10	9	Ret	7	10	14	12	14	13	17	13	16	8
ESP d'Antín Yamaha Team	56	9	11	8	14	5	5	13	9	7	14	12	8	9	8	7	Ret
ITA Pramac Honda	6	Ret	14	6	Ret	4	7	16	13	13	9	10	3	DSQ	10	10	10
JPN Suzuki Grand Prix Team	10	14	15	13	16	Ret				15	20	17	17	15	14	9	11
21	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	15	15	11	Ret	17	18	DNS	Ret		12	13
43														20
71							Ret	12
MAS/USA Proton Team KR	9	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	15	11	Ret	20	Ret	14	18	18	17
99	Ret	Ret	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	19	16	Ret	17	11	12
JPN Kawasaki Racing Team	8	16	17	18	9	15	17	18	16	16	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	13	19
88	17	16	15	Ret	16	Ret	14	17	19	16	21	18	16	16	15	18
GBR WCM	35	DNS										DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	WD
							Ret	WD	Ret
52								Ret	20	DNS
										22	19	19	Ret	Ret	20

† – #74 Daijiro Kato was fatally injured in an accident during the Japanese Grand Prix.

250cc standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Riders' standings

Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	249	2	235	3	226	4	208	5	194	6	148	7	145	8	127	9	119	10	101	11	81	12	38	13	34	14	33	15	31	16	30	17	30	18	29	19	28	20	26	21	26	22	24	23	24	24	14	25	10	26	7	27	6	28	5	29	5	30	4	31	1	32	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	1	1	4	Ret	1	Ret	4	2	8	3	2	1	3	2	9	3
ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	7	5	2	3	4	9	6	5	1	4	4	2	2	4	1	7
ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	Ret	8	1	1	6	4	13	4	7	2	1	18	*1*	*1*	11	2
FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Ret	2	3	2	*Ret*	1	Ret	8	3	1	3	3	6	5	Ret	1
ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	6	7	7	4	2	2	Ret	1	2	6	9	Ret	8	3	3	5
ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	5	3	11	18	3	6	2	7	5	7	6	Ret	Ret	6	4	8
AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	Ret	6	5	7	9	3	1	3	6	Ret	10	8	Ret	9	2	Ret
ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	4	4	6	Ret	8	7	5	6	4	5	5	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	6
JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	8	10	8	5	7	5	Ret	9	Ret	9	8	5	7	7	6	11
FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	10	9	Ret	6	5	8	3	Ret	Ret	8	7	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	4
ESP Alex Debón	Honda	11	DSQ	9	8	12	11	11	10	9	DNS	11	11	9	Ret	5	10
ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	13	Ret	10	10	10	10	23	Ret	17	16	Ret	7	19	14	18	Ret
ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Ret	11	Ret	11	15	Ret	17	12	Ret	10	13	6	Ret	Ret	16	Ret
GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	18	15	18	Ret	13	Ret	24	13	12	14	20	9	11	20	15	13
JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	*2*												5
FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	12	17	Ret	17	17	14	7	Ret	14	Ret	16	12	17	Ret	7	Ret
ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Ret	12	12	13	Ret	Ret	14	17	10	Ret	14	Ret	13	10	Ret	Ret
JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	3												4
FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	16	13	13	15	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	14	14	Ret	12	Ret	13	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	10	17
DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	15	Ret				15	11	13	17	14	14	11	13	12
DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	Ret	18	14	9	16	15	8	Ret	Ret	15	15	16	12	16	Ret	Ret
FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	11	Ret	9	16	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	16	13	14	Ret
CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	15	Ret	17	19	14	Ret	12	14	13	Ret	Ret		18			14
CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	17	16	16	16	DNS
Honda												15	Ret	15	8	Ret
JPN Tekkyu Kayo	Yamaha	9
JPN Choujun Kameya	Honda													10
GBR Jay Vincent	Aprilia								11
DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia						12	15
CZE Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha						16			16	17	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	12	19
DEU Max Neukirchner	Honda									15
JPN Masaki Tokudome	Yamaha													15
CZE Radomil Rous	Aprilia										Ret						15
NLD Henk van de Lagemaat	Honda	19	19	20	20	18	18	16	18	Ret	Ret	23	19	20	18	17	18
ESP Álvaro Molina	Aprilia			19			DNS					19					16
DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	20	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	18	19	18	20	Ret	DNS		17	Ret
FIN Vesa Kallio	Yamaha									19	18	18
ITA Christian Pistoni	Aprilia					19
Yamaha							20
NLD Jan Blok	Honda							19
CZE Michal Filla	Yamaha										19
CHN Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha														19
NLD Patrick Lakerveld	Aprilia																20
NLD Arie Vos	Yamaha							21			21
ESP Luis Castro	Yamaha			21
SWE Frederik Watz	Yamaha											21
NLD Hans Smees	Honda							22
HUN Gábor Rizmayer	Honda										22
PRT Miguel Praia	Yamaha											22
JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Yamaha	Ret												Ret
JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	Ret
FRA Samuel Aubry	Honda				Ret
FRA Christophe Rastel	Honda						Ret
GBR Lee Dickinson	Yamaha								Ret
GBR Phillip Desborough	Yamaha								Ret
SWE Tomas Palander	Honda									Ret
DEU Norman Rank	Honda									Ret
AUS Geoff Hardcastle	Yamaha															Ret
FRA Grégory Leblanc	Honda			DNS													DNQ
FRA Vincent Eisen	Honda				DNQ
NLD Randy Gevers	Honda							DNQ
GBR Andrew Sawford	Honda								DNQ
DEU Nico Kehrer	Honda									DNQ
CHN Zi Xian He	Yamaha														DNQ
AUS Mark Rowling	Yamaha															DNQ
AUS Peter Taplin	Honda															DNQ
AUS Rodney Camm	Honda															DNQ
AUS Brett Underwood	Yamaha															DNQ
AUT Yves Polzer	Honda																DNQ

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap |}

Constructors' standings

Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	390	2	252	3	119	Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
ITA Aprilia	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
JPN Honda	2	4	2	3	4	7	5	5	1	4	4	2	2	4	1	6
JPN Yamaha	8	10	8	5	7	5	20	9	16	9	8	5	7	7	6	11

125cc standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Riders' standings

Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	223	2	166	3	164	4	162	5	157	6	151	7	148	8	125	9	112	10	93	11	88	12	79	13	76	14	70	15	68	16	64	17	54	18	39	19	32	20	31	21	31	22	25	23	25	24	18	25	10	26	8	27	7	28	5	29	4	30	3	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	8	1	4	1	2	1	8	Ret	4	1	4	*4*	6	1	WD
SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Ret	6	3	Ret	5	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	9	6	7	Ret
ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Ret	13	7	11	9	Ret	3	1	14	5	2	9	1	8	6	3
ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	1	Ret	5	7	7	5	5	3	1	2	Ret	7	4	Ret	Ret	13
ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	5	2	9	3	4	Ret	10	2	7	6	8	6	3	13	Ret	8
DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	3	3	2	8	Ret	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	5	Ret	3	2
ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	7	5	Ret	5	3	17	2	6	5	Ret	1	5	8	9	Ret	7
AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Ret	10	6	4	18	Ret	Ret	5	2	DNS	DNS	2	2	Ret	Ret	1
ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	4	8	1	2	1	Ret	16	10	8	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	2	15	10	12	11	12	15	11	11	7	10	14	11	7	Ret	5
FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	11	7	16	Ret	13	7	11	7	10
KTM										4	DSQ	19	7	2	Ret	Ret
ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Ret	24	15	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	21	12	6	1	Ret	3	8	11
JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	6	4	8	6	6	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9
Gilera											DNS	21	17	18	11	Ret
HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	14	Ret	19	16	16	9	9	9	6	11	7	8	14	14	9	12
CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	9	17	12	9	15	2	7	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	10	4	16	DNS
JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	17	9	11	10	14	22	Ret	13	Ret	13	13	Ret	13	5	2	15
ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	10	11	13	13	8	8	13	19	17	8	Ret	12	Ret	20	Ret	10
FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	Ret	12	22	Ret	21	14	Ret	8	Ret
Aprilia											5	13	19	16	5	Ret
ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	12	14	21	14	12	15	12	Ret	9	Ret	9	22	15	DNS	DNS	Ret
ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	25	17	Ret	28	28	Ret	14	Ret	16	15	16	12	15	4	6
ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	21	20	14	Ret	17	16	20	16	12	14	DNS	11	Ret	11	Ret	4
ITA Andrea Ballerini	Gilera					19	18
Honda										Ret	Ret	Ret	20	19	1	Ret
ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	15	16	20	Ret	10	11	Ret	12	13	10	Ret	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	23	28	Ret	15	20	10	Ret	Ret	18	17	11	17	Ret	10	Ret	17
ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	16	18	23	Ret	Ret	19	14	Ret	15	18	12	24	18	17	13	18
DNK Robbin Harms	Aprilia					25		DSQ		16	19	Ret	23	22	21	10	14
ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	Ret	21	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	Ret	20	14	20	16	12	15	21
FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	22	22	28	17	Ret	13	19	15	Ret	15
Honda												Ret	Ret	22	Ret	Ret
ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	19	27	Ret	20	Ret	24	17	18	20	22	Ret	25	24	25	12	19
ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	13	Ret	24	18	23	21	22	Ret	DNS	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16
ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Ret	23	18	19	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	21	19	Ret	Ret	23	14	24
ITA Mattia Angeloni	Honda					24						16
HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	24	Ret	26	23	27	20	23	17	Ret	23	Ret	Ret	26	24	Ret
Aprilia																22
ITA Michele Danese	Honda												27	Ret	26	17	Ret
ITA Manuel Manna	Aprilia											17
ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia			25			23					18					20
NED Adri den Bekker	Honda							18
GER Dario Giuseppetti	Honda									19							Ret
ESP Ismael Ortega	Aprilia			27			WD		21			20					23
HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	Ret	29	Ret	22	31	26	Ret	20	22	Ret	Ret
JPN Toshika Kuzuhara	Honda	20												Ret
GBR Christopher Martin	Honda	25	26	Ret	21	Ret	Ret
JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	Ret												21
ITA Michele Conti	Honda					22
GBR Leon Camier	Honda	26	Ret	30	24	30	27	Ret	Ret	23
GBR Paul Veazey	Honda								23
JPN Hiroaki Kuzuhara	Honda													23
NED Jarno van der Marel	Honda							24
GBR Midge Smart	Honda								24
CZE Igor Kaláb	Honda										24
JPN Sadahito Suma	Honda	Ret												25
FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda				25
ESP Jordi Carchano	Honda						25
GBR Lee Longden	Honda								25
CZE Markéta Janáková	Honda										25
ITA Alessio Aldrovandi	Malaguti					26
GBR Chester Lusk	Honda								26
SVK Luka Nedog	Honda										26
JPN Akio Tanaka	Honda	27
ESP Rubén Catalán	Aprilia			29
ITA Michele Pirro	Aprilia					29
ESP David Bonache	Honda			Ret			Ret					Ret					DNS
FRA William Gautier	Honda				Ret
FRA Gregory Lefort	Aprilia				Ret
FRA Xavier Herouin	Honda				Ret
FRA Alexis Masbou	Honda				Ret
NED Raymond Schouten	Honda							Ret
NED Mark van Kreij	Honda							Ret
GER Patrick Unger	Honda									Ret
GER Jarno Müller	Honda									Ret
GER Jascha Büch	Honda									Ret
GER Manuel Mickan	Honda									Ret
CZE Václav Bittman	Honda										Ret
JPN Yuki Hatano	Honda													Ret
AUS Matthew Kuhne	Honda															Ret
AUS Joshua Waters	Honda															Ret
CHN Cheung Wai On	Honda	DNQ
GBR Kris Weston	Honda								DNS
JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda										DNS
AUS Brett Simmonds	Honda															DNQ
ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia																DNS

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap |}

Manufacturers' standings

Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts	1	343	2	286	3	79	4	66	5	11	6	11	Pos	Constructor	[JPN](2003-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[RSA](2003-south-african-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ZAF	[SPA](2003-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRA](2003-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[ITA](2003-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[CAT](2003-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Catalonia	[NED](2003-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GBR](2003-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[GER](2003-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[CZE](2003-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[POR](2003-portuguese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
PRT	[RIO](2003-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[PAC](2003-pacific-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Tochigi	[MAL](2003-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[AUS](2003-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[VAL](2003-valencian-community-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Valencia	Pts
ITA Aprilia	1	3	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	6	3	1
JPN Honda	5	1	4	1	2	1	7	2	4	1	4	4	3	1	1	8
ESP Derbi	Ret	23	15	19	Ret	6	21	Ret	21	12	6	1	Ret	3	8	11
AUT KTM	23	12	22	15	20	10	Ret	8	18	4	11	17	7	2	Ret	17
ITA Gilera	Ret	21	Ret	DNS	19	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	14	20	16	12	11	21
ITA Malaguti	16	18	23	20	26	19	14	18	15	18	12	24	18	17	12	18

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