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2003 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	Rio de Janeiro
Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro
Official Name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Image	Jacarepaguá.svg
Course_mi	3.065
Course_km	4.933
Race_No	12
Season_No	16
Date	20 September
Year	2003
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:49.038
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:50.453 on lap 10
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
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	Makoto Tamada
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Toni Elías
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:53.457
Fast_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:54.215 on lap 7
First_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
First_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Third_Rider_250_Country	France
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_125	1:58.052
Fast_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:58.121 on lap 3
First_Rider_125	Jorge Lorenzo
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
First_Rider_125_Bike	Derbi
Second_Rider_125	Casey Stoner
Second_Rider_125_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Alex de Angelis
Third_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2003 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 September 2003 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

The 125cc race marked the first Grand Prix motorcycle racing victory for a young Jorge Lorenzo.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	24	44:36.633	1	25
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	24	+3.109	3	20
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	24	+7.298	9	16
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	24	+9.235	4	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	24	+11.165	7	11
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+14.826	2	10
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	24	+17.361	8	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+21.239	6	8
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+21.522	10	7
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+22.971	5	6
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+32.910	16	5
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+40.136	11	4
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+54.099	12	3
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+57.234	19	2
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	24	+57.678	15	1
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	24	+1:06.069	20
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	24	+1:09.444	18
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+1:22.463	21
52	ESP David de Gea	WCM	Harris WCM	23	+1 lap	22
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	14	Retirement	13
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	11	Retirement	17
35	GBR Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	8	Retirement	23
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	7	Retirement	14
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	22	42:09.055	2	25
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	22	+12.901	3	20
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	22	+12.965	4	16
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	22	+25.317	7	13
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	22	+47.468	9	11
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	22	+55.694	10	10
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	22	+58.264	14	9
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	22	+58.339	16	8
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	22	+1:00.193	15	7
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	22	+1:02.606	19	6
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	22	+1:03.500	13	5
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	22	+1:09.904	11	4
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	22	+1:14.199	17	3
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	22	+1:14.370	20	2
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	22	+1:16.913	22	1
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	22	+1:17.037	23
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	22	+1:19.838	21
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	22	+1:27.198	1
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	21	+1 lap	24
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	11	Retirement	18
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	4	Retirement	12
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	3	Retirement	5
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	2	Accident	6
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	21	41:51.624	5	25
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	21	+0.232	9	20
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	21	+0.372	2	16
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	21	+0.589	1	13
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	21	+0.771	14	11
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+0.899	3	10
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	21	+1.240	6	9
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	21	+3.835	4	8
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	+4.117	7	7
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+15.268	8	6
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	21	+19.087	16	5
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+19.445	10	4
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+19.584	11	3
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	21	+19.673	15	2
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	21	+20.466	12	1
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	21	+27.902	20
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	21	+27.992	21
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	21	+32.727	13
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	21	+36.138	23
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	21	+40.544	26
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Gilera	21	+41.610	22
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	21	+49.980	19
88	DNK Robbin Harms	Aprilia	21	+50.136	30
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	21	+50.179	18
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	21	+55.624	24
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	21	+1:00.747	31
28	ITA Michele Danese	Honda	21	+1:52.184	32
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	16	Accident	28
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	15	Retirement	29
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	10	Retirement	17
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	6	Retirement	25
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	3	Retirement	33
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	1	Retirement	27

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	262
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	211
3	ITA Max Biaggi	174
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	123
5	AUS Troy Bayliss	112

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	295
2	ITA Ducati	171
3	JPN Yamaha	132
4	ITA Aprilia	63
5	MYS/USA Proton KR	27

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2004 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 Brazilian MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2003 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine.
(20 September 2003). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(20 September 2003). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(20 September 2003). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(September 20, 2003). "World championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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