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2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

MotoGP race

Field	Value
Grand Prix	South African
flag	South Africa
Official_Name	Arnette Africa's Grand Prix
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course_mi	2.636
Course_km	4.242
Race_No	2
Season_No	16
Date	27 April
Year	2003
Image	Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Sete Gibernau
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:33.174
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:33.851 on lap 21
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	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:36.247
Fast_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:36.649 on lap 20
First_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
First_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Second_Rider_250_Country	France
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Franco Battaini
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_125	1:40.834
Fast_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:41.006 on lap 3
First_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Andrea Dovizioso
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Third_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 April 2003 at the Phakisa Freeway.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	28	44:10.398	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	28	+0.363	2	20
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	28	+5.073	3	16
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+12.606	9	13
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+18.930	10	11
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	28	+19.113	6	10
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	28	+20.156	11	9
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+20.870	14	8
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+22.125	7	7
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+25.218	12	6
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+35.903	5	5
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	28	+39.258	15	4
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	28	+50.230	16	3
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	28	+1:01.441	18	2
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	28	+1:04.142	17	1
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+1:23.083	20
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1 lap	21
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	12	Retirement	19
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	8	Retirement	4
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	0	Accident	13

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	26	42:14.305	2	25
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+0.615	1	20
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+5.641	3	16
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	26	+12.147	5	13
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+12.967	8	11
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+19.569	7	10
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+23.080	4	9
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	+27.296	6	8
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+30.187	11	7
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+31.447	9	6
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+31.511	10	5
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+39.311	15	4
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+40.209	13	3
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	26	+46.756	14	2
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+54.833	20	1
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	26	+1:02.623	23
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	26	+1:09.165	18
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	26	+1:16.891	22
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	25	+1 lap	24
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	11	Retirement	17
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	10	Retirement	25
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	9	Accident	16
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	8	Retirement	19
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	3	Retirement	21
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	10	Black flag	12

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	40:46.694	7	25
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+0.356	3	20
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+0.548	6	16
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	24	+0.754	1	13
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+0.839	2	11
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	24	+1.965	4	10
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	24	+13.997	8	9
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+14.790	11	8
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+16.790	12	7
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	24	+20.649	19	6
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+21.809	15	5
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	24	+22.015	14	4
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	24	+23.814	13	3
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	24	+23.871	16	2
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	24	+24.786	9	1
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	24	+39.565	24
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	24	+42.280	22
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	24	+42.379	25
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	24	+51.145	10
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	24	+51.186	18
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	24	+53.316	17
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	24	+55.253	30
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	24	+56.952	21
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	24	+57.035	20
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	24	+58.109	26
14	GBR Chris Martin	Aprilia	24	+58.622	28
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	24	+1:05.036	27
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	24	+1:11.674	29
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	24	+1:35.808	33
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	10	Retirement	23
21	GBR Leon Camier	Honda	7	Retirement	32
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	2	Retirement	31
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	1	Retirement	5

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	45
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	38
3	ITA Max Biaggi	36
4	AUS Troy Bayliss	24
5	BRA Alex Barros	19

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	50
2	ITA Ducati	29
3	JPN Yamaha	19
4	ITA Aprilia	10
5	JPN Suzuki	6

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 South African Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2004 South African Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 South African MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT".
"MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(27 April 2003). "World Championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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