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2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Official_Name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course_mi	2.748
Course_km	4.423
Race_No	3
Season_No	16
Date	11 May
Year	2003
Image	Jerez.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Ducati
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:41.983
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:42.788 on lap 5
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Max Biaggi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Troy Bayliss
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Ducati
Pole_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:44.723
Fast_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:45.350 on lap 2
First_Rider_250	Toni Elías
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
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	Pablo Nieto
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_125	1:47.711
Fast_Rider_125	Stefano Perugini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_125	1:47.766 on lap 6
First_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
First_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Second_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Alex de Angelis
Third_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 2003 at the Circuito de Jerez.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	46:50.345	5	25
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+6.333	3	20
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+12.077	2	16
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+16.186	4	13
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+18.630	15	11
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	27	+24.153	12	10
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+30.959	7	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+31.218	13	8
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+36.002	8	7
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+37.566	9	6
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+43.753	18	5
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+43.894	14	4
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+48.891	17	3
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+52.128	11	2
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:08.179	20	1
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:08.372	21
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1:31.010	16
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+1 lap	22
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	12	Accident	1
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	8	Accident	19
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	6	Accident	6
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Retirement	10

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	46:10.793	6	25
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+0.521	4	20
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+0.539	1	16
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	26	+0.607	2	13
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+12.048	7	11
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	26	+14.204	8	10
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+22.463	5	9
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+37.840	10	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	26	+42.820	16	7
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	26	+48.821	19	6
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+52.185	3	5
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+54.704	23	4
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+56.089	11	3
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	26	+57.708	15	2
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:03.433	20	1
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	26	+1:08.944	21
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	26	+1:18.200	22
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+1:18.401	18
40	ESP Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	26	+1:25.198	24
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	25	+1 lap	25
39	ESP Luis Castro	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	26
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	22	Accident	12
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	14	Accident	9
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	14	Retirement	13
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	5	Accident	17
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	2	Retirement	14
42	FRA Grégory Leblanc	Honda		Did not start
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	23	41:52.177	2	25
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+0.088	5	20
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+0.378	3	16
3	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+1.385	4	13
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	23	+1.507	12	11
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	23	+11.402	11	10
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+11.496	7	9
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Aprilia	23	+15.577	6	8
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+18.604	8	7
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+18.897	9	6
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+23.532	17	5
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	23	+23.600	20	4
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+23.810	15	3
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	+24.208	10	2
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	23	+25.139	22	1
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	23	+25.230	14
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+27.742	16
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	23	+28.511	23
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+29.036	13
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	23	+59.993	25
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	23	+1:02.499	21
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	KTM	23	+1:02.545	19
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	23	+1:02.841	26
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	23	+1:03.046	18
70	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+1:11.364	33
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	23	+1:11.453	28
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	23	+1:11.693	31
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	23	+1:20.298	32
71	ESP Rubén Catalán	Aprilia	23	+1:34.875	34
21	GBR Leon Camier	Honda	23	+1:34.935	36
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	12	Retirement	30
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	9	Retirement	1
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	3	Accident	24
14	GBR Chris Martin	Aprilia	1	Accident	27
69	ESP David Bonache	TSR	1	Retirement	35
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	1	Accident	29
78	HUN Péter Lénárt	Honda	0	Retirement	37

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	70
2	ITA Max Biaggi	56
3	AUS Troy Bayliss	40
4	SPA Sete Gibernau	38
5	BRA Alex Barros	30

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	75
2	ITA Ducati	45
3	JPN Yamaha	30
4	ITA Aprilia	15
5	JPN Suzuki	15

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(11 May 2003). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(11 May 2003). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(11 May 2003). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(May 11, 2003). "MotoGP championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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