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2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Valencian Community
flag	Valencia
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Official_Name	Gran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana
Course_mi	2.489
Course_km	4.005
Race_No	16
Season_No	16
Date	2 November
Year	2003
Image	Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:32.478
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:33.317 on lap 24
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	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Ducati
Pole_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:36.499
Fast_Rider_250	Toni Elías
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:36.840 on lap 14
First_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
First_Rider_250_Country	France
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Toni Elías
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Manuel Poggiali
Third_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Alex de Angelis
Pole_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_125	1:40.440
Fast_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_125	1:40.253 on lap 17
First_Rider_125	Casey Stoner
First_Rider_125_Country	Australia
First_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Second_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Héctor Barberá
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 31 October – 2 November 2003 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	47:13.078	1	25
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+0.681	2	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+11.227	3	16
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	30	+16.293	6	13
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+20.868	5	11
4	BRA Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+30.851	8	10
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+37.770	10	9
45	USA Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+38.922	7	8
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+40.229	11	7
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	30	+46.500	13	6
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+1:01.496	18	5
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+1:04.510	15	4
21	USA John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+1:05.191	17	3
23	JPN Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+1:06.012	20	2
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+1:06.154	22	1
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+1:11.432	4
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+1:26.736	19
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+1:27.016	16
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+1:27.450	14
52	ESP José David de Gea	WCM	Harris WCM	29	+1 lap	23
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	Retirement	21
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	4	Accident	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	4	Accident	12
35	GBR Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM		Withdrew

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	44:01.924	1	25
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	27	+0.072	2	20
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	27	+12.810	4	16
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+22.496	3	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	+30.731	7	11
5	ARG Sebastián Porto	Honda	27	+32.381	9	10
3	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	27	+35.547	10	9
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+36.987	6	8
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	27	+38.672	12	7
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	27	+41.748	5	6
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+55.156	8	5
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	27	+1:03.117	18	4
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	27	+1:08.018	15	3
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	27	+1:18.041	16	2
73	CZE Radomil Rous	Aprilia	27	+1:24.071	19	1
40	ESP Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	27	+1:29.994	26
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	27	+1:32.471	21
18	NLD Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	25
83	NLD Patrick Lakerveld	Aprilia	25	+2 laps	28
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	15	Retirement	17
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	14	Retirement	13
26	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	13	Retirement	24
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	11	Retirement	23
15	DEU Christian Gemmel	Honda	8	Retirement	20
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	2	Accident	14
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	1	Retirement	11
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	1	Retirement	22
84	AUT Yves Polzer	Honda		Did not qualify
42	FRA Grégory Leblanc	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	24	40:27.662	8	25
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+0.268	13	20
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	24	+1.101	4	16
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	24	+3.205	3	13
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	24	+8.760	11	11
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	24	+8.888	7	10
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+12.265	2	9
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+16.738	5	8
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+21.089	15	7
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+30.673	9	6
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	24	+32.847	17	5
79	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	24	+32.954	21	4
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	24	+33.349	6	3
88	DNK Robbin Harms	Aprilia	24	+34.889	14	2
8	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+34.958	31	1
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+40.633	24
10	ITA Roberto Locatelli	KTM	24	+45.678	18
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	24	+50.241	19
31	ESP Julián Simón	Malaguti	24	+50.313	22
70	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	+58.305	29
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Gilera	24	+58.315	23
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	24	+1:23.309	26
81	ESP Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	24	+1:33.631	35
26	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	24	+1:39.042	28
90	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	20	Accident	30
28	ITA Michele Danese	Honda	17	Retirement	37
1	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	14	Retirement	12
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	9	Retirement	36
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Honda	7	Retirement	25
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	3	Accident	33
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	3	Accident	32
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	1	Accident	1
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	1	Accident	10
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Gilera	1	Retirement	16
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	0	Did not start	20
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	0	Did not start	27
69	ESP David Bonache	Honda	0	Did not start	34

Championship standings after the race (motoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	357
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	277
3	ITA Max Biaggi	228
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	177
5	USA Nicky Hayden	130

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	395
2	ITA Ducati	225
3	JPN Yamaha	175
4	ITA Aprilia	81
5	JPN Suzuki	43

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2003 Valencia MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2003 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2 November 2003). "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003".
(2 November 2003). "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2 November 2003). "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(November 2, 2003). "2003 world championship standings.".
(2003). "Standings".

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