2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:French
Flag:France
Official Name:Grand Prix Polini de France[1] [2]
Location:Bugatti Circuit
Course Mi:2.597
Course Km:4.180
Race No:4
Season No:16
Date:25 May
Year:2003
Pole Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Pole Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:Honda
Pole Time Motogp:1:35.208
Fast Rider Motogp:Noriyuki Haga
Fast Rider Motogp Country:Japan
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:Aprilia
Fast Time Motogp:1:36.688 on lap 9 (first part)
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:Alex Barros
Third Rider Motogp Country:Brazil
Third Rider Motogp Bike:Yamaha
Pole Rider 250:Manuel Poggiali
Pole Rider 250 Country:San Marino
Pole Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Pole Time 250:1:39.229
Fast Rider 250:Randy de Puniet
Fast Rider 250 Country:France
Fast Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Fast Time 250:1:40.356 on lap 9
First Rider 250:Toni Elías
First Rider 250 Country:Spain
First Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Second Rider 250:Randy de Puniet
Second Rider 250 Country:France
Second Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Third Rider 250:Roberto Rolfo
Third Rider 250 Country:Italy
Third Rider 250 Bike:Honda
Pole Rider 125:Andrea Dovizioso
Pole Rider 125 Country:Italy
Pole Rider 125 Bike:Honda
Pole Time 125:1:43.565
Fast Rider 125:Daniel Pedrosa
Fast Rider 125 Country:Spain
Fast Rider 125 Bike:Honda
Fast Time 125:1:43.837 on lap 8
First Rider 125:Daniel Pedrosa
First Rider 125 Country:Spain
First Rider 125 Bike:Honda
Second Rider 125:Lucio Cecchinello
Second Rider 125 Country:Italy
Second Rider 125 Bike:Aprilia
Third Rider 125:Andrea Dovizioso
Third Rider 125 Country:Italy
Third Rider 125 Bike:Honda

The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
115 Sete GibernauTelefónica Movistar HondaHonda1324:29.665725
246 Valentino RossiRepsol HondaHonda13+0.165120
34 Alex BarrosGauloises Yamaha TeamYamaha13+1.793216
419 Olivier JacqueGauloises Yamaha TeamYamaha13+29.9121613
53 Max BiaggiCamel Pramac PonsHonda13+31.493511
699 Jeremy McWilliamsProton Team KRProton KR13+33.9461210
711 Tohru UkawaCamel Pramac PonsHonda13+35.44789
841 Noriyuki HagaAlice Aprilia RacingAprilia13+36.231188
98 Garry McCoyKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki13+51.254227
1045 Colin EdwardsAlice Aprilia RacingAprilia13+1:01.802196
1117 Norifumi AbeYamaha Racing TeamYamaha12+1 lap105
1269 Nicky HaydenRepsol HondaHonda12+1 lap134
1323 Ryuichi KiyonariTelefónica Movistar HondaHonda12+1 lap233
1456 Shinya Nakanod'Antín Yamaha TeamYamaha11+2 laps92
1533 Marco MelandriFortuna Yamaha TeamYamaha11+2 laps41
1610 Kenny Roberts Jr.Suzuki Grand Prix TeamSuzuki11+2 laps17
Ret88 Andrew PittKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki3Accident21
Ret21 John HopkinsSuzuki Grand Prix TeamSuzuki2Accident11
Ret6 Makoto TamadaPramac HondaHonda1Accident15
Ret12 Troy BaylissDucati Marlboro TeamDucati0Accident in 1st part14
Ret65 Loris CapirossiDucati Marlboro TeamDucati0Retirement in 1st part3
Ret7 Carlos ChecaFortuna Yamaha TeamYamaha0Accident in 1st part6
Ret9 Nobuatsu AokiProton Team KRProton KR0Retirement in 1st part20
Source: [3] [4] [5]

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
124 Toni ElíasAprilia2643:55.538525
27 Randy de PunietAprilia26+3.740320
33 Roberto RolfoHonda26+4.562916
410 Fonsi NietoAprilia26+4.972413
58 Naoki MatsudoYamaha26+5.122811
650 Sylvain GuintoliAprilia26+6.100710
714 Anthony WestAprilia26+29.672109
86 Alex DebónHonda26+34.885178
915 Christian GemmelHonda26+35.013227
1011 Joan OlivéAprilia26+35.559136
1133 Héctor FaubelAprilia26+45.562155
1216 Johan StigefeltAprilia26+54.955144
1326 Alex BaldoliniAprilia26+55.049233
149 Hugo MarchandAprilia26+55.794122
1534 Eric BatailleHonda26+56.183181
1613 Jaroslav HulešYamaha26+57.38621
1736 Erwan NigonAprilia26+1:27.35111
1821 Franco BattainiAprilia26+1:36.5972
1996 Jakub SmržHonda25+1 lap20
2018 Henk vd LagemaatHonda25+1 lap24
Ret57 Chaz DaviesAprilia22Retirement16
Ret28 Dirk HeidolfAprilia9Retirement19
Ret5 Sebastián PortoHonda5Accident6
Ret54 Manuel PoggialiAprilia5Accident1
Ret45 Samuel AubryHonda2Retirement25
DNQ44 Vincent EisenHondaDid not qualify
DNQ98 Katja PoensgenHondaDid not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Daniel PedrosaHonda2441:58.500625
24 Lucio CecchinelloAprilia24+2.337720
334 Andrea DoviziosoHonda24+2.427116
427 Casey StonerAprilia24+11.278413
522 Pablo NietoAprilia24+11.8141711
641 Youichi UiAprilia24+12.592210
77 Stefano PeruginiAprilia24+18.930159
817 Steve JenknerAprilia24+25.206188
912 Thomas LüthiHonda24+29.471107
108 Masao AzumaHonda24+33.910146
1180 Héctor BarberáAprilia24+44.37995
126 Mirko GiansantiAprilia24+44.537114
1323 Gino BorsoiAprilia24+55.218123
1424 Simone CorsiHonda24+58.773192
1510 Roberto LocatelliKTM24+58.962281
1679 Gábor TalmácsiAprilia24+1:07.80316
1763 Mike Di MeglioAprilia24+1:17.60427
1811 Max SabbataniAprilia24+1:20.14020
1926 Emilio AlzamoraDerbi24+1:40.75721
2031 Julián SimónMalaguti24+1:43.90826
2114 Chris MartinAprilia24+1:49.77833
2278 Péter LénártHonda23+1 lap35
2325 Imre TóthHonda23+1 lap31
2421 Leon CamierHonda23+1 lap37
2574 Jimmy PetitHonda23+1 lap30
Ret15 Alex de AngelisAprilia23Accident5
Ret32 Fabrizio LaiMalaguti18Retirement22
Ret19 Álvaro BautistaAprilia16Accident23
Ret73 William GautierHonda13Retirement32
Ret86 Grégory LefortAprilia11Retirement34
Ret85 Xavier HerouinHonda10Retirement36
Ret72 Alexis MasbouHonda9Accident29
Ret58 Marco SimoncelliAprilia4Retirement25
Ret42 Gioele PellinoAprilia3Retirement24
Ret1 Arnaud VincentKTM0Accident8
Ret36 Mika KallioHonda0Retirement13
Ret48 Jorge LorenzoDerbi0Accident3
DNS33 Stefano BiancoGileraDid not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[8] [9]

Riders' Championship standings
RiderPoints
1 Valentino Rossi90
2 Max Biaggi67
363
4 Alex Barros46
5 Troy Bayliss40
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1100
246
3 Ducati45
423
5/ Proton KR21

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 French MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 16 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 16 May 2018.
  3. Web site: 2003 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 2 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Grand Prix Polini de France – MotoGP – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. 29 April 2018.
  5. Web site: FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003. Motogp.com. 2 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. 29 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. 29 April 2018.
  8. Web site: World Championship standings.. May 25, 2003. Crash.
  9. Web site: Standings . 2003. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-22.

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