| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 15 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 19 October, 2003 | ||
| Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:30.068 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:31.421 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Loris Capirossi | ||
| Third | Nicky Hayden | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Toni Elías | ||
| Time | 1:33.771 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Jaroslav Huleš | ||
| Time | 1:45.680 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Roberto Rolfo | ||
| Second | Anthony West | ||
| Third | Fonsi Nieto | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Stefano Perugini | ||
| Time | 1:37.342 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Andrea Ballerini | ||
| Time | 1:50.518 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Andrea Ballerini | ||
| Second | Masao Azuma | ||
| Third | Steve Jenkner | ||
The 2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2003 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 41:53.543 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | +5.212 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | +12.039 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | +12.070 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +12.294 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | +28.017 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | +28.044 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | +40.112 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Kenny Roberts Jr | Suzuki | +41.410 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | +49.902 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton KR | +51.260 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | +54.101 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki | +54.779 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | Noriyuki Haga | Aprilia | +1:01.520 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki | +1:06.080 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | Colin Edwards | Aprilia | +1:06.630 | 18 | |
| 17 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +1:14.003 | 6 | |
| 18 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| 19 | Chris Burns | Harris WCM | +1 Lap | 24 | |
| Ret | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton KR | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | Marco Melandri | Yamaha | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | Alex Barros | Yamaha | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | José David de Gea | Harris WCM | Retirement | 23 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 45:14.Ret3 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Anthony West | Aprilia | +14.040 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | +33.511 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +54.252 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Alex Debón | Honda | +1:06.895 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +1:06.943 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | +1:13.421 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | +1:22.119 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | +1:22.163 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Johann Stigefelt | Aprilia | +1:25.303 | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | +1:41.591 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | +2:49.682 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 17 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | +2 Laps | 25 | |
| 18 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | +3 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | Christian Gemmel | Honda | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | Eric Bataille | Honda | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | Sebastián Porto | Honda | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | Katja Poensgen | Honda | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | Geoff Hardcastle | Yamaha | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | Retirement | 6 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 43:41.886 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +8.849 | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +14.187 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | +14.752 | 16 | 13 |
| 5 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | +16.387 | 22 | 11 |
| 6 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | +22.852 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | +23.167 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | +39.210 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | +45.888 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | +48.500 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | Youichi Ui | Gilera | +1:07.473 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | Julian Simon | Malaguti | +1:08.499 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | +1:25.817 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | +1:46.395 | 27 | 2 |
| 15 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | +1:50.845 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 17 | Michele Danese | Honda | +1 Lap | 31 | |
| Ret | Imre Tóth | Honda | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | Matthew Kuhne | Honda | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | Mika Kallio | KTM | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | Joshua Waters | Honda | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | Retirement | 32 |
| Previous race: 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2003 season |
Next race: 2003 Valencian Community Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2002 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix | Next race: 2004 Australian Grand Prix |