2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the
2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date April 27, 2003
Official Name Arnette Africa's Grand Prix
Location Welkom
Course Permanent racing facility
4.242 km (2.636 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Sete Gibernau
Time 1:33.174
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:33.851
Podium
First Sete Gibernau
Second Valentino Rossi
Third Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Randy de Puniet
Time 1:36.247
Fastest lap
Rider Manuel Poggiali
Time 1:36.649
Podium
First Manuel Poggiali
Second Randy de Puniet
Third Franco Battaini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Youichi Ui
Time 1:40.834
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:41.006
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa
Second Andrea Dovizioso
Third Steve Jenkner

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.

Contents

MotoGP classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 28 44:10.398 1 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Honda 28 +0.363 2 20
3 3 Max Biaggi Honda 28 +5.073 3 16
4 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati 28 +12.606 9 13
5 4 Alex Barros Yamaha 28 +18.930 10 11
6 11 Tohru Ukawa Honda 28 +19.113 6 10
7 69 Nicky Hayden Honda 28 +20.156 11 9
8 17 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 28 +20.870 14 8
9 7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 28 +22.125 7 7
10 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 28 +25.218 12 6
11 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 28 +35.903 5 5
12 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 28 +39.258 15 4
13 21 John Hopkins Suzuki 28 +50.230 16 3
14 6 Makoto Tamada Honda 28 +1:01.441 18 2
15 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 28 +1:04.142 17 1
16 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 28 +1:23.083 20
17 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki 27 +1 lap 21
Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Aprilia 14 Retirement 19
Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati 8 Retirement 4
Ret 45 Colin Edwards Aprilia 0 Accident 8
Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 0 Accident 13
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

250cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 26 42:14.305 2 25
2 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +0.615 1 20
3 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +5.641 3 16
4 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 26 +12.147 5 13
5 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +12.967 8 11
6 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +19.569 7 10
7 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +23.080 4 9
8 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +27.296 6 8
9 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +30.187 11 7
10 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +31.447 9 6
11 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +31.511 10 5
12 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +39.311 15 4
13 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +40.209 13 3
14 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +46.756 14 2
15 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +54.833 20 1
16 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +1:02.623 23
17 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:09.165 18
18 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +1:16.891 22
19 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 24
Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 11 Retirement 17
Ret 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 10 Retirement 25
Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 8 Retirement 19
Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 3 Retirement 21
DSQ 6 Alex Debón Honda 10 Disqualified 12
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 24 40:46.694 7 25
2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +0.356 3 20
3 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +0.548 6 16
4 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +0.754 1 13
5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +0.839 2 11
6 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1.965 4 10
7 36 Mika Kallio Honda 24 +13.997 8 9
8 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +14.790 11 8
9 8 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +16.790 12 7
10 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 +20.649 19 6
11 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +21.809 15 5
12 1 Arnaud Vincent KTM 24 +22.015 14 4
13 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +23.814 13 3
14 24 Simone Corsi Honda 24 +23.871 16 2
15 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +24.786 9 1
16 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 24 +39.565 24
17 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +42.280 22
18 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 24 +42.379 25
19 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +51.145 10
20 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 24 +51.186 18
21 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 24 +53.316 17
22 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +55.253 30
23 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +56.952 21
24 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +57.035 20
25 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +58.109 26
26 14 Chris Martin Aprilia 24 +58.622 28
27 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +1:05.036 27
28 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +1:11.674 29
29 78 Peter Lenart Honda 24 +1:35.808 33
Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 10 Retirement 23
Ret 21 Leon Camier Honda 7 Retirement 32
Ret 25 Imre Tóth Honda 2 Retirement 31
Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 1 Retirement 5
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

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