2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 June 2003
Location	Mugello Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:51.927
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:52.623
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:53.586
Fastest lap
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:54.994
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Fonsi Nieto
Third	Franco Battaini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:58.914
Fastest lap
Rider	Gino Borsoi
Time	1:58.969
Podium
First	Lucio Cecchinello
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Pablo Nieto

The 2003 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 June 2003 at the Mugello Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	43:28.008	1	25
2	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+1.416	2	20
3	Max Biaggi	Honda	+4.576	4	16
4	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+13.210	10	13
5	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+13.411	3	11
6	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+13.666	5	10
7	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+14.253	6	9
8	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+22.811	7	8
9	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+33.056	13	7
10	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+38.882	8	6
11	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+38.977	12	5
12	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+48.639	17	4
13	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+50.183	22	3
14	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+54.213	15	2
15	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+1:23.281	20	1
16	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:37.284	21
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	Retirement	19
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	Retirement	23
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	11
Ret	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	14
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	Retirement	18
Ret	Alex Barros	Yamaha	Retirement	9

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	38:40.038	2	25
2	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+22.445	3	20
3	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+23.446	4	16
4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+24.432	6	13
5	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+31.679	8	11
6	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+39.837	5	10
7	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+44.832	9	9
8	Sebastián Porto	Honda	+44.905	7	8
9	Anthony West	Aprilia	+1:02.385	13	7
10	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:06.020	12	6
11	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:11.197	16	5
12	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:11.257	15	4
13	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:17.964	17	3
14	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:21.573	21	2
15	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:25.294	14	1
16	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+1:26.780	18
17	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:35.206	10
18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	23
19	Christian Pistoni	Aprilia	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	11

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	40:01.738	6	25
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0.730	10	20
3	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+0.801	4	16
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.810	7	13
5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+1.454	3	11
6	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	+7.656	8	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+7.702	2	9
8	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+7.708	9	8
9	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+21.704	12	7
10	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+22.132	13	6
11	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+22.208	16	5
12	Simone Corsi	Honda	+34.326	17	4
13	Mika Kallio	Honda	+34.434	24	3
14	Masao Azuma	Honda	+34.493	22	2
15	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+34.879	21	1
16	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+35.035	14
17	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+45.352	15
18	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+46.072	1
19	Andrea Ballerini	Gilera	+46.428	27
20	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+46.436	20
21	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	+46.615	11
22	Michele Conti	Honda	+52.953	26
23	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	+53.338	19
24	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	+1:04.110	28
25	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+1:04.186	31
26	Alessio Aldrovandi	Malaguti	+1:11.059	29
27	Imre Tóth	Honda	+1:16.722	25
28	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+1:16.830	35
29	Michele Pirro	Aprilia	+1:22.815	33
30	Leon Camier	Honda	+1 Lap	37
31	Peter Lenart	Honda	+1 Lap	38
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	18
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	Retirement	32
Ret	Julian Simon	Malaguti	Retirement	34
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Retirement	23
Ret	Chris Martin	Aprilia	Retirement	36
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	Retirement	30