# 2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 2003 at the Circuito de Jerez.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 46:50.345 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 27 | +6.333 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +12.077 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 27 | +16.186 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +18.630 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 27 | +24.153 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +30.959 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +31.218 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +36.002 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +37.566 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +43.753 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +43.894 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +48.891 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +52.128 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1:08.179 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1:08.372 | 21 | |
| 17 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +1:31.010 | 16 | |
| 18 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 12 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 8 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 3 | Retirement | 10 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | 46:10.793 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +0.521 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +0.539 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +0.607 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +12.048 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 26 | +14.204 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +22.463 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +37.840 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +42.820 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +48.821 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +52.185 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +54.704 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +56.089 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 26 | +57.708 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:03.433 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 26 | +1:08.944 | 21 | |
| 17 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +1:18.200 | 22 | |
| 18 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 26 | +1:18.401 | 18 | |
| 19 | 40 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | 26 | +1:25.198 | 24 | |
| 20 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 21 | 39 | Luis Castro | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| DNS | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 23 | 41:52.177 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +0.088 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 23 | +0.378 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 23 | +1.385 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 23 | +1.507 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 23 | +11.402 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 23 | +11.496 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 23 | +15.577 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 23 | +18.604 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 23 | +18.897 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +23.532 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 23 | +23.600 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +23.810 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 23 | +24.208 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 23 | +25.139 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 23 | +25.230 | 14 | |
| 17 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +27.742 | 16 | |
| 18 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 23 | +28.511 | 23 | |
| 19 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 23 | +29.036 | 13 | |
| 20 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 23 | +59.993 | 25 | |
| 21 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 23 | +1:02.499 | 21 | |
| 22 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 23 | +1:02.545 | 19 | |
| 23 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 23 | +1:02.841 | 26 | |
| 24 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 23 | +1:03.046 | 18 | |
| 25 | 70 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +1:11.364 | 33 | |
| 26 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 23 | +1:11.453 | 28 | |
| 27 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 23 | +1:11.693 | 31 | |
| 28 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 23 | +1:20.298 | 32 | |
| 29 | 71 | Rubén Catalán | Aprilia | 23 | +1:34.875 | 34 | |
| 30 | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 23 | +1:34.935 | 36 | |
| Ret | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 12 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 3 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 14 | Chris Martin | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 69 | David Bonache | TSR | 1 | Retirement | 35 | |
| Ret | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 1 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 37 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 70 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 56 |
| 3 | Troy Bayliss | 40 |
| 4 | Sete Gibernau | 38 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 30 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 75 |
| 2 | Ducati | 45 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 30 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 15 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 15 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.