# 2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 June 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 25 | 44:21.758 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +3.075 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 25 | +4.344 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +4.935 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +5.003 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 25 | +20.587 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 25 | +22.982 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +24.989 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +27.159 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 25 | +30.376 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 25 | +33.193 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 25 | +40.443 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +40.445 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 25 | +42.325 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +48.659 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 25 | +1:04.721 | 21 | |
| 17 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 25 | +1:36.914 | 19 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 48 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 23 | 41:59.893 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +0.244 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 23 | +2.641 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 23 | +4.329 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +7.896 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 23 | +11.432 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 23 | +11.883 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 23 | +15.761 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 23 | +24.270 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 23 | +29.370 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 23 | +32.091 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 30 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 23 | +34.948 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 23 | +44.259 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 23 | +46.384 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 23 | +59.767 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 23 | +1:36.297 | 22 | |
| 17 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 18 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 22 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 31 | Christophe Rastel | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 18 | |
| DNS | 40 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 22 | 41:16.672 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 22 | +0.137 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 22 | +0.315 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 22 | +1.589 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 22 | +19.874 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 22 | +22.560 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 22 | +22.647 | 19 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 22 | +22.856 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 22 | +22.916 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 22 | +23.415 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 22 | +31.815 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 22 | +34.948 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 22 | +40.938 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 22 | +41.163 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 22 | +41.405 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 22 | +41.888 | 22 | |
| 17 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +51.330 | 1 | |
| 18 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Gilera | 22 | +51.993 | 26 | |
| 19 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 22 | +52.289 | 21 | |
| 20 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 22 | +54.364 | 30 | |
| 21 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 22 | +1:08.127 | 33 | |
| 22 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 22 | +1:09.768 | 24 | |
| 23 | 70 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 22 | +1:22.794 | 27 | |
| 24 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 22 | +1:32.672 | 28 | |
| 25 | 82 | Jordi Carchano | Honda | 22 | +1:40.507 | 35 | |
| 26 | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 22 | +1:40.604 | 36 | |
| 27 | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 22 | +1:40.730 | 32 | |
| 28 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 17 | +5 laps | 29 | |
| Ret | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 15 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 69 | David Bonache | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Chris Martin | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 34 | |
| WD | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | | Withdrew | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 135 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 88 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 85 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 61 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 54 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 145 |
| 2 | Ducati | 90 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 70 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 34 |
| 5 | / Proton KR | 21 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.