# 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

## MotoGP classification

The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 13 | 24:29.665 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 13 | +0.165 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 13 | +1.793 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 13 | +29.912 | 16 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 13 | +31.493 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 13 | +33.946 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 13 | +35.447 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +36.231 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 13 | +51.254 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +1:01.802 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 12 | +1 lap | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 12 | +1 lap | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 12 | +1 lap | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 11 | +2 laps | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 11 | +2 laps | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 11 | +2 laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 2 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 1 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 0 | Accident in 1st part | 14 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 0 | Retirement in 1st part | 3 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Accident in 1st part | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 0 | Retirement in 1st part | 20 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | 43:55.538 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +3.740 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +4.562 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +4.972 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +5.122 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +6.100 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +29.672 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +34.885 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 26 | +35.013 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +35.559 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +45.562 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +54.955 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +55.049 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +55.794 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +56.183 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 26 | +57.386 | 21 | |
| 17 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 26 | +1:27.351 | 11 | |
| 18 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:36.597 | 2 | |
| 19 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 20 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 22 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 5 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 45 | Samuel Aubry | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNQ | 44 | Vincent Eisen | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| 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 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | 41:58.500 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +2.337 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +2.427 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 24 | +11.278 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +11.814 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 24 | +12.592 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 24 | +18.930 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +25.206 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 24 | +29.471 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +33.910 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +44.379 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +44.537 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +55.218 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +58.773 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 24 | +58.962 | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 24 | +1:07.803 | 16 | |
| 17 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 24 | +1:17.604 | 27 | |
| 18 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +1:20.140 | 20 | |
| 19 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | +1:40.757 | 21 | |
| 20 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 24 | +1:43.908 | 26 | |
| 21 | 14 | Chris Martin | Aprilia | 24 | +1:49.778 | 33 | |
| 22 | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 35 | |
| 23 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 24 | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 37 | |
| 25 | 74 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 23 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 18 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 73 | William Gautier | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 86 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 85 | Xavier Herouin | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | 72 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 9 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | | Did not start | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 90 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 67 |
| 3 | Sete Gibernau | 63 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 46 |
| 5 | Troy Bayliss | 40 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 100 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 46 |
| 3 | Ducati | 45 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 23 |
| 5 | / Proton KR | 21 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.