# 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2003 at the Donington Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 30 | 46:06.688 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +7.138 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +8.794 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +13.041 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +16.269 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +27.085 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +27.662 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +32.012 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +34.799 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +35.001 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +48.165 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:00.423 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:06.160 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:14.866 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:30.291 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 17 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 29 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 13 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 52 | David de Gea | WCM | Sabre V4 | 9 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | ROC Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | 42:58.011 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 27 | +0.269 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 27 | +2.558 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 27 | +2.933 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +2.934 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 27 | +25.030 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +27.663 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +31.591 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +50.348 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 27 | +53.337 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Jay Vincent | Aprilia | 27 | +58.098 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 27 | +1:00.050 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 27 | +1:00.250 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:10.355 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:11.666 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 27 | +1:15.036 | 19 | |
| 17 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:23.682 | 20 | |
| 18 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 19 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 58 | Lee Dickinson | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 60 | Phillip Desborough | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 4 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 4 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 9 | |
| DNQ | 59 | Andrew Sawford | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| EX | 53 | Teresio Isola | Yamaha | | Excluded | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 25 | 41:25.907 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 25 | +0.605 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 25 | +2.597 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 25 | +9.170 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 25 | +11.692 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +15.898 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 25 | +21.004 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 25 | +21.756 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 25 | +22.212 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 25 | +23.642 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 25 | +23.812 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 25 | +34.153 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 25 | +35.552 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 25 | +35.873 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 25 | +36.203 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 25 | +44.343 | 24 | |
| 17 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 25 | +51.520 | 25 | |
| 18 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 25 | +1:06.379 | 30 | |
| 19 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:06.972 | 12 | |
| 20 | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 25 | +1:11.783 | 33 | |
| 21 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.473 | 32 | |
| 22 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 25 | +1:26.143 | 13 | |
| 23 | 84 | Paul Veazey | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| 24 | 50 | Midge Smart | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| 25 | 49 | Lee Longden | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 37 | |
| 26 | 83 | Chester Lusk | Honda | 23 | +2 laps | 38 | |
| Ret | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 22 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 5 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 1 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| DNS | 51 | Kris Weston | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 35 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 167 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 133 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 130 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 84 |
| 5 | Troy Bayliss | 64 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 195 |
| 2 | Ducati | 113 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 93 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 52 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 22 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.