# 2003 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 August 2003 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.
Chris Burns, riding a ROC Yamaha, would become the last rider to start a race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing's premier class with a 2-stroke 500cc bike. His teammate, José David de Gea, also entered the race riding the Sabre V4 500cc bike, but he did not take the start.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 22 | 44:18.907 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 22 | +0.042 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +0.668 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +5.390 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 22 | +8.729 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 22 | +11.043 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +11.439 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 22 | +13.574 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 22 | +23.273 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +26.404 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +26.685 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 22 | +30.728 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 22 | +39.531 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +41.240 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 22 | +44.623 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +55.499 | 22 | |
| 17 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 22 | +55.677 | 13 | |
| 18 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:00.700 | 19 | |
| 19 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:08.130 | 20 | |
| 20 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 22 | +1:14.524 | 16 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 19 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 12 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 11 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | ROC Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNS | 52 | David de Gea | WCM | Sabre V4 | 0 | Did not start | 24 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 | 41:45.354 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 20 | +0.527 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 20 | +0.951 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 20 | +5.492 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 20 | +10.407 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 20 | +10.875 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20 | +15.278 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +15.565 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 | +32.752 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +36.167 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 20 | +36.608 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 20 | +50.700 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +52.299 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +52.870 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 20 | +53.063 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 20 | +58.903 | 22 | |
| 17 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 20 | +1:08.193 | 24 | |
| 18 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Yamaha | 20 | +1:35.989 | 25 | |
| 19 | 74 | Michal Filla | Yamaha | 20 | +1:44.230 | 26 | |
| 20 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 20 | +1:59.070 | 28 | |
| 21 | 47 | Arie Vos | Yamaha | 20 | +2:01.799 | 27 | |
| 22 | 75 | Gábor Rizmayer | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 19 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 73 | Radomil Rous | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| DNS | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 13 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 19 | 40:59.354 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 19 | +3.981 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 19 | +10.454 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 19 | +11.052 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 19 | +12.351 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 19 | +12.968 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 19 | +21.109 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 19 | +21.513 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 19 | +24.841 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 19 | +34.942 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 19 | +35.213 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 19 | +41.042 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 19 | +41.362 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 19 | +41.540 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 19 | +41.662 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 19 | +42.513 | 30 | |
| 17 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 19 | +43.010 | 26 | |
| 18 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 19 | +43.068 | 16 | |
| 19 | 88 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 19 | +1:02.481 | 25 | |
| 20 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 19 | +1:02.611 | 21 | |
| 21 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 19 | +1:02.747 | 27 | |
| 22 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 19 | +1:10.272 | 24 | |
| 23 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 19 | +1:10.398 | 29 | |
| 24 | 55 | Igor Kaláb | Honda | 19 | +1:20.158 | 32 | |
| 25 | 56 | Markéta Janáková | Honda | 19 | +1:31.093 | 33 | |
| 26 | 57 | Luka Nedog | Honda | 18 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| Ret | 92 | Václav Bittman | Honda | 18 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 11 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 8 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 35 | |
| DNS | 39 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNS | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | | 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 ten has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 212 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 178 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 141 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 97 |
| 5 | Troy Bayliss | 96 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 245 |
| 2 | Ducati | 145 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 115 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 58 |
| 5 | / Proton KR | 27 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.