# 2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 31 October – 2 November 2003 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | 47:13.078 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +0.681 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +11.227 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 30 | +16.293 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +20.868 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +30.851 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +37.770 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +38.922 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +40.229 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 30 | +46.500 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:01.496 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:04.510 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:05.191 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:06.012 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:06.154 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:11.432 | 4 | |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:26.736 | 19 | |
| 18 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:27.016 | 16 | |
| 19 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:27.450 | 14 | |
| 20 | 52 | José David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 29 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 12 | |
| WD | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | 44:01.924 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 27 | +0.072 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 27 | +12.810 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +22.496 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +30.731 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 27 | +32.381 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +35.547 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +36.987 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 27 | +38.672 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 27 | +41.748 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +55.156 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:03.117 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 27 | +1:08.018 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:18.041 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 73 | Radomil Rous | Aprilia | 27 | +1:24.071 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 40 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | 27 | +1:29.994 | 26 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 27 | +1:32.471 | 21 | |
| 18 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 19 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 20 | 83 | Patrick Lakerveld | Aprilia | 25 | +2 laps | 28 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 2 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 22 | |
| DNQ | 84 | Yves Polzer | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 24 | 40:27.662 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +0.268 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +1.101 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 24 | +3.205 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +8.760 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +8.888 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +12.265 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +16.738 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +21.089 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +30.673 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +32.847 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 24 | +32.954 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 24 | +33.349 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 88 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 24 | +34.889 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +34.958 | 31 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +40.633 | 24 | |
| 17 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 24 | +45.678 | 18 | |
| 18 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 24 | +50.241 | 19 | |
| 19 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 24 | +50.313 | 22 | |
| 20 | 70 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +58.305 | 29 | |
| 21 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 24 | +58.315 | 23 | |
| 22 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +1:23.309 | 26 | |
| 23 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 24 | +1:33.631 | 35 | |
| 24 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | +1:39.042 | 28 | |
| Ret | 90 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 20 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 28 | Michele Danese | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 37 | |
| Ret | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 3 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 3 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Gilera | 1 | Retirement | 16 | |
| DNS | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNS | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 27 | |
| DNS | 69 | David Bonache | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 34 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (motoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 357 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 277 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 228 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 177 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | 130 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 395 |
| 2 | Ducati | 225 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 175 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 81 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 43 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.