# 2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 September 2003 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 28 | 46:48.005 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 28 | +2.094 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +5.254 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 28 | +5.269 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 28 | +10.581 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +14.246 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +16.143 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +18.083 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 28 | +18.284 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 28 | +21.815 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +24.059 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +27.082 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +27.651 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +31.505 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +57.118 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:01.412 | 19 | |
| 17 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 28 | +1:01.542 | 14 | |
| 18 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 28 | +1:06.601 | 17 | |
| 19 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +1:10.958 | 16 | |
| 20 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +1:11.523 | 23 | |
| 21 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:18.550 | 20 | |
| 22 | 52 | José David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 26 | Retirement | 22 | |
| DNS | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 0 | Did not start | 24 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | 44:37.770 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +4.731 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +5.987 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +6.470 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 26 | +25.023 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +25.273 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +27.791 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +27.913 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +43.047 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +43.112 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +44.796 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +1:10.765 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +1:11.702 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:11.714 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 26 | +1:13.983 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 26 | +1:19.238 | 20 | |
| 17 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:36.515 | 18 | |
| 18 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 19 | 40 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 21 | 51 | Frederik Watz | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 22 | 41 | Miguel Praia | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 23 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 5 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 0 | Accident | 29 | |
| DNS | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 19 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | 41:08.307 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 23 | +0.022 | 22 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 23 | +0.308 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 23 | +0.560 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +3.326 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 23 | +8.143 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 23 | +8.287 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 23 | +13.353 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 23 | +13.574 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 23 | +13.869 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 23 | +24.879 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 23 | +39.570 | 25 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +46.623 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 23 | +46.983 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +47.176 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | 23 | +47.278 | 24 | |
| 17 | 93 | Manuel Manna | Aprilia | 23 | +47.614 | 28 | |
| 18 | 70 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +1:22.395 | 30 | |
| 19 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 23 | +1:25.014 | 34 | |
| 20 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 23 | +1:25.533 | 36 | |
| 21 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 23 | +1:26.476 | 35 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 13 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 88 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 4 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 69 | David Bonache | Honda | 0 | Accident | 31 | |
| DNS | 41 | Youichi Ui | Gilera | 0 | Did not start | 12 | |
| DNS | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 6 | |
| DSQ | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 23 | (+46.646) | 19 | |
| 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 eleven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 237 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 191 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 161 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 113 |
| 5 | Troy Bayliss | 106 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 270 |
| 2 | Ducati | 161 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 124 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 60 |
| 5 | / Proton KR | 27 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.