# 2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 April 2003 at the Phakisa Freeway.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 28 | 44:10.398 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 28 | +0.363 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 28 | +5.073 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +12.606 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +18.930 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 28 | +19.113 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 28 | +20.156 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +20.870 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +22.125 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +25.218 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +35.903 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +39.258 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 28 | +50.230 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:01.441 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 28 | +1:04.142 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:23.083 | 20 | |
| 17 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 8 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | 42:14.305 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +0.615 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +5.641 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 26 | +12.147 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +12.967 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +19.569 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +23.080 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | +27.296 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +30.187 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +31.447 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +31.511 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +39.311 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +40.209 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +46.756 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 26 | +54.833 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 26 | +1:02.623 | 23 | |
| 17 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 26 | +1:09.165 | 18 | |
| 18 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 26 | +1:16.891 | 22 | |
| 19 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 9 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 21 | |
| DSQ | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 10 | Black flag | 12 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | 40:46.694 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +0.356 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +0.548 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 24 | +0.754 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +0.839 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +1.965 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 24 | +13.997 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +14.790 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +16.790 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 24 | +20.649 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +21.809 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | KTM | 24 | +22.015 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +23.814 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +23.871 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +24.786 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 24 | +39.565 | 24 | |
| 17 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 24 | +42.280 | 22 | |
| 18 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 24 | +42.379 | 25 | |
| 19 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 24 | +51.145 | 10 | |
| 20 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 24 | +51.186 | 18 | |
| 21 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 24 | +53.316 | 17 | |
| 22 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 24 | +55.253 | 30 | |
| 23 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | +56.952 | 21 | |
| 24 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +57.035 | 20 | |
| 25 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +58.109 | 26 | |
| 26 | 14 | Chris Martin | Aprilia | 24 | +58.622 | 28 | |
| 27 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 24 | +1:05.036 | 27 | |
| 28 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 24 | +1:11.674 | 29 | |
| 29 | 78 | Péter Lénárt | Honda | 24 | +1:35.808 | 33 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 5 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 45 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 38 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 36 |
| 4 | Troy Bayliss | 24 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 19 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 50 |
| 2 | Ducati | 29 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 19 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 10 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 6 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.