# Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2003

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2003 was de tweede race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2003. De race werd verreden op 27 april 2003 op de Phakisa Freeway nabij Welkom, Zuid-Afrika.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 28 | 44:10.398 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 28 | +0.363 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 28 | +5.073 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | 28 | +12.606 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | Yamaha | 28 | +18.930 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 28 | +19.113 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 28 | +20.156 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 28 | +20.870 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 28 | +22.125 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 28 | +25.218 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 28 | +35.903 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton | 28 | +39.258 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | 28 | +50.230 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | 28 | +1:01.441 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 28 | +1:04.142 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:23.083 | 20 | |
| 17 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki | 27 | +1 ronde | 21 | |
| DNF | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 8 | Uitgevallen | 4 | |
| DNF | 45 | Colin Edwards | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton | 0 | Ongeluk | 13 | |

### 250 cc

Alex Debón werd gediskwalificeerd omdat hij een ride through penalty negeerde, die hij kreeg na het maken van een valse start.
| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 van de Lagemaat | Honda | 25 | +1 ronde | 24 | |
| DNF | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 11 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 10 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 9 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 8 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DSQ | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | | Gediskwalificeerd | 12 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 3 | Dani 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 | |
| DNF | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 10 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 21 | Leon Camier | Honda | 7 | Uitgevallen | 32 | |
| DNF | 25 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 2 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 1 | Uitgevallen | 5 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 45 |
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 38 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 36 |
| 4 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | Yamaha | 19 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 50 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 26 |
| 4 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 |
| 5 | 92 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 20 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 33 |
| 2 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 32 |
| 3 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 31 |
| 4 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 25 |
| 5 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 23 |
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