2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 13 2003
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:30.740
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:31.023
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	1:33.859
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:34.558
Podium
First	Fonsi Nieto
Second	Manuel Poggiali
Third	Anthony West
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:37.984
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:38.463
Podium
First	Héctor Barberá
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Stefano Perugini

The 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2003 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	46:06.688	1	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+7.138	2	20
3	Valentino Rossi	Honda	+8.794	4	16
4	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+13.041	7	13
5	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+16.269	6	11
6	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+27.085	5	10
7	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+27.662	14	9
8	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+32.012	13	8
9	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+34.799	11	7
10	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+35.001	9	6
11	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+48.165	15	5
12	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	+1:00.423	17	4
13	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+1:06.160	16	3
14	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1:14.866	20	2
15	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1:30.291	22	1
16	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+1 Lap	18
17	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1 Lap	21
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	Retirement	8
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	Retirement	19
Ret	David de Gea	Sabre V4	Retirement	24
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	3
Ret	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Chris Burns	Roc Yamaha	Retirement	23

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	42:58.011	1	25
2	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+0.269	2	20
3	Anthony West	Aprilia	+2.558	10	16
4	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+2.933	3	13
5	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+2.934	7	11
6	Sebastián Porto	Honda	+25.030	8	10
7	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+27.663	6	9
8	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+31.591	5	8
9	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+50.348	4	7
10	Alex Debón	Honda	+53.337	12	6
11	Jay Vincent	Aprilia	+58.098	11	5
12	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:00.050	16	4
13	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:00.250	17	3
14	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:10.355	21	2
15	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:11.666	23	1
16	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:15.036	19
17	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:23.682	20
18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	24
19	Katja Poensgen	Honda	+1 Lap	27
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	18
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Lee Dickinson	Yamaha	Retirement	26
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Philip Desborough	Yamaha	Retirement	25
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	13
Ret	Christian Gemmel	Honda	Retirement	22
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	Retirement	9

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	41:25.907	6	25
2	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.605	3	20
3	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+2.597	1	16
4	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+9.170	10	13
5	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+11.692	9	11
6	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+15.898	11	10
7	Mika Kallio	Honda	+21.004	5	9
8	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	+21.756	17	8
9	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+22.212	15	7
10	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+23.642	8	6
11	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+23.812	20	5
12	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+34.153	16	4
13	Masao Azuma	Honda	+35.552	22	3
14	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+35.873	18	2
15	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+36.203	26	1
16	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+44.343	24
17	Imre Tóth	Honda	+51.520	25
18	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:06.379	30
19	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+1:06.972	12
20	Peter Lenart	Honda	+1:11.783	33
21	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	+1:12.473	32
22	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+1:26.143	13
23	Paul Veazey	Honda	+1 Lap	34
24	Midge Smart	Honda	+1 Lap	36
25	Lee Longden	Honda	+1 Lap	37
26	Chester Lusk	Honda	+2 Laps	38
Ret	Kris Weston	Honda	Retirement	35
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Retirement	28
Ret	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Retirement	2
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	Retirement	27
Ret	Leon Camier	Honda	Retirement	31
Ret	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	Retirement	29
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Simone Corsi	Honda	Retirement	4
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	19
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	Retirement	23
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	7