2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 May 2003
Official name	Grand Prix Polini de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:35.208
Fastest lap
Rider	Noriyuki Haga
Time	1:36.688
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:39.229
Fastest lap
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:40.356
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Roberto Rolfo
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:43.565
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:43.837
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Lucio Cecchinello
Third	Andrea Dovizioso

The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 May 2003 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	Honda	24:29.665	7	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Honda	+0.165	1	20
3	Alex Barros	Yamaha	+1.793	2	16
4	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+29.912	16	13
5	Max Biaggi	Honda	+31.493	5	11
6	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	+33.946	12	10
7	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+35.447	8	9
8	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+36.231	18	8
9	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+51.251	22	7
10	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+1:01.802	19	6
11	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+1 Lap	10	5
12	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+1 Lap	13	4
13	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1 Lap	23	3
14	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+2 Laps	9	2
15	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+2 Laps	4	1
16	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+2 Laps	17
Ret	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	Retirement	21
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	11
Ret	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	Retirement	6
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Retirement	3
Ret	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Retirement	15
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	14
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	Retirement	20

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Toni Elías	Aprilia	43:55.538	5	25
2	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+3.740	3	20
3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+4.562	9	16
4	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+4.972	4	13
5	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+5.122	8	11
6	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+6.100	7	10
7	Anthony West	Aprilia	+29.672	10	9
8	Alex Debón	Honda	+34.885	17	8
9	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+35.013	22	7
10	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+35.559	13	6
11	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+45.562	15	5
12	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	+54.955	14	4
13	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+55.049	23	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+55.794	12	2
15	Eric Bataille	Honda	+56.183	18	1
16	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+57.386	21
17	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:27.351	11
18	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+1:36.597	2
19	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1 Lap	20
20	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Honda	Retirement	6
Ret	Samuel Aubry	Honda	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	41:58.500	6	25
2	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+2.337	7	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+2.427	1	16
4	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+11.278	4	13
5	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+11.814	18	11
6	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	+12.592	2	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+18.930	16	9
8	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+25.206	19	8
9	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+29.471	10	7
10	Masao Azuma	Honda	+33.910	15	6
11	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+44.379	9	5
12	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+44.537	12	4
13	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+55.218	13	3
14	Simone Corsi	Honda	+58.773	20	2
15	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+58.962	29	1
16	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+1:07.803	17
17	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+1:17.604	28
18	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	+1:20.140	21
19	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	+1:40.757	22
20	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:43.908	27
21	Chris Martin	Aprilia	+1:49.778	34
22	Peter Lenart	Honda	+1 Lap	36
23	Imre Tóth	Honda	+1 Lap	32
24	Leon Camier	Honda	+1 Lap	38
25	Jimmy Petit	Honda	+1 Lap	31
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	Retirement	23
Ret	William Gautier	Honda	Retirement	33
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	Retirement	35
Ret	Xavier Herouin	Honda	Retirement	37
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	30
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	25
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	3
Ret	Mika Kallio	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	Retirement	8

Notes

• The MotoGP race was stopped due to heavy rain. It was later restarted with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.