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.
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| Race 11 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7 September 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autódromo do Estoril | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 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 | |
| Sources: [2][3][4] | ||||||||
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 | |
| Source: [5] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 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)[N 1] | 19 | |
| DNS | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[7][8]
- Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
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| 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.
Notes
References
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