2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 April 2003
Official name	Arnette Africa's Grand Prix
Location	Welkom
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.242 km (2.636 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:33.174
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:33.851
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:36.247
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:36.649
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Franco Battaini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:40.834
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:41.006
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Steve Jenkner

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	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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 KR	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 lap	21
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	12	Retirement	19
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	8	Retirement	4
Ret	45	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	0	Accident	13
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

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	Disqualified	12
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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	Peter Lenart	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

References

• "MotoGP official website – Results & Statistics – Arnette Africa's Grand Prix".