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2003 Japanese GP results

Round 1 · April 6, 2003 · Suzuka

Winners

• MotoGP Valentino Rossi Honda
• 250cc Manuel Poggiali Aprilia
• 125cc Stefano Perugini

MotoGP 21 laps

Pole: Valentino Rossi

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Valentino Rossi	Honda	44:13.182
2+20		Max Biaggi	Honda	+6.445
3+16		Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+8.209
4+13		Sete Gibernau	Honda	+13.209
5+11		Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+23.099
6+10		Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+29.040
7+9		Nicky Hayden	Honda	+29.126
8+8		Alex Barros	Yamaha	+30.526
9+7		Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+33.447
10+6		Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+40.200
11+5		Norick Abe	Yamaha	+44.790
12+4		Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+1:03.358
13+3		John Hopkins	Suzuki	+1:03.950
14+2		Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:04.085
15+1		Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+1:09.990
16		Garry Mccoy	Kawasaki	+1:16.572
17		Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:17.380
18		Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki	+1:23.605
19		Tamaki Serizawa	MD211VF PROTO	+1:35.459
20		Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+1:57.128
—		Makoto Tamada	Honda	DNF
—		Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	DNF
—		Jeremy Mcwilliams	Proton KR	DNF
—		Daijiro Kato	Honda	DNF

250cc 19 laps

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	41:36.284
2+20		Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+1.373
3+16		Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+1.496
4+13		Sebastian Porto	Honda	+1.700
5+11		Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+11.771
6+10		Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+13.220
7+9		Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+13.497
8+8		Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+14.027
9+7		Tekkyu Kayo	Yamaha	+24.546
10+6		Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+42.722
11+5		Alex Debon	Honda	+43.246
12+4		Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+47.871
13+3		Joan Olive	Aprilia	+1:09.405
14+2		Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:09.779
15+1		Jakub Smrz	Honda	+1:21.048
16		Eric Bataille	Honda	+1:21.788
17		Jaroslav Hules	Yamaha	+1:35.538
18		Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:38.489
19		Henk Vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1:41.507
20		Katja Poensgen	Honda	+1 lap
—		Hector Faubel	Aprilia	DNF
—		Christian Gemmel	Honda	DNF
—		Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	DNF
—		Anthony West	Aprilia	DNF
—		Toni Elias	Aprilia	DNF
—		Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	DNF
—		Randy De Puniet	Aprilia	DNF
—		Tomoyoshi Koyama	Yamaha	Out on lap 1
—		Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Out on lap 1
—		Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	Out on lap 1

125cc 18 laps

Pole: Alex De Angelis

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	7	Stefano Perugini		40:53.083
2+20	6	Mirko Giansanti		+0.037
3+16	17	Steve Jenkner		+1.033
4+13	4	Lucio Cecchinello		+6.701
5+11	34	Andrea Dovizioso		+8.594
6+10	41	Youichi Ui		+8.940
7+9	22	Pablo Nieto		+9.083
8+8	3	Dani Pedrosa		+22.993
9+7	12	Thomas Lüthi		+33.708
10+6	23	Gino Borsoi		+34.234
11+5	36	Mika Kallio		+34.280
12+4	24	Simone Corsi		+35.245
13+3	11	Max Sabbatani		+35.818
14+2	79	Gabor Talmacsi		+35.945
15+1	42	Gioele Pellino		+36.307
16	32	Fabrizio Lai		+42.964
17	8	Masao Azuma		+43.063
18	19	Alvaro Bautista		+51.526
19	31	Julian Simon		+57.880
20	65	Toshihisa Kuzuhara		+58.129
21	58	Marco Simoncelli		+58.412
22	63	Mike Di Meglio		+1:16.078
23	10	Roberto Locatelli		+1:17.164
24	25	Imre Toth		+1:21.140
25	14	Christopher Martin		+1:21.384
26	21	Leon Camier		+1:56.001
—	66	Shuhei Aoyama		DNF
—	78	Peter Lenart		DNF
—	27	Casey Stoner		DNF
—	33	Stefano Bianco		DNF
—	48	Jorge Lorenzo		DNF
—	15	Alex De Angelis		DNF
—	1	Arnaud Vincent		DNF
—	26	Emilio Alzamora		DNF
—	68	Sadahito Suma		DNF
—	80	Hector Barbera		DNF

Source: official results DB | Scope: 2003 Japanese GP, 3 races | How points work