2003_Catalan_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

2003 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 16 races in the; 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 June 2003
Official name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.727 km (2.937 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:43.927
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:45.472 on lap 21
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Sete Gibernau
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:47.117
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:48.483 on lap 6
Podium
First	Randy de Puniet
Second	Fonsi Nieto
Third	Anthony West
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pablo Nieto
Time	1:51.043
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:51.190 on lap 4
Podium
First	Daniel Pedrosa
Second	Thomas Lüthi
Third	Alex de Angelis

2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 2003 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 June 2003 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	44:21.758	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+3.075	1	20
3	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	25	+4.344	4	16
4	7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+4.935	8	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+5.003	6	11
6	11	Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	25	+20.587	11	10
7	6	Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	25	+22.982	10	9
8	4	Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+24.989	5	8
9	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+27.159	18	7
10	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+30.376	12	6
11	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	25	+33.193	20	5
12	41	Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25	+40.443	15	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+40.445	14	3
14	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	25	+42.325	9	2
15	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+48.659	13	1
16	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	25	+1:04.721	21
17	8	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+1:36.914	19
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	12	Accident	3
Ret	45	Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	6	Retirement	7
Ret	48	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	0	Accident	16
Ret	88	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	0	Accident	22
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	0	Accident	17
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	41:59.893	1	25
2	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+0.244	6	20
3	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	23	+2.641	9	16
4	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	23	+4.329	3	13
5	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+7.896	7	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+11.432	4	10
7	5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	23	+11.883	5	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+15.761	10	8
9	3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	23	+24.270	8	7
10	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	23	+29.370	14	6
11	6	Alex Debón	Honda	23	+32.091	17	5
12	30	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	23	+34.948	12	4
13	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	23	+44.259	13	3
14	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	23	+46.384	15	2
15	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	23	+59.767	19	1
16	52	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	23	+1:36.297	22
17	98	Katja Poensgen	Honda	22	+1 lap	25
18	18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	22	+1 lap	24
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	22	Accident	21
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	12	Retirement	2
Ret	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	10	Retirement	16
Ret	26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	10	Retirement	23
Ret	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	5	Accident	11
Ret	31	Christophe Rastel	Honda	5	Retirement	26
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	3	Retirement	20
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	1	Retirement	18
DNS	40	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia		Did not start
Source: ^[4]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	22	41:16.672	6	25
2	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	22	+0.137	14	20
3	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	22	+0.315	5	16
4	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+1.589	8	13
5	7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	22	+19.874	9	11
6	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	22	+22.560	11	10
7	36	Mika Kallio	Honda	22	+22.647	19	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	22	+22.856	18	8
9	79	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	22	+22.916	12	7
10	10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	22	+23.415	23	6
11	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	22	+31.815	13	5
12	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	22	+34.948	20	4
13	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	22	+40.938	15	3
14	1	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	22	+41.163	17	2
15	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	22	+41.405	16	1
16	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	22	+41.888	22
17	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	22	+51.330	1
18	50	Andrea Ballerini	Gilera	22	+51.993	26
19	32	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	22	+52.289	21
20	25	Imre Tóth	Honda	22	+54.364	30
21	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	22	+1:08.127	33
22	8	Masao Azuma	Honda	22	+1:09.768	24
23	70	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+1:22.794	27
24	31	Julián Simón	Malaguti	22	+1:32.672	28
25	82	Jordi Carchano	Honda	22	+1:40.507	35
26	78	Péter Lénárt	Honda	22	+1:40.604	36
27	21	Leon Camier	Honda	22	+1:40.730	32
28	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	17	+5 laps	29
Ret	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	15	Accident	2
Ret	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	15	Accident	4
Ret	69	David Bonache	Honda	14	Retirement	31
Ret	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	13	Retirement	3
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	11	Retirement	7
Ret	26	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	10	Retirement	25
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	9	Accident	10
Ret	14	Chris Martin	Aprilia	7	Retirement	34
WD	81	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: ^[5]

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