2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 55th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 April 2003 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 2 November.

Dani Pedrosa (pictured at Sepang) became the 2003 125cc world champion
2003 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous: 2002 Next: 2004
World Champions
MotoGP – Valentino Rossi (Honda)
250cc – Manuel Poggiali (Aprilia)
125cc – Dani Pedrosa (Honda)

Season summary

Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his 3rd MotoGP championship in 2003, winning 9 races, highlighted by his win at Phillip Island where he was given a 10-second penalty for passing under a yellow flag and he overcame the penalty by winning the race with more than 10 seconds in hand. Rossi had become dissatisfied with his relationship with the Honda Racing Corporation[1] and as the season progressed and HRC tried to get Rossi to sign a new contract, Rossi demurred until finally announcing at the end of the year that he would be leaving Honda. He soon signed with Yamaha and took Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief.

The season was marred by Daijiro Kato being killed at the first round at Suzuka. He lost control of his motorcycle on the approach to the Casio Triangle and hit a barrier at high speed. His heart was restarted by track paramedics, but he did not wake from a coma and died 2 weeks later. Controversy arose because the race was not red-flagged to allow Kato to be removed from the track with maximum care.[2] Suzuka has since been removed from the MotoGP calendar. Teammate Sete Gibernau would inherit Kato's factory-spec RC211V.

MotoGP rookies for 2003 included Nicky Hayden (Rookie of the Year), Troy Bayliss, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards. A new constructor also arrived: Ducati. After much success in Superbike racing, Ducati returned to the premier-class of GP with their GP3. It made an immediate impression with its raw speed, and they finished the constructor's championship in second place, ahead of Yamaha and behind Honda.

2003 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2003:[3][4]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 6 April SKYY vodka Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit
2 27 April Arnette Africa's Grand Prix Phakisa Freeway
3 11 May Gran Premio Marlboro de España Circuito de Jerez
4 25 May Grand Prix Polini de France Bugatti Circuit
5 8 June Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia Mugello Circuit
6 15 June Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya
7 28 June †† Gauloises Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen
8 13 July Cinzano British Grand Prix Donington Park
9 27 July Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring
10 17 August Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit
11 7 September Grande Premio Marlboro de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril
12 20 September Cinzano Rio Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
13 5 October Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi Twin Ring Motegi
14 12 October Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
15 19 October SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit
16 2 November Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo
†† = Saturday Race

Calendar changes

There were no calendar changes for the 2003 season.

2003 Grand Prix season results
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner MotoGP winner Report
1 6 April Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka Stefano Perugini Manuel Poggiali Valentino Rossi Report
2 27 April South African motorcycle Grand Prix Phakisa Dani Pedrosa Manuel Poggiali Sete Gibernau Report
3 11 May Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Lucio Cecchinello Toni Elías Valentino Rossi Report
4 25 May French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Dani Pedrosa Toni Elías Sete Gibernau Report
5 8 June Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Lucio Cecchinello Manuel Poggiali Valentino Rossi Report
6 15 June Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya Dani Pedrosa Randy de Puniet Loris Capirossi Report
7 28 June Dutch TT Assen Steve Jenkner Anthony West Sete Gibernau Report
8 13 July British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Park Héctor Barberá Fonsi Nieto Max Biaggi Report
9 27 July German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring Stefano Perugini Roberto Rolfo Sete Gibernau Report
10 17 August Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Dani Pedrosa Randy de Puniet Valentino Rossi Report
11 7 September Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Estoril Pablo Nieto Toni Elías Valentino Rossi Report
12 20 September Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Jorge Lorenzo Manuel Poggiali Valentino Rossi Report
13 5 October Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix Motegi Héctor Barberá Toni Elías Max Biaggi Report
14 12 October Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang Dani Pedrosa Toni Elías Valentino Rossi Report
15 19 October Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Andrea Ballerini Roberto Rolfo Valentino Rossi Report
16 2 November Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencia Casey Stoner Randy de Puniet Valentino Rossi Report

Participants

MotoGP participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds
Camel Pramac Pons Honda Honda RC211V M 3 Max Biaggi All
11 Tohru Ukawa All
Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 4 Alex Barros All
19 Olivier Jacque All
Pramac Honda Honda Honda RC211V B 6 Makoto Tamada All
Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 7 Carlos Checa All
33 Marco Melandri 1, 3–15
17 Norifumi Abe 1–2, 16
Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 4, 9
Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-RR D 8 Garry McCoy All
88 Andrew Pitt All
48 Akira Yanagawa 1, 6
66 Alex Hofmann 3, 5, 7, 9–10
/ Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR3
Proton KR5		 B 9 Nobuatsu Aoki All
99 Jeremy McWilliams All
Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R M 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 1–5, 9–16
21 John Hopkins 1–13, 15–16
43 Akira Ryō 13
14
71 Yukio Kagayama 7–8
Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP3 M 12 Troy Bayliss All
65 Loris Capirossi All
Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 15 Sete Gibernau All
74 Daijiro Kato 1
23 Ryuichi Kiyonari 4–16
Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki MD211VF Proto D 25 Tamaki Serizawa 1, 13
WCM Harris WCM Harris WCM D 35 Chris Burns 1, 11–16
ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 8–10
Sabre V4 Sabre V4 52 José David de Gea 8–10
Harris WCM Harris WCM 11–16
Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS Cube M 41 Noriyuki Haga All
45 Colin Edwards All
Repsol Honda Honda Honda RC211V M 46 Valentino Rossi All
69 Nicky Hayden All
D'Antin Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 56 Shinya Nakano All
Source: [5]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 28 Dirk Heidolf 1-4, 8-16
29 Christian Pistoni 5
30 Klaus Nöhles 6-7
57 Chaz Davies All
Aspar Junior Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Joan Olivé All
33 Héctor Faubel All
Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 21 Franco Battaini All
50 Sylvain Guintoli 1-13, 15-16
Dark Dog Molenaar Honda Honda NSR250 18 Henk van de Lagemaat All
96 Jakub Smrž 13
98 Katja Poensgen 1-11, 14-15
De Arend Horeca Meubilair Honda Honda NSR250 ?? Randy Gevers 7
Dy Do Miu Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 72 Yuki Takahashi 1, 13
Elit Grand Prix Honda Honda NSR250 13 Jaroslav Huleš 12-16
96 Jakub Smrž 1-11
Équipe de France - Scrab GP Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 9 Hugo Marchand All
36 Erwan Nigon All
Fortuna Honda Honda Honda NSR250 3 Roberto Rolfo All
J&E Sport Kunstgras Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 ?? Arie Vos 7, 10
Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing Honda Honda NSR250 15 Christian Gemmel All
Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 26 Alex Baldolini All
MRTT Honda Honda NSR250 ?? Jan Blok 7
MS Aprilia Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 54 Manuel Poggiali All
Performance Racing Honda Honda NSR250 ?? Hans Smees 7
Safilo Oxydo - LCR Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 7 Randy de Puniet All
Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda NSR250 92 Hiroshi Aoyama 1, 13
Team Repsol Telefónica MoviStar Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 10 Fonsi Nieto All
24 Toni Elías All
Team Zoppini Abruzzo Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 14 Anthony West All
16 Johan Stigefelt All
Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team Honda Honda NSR250 5 Sebastián Porto All
Troll Honda BQR Honda Honda NSR250 6 Alex Debón All
34 Eric Bataille 1-4, 6-16
Yamaha Kurz Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 8 Naoki Matsudo All
29 Christian Pistoni 7
13 Jaroslav Huleš 1-4
52 Lukáš Pešek 6, 9-16
53 Teresio Isola 8
Source: [6]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

125cc participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
KTM - Red Bull KTM KTM 125 FRR 1 Arnaud Vincent 1-9
10 Roberto Locatelli All
36 Mika Kallio 10-16
Sterilgarda Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 1 Arnaud Vincent 11-16
41 Youichi Ui All
42 Gioele Pellino All
Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team Honda Honda RS125R 3 Dani Pedrosa 1-14
Safilo Oxydo - LCR Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 4 Lucio Cecchinello All
27 Casey Stoner 1-9, 12-16
Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 6 Mirko Giansanti All
58 Marco Simoncelli All
Abruzzo Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 7 Stefano Perugini All
11 Max Sabbatani All
Ajo Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 8 Masao Azuma All
36 Mika Kallio 1-9
36 Hiroyuki Kikuchi 10
50 Andrea Ballerini 10
Elit Grand Prix Honda Honda RS125R 12 Thomas Lüthi All
Seedorf Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 14 Chris Martin 1-6
19 Álvaro Bautista All
81 Ismael Ortega 3, 8, 11, 16
88 Robbin Harms 5, 7, 9-16
Globet.com Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 15 Alex de Angelis All
23 Gino Borsoi All
Exalt Cycle Red Devil Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 17 Steve Jenkner All
79 Gábor Talmácsi All
MetaSystem Racing Service Honda Honda RS125R 21 Leon Camier 1-9
28 Michele Danese 12-16
50 Andrea Ballerini 10-16
63 Mike Di Meglio 12-16
78 Peter Lenart 1-11
Master - Mx Onda - Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 22 Pablo Nieto All
80 Héctor Barberá All
Team Scot Honda Honda RS125R 24 Simone Corsi 1-13, 16
34 Andrea Dovizioso All
Road Racing Team Hungary Honda Honda RS125R 25 Imre Tóth All
Caja Madrid Derbi Racing Derbi Aprilia RS125R 26 Emilio Alzamora All
48 Jorge Lorenzo All
Semprucci - Angaia Malaguti Malaguti Malaguti 125GP 31 Julián Simón All
32 Fabrizio Lai All
Metis Gilera Racing Gilera Aprilia RS125R 33 Stefano Bianco 1-3, 7-16
50 Andrea Ballerini 5-6
Freesoul Racing Gilera Aprilia RS125R 41 Youichi Ui 11-16
Aprilia 63 Mike Di Meglio 1-10
Source: [7]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Standings
See also: List of FIM World Championship points scoring systems

MotoGP riders' standings
Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
1 Valentino Rossi Honda 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 357
2 Sete Gibernau Honda 4 1 Ret 1 7 3 1 2 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 277
3 Max Biaggi Honda 2 3 2 5 3 14 2 1 Ret 5 2 4 1 3 17 4 228
4 Loris Capirossi Ducati 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 1 6 4 4 Ret 3 6 8 6 2 3 177
5 Nicky Hayden Honda 7 7 Ret 12 12 9 11 8 5 6 9 5 3 4 3 16 130
6 Troy Bayliss Ducati 5 4 3 Ret Ret 10 9 5 3 3 6 10 Ret 9 Ret 7 128
7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 10 9 Ret Ret 8 4 4 6 8 4 8 9 Ret 5 8 5 123
8 Tohru Ukawa Honda 20 6 4 7 6 6 12 Ret 6 8 5 7 7 7 5 Ret 123
9 Alex Barros Yamaha 8 5 5 3 Ret 8 8 DNS Ret 7 11 12 6 15 Ret 6 101
10 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 9 11 8 14 5 5 13 9 7 14 12 8 9 8 7 Ret 101
11 Makoto Tamada Honda Ret 14 6 Ret 4 7 16 13 13 9 10 3 DSQ 10 10 10 87
12 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 15 10 10 4 10 Ret 5 Ret 9 11 13 Ret 13 Ret 6 Ret 71
13 Colin Edwards Aprilia 6 Ret 14 10 9 Ret 7 10 14 12 14 13 17 13 16 8 62
14 Noriyuki Haga Aprilia 12 Ret 11 8 Ret 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 15 14 12 12 14 15 47
15 Marco Melandri Yamaha WD 17 15 11 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 11 5 11 Ret 45
16 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 11 8 11 10 9 31
17 John Hopkins Suzuki 13 13 7 Ret Ret 15 15 11 Ret 17 18 DNS Ret 12 13 29
18 Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Ret Ret 12 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 19 16 Ret 17 11 12 27
19 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 14 15 13 16 Ret 15 20 17 17 15 14 9 11 22
20 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 13 13 11 17 14 18 15 16 15 11 21 19 14 22
21 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 16 Ret 15 11 Ret 20 Ret 14 18 18 17 19
22 Garry McCoy Kawasaki 16 17 18 9 15 17 18 16 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 13 19 11
23 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 16 14 10 17 19 8
24 Akira Ryō Suzuki 10 20 6
25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Ret 12 4
26 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 17 16 15 Ret 16 Ret 14 17 19 16 21 18 16 16 15 18 4
Tamaki Serizawa Moriwaki 19 18 0
Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 18 Ret 0
José David de Gea Sabre V4 Ret 20 DNS 0
Harris WCM 22 19 19 Ret Ret 20
Chris Burns Harris WCM DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 20 WD 0
ROC Yamaha Ret WD Ret
Daijiro Kato Honda Ret 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

250cc riders' standings

[8][6]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
1 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 1 4 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 8 3 2 1 3 2 9 3 249
2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 7 5 2 3 4 9 6 5 1 4 4 2 2 4 1 7 235
3 Toni Elías Aprilia Ret 8 1 1 6 4 13 4 7 2 1 18 1 1 11 2 226
4 Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret 2 3 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 3 1 3 3 6 5 Ret 1 208
5 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 6 7 7 4 2 2 Ret 1 2 6 9 Ret 8 3 3 5 194
6 Franco Battaini Aprilia 5 3 11 18 3 6 2 7 5 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 8 148
7 Anthony West Aprilia Ret 6 5 7 9 3 1 3 6 Ret 10 8 Ret 9 2 Ret 145
8 Sebastián Porto Honda 4 4 6 Ret 8 7 5 6 4 5 5 Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 127
9 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 8 10 8 5 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 9 8 5 7 7 6 11 119
10 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 10 9 Ret 6 5 8 3 Ret Ret 8 7 4 Ret DNS Ret 4 101
11 Alex Debón Honda 11 DSQ 9 8 12 11 11 10 9 DNS 11 11 9 Ret 5 10 81
12 Joan Olivé Aprilia 13 Ret 10 10 10 10 23 Ret 17 16 Ret 7 19 14 18 Ret 38
13 Héctor Faubel Aprilia Ret 11 Ret 11 15 Ret 17 12 Ret 10 13 6 Ret Ret 16 Ret 34
14 Chaz Davies Aprilia 18 15 18 Ret 13 Ret 24 13 12 14 20 9 11 20 15 13 33
15 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 2 5 31
16 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 12 17 Ret 17 17 14 7 Ret 14 Ret 16 12 17 Ret 7 Ret 30
17 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Ret 12 12 13 Ret Ret 14 17 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 Ret Ret 30
18 Yuki Takahashi Honda 3 4 29
19 Eric Bataille Honda 16 13 13 15 DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 12 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 28
20 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 14 14 Ret 12 Ret 13 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret 10 17 26
21 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia Ret Ret 15 Ret 15 11 13 17 14 14 11 13 12 26
22 Christian Gemmel Honda Ret 18 14 9 16 15 8 Ret Ret 15 15 16 12 16 Ret Ret 24
23 Hugo Marchand Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 9 16 Ret 11 Ret Ret 16 13 14 Ret 24
24 Jakub Smrž Honda 15 Ret 17 19 14 Ret 12 14 13 Ret Ret 18 14 14
25 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 17 16 16 16 DNS 10
Honda 15 Ret 15 8 Ret
26 Tekkyu Kayo Yamaha 9 7
27 Choujun Kameya Honda 10 6
28 Jay Vincent Aprilia 11 5
29 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 12 15 5
30 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 16 16 17 Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 19 4
31 Max Neukirchner Honda 15 1
32 Masaki Tokudome Yamaha 15 1
33 Radomil Rous Aprilia Ret 15 1
Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 19 19 20 20 18 18 16 18 Ret Ret 23 19 20 18 17 18 0
Álvaro Molina Aprilia 19 DNS 19 16 0
Katja Poensgen Honda 20 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 18 19 18 20 Ret DNS 17 Ret 0
Vesa Kallio Yamaha 19 18 18 0
Christian Pistoni Aprilia 19 0
Yamaha 20
Jan Blok Honda 19 0
Michal Filla Yamaha 19 0
Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 19 0
Patrick Lakerveld Aprilia 20 0
Arie Vos Yamaha 21 21 0
Luis Castro Yamaha 21 0
Frederik Watz Yamaha 21 0
Hans Smees Honda 22 0
Gábor Rizmayer Honda 22 0
Miguel Praia Yamaha 22 0
Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha Ret Ret 0
Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Ret 0
Samuel Aubry Honda Ret 0
Christophe Rastel Honda Ret 0
Lee Dickinson Yamaha Ret 0
Phillip Desborough Yamaha Ret 0
Tomas Palander Honda Ret 0
Norman Rank Honda Ret 0
Geoff Hardcastle Yamaha Ret 0
Grégory Leblanc Honda DNS DNQ 0
Vincent Eisen Honda DNQ 0
Randy Gevers Honda DNQ 0
Andrew Sawford Honda DNQ 0
Nico Kehrer Honda DNQ 0
Zi Xian He Yamaha DNQ 0
Mark Rowling Yamaha DNQ 0
Peter Taplin Honda DNQ 0
Rodney Camm Honda DNQ 0
Brett Underwood Yamaha DNQ 0
Yves Polzer Honda DNQ 0
Teresio Isola Yamaha EX 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

125cc riders' standings

[9][7]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 8 1 4 1 2 1 8 Ret 4 1 4 4 6 1 WD 223
2 Alex de Angelis Aprilia Ret 6 3 Ret 5 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 9 6 7 Ret 166
3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia Ret 13 7 11 9 Ret 3 1 14 5 2 9 1 8 6 3 164
4 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 1 Ret 5 7 7 5 5 3 1 2 Ret 7 4 Ret Ret 13 162
5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 5 2 9 3 4 Ret 10 2 7 6 8 6 3 13 Ret 8 157
6 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 3 3 2 8 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 3 2 151
7 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 7 5 Ret 5 3 17 2 6 5 Ret 1 5 8 9 Ret 7 148
8 Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret 10 6 4 18 Ret Ret 5 2 DNS DNS 2 2 Ret Ret 1 125
9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 4 8 1 2 1 Ret 16 10 8 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 9 112
10 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 2 15 10 12 11 12 15 11 11 7 10 14 11 7 Ret 5 93
11 Mika Kallio Honda 11 7 16 Ret 13 7 11 7 10 88
KTM 4 DSQ 19 7 2 Ret Ret
12 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi Ret 24 15 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 21 12 6 1 Ret 3 8 11 79
13 Youichi Ui Aprilia 6 4 8 6 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 76
Gilera DNS 21 17 18 11 Ret
14 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 6 11 7 8 14 14 9 12 70
15 Thomas Lüthi Honda 9 17 12 9 15 2 7 22 Ret Ret Ret 15 10 4 16 DNS 68
16 Masao Azuma Honda 17 9 11 10 14 22 Ret 13 Ret 13 13 Ret 13 5 2 15 64
17 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 11 13 13 8 8 13 19 17 8 Ret 12 Ret 20 Ret 10 54
18 Arnaud Vincent KTM Ret 12 22 Ret 21 14 Ret 8 Ret 39
Aprilia 5 13 19 16 5 Ret
19 Simone Corsi Honda 12 14 21 14 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 9 22 15 14 DNS DNS Ret 32
20 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 18 25 17 Ret 28 28 Ret 14 Ret 16 15 16 12 15 4 6 31
21 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 21 20 14 Ret 17 16 20 16 12 14 DNS 11 Ret 11 Ret 4 31
22 Andrea Ballerini Gilera 19 18 25
Honda Ret Ret Ret 20 19 1 Ret
23 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 15 16 20 Ret 10 11 Ret 12 13 10 Ret 26 Ret Ret Ret Ret 25
24 Roberto Locatelli KTM 23 28 Ret 15 20 10 Ret Ret 18 17 11 17 Ret 10 Ret 17 18
25 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 16 18 23 Ret Ret 19 14 Ret 15 18 12 24 18 17 13 18 10
26 Robbin Harms Aprilia 25 DSQ 16 19 Ret 23 22 21 10 14 8
27 Stefano Bianco Gilera Ret 21 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 20 14 20 16 12 15 21 7
28 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 22 22 28 17 Ret 13 19 15 Ret 15 5
Honda Ret Ret 22 Ret Ret
29 Julián Simón Malaguti 19 27 Ret 20 Ret 24 17 18 20 22 Ret 25 24 25 12 19 4
30 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 13 Ret 24 18 23 21 22 Ret DNS Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 3
31 Emilio Alzamora Derbi Ret 23 18 19 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 23 14 24 2
Imre Tóth Honda 24 Ret 26 23 27 20 23 17 Ret 23 Ret Ret 26 24 Ret 0
Aprilia 22
Péter Lénárt Honda Ret 29 Ret 22 31 26 Ret 20 22 Ret Ret 0
Leon Camier Honda 26 Ret 30 24 30 27 Ret Ret 23 0
Michele Danese Honda 27 Ret 26 17 Ret 0
Christopher Martin Honda 25 26 Ret 21 Ret Ret 0
Sadahito Suma Honda Ret 25 0
Ismael Ortega Aprilia 27 WD 21 20 23 0
Mattia Angeloni Honda 24 16 0
Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda DNS 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 SAF
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 RIO
 PAC
 MAL
 AUS
 VAL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

MotoGP
Pos Constructor Pts
1 Honda 395
2 Ducati 225
3 Yamaha 175
4 Aprilia 81
5 Suzuki 43
6 /Proton KR 38
7 Kawasaki 19
Moriwaki 0
Harris WCM 0

250cc manufacturers standings
Pos Constructor Pts
1 Aprilia 390
2 Honda 252
3 Yamaha 119

125cc manufacturers standings
Pos Constructor Pts
1 Aprilia 343
2 Honda 286
3 Derbi 79
4 KTM 66
5 Gilera 11
6 Malaguti 11

References
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