2003 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 October 2003
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:02.480 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:03.822 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Sete Gibernau Third Max Biaggi
250cc
Pole position Rider Toni Elías Time 2:07.535 Fastest lap Rider Toni Elías Time 2:08.566 Podium First Toni Elías Second Manuel Poggiali Third Fonsi Nieto
125cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:14.403 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 2:14.932 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Mika Kallio Third Jorge Lorenzo

The 2003 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 October 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	43:41.457	1	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+2.042	7	20
3	Max Biaggi	Honda	+7.644	4	16
4	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+13.733	9	13
5	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+13.789	2	11
6	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+20.567	6	10
7	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+23.449	8	9
8	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+26.740	5	8
9	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+32.149	11	7
10	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+40.556	3	6
11	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+43.863	14	5
12	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+44.613	17	4
13	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+54.667	13	3
14	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:02.687	10	2
15	Alex Barros	Yamaha	+1:03.006	12	1
16	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:06.128	20
17	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	+1:10.916	18
18	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1:11.344	19
19	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+1:17.205	16
20	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	+1:41.315	15
21	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1:49.094	21
Ret	José David de Gea	Harris WCM	Retirement	22
Ret	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	Retirement	24

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Toni Elías	Aprilia	43:15.925	1	25
2	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+9.931	2	20
3	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+9.942	3	16
4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+25.839	10	13
5	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+34.060	5	11
6	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+36.004	6	10
7	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+49.445	4	9
8	Sebastián Porto	Honda	+53.955	7	8
9	Anthony West	Aprilia	+57.165	9	7
10	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:03.700	12	6
11	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:04.419	17	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:06.349	20	4
13	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:07.487	14	3
14	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:08.008	18	2
15	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+1:18.180	21	1
16	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+1:21.642	19
17	Katja Poensgen	Honda	+2:08.210	24
18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+2:13.493	26
19	Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha	+1 Lap	25
Ret	Alex Debón	Honda	Retirement	11
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	Retirement	22
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	Retirement	13

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	43:07.647	2	25
2	Mika Kallio	KTM	+2.658	3	20
3	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+2.750	1	16
4	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+3.006	6	13
5	Masao Azuma	Honda	+5.032	12	11
6	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+7.242	16	10
7	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+9.549	11	9
8	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+10.908	14	8
9	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+11.197	7	7
10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+12.874	19	6
11	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+14.926	15	5
12	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	+15.443	10	4
13	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+15.576	8	3
14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+22.709	17	2
15	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+24.161	21	1
16	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+24.266	18
17	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+24.860	13
18	Youichi Ui	Gilera	+27.972	23
19	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	+47.813	24
20	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+48.612	20
21	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+58.448	27
22	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	+58.474	26
23	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	+1:25.522	29
24	Imre Tóth	Honda	+1:25.560	28
25	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:25.881	30
26	Michele Danese	Honda	+2:10.497	32
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Retirement	22
Ret	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	31
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	25
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement	9