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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 Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.548 km (3.447 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:02.480
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:03.822 on lap 3
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Max Biaggi
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	2:07.535
Fastest lap
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	2:08.566 on lap 6
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Manuel Poggiali
Third	Fonsi Nieto
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:14.403
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	2:14.932 on lap 12
Podium
First	Daniel 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.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	21	43:41.457	1	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	21	+2.042	7	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	21	+7.644	4	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	21	+13.733	9	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+13.789	2	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+20.567	6	10
7	11	Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	21	+23.449	8	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+26.740	5	8
9	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+32.149	11	7
10	6	Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	21	+40.556	3	6
11	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+43.863	14	5
12	41	Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+44.613	17	4
13	45	Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+54.667	13	3
14	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	21	+1:02.687	10	2
15	4	Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+1:03.006	12	1
16	88	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+1:06.128	20
17	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+1:10.916	18
18	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+1:11.344	19
19	8	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+1:17.205	16
20	43	Akira Ryō	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	21	+1:41.315	15
21	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	21	+1:49.094	21
Ret	52	José David de Gea	WCM	Harris WCM	18	Retirement	22
Ret	35	Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	12	Retirement	24
DNS	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	0	Did not start	23
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	20	43:15.925	1	25
2	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	20	+9.931	2	20
3	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+9.942	3	16
4	3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	20	+25.839	10	13
5	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+34.060	5	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+36.004	6	10
7	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+49.445	4	9
8	5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	20	+53.955	7	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	20	+57.165	9	7
10	26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+1:03.700	12	6
11	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:04.419	17	5
12	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:06.349	20	4
13	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	20	+1:07.487	14	3
14	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+1:08.008	18	2
15	13	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	20	+1:18.180	21	1
16	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	20	+1:21.642	19
17	98	Katja Poensgen	Honda	20	+2:08.210	24
18	18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	20	+2:13.493	26
19	81	Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	25
Ret	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	8	Retirement	15
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	8	Retirement	23
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Honda	8	Retirement	11
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	3	Retirement	22
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	1	Accident	16
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	0	Accident	13
DNS	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	0	Did not start	8
DNQ	82	Zi Xian He	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	19	43:07.647	2	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	+2.658	3	20
3	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	19	+2.750	1	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	+3.006	6	13
5	8	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+5.032	12	11
6	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	19	+7.242	16	10
7	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	+9.549	11	9
8	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	19	+10.908	14	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	19	+11.197	7	7
10	10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	19	+12.874	19	6
11	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	19	+14.926	15	5
12	33	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	19	+15.443	10	4
13	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	19	+15.576	8	3
14	79	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	+22.889	17	2
15	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+24.161	21	1
16	1	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+24.266	18
17	32	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	19	+24.860	13
18	41	Youichi Ui	Gilera	19	+27.972	23
19	50	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	19	+47.813	24
20	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+48.612	20
21	88	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	19	+58.448	27
22	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+58.474	26
23	26	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	19	+1:25.522	29
24	25	Imre Tóth	Honda	19	+1:25.560	28
25	31	Julián Simón	Malaguti	19	+1:25.881	30
26	28	Michele Danese	Honda	19	+2:10.497	32
Ret	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	15	Accident	22
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	12	Accident	4
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	12	Retirement	5
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	4	Retirement	31
Ret	7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	3	Retirement	9
Ret	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	3	Retirement	25
DNS	24	Simone Corsi	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[7]^[8]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	307
2	Sete Gibernau	244
3	Max Biaggi	215
4	Loris Capirossi	141
5	Troy Bayliss	119

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	345
2	Ducati	189
3	Yamaha	154
4	Aprilia	71
5	Suzuki	31

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "2003 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "2003 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "World championship standings". Crash. October 12, 2003.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

Previous race: 2003 Pacific Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2003 season	Next race: 2003 Australian Grand Prix
Previous race: 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix

[1] "2003 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] "2003 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[3] "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[4] "MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[5] "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[6] "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[7] "World championship standings". Crash. October 12, 2003.

[8] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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