2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	September 5, 2003
Location	Autódromo do Estoril
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:38.412
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:39.189
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:42.255
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:42.215
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Manuel Poggiali
Third	Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	1:45.580
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:46.225
Podium
First	Pablo Nieto
Second	Héctor Barberá
Third	Alex de Angelis

The 2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5 - 7 September, 2003 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	46:48.005	3	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+2.094	2	20
3	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+5.254	1	16
4	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+5.269	4	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+10.581	10	11
6	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+14.246	8	10
7	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+16.143	11	9
8	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+18.083	7	8
9	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+18.284	15	7
10	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+21.815	9	6
11	Alex Barros	Yamaha	+24.059	12	5
12	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+27.082	6	4
13	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+27.651	5	3
14	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+31.505	13	2
15	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+57.118	17	1
16	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1:01.412	19
17	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:01.544	14
18	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+1:06.601	16
19	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	+1:10.958	18
20	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1:11.523	23
21	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:18.550	20
22	David de Gea	Sabre V4	+1 Lap	21
Ret	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	Retirement	22
Ret	Chris Burns	Roc Yamaha	Retirement	24

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Toni Elías	Aprilia	44:37.770	28	25
2	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+4.731	3	20
3	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+5.987	1	16
4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+6.470	6	13
5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	+25.023	4	11
6	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+25.273	5	10
7	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+27.791	2	9
8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+27.913	7	8
9	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+43.047	12	7
10	Anthony West	Aprilia	+43.112	9	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+44.796	8	5
12	Eric Bataille	Honda	+1:10.765	10	4
13	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:11.702	18	3
14	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:11.714	19	2
15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+1:13.983	14	1
16	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:19.238	17
17	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:36.515	16
18	Vesa Kallio	Yamaha	+1 Lap	22
19	Alvaro Molina	Aprilia	+1 Lap	23
20	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1 Lap	13
21	Frederik Watz	Yamaha	+1 Lap	21
22	Miguel Praia	Yamaha	+1 Lap	25
23	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	26
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	24
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Lukas. Pesek	Yamaha	Retirement	20
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Katja Poensgen	Honda	Retirement	27

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	41:08.307	5	25
2	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+0.022	22	20
3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+0.308	1	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0.560	2	13
5	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+3.326	13	11
6	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+8.143	3	10
7	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+8.287	10	9
8	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+13.353	8	8
9	Simone Corsi	Honda	+13.574	18	7
10	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+13.869	16	6
11	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+24.879	23	5
12	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+39.570	25	4
13	Masao Azuma	Honda	+46.623	15	3
14	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	+46.983	17	2
15	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+47.176	21	1
16	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	+47.278	24
17	Manuel Manna	Aprilia	+47.614	28
18	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1:22.395	30
19	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	+1:25.014	34
20	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	+1:25.533	36
21	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	+1:26.476	35
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Gilera	Retirement	27
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	9
Ret	Peter Lenart	Honda	Retirement	32
Ret	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Julian Simon	Malaguti	Retirement	20
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Imre Tóth	Honda	Retirement	33
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	David Bonache	Aprilia	Retirement	31
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	6
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Mika Kallio	KTM	Retirement	19