- MotoGP classification
- 250 cc classification
- 125 cc classification
- References
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report | flag = BRA | Grand Prix = Rio de Janeiro | Official Name = Cinzano Rio Grand Prix[1] | Location = Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Image = Jacarepaguá.svg | Course_mi = 3.065 | Course_km = 4.933 | Race_No = 12 | Season_No = 16 | Date = 20 September | Year = 2003 | Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi | Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy | Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda | Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:49.038 | Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi | Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy | Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda | Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:50.453 on lap 10 | First_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi | First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy | First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda | Second_Rider_MotoGP = Sete Gibernau | Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Spain | Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda | Third_Rider_MotoGP = Makoto Tamada | Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan | Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda | Pole_Rider_250 = Toni Elías | Pole_Rider_250_Country = Spain | Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia | Pole_Time_250 = 1:53.457 | Fast_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali | Fast_Rider_250_Country = San Marino | Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia | Fast_Time_250 = 1:54.215 on lap 7 | First_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali | First_Rider_250_Country = San Marino | First_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia | Second_Rider_250 = Roberto Rolfo | Second_Rider_250_Country = Italy | Second_Rider_250_Bike = Honda | Third_Rider_250 = Randy de Puniet | Third_Rider_250_Country = France | Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia | Pole_Rider_125 = Dani Pedrosa | Pole_Rider_125_Country = Spain | Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Honda | Pole_Time_125 = 1:58.052 | Fast_Rider_125 = Dani Pedrosa | Fast_Rider_125_Country = Spain | Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Honda | Fast_Time_125 = 1:58.121 on lap 3 | First_Rider_125 = Jorge Lorenzo | First_Rider_125_Country = Spain | First_Rider_125_Bike = Derbi | Second_Rider_125 = Casey Stoner | Second_Rider_125_Country = Australia | Second_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia | Third_Rider_125 = Alex de Angelis | Third_Rider_125_Country = San Marino | Third_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia }}The 2003 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 September 2003 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. The 125cc race marked the first Grand Prix motorcycle racing victory for a young Jorge Lorenzo. MotoGP classification Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 46 | ITA}} Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | 44:36.633 | 1 | 25 |
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2 | 15 | ESP}} Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +3.109 | 3 | 20 |
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3 | 6 | JPN}} Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 24 | +7.298 | 9 | 16 |
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4 | 3 | ITA}} Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 24 | +9.235 | 4 | 13 |
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5 | 69 | USA}} Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +11.165 | 7 | 11 |
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6 | 65 | ITA}} Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +14.826 | 2 | 10 |
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7 | 11 | JPN}} Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 24 | +17.361 | 8 | 9 |
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8 | 56 | JPN}} Shinya Nakano | D'Antin Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +21.239 | 6 | 8 |
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9 | 7 | ESP}} Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +21.522 | 10 | 7 |
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10 | 12 | AUS}} Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +22.971 | 5 | 6 |
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11 | 33 | ITA}} Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +32.910 | 16 | 5 |
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12 | 4 | BRA}} Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +40.136 | 11 | 4 |
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13 | 45 | USA}} Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 24 | +54.099 | 12 | 3 |
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14 | 41 | JPN}} Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 24 | +57.234 | 19 | 2 |
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15 | 23 | JPN}} Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +57.678 | 15 | 1 |
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16 | 99 | GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +1:06.069 | 20 |
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17 | 10 | USA}} Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 24 | +1:09.444 | 18 |
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18 | 88 | AUS}} Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +1:22.463 | 21 |
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19 | 52 | ESP}} David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 23 | +1 lap | 22 |
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Ret | 8 | AUS}} Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 14 | Retirement | 13 |
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Ret | 9 | JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 11 | Retirement | 17 |
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Ret | 35 | GBR}} Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 8 | Retirement | 23 |
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Ret | 19 | FRA}} Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 14 |
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DNS | 21 | USA}} John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | Did not start |
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Sources: [2][3][4] |
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250 cc classification Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 54 | SMR}} Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 22 | 42:09.055 | 2 | 25 |
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2 | 3 | ITA}} Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 22 | +12.901 | 3 | 20 |
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3 | 7 | FRA}} Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 22 | +12.965 | 4 | 16 |
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4 | 50 | FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 22 | +25.317 | 7 | 13 |
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5 | 8 | JPN}} Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 22 | +47.468 | 9 | 11 |
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6 | 33 | ESP}} Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 22 | +55.694 | 10 | 10 |
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7 | 11 | ESP}} Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 22 | +58.264 | 14 | 9 |
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8 | 14 | AUS}} Anthony West | Aprilia | 22 | +58.339 | 16 | 8 |
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9 | 57 | GBR}} Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 22 | +1:00.193 | 15 | 7 |
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10 | 34 | FRA}} Eric Bataille | Honda | 22 | +1:02.606 | 19 | 6 |
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11 | 6 | ESP}} Alex Debón | Honda | 22 | +1:03.500 | 13 | 5 |
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12 | 36 | FRA}} Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 22 | +1:09.904 | 11 | 4 |
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13 | 16 | SWE}} Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 22 | +1:14.199 | 17 | 3 |
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14 | 28 | DEU}} Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 22 | +1:14.370 | 20 | 2 |
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15 | 13 | CZE}} Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 22 | +1:16.913 | 22 | 1 |
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16 | 15 | DEU}} Christian Gemmel | Honda | 22 | +1:17.037 | 23 |
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17 | 52 | CZE}} Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 22 | +1:19.838 | 21 |
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18 | 24 | ESP}} Toni Elías | Aprilia | 22 | +1:27.198 | 1 |
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19 | 18 | NLD}} Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | 24 |
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Ret | 26 | ITA}} Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 18 |
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Ret | 9 | FRA}} Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 12 |
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Ret | 10 | ESP}} Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 5 |
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Ret | 5 | ARG}} Sebastián Porto | Honda | 2 | Accident | 6 |
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Ret | 21 | ITA}} Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 |
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DNS | 98 | DEU}} Katja Poensgen | Honda | Did not start |
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Source: [5] |
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125 cc classification Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 48 | ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 21 | 41:51.624 | 5 | 25 |
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2 | 27 | AUS}} Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 21 | +0.232 | 9 | 20 |
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3 | 15 | SMR}} Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 21 | +0.372 | 2 | 16 |
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4 | 3 | ESP}} Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 21 | +0.589 | 1 | 13 |
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5 | 22 | ESP}} Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | +0.771 | 14 | 11 |
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6 | 34 | ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 21 | +0.899 | 3 | 10 |
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7 | 7 | ITA}} Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 21 | +1.240 | 6 | 9 |
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8 | 79 | HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 21 | +3.835 | 4 | 8 |
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9 | 80 | ESP}} Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | +4.117 | 7 | 7 |
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10 | 17 | DEU}} Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +15.268 | 8 | 6 |
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11 | 58 | ITA}} Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 21 | +19.087 | 16 | 5 |
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12 | 23 | ITA}} Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +19.445 | 10 | 4 |
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13 | 1 | FRA}} Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +19.584 | 11 | 3 |
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14 | 6 | ITA}} Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 21 | +19.673 | 15 | 2 |
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15 | 12 | CHE}} Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 21 | +20.466 | 12 | 1 |
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16 | 19 | ESP}} Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 21 | +27.902 | 20 |
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17 | 10 | ITA}} Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 21 | +27.992 | 21 |
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18 | 4 | ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 21 | +32.727 | 13 |
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19 | 36 | FIN}} Mika Kallio | KTM | 21 | +36.138 | 23 |
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20 | 33 | ITA}} Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 21 | +40.544 | 26 |
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21 | 41 | JPN}} Youichi Ui | Gilera | 21 | +41.610 | 22 |
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22 | 24 | ITA}} Simone Corsi | Honda | 21 | +49.980 | 19 |
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23 | 88 | DNK}} Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 21 | +50.136 | 30 |
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24 | 32 | ITA}} Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 21 | +50.179 | 18 |
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25 | 31 | ESP}} Julián Simón | Malaguti | 21 | +55.624 | 24 |
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26 | 42 | ITA}} Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 21 | +1:00.747 | 31 |
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27 | 28 | ITA}} Michele Danese | Honda | 21 | +1:52.184 | 32 |
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Ret | 50 | ITA}} Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 16 | Accident | 28 |
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Ret | 63 | FRA}} Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 29 |
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Ret | 8 | JPN}} Masao Azuma | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 17 |
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Ret | 26 | ESP}} Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 6 | Retirement | 25 |
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Ret | 11 | ITA}} Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 33 |
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Ret | 25 | HUN}} Imre Tóth | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 27 |
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Source: [6] |
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-brazilian-motogp|title=2003 Brazilian MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=17 May 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-brazilian-motogp|title=2003 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification|website=Motogp.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=20 September 2003|accessdate=17 May 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/RIO/MotoGP/RAC|title=RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003|website=Motogp.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=20 September 2003|accessdate=17 May 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/125cc/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=20 September 2003|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
{{MotoGP_race_report | Name_of_race = Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 2003 | Previous_race_in_season = 2003 Portuguese Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 2003 Pacific Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 2002 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2004 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix }} 3 : Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix|2003 MotoGP race reports|2003 in Brazilian motorsport |