2003 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 September 2003
Official name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:49.038
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:50.453
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Makoto Tamada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:53.457
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:54.215
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:58.052
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:58.121
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Alex de Angelis

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.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	44:36.633	1	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+3.109	3	20
3	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+7.298	9	16
4	Max Biaggi	Honda	+9.235	4	13
5	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+11.165	7	11
6	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+14.826	2	10
7	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+17.361	8	9
8	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+21.239	6	8
9	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+21.522	10	7
10	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+22.971	5	6
11	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+32.910	15	5
12	Alex Barros	Yamaha	+40.136	11	4
13	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+54.099	12	3
14	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	+57.234	18	2
15	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+57.678	14	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	+1:06.069	19
17	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:09.444	17
18	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1:22.463	20
19	David de Gea	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	22
Ret	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	Retirement	13
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	Retirement	16
Ret	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	Retirement	23
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	Retirement	21

250 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	42:09.055	2	25
2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+12.901	6	20
3	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+12.965	3	16
4	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+25.317	5	13
5	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+47.468	9	11
6	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+55.694	10	10
7	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+58.264	14	9
8	Anthony West	Aprilia	+58.339	16	8
9	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:00.193	15	7
10	Eric Bataille	Honda	+1:02.606	23	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:03.500	13	5
12	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:09.904	11	4
13	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:14.199	17	3
14	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:14.370	19	2
15	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+1:16.913	22	1
16	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+1:17.037	21
17	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	+1:19.838	20
18	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+1:27.198	1
19	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	+1 Lap	25
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	18
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Honda	Retirement	4
Ret	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	Retirement	7

125 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	41:51.624	5	25
2	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+0.232	9	20
3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+0.372	2	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0.589	1	13
5	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+0.771	14	11
6	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.899	3	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+1.240	6	9
8	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+3.835	4	8
9	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+4.117	7	7
10	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+15.268	8	6
11	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+19.087	15	5
12	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+19.445	11	4
13	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+19.584	10	3
14	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+19.673	21	2
15	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+20.466	12	1
16	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+27.902	18
17	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+27.992	20
18	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+32.727	13
19	Mika Kallio	KTM	+36.138	22
20	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	+40.544	24
21	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	+41.700	30
22	Simone Corsi	Honda	+49.980	17
23	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+50.136	33
24	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+50.179	19
25	Julián Simón	Malaguti	+55.624	23
26	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+1:00.747	28
27	Michele Danese	Honda	+1:52.184	31
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Gilera	Retirement	26
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Retirement	29
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	32
Ret	Imre Tóth	Honda	Retirement	25