2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  2003 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 July 2003
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:23.734
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:24.630
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Troy Bayliss
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:25.728
Fastest lap
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	1:26.469
Podium
First	Roberto Rolfo
Second	Fonsi Nieto
Third	Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:27.717
Fastest lap
Rider	Pablo Nieto
Time	1:28.490
Podium
First	Stefano Perugini
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Alex de Angelis

The 2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 July 2003 at the Sachsenring.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	Honda	42:41.180	5	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Honda	+0.060	4	20
3	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+13.207	6	16
4	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+16.521	3	13
5	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+16.563	15	11
6	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+18.743	8	10
7	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+18.885	10	9
8	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+26.165	7	8
9	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+28.281	18	7
10	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+29.159	16	6
11	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+29.316	9	5
12	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton	+30.427	2	4
13	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+49.580	19	3
14	Colin Edwards	Aprilia	+53.444	13	2
15	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+57.512	14	1
16	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki	+59.580	20
17	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+1:05.240	21
18	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	+1:05.348	23
19	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki	+1 Lap	24
20	David de Gea	Sabre V4	+1 Lap	25
Ret	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	22
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	12
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement	1
Ret	Alex Barros	Yamaha	Retirement	11

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	42:06.199	2	25
2	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+0.150	4	20
3	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+0.287	5	16
4	Sebastián Porto	Honda	+5.305	1	13
5	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+13.097	3	11
6	Anthony West	Aprilia	+18.289	10	10
7	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+20.881	9	9
8	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+20.927	6	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+45.171	13	7
10	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+48.701	12	6
11	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+57.078	18	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+57.268	17	4
13	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+57.459	19	3
14	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	+1:17.467	14	2
15	Max Neukirchner	Honda	+1:29.139	22	1
16	Lukáš Pešek	Yamaha	+1:29.338	23
17	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1 Lap	11
18	Katja Poensgen	Honda	+1 Lap	29
19	Vesa Kallio	Yamaha	+1 Lap	27
Ret	Tomas Palander	Honda	Retirement	25
Ret	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	Retirement	26
Ret	Norman Rank	Honda	Retirement	28
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Christian Gemmel	Honda	Retirement	24
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	Retirement	7

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	40:11.124	1	25
2	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+0.212	5	20
3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+0.375	2	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0.774	7	13
5	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+5.877	13	11
6	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	+11.791	17	10
7	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+12.070	6	9
8	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+12.212	4	8
9	Simone Corsi	Honda	+12.645	10	7
10	Mika Kallio	Honda	+16.369	12	6
11	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+16.370	11	5
12	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+16.825	20	4
13	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+21.622	16	3
14	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+27.161	3	2
15	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	+41.028	18	1
16	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	+45.131	21
17	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+45.377	8
18	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	+54.576	22
19	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+55.177	30
20	Julian Simon	Malaguti	+1:11.657	26
21	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+1:22.753	19
22	Peter Lenart	Honda	+1:36.455	38
23	Leon Camier	Honda	+1 Lap	37
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Retirement	15
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Patrick Unger	Honda	Retirement	36
Ret	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Retirement	9
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement	33
Ret	Jarno Muller	Honda	Retirement	35
Ret	Jascha Buch	Honda	Retirement	31
Ret	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	Retirement	34
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	Retirement	24
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	Retirement	29
Ret	Manuel Mickan	Honda	Retirement	28
Ret	Imre Tóth	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	Retirement	32