2003 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 2

Arnette Africa's Grand Prix
Welkom 25 - 27 Apr. 2003
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'41.570 *1'40.834       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
 2 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'41.794 *1'40.908       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
 3 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA  1'42.015 *1'41.449         Honda Team Scot
 4 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  1'42.604 *1'41.655       Aprilia Racing World
 5  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'43.928 *1'41.658       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
 6 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'42.836 *1'41.699       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
 7  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA *1'41.793  1'41.964         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 8 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN  1'42.887 *1'41.813         Honda Ajo Motorsports
 9  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'42.170 *1'41.849       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
10 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  1'43.247 *1'41.973       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
11  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'42.697 *1'42.290       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
12  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'44.272 *1'42.348         Honda Ajo Motorsports
13 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA *1'42.501  1'42.580       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
14  1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'43.947 *1'42.634           KTM KTM-Red Bull
15 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'43.667 *1'42.639       Aprilia Racing World
16 24 Simone CORSI             ITA  1'43.042 *1'42.654         Honda Team Scot
17 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA  1'43.523 *1'42.700        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
18 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA  1'43.731 *1'42.766       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
19 27 Casey STONER             AUS  1'43.168 *1'42.773       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
20 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA  1'43.677 *1'42.775         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
21 26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'44.069 *1'42.980         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
22 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI  1'43.951 *1'43.043         Honda Elit Grand Prix
23 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  1'43.939 *1'43.121       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
24 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA  1'43.851 *1'43.277       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
25 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA  1'44.310 *1'43.524      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
26 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA *1'43.556  1'43.696       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
27 31 Julian SIMON             SPA  1'44.625 *1'43.646      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
28 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR  1'43.926 *1'43.697       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
29 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *1'43.819  1'44.523           KTM KTM-Red Bull
30 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA *1'44.024  1'44.093       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
31 25 Imre TOTH                HUN  1'45.408 *1'44.772         Honda Team Hungary
32 21 Leon CAMIER              GBR  1'48.522 *1'44.884         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
33 78 Peter LENART             HUN  1'47.140 *1'46.204         Honda Metasystem Racing Service

Qualification Time 107% 1'47.892

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'37.058 *1'36.247       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 2 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'36.998 *1'36.344       Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
 3 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'37.025 *1'36.523       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 4 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'36.777 *1'36.770       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 5  5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'37.098 *1'37.063         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 6 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  1'37.387 *1'37.231       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 7 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'38.094 *1'37.398       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
 8  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'38.153 *1'37.426         Honda Fortuna Honda
 9  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  1'37.974 *1'37.675        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
10 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  1'38.585 *1'37.822       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
11 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'39.204 *1'37.864       Aprilia Campetella Racing
12  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'39.117 *1'37.934         Honda Troll Honda BQR
13 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA  1'38.986 *1'37.999         Honda Troll Honda BQR
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'38.603 *1'38.010       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
15 26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA  1'39.495 *1'38.086       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
16 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  1'40.014 *1'38.357         Honda Elit Grand Prix
17  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  1'40.355 *1'38.514       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
18 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA  1'39.323 *1'38.528       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
19 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER  1'39.269 *1'38.614       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
20 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  1'39.271 *1'38.627       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
21 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA  1'39.142 *1'38.751       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
22 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER  1'41.238 *1'39.341         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing
23 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *1'39.584                  Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
24 18 Henk VAN DE LAGEMAAT     NED  1'41.374 *1'41.087         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
25 98 Katja POENSGEN           GER  1'43.311 *1'42.759         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar

Qualification Time 107% 1'42.984

MotoGP Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'33.961 *1'33.174         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'33.442 *1'33.370         Honda Repsol Honda
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'34.364 *1'33.386         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 4 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'33.586 *1'33.408        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 5 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'34.535 *1'33.548        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
 6 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'34.334 *1'33.586         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 7  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'34.806 *1'33.662        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
 8 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA  1'34.413 *1'33.697       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
 9 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS  1'34.322 *1'33.756        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
10  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'34.426 *1'33.765        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
11 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA  1'34.739 *1'33.838         Honda Repsol Honda
12 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'34.963 *1'33.917        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
13 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'34.617 *1'33.938     Proton KR Proton Team KR
14 17 Norick ABE               JPN  1'35.156 *1'34.152        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
15  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'35.061 *1'34.269     Proton KR Proton Team KR
16 21 John HOPKINS             USA  1'35.068 *1'34.306        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
17 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'34.907 *1'34.646        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
18  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN  1'35.392 *1'34.670         Honda Pramac Honda
19 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN *1'34.731  1'34.922       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
20 88 Andrew PITT              AUS  1'36.274 *1'35.128      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
21  8 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'36.583 *1'35.566      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team

Qualification Time 107% 1'39.696

125cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 101.808 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 40'46.694 149.797                  Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 2 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 40'47.050 149.775    0.356         Honda Team Scot
 3 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 40'47.242 149.764    0.548       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
 4 41 Youichi UI               JPN 40'47.448 149.751    0.754       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
 5 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 40'47.533 149.746    0.839       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
 6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 40'48.659 149.677    1.965       Aprilia Racing World
 7 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 41'00.691 148.945   13.997         Honda Ajo Motorsports
 8  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 41'01.484 148.897   14.790       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 9  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN 41'03.484 148.776   16.790         Honda Ajo Motorsports
10 27 Casey STONER             AUS 41'07.343 148.543   20.649       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
11 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'08.503 148.474   21.809       Aprilia Racing World
12  1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 41'08.709 148.461   22.015           KTM KTM-Red Bull
13 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA 41'10.508 148.353   23.814       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
14 24 Simone CORSI             ITA 41'10.565 148.350   23.871         Honda Team Scot
15  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 41'11.480 148.295   24.786       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
16 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA 41'26.259 147.413   39.565       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
17 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI 41'28.974 147.252   42.280         Honda Elit Grand Prix
18 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA 41'29.073 147.247   42.379      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
19 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 41'37.839 146.730   51.145       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
20 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA 41'37.880 146.727   51.186       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
21 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA 41'40.010 146.602   53.316        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
22 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA 41'41.947 146.489   55.253       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
23 26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 41'43.646 146.390   56.952         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
24 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA 41'43.729 146.385   57.035         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
25 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA 41'44.803 146.322   58.109       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
26 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR 41'45.316 146.292   58.622       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
27 31 Julian SIMON             SPA 41'51.730 145.918 1'05.036      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
28 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 41'58.368 145.534 1'11.674           KTM KTM-Red Bull
29 78 Peter LENART             HUN 42'22.502 144.152 1'35.808         Honda Metasystem Racing Service

Not Classified
   11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 17'37.297 144.436  14 Laps       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
   21 Leon CAMIER              GBR 12'31.781 142.193  17 Laps         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
   25 Imre TOTH                HUN  4'19.718 117.598  22 Laps         Honda Team Hungary
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'19.292 109.634  23 Laps       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team

250cc Race Classification (26 Laps = 110.292 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 42'14.305 156.670                Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
 2  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 42'14.920 156.632    0.615       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 3 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 42'19.946 156.322    5.641       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 4  5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 42'26.452 155.923   12.147         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 5  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 42'27.272 155.873   12.967         Honda Fortuna Honda
 6 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 42'33.874 155.470   19.569       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
 7 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 42'37.385 155.256   23.080       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 8 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 42'41.601 155.001   27.296       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 9 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 42'44.492 154.826   30.187       Aprilia Campetella Racing
10  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 42'45.752 154.750   31.447        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
11 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 42'45.816 154.746   31.511       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
12 26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 42'53.616 154.277   39.311       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
13 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA 42'54.514 154.223   40.209         Honda Troll Honda BQR
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 43'01.061 153.832   46.756       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
15 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 43'09.138 153.352   54.833       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
16 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 43'16.928 152.892 1'02.623        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
17 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 43'23.470 152.508 1'09.165       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
18 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER 43'31.196 152.057 1'16.891         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing
19 18 Henk vd LAGEMAAT         NED 42'37.988 149.250    1 Lap         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar

Not Classified
    9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 18'40.765 149.882  15 Laps       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
   98 Katja POENSGEN           GER 17'33.541 144.951  16 Laps         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
   96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 15'08.905 151.215  17 Laps         Honda Elit Grand Prix
   28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 13'24.833 151.794  18 Laps       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
   11 Joan OLIVE               SPA  5'33.840 137.232  23 Laps       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team

Excluded
    6 Alex DEBON               SPA                                    Honda Troll Honda BQR

MotoGP Race Classification (28 Laps = 118.776 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 44'10.398 161.331                  Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'10.761 161.309    0.363         Honda Repsol Honda
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 44'15.471 161.023    5.073         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 4 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS 44'23.004 160.568   12.606        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 5  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 44'29.328 160.187   18.930        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 6 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 44'29.511 160.176   19.113         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA 44'30.554 160.114   20.156         Honda Repsol Honda
 8 17 Norick ABE               JPN 44'31.268 160.071   20.870        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
 9  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 44'32.523 159.996   22.125        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
10 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 44'35.616 159.811   25.218        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
11 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'46.301 159.175   35.903        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
12  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 44'49.656 158.977   39.258     Proton KR Proton Team KR
13 21 John HOPKINS             USA 45'00.628 158.331   50.230        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
14  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN 45'11.839 157.676 1'01.441         Honda Pramac Honda
15 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 45'14.540 157.519 1'04.142        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
16 88 Andrew PITT              AUS 45'33.481 156.428 1'23.083      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
17  8 Garry McCOY              AUS 44'26.964 154.603    1 Lap      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team

Not Classified
   41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN 20'10.663 151.366  16 Laps       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
   65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 13'13.825 153.899  20 Laps        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team

Not Finished First Lap
   45 Colin EDWARDS            USA                                  Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
   99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR                                Proton KR Proton Team KR

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