2003 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 1

SKYY VODKA Grand Prix of Japan
Suzuka 04 - 06 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 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM *2'15.417  2'32.254       Aprilia Racing World
 2  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA *2'15.881  2'37.696         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 3  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *2'16.732  2'26.910       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 4  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA *2'16.884  2'27.289       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
 5  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *2'16.918  2'24.512       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
 6 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA *2'16.959  2'38.436       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
 7 27 Casey STONER             AUS *2'16.961  2'26.583       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 8 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA *2'16.975  2'42.912         Honda Team Scot
 9 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA *2'17.224  2'31.238       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
10 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA *2'17.308  2'30.967        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
11 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA *2'17.569  2'36.576       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
12 66 Shuhei AOYAMA            JPN *2'17.804  2'31.860         Honda Team Harc-Pro
13 17 Steve JENKNER            GER *2'17.990  2'30.483       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
14 26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *2'18.126  3'57.727         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
15 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA *2'18.428  2'35.949       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
16  1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *2'18.710  2'33.010           KTM KTM-Red Bull
17 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI *2'19.062  2'32.069         Honda Elit Grand Prix
18 41 Youichi UI               JPN *2'19.308  2'26.697       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
19 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA *2'19.646  2'30.547       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
20 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA *2'19.711  2'36.612       Aprilia Racing World
21 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA *2'19.766  2'23.586      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
22 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA *2'20.130  2'33.726       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
23 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN *2'20.253  2'32.616       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
24 31 Julian SIMON             SPA *2'20.298  2'28.435      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
25 65 Toshihisa KUZUHARA       JPN *2'20.452  2'28.601         Honda Honda Kumamoto Racing
26 68 Sadahito SUMA            JPN *2'20.487  2'47.214         Honda Team Life
27 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *2'20.572  2'30.486           KTM KTM-Red Bull
28 24 Simone CORSI             ITA *2'21.133  2'30.744         Honda Team Scot
29 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA *2'21.361  2'29.952         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
30  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN *2'21.446  2'27.723         Honda Ajo Motorsports
31 25 Imre TOTH                HUN *2'21.730  2'32.260         Honda Team Hungary
32 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR *2'21.920  2'35.238       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
33 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA *2'22.906  2'43.174       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
34 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN *2'23.591  2'27.561         Honda Ajo Motorsports
35 78 Peter LENART             HUN *2'24.088  2'37.539         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
36 21 Leon CAMIER              GBR *2'24.229  2'38.811         Honda Metasystem Racing Service

Not Qualified (Out of 107%)
   64 Cheung WAY ON            CHN *2'29.504                   Honda S-Way & Revive
   67 Akio TANAKA              JPN  2'54.409 *2'54.091         Honda Team Life Hatada

Qualification Time 107% 2'24.896

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

 1 92 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN *2'17.930  2'27.336         Honda Team Harc-Pro
 2 71 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA       JPN *2'18.105  2'25.797        Yamaha Sp Tadao Racing Team
 3  6 Alex DEBON               SPA *2'18.274  2'30.084         Honda Troll Honda BQR
 4  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA *2'19.990  2'30.003         Honda Fortuna Honda
 5  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN *2'20.018  2'56.075        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
 6  5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *2'20.285  2'29.803         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 7 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI           JPN *2'20.998  2'25.787         Honda Dy Do Miu Racing Team
 8 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA *2'22.111  2'30.012       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 9 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA *2'22.457  2'28.659       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
10 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE *2'22.464  2'31.055         Honda Elit Grand Prix
11 26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA *2'22.811  2'34.033       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
12 68 Tekkyu KAYO              JPN *2'22.869  2'28.073        Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
13 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE *2'23.476  2'31.274       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
14  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA *2'23.717  2'34.652       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
15 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *2'24.348  2'35.428        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
16 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *2'24.692  2'33.875       Aprilia Campetella Racing
17 14 Anthony WEST             AUS *2'25.134  2'30.697       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
18 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA *2'25.496  2'38.285       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
19 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER *2'26.008  2'35.618       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
20  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA *2'26.560  2'27.588       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
21 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA *2'26.613  2'31.150       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
22 67 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA         JPN *2'26.730  2'26.879        Yamaha Sp Tadao Racing Team
23 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  2'28.281 *2'26.748       Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
24 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER *2'27.509  2'32.756         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   18 Henk VAN DE LAGEMAAT     NED *2'28.804  2'34.274         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
   98 Katja POENSGEN           GER *2'28.988  2'37.802         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
   24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  2'29.312 *2'29.111       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
   34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA  2'33.886 *2'31.048         Honda Troll Honda BQR
   57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  2'37.382 *2'32.767       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
   11 Joan OLIVE               SPA *2'33.222  2'38.341       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team

Qualification Time 107% 2'27.585

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

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA *2'06.838  2'23.598         Honda Repsol Honda
 2  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA *2'07.092  2'24.147         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 3 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *2'07.298  2'32.257         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 4  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA *2'07.426                  Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
 5  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN *2'08.103  2'31.545         Honda Pramac Honda
 6 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA *2'08.251  2'16.165         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 7 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA *2'08.389                  Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA *2'08.670                  Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 9 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA *2'08.785  2'51.988       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
10 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN *2'08.930 44'40.137        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
11 74 Daijiro KATO             JPN *2'09.104  2'22.143         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
12 21 John HOPKINS             USA *2'09.141  2'22.178        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS *2'09.147  2'33.012        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
14 17 Norick ABE               JPN *2'09.162  2'21.636        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA *2'09.325  2'21.350        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
16 25 Tamaki SERIZAWA          JPN *2'09.416  7'39.343 MD211VF Proto Moriwaki Racing WCM
17 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN *2'09.690  2'33.469       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
18 48 Akira YANAGAWA           JPN *2'09.934  2'38.724      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
19  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN *2'10.120  2'20.602     Proton KR Proton Team KR
20  8 Garry McCOY              AUS *2'11.514  2'24.497      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
21 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA *2'11.924  2'28.333        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
22 35 Chris BURNS              GBR *2'13.074              Harris WCM WCM
23 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA *2'13.588  2'25.753         Honda Repsol Honda
24 88 Andrew PITT              AUS *2'13.871  2'30.017      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
25 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  2'25.328 *2'14.011     Proton KR Proton Team KR

Qualification Time 107% 2'15.716

125cc Race Classification (18 Laps = 104.832 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 40'53.083 153.845                Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
 2  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 40'53.120 153.842    0.037       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
 3 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 40'54.116 153.780    1.033       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
 4  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 40'59.784 153.426    6.701       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 5 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 41'01.677 153.308    8.594         Honda Team Scot
 6 41 Youichi UI               JPN 41'02.023 153.286    8.940       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
 7 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 41'02.166 153.277    9.083       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
 8  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 41'16.076 152.416   22.993         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 9 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI 41'26.791 151.759   33.708         Honda Elit Grand Prix
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'27.317 151.727   34.234       Aprilia Racing World
11 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 41'27.363 151.725   34.280         Honda Ajo Motorsports
12 24 Simone CORSI             ITA 41'28.328 151.666   35.245         Honda Team Scot
13 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 41'28.901 151.631   35.818       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
14 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 41'29.028 151.623   35.945       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
15 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA 41'29.390 151.601   36.307       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
16 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA 41'36.047 151.197   42.964      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
17  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN 41'36.146 151.191   43.063         Honda Ajo Motorsports
18 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA 41'44.609 150.680   51.526       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
19 31 Julian SIMON             SPA 41'50.963 150.298   57.880      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
20 65 Toshihisa KUZUHARA       JPN 41'51.212 150.284   58.129         Honda Honda Kumamoto Racing
21 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA 41'51.495 150.267   58.412       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
22 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA 42'09.161 149.217 1'16.078       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
23 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'10.247 149.153 1'17.164           KTM KTM-Red Bull
24 25 Imre TOTH                HUN 42'14.223 148.919 1'21.140         Honda Team Hungary
25 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR 42'14.467 148.905 1'21.384       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
26 21 Leon CAMIER              GBR 42'49.084 146.898 1'56.001         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
27 67 Akio TANAKA              JPN 41'14.483 144.041    1 Lap         Honda Team Life Hatada

Not Classified
   66 Shuhei AOYAMA            JPN 40'23.896 147.047    1 Lap         Honda Team Harc-Pro
   78 Peter LENART             HUN 35'40.256 146.943   3 Laps         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
   27 Casey STONER             AUS 18'13.179 153.434  10 Laps       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
   33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA 16'12.235 150.956  11 Laps        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
   48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA 16'19.599 149.821  11 Laps         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
   15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 13'41.445 153.142  12 Laps       Aprilia Racing World
    1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  4'42.343 148.517  16 Laps           KTM KTM-Red Bull
   26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  4'51.427 143.887  16 Laps         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
   80 Hector BARBERA           SPA  2'24.079 145.520  17 Laps       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
   68 Sadahito SUMA            JPN  2'32.236 137.723  17 Laps         Honda Team Life

250cc Race Classification (19 Laps = 110.656 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 41'36.284 159.581                Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
 2 92 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN 41'37.657 159.494    1.373         Honda Team Harc-Pro
 3 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI           JPN 41'37.780 159.486    1.496         Honda Dy Do Miu Racing Team
 4  5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 41'37.984 159.473    1.700         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 5 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 41'48.055 158.832   11.771       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 6 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 41'49.504 158.741   13.220       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movist
 7  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 41'49.781 158.723   13.497         Honda Fortuna Honda
 8  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 41'50.311 158.690   14.027        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
 9 68 Tekkyu KAYO              JPN 42'00.830 158.027   24.546        Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
10 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 42'19.006 156.896   42.722       Aprilia Campetella Racing
11  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 42'19.530 156.864   43.246         Honda Troll Honda BQR
12 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 42'24.155 156.579   47.871       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
13 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA 42'45.689 155.264 1'09.405       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 42'46.063 155.242 1'09.779       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
15 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 42'57.332 154.563 1'21.048         Honda Elit Grand Prix
16 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA 42'58.072 154.519 1'21.788         Honda Troll Honda BQR
17 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 43'11.822 153.699 1'35.538        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
18 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 43'14.773 153.524 1'38.489       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
19 18 Henk vd LAGEMAAT         NED 43'17.791 153.346 1'41.507         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
20 98 Katja POENSGEN           GER 42'40.020 147.418    1 Lap         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar

Not Classified
   33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 40'06.230 156.840    1 Lap       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
   15 Christian GEMMEL         GER 38'25.542 154.596   2 Laps         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing
   26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 39'37.361 149.926   2 Laps       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
   14 Anthony WEST             AUS 32'55.774 159.176   4 Laps       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
   24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 32'02.054 152.716   5 Laps       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movist
   71 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA       JPN 22'13.061 157.280   9 Laps        Yamaha Sp Tadao Racing Team
    7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  9'11.709 152.010  15 Laps       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR

Not finished first lap
   28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER                                  Aprilia Aprilia Germany
   67 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA         JPN                                   Yamaha Sp Tadao Racing Team
    9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA                                  Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP

MotoGP Race Classification (21 Laps = 122.304 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'13.182 165.949                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 44'19.627 165.547    6.445         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 44'21.391 165.437    8.209        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 4 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 44'26.391 165.127   13.209         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 5 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS 44'36.281 164.517   23.099        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 6 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA 44'42.222 164.152   29.040       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA 44'42.308 164.147   29.126         Honda Repsol Honda
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 44'43.708 164.061   30.526        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 9 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'46.629 163.883   33.447        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
10  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 44'53.382 163.472   40.200        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
11 17 Norick ABE               JPN 44'57.972 163.194   44.790        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
12 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN 45'16.540 162.079 1'03.358       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
13 21 John HOPKINS             USA 45'17.132 162.043 1'03.950        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
14 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 45'17.267 162.035 1'04.085        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
15 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 45'23.172 161.684 1'09.990        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
16  8 Garry McCOY              AUS 45'29.754 161.294 1'16.572      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
17 88 Andrew PITT              AUS 45'30.562 161.246 1'17.380      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
18 48 Akira YANAGAWA           JPN 45'36.787 160.880 1'23.605      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
19 25 Tamaki SERIZAWA          JPN 45'48.641 160.186 1'35.459 MD211VF Proto Moriwaki Racing WCM
20 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 46'10.310 158.933 1'57.128         Honda Camel Pramac Pons

Not Classified
    6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN 25'27.018 164.763   9 Laps         Honda Pramac Honda
    9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 15'39.663 156.188  14 Laps     Proton KR Proton Team KR
   99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 13'01.002 161.073  15 Laps     Proton KR Proton Team KR
   74 Daijiro KATO             JPN  4'21.492 160.359  19 Laps         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda

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