2003 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 4

Grand Prix Polini de France
Le Mans 23 - 25 May 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 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA *1'43.565  2'06.612         Honda Team Scot
 2 41 Youichi UI               JPN *1'43.743  2'08.518       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
 3 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA *1'43.947  2'05.477         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
 4 27 Casey STONER             AUS *1'44.203  2'29.168       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 5 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM *1'44.315  2'06.492       Aprilia Racing World
 6  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA *1'44.437  2'06.371         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 7  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *1'44.510  2'14.449       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 8  1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *1'44.522  2'14.806           KTM KTM-Red Bull
 9 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA *1'44.570  2'06.127       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
10 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI *1'44.638  2'08.016         Honda Elit Grand Prix
11 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA *1'44.883  2'09.505        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
12  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA *1'44.891  2'06.961       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
13 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA *1'44.945  2'17.014       Aprilia Racing World
14 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN *1'44.963  2'01.755         Honda Ajo Motorsports
15  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN *1'45.031  2'02.442         Honda Ajo Motorsports
16  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *1'45.326  2'05.633       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
17 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN *1'45.480  2'09.052       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
18 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA *1'45.541  2'12.942       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
19 17 Steve JENKNER            GER *1'45.554  2'06.888       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
20 24 Simone CORSI             ITA *1'45.576  2'15.416         Honda Team Scot
21 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA *1'45.700  2'13.713       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
22 26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *1'46.007  2'06.112         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
23 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA *1'46.229  2'06.000      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
24 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA *1'46.363  2'02.579       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
25 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA *1'46.503  2'13.627       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
26 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA *1'46.624  2'11.854       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
27 31 Julian SIMON             SPA *1'46.929  2'07.096      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
28 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA *1'46.973  2'10.229       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
29 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *1'46.994  2'11.630           KTM KTM-Red Bull
30 72 Alexis MASBOU            FRA *1'47.588  2'13.140         Honda Equipe de France Espoir
31 74 Jimmy PETIT              FRA *1'47.616  2'08.131         Honda Racing Moto Sport
32 25 Imre TOTH                HUN *1'47.709  2'11.570         Honda Team Hungary
33 73 William GAUTIER          FRA *1'48.321  2'07.513         Honda Equipe de France Espoir
34 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR *1'48.478  2'08.523       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
35 86 Gregory LEFORT           FRA *1'48.500  2'11.701       Aprilia Provence Moto Sport
36 78 Peter LENART             HUN *1'49.165  2'06.969         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
37 85 Xavier HEROUIN           FRA *1'49.522  2'09.385         Honda Mob 77
38 21 Leon CAMIER              GBR *1'50.678  2'08.330         Honda Metasystem Racing Service

Qualification Time 107% 1'50.814

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

 1 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM *1'39.229  2'02.280       Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
 2 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *1'39.324  2'00.549       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 3  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA *1'39.341  2'00.627       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 4 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA *1'39.570  2'01.033       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 5 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA *1'39.802  2'05.512       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 6  5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *1'39.936  2'02.365         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 7 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA *1'40.835  2'03.408       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 8  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN *1'40.948  2'01.319        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
 9  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA *1'41.073  2'02.281         Honda Fortuna Honda
10 14 Anthony WEST             AUS *1'41.168  2'03.664       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
11 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA *1'41.275  2'02.864       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
12  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA *1'41.447  2'03.087       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
13 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA *1'41.609  2'12.469       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE *1'41.642  2'06.317       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
15 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA *1'41.767  2'08.940       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
16 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR *1'41.890  2'07.835       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
17  6 Alex DEBON               SPA *1'41.934  2'05.386         Honda Troll Honda BQR
18 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA *1'41.942  2'06.335         Honda Troll Honda BQR
19 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER *1'41.980  2'05.093       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
20 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE *1'42.109  2'06.848         Honda Elit Grand Prix
21 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *1'42.199  2'03.820        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
22 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER *1'42.355  2'05.022         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing
23 26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA *1'42.827  2'07.954       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
24 18 Henk VAN DE LAGEMAAT     NED *1'44.180  2'06.899         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
25 45 Samuel AUBRY             FRA *1'45.613  2'10.694         Honda Team Racer Bike

Not Qualified (Out of 107%)
   44 Vincent EISEN            FRA *1'46.396  2'06.182         Honda Eisen Moto Team
   98 Katja POENSGEN           GER *1'46.421  2'05.452         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar

Qualification Time 107% 1'46.175

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

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA *1'35.208  1'51.583         Honda Repsol Honda
 2  4 Alex BARROS              BRA *1'35.985  1'53.234        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA *1'36.019  1'56.606        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 4 33 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'36.161  1'58.300        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
 5  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA *1'36.169  1'53.049         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 6  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA *1'36.240  1'52.179        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
 7 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA *1'36.314  1'52.736         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 8 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *1'36.402  1'56.244         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 9 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN *1'36.512  1'59.139        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
10 17 Norick ABE               JPN *1'36.617  1'55.892        Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team
11 21 John HOPKINS             USA *1'36.673  1'58.176        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
12 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR *1'36.720  1'50.666     Proton KR Proton Team KR
13 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA *1'36.773  1'57.325         Honda Repsol Honda
14 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS *1'36.782  1'51.951        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
15  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN *1'36.868  1'53.639         Honda Pramac Honda
16 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA *1'36.962  1'55.326        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
17 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA *1'37.033  1'56.130        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
18 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN *1'37.122  1'57.419       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
19 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA *1'37.239  1'57.121       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
20  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN *1'37.515  1'51.641     Proton KR Proton Team KR
21 88 Andrew PITT              AUS *1'37.647  1'54.276      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
22  8 Garry McCOY              AUS *1'38.956  1'52.453      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
23 23 Ryuichi KIYONARI         JPN *1'39.263  1'57.113         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda

Qualification Time 107% 1'41.872

125cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 100.32 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1  3 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 41'58.500 143.399                  Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 2  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'00.837 143.266    2.337       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 3 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 42'00.927 143.261    2.427         Honda Team Scot
 4 27 Casey STONER             AUS 42'09.778 142.760   11.278       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 5 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 42'10.314 142.730   11.814       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
 6 41 Youichi UI               JPN 42'11.092 142.686   12.592       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
 7  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 42'17.430 142.329   18.930       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
 8 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 42'23.706 141.978   25.206       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
 9 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI 42'27.971 141.741   29.471         Honda Elit Grand Prix
10  8 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'32.410 141.494   33.910         Honda Ajo Motorsports
11 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA 42'42.879 140.916   44.379       Aprilia Master-MXOnda-Aspar Team
12  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 42'43.037 140.907   44.537       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
13 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'53.718 140.323   55.218       Aprilia Racing World
14 24 Simone CORSI             ITA 42'57.273 140.129   58.773         Honda Team Scot
15 10 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'57.462 140.119   58.962           KTM KTM-Red Bull
16 79 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 43'06.303 139.640 1'07.803       Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
17 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA 43'16.104 139.113 1'17.604       Aprilia Freesoul Racing Team
18 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 43'18.640 138.977 1'20.140       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
19 26 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'39.257 137.883 1'40.757         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
20 31 Julian SIMON             SPA 43'42.408 137.717 1'43.908      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
21 14 Christopher MARTIN       GBR 43'48.278 137.410 1'49.778       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
22 78 Peter LENART             HUN 42'14.304 136.567    1 Lap         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
23 25 Imre TOTH                HUN 42'14.558 136.553    1 Lap         Honda Team Hungary
24 21 Leon CAMIER              GBR 42'27.843 135.841    1 Lap         Honda Metasystem Racing Service
25 74 Jimmy PETIT              FRA 43'08.123 133.727    1 Lap         Honda Racing Moto Sport

Not Classified
   15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 40'17.218 143.182    1 Lap       Aprilia Racing World
   32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA 33'06.872 136.326   6 Laps      Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
   19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA 28'38.342 140.116   8 Laps       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
   73 William GAUTIER          FRA 24'07.849 135.113  11 Laps         Honda Equipe de France Espoir
   86 Gregory LEFORT           FRA 21'10.228 130.313  13 Laps       Aprilia Provence Moto Sport
   85 Xavier HEROUIN           FRA 19'01.022 131.881  14 Laps         Honda Mob 77
   72 Alexis MASBOU            FRA 16'43.654 134.938  15 Laps         Honda Equipe de France Espoir
   58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA  8'55.953 112.308  20 Laps       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
   42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA  5'36.496 134.159  21 Laps       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing

Not Finished First Lap
    1 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA                                      KTM KTM-Red Bull
   36 Mika KALLIO              FIN                                    Honda Ajo Motorsports
   48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA                                    Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing

250cc Race Classification (26 Laps = 108.68 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 43'55.538 148.450                Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 2  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 43'59.278 148.240    3.740       Aprilia Safilo Oxydo-LCR
 3  3 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 44'00.100 148.194    4.562         Honda Fortuna Honda
 4 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 44'00.510 148.171    4.972       Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
 5  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 44'00.660 148.162    5.122        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
 6 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 44'01.638 148.108    6.100       Aprilia Campetella Racing
 7 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 44'25.210 146.798   29.672       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
 8  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 44'30.423 146.511   34.885         Honda Troll Honda BQR
 9 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER 44'30.551 146.504   35.013         Honda Kiefer Castrol-Honda Racing
10 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA 44'31.097 146.474   35.559       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
11 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 44'41.100 145.928   45.562       Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
12 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 44'50.493 145.418   54.955       Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
13 26 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 44'50.587 145.413   55.049       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
14  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 44'51.332 145.373   55.794       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
15 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA 44'51.721 145.352   56.183         Honda Troll Honda BQR
16 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 44'52.924 145.287   57.386        Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
17 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 45'22.889 143.688 1'27.351       Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
18 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 45'32.135 143.202 1'36.597       Aprilia Campetella Racing
19 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 44'17.899 141.540    1 Lap         Honda Elit Grand Prix
20 18 Henk vd LAGEMAAT         NED 44'17.956 141.537    1 Lap         Honda Dark Dog Molenaar

Not Classified
   57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 38'15.617 144.212   4 Laps       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
   28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 16'05.004 140.343  17 Laps       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
    5 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  8'32.994 146.668  21 Laps         Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
   54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  8'33.510 146.521  21 Laps       Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
   45 Samuel AUBRY             FRA  3'57.412 126.766  24 Laps         Honda Team Racer Bike

MotoGP Race Classification (13 Laps = 54.34 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 24'29.665 133.107                  Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 24'29.830 133.092    0.165         Honda Repsol Honda
 3  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 24'31.458 132.945    1.793        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 4 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 24'59.577 130.452   29.912        Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
 5  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 25'01.158 130.315   31.493         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 6 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 25'03.611 130.102   33.946     Proton KR Proton Team KR
 7 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 25'05.112 129.973   35.447         Honda Camel Pramac Pons
 8 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN 25'05.896 129.905   36.231       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
 9  8 Garry McCOY              AUS 25'20.919 128.622   51.254      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
10 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA 25'31.467 127.736 1'01.802       Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
11 17 Norick ABE               JPN 26'15.843 114.590    1 Lap        Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team
12 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA 26'26.764 113.801    1 Lap         Honda Repsol Honda
13 23 Ryuichi KIYONARI         JPN 26'27.017 113.783    1 Lap         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
14 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 25'45.705 107.088   2 Laps        Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Team
15 33 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 25'54.740 106.466   2 Laps        Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
16 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 26'37.515 103.615   2 Laps        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team

Not Classified
   88 Andrew PITT              AUS  7'01.453 107.115  10 Laps      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
   21 John HOPKINS             USA  4'53.161 102.660  11 Laps        Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
    6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN  2'35.170  96.977  12 Laps         Honda Pramac Honda

Not Started
   12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS                                   Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
   65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA                                   Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
    7 Carlos CHECA             SPA                                   Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
    9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN                                   Proton Proton Team KR

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