2003 250cc Grand Prix statistical summary

By Dan Moakes
December 4 2003

How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates

2003 250cc GP statistics

rider	pts	1st	2nd	3rd	top 6	poles	FLs
Manuel Poggiali	249	4	3	3	12	3	6
Roberto Rolfo	235	2	3	1	13
Toní Elías	226	5	2		10	5	4
Randy de Puniet	208	3	2	4	11	5	2
Fonsi Nieto	194	1	3	2	10	1	1
Franco Battaini	148		1	2	9		1
Anthony West	145	1	1	2	7
Sebastián Porto	127				9	1
Naoki Matsudo	119				4
Sylvain Guintoli	101			1	5
Álex Debón	81				1
Joan Olivé	38
Héctor Faubel	34				1
Chaz Davies	33
Hiroshi Aoyama	31		1		2	1	1
Alex Baldolini	30
Erwan Nigon	30
Yuki Takahashi	29			1	2

other points scorers:
Éric Bataille 28; Johan Stigefelt 26; Dirk Heidolf 26; Christian Gemmel 24; Hugo Marchand 24; Jakub Smrz 14; Jaroslav Huleš 10 (and one fastest lap); Tekkyu Kayo 7; Choujun Kameya 6; Klaus Nöhles 5; Jason Vincent 5; Lukáš Pešek 4; Max Neukirchner 1; Masaki Tokudome 1; Radomil Rous 1.

date	venue	winner
6-4	Suzuka	Poggiali
27-4	Welkom	Poggiali
11-5	Jeréz	Elías
25-5	Le Mans	Elías
8-6	Mugello	Poggiali
15-6	Catalunya	de Puniet
28-6	Assen	West
13-7	Donington Park	Nieto
27-7	Sachsenring	Rolfo
17-8	Brno	de Puniet
7-9	Estoril	Elías
20-9	Jacarepaguá	Poggiali
5-10	Motegi	Elías
12-10	Sepang	Elías
19-10	Phillip Island	Rolfo
2-11	Valência	de Puniet

career 250cc victories
6 · Toní Elías (2002 to 2003)
5 · Fonsi Nieto (2002 to 2003)
4 · Manuel Poggiali (2003)
3 · Randy de Puniet (2003)
2 · Roberto Rolfo (2003)
1 · Sebastián Porto (2002)
1 · Anthony West (2003)