From a press release issued by the FIM:
Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
South African Grand Prix : entry list –
Welkom – 27/04/2003
125cc class –
No. Rider/Pilote Nation Machine Team
1 Arnaud Vincent FRA KTM KTM – Red Bull
3 Daniel Pedrosa SPA Honda Telefonica Movistar Junior Team
4 Lucio Cecchinello ITA Aprilia Safilo Oxydo – LCR
6 Mirko Giansanti ITA Aprilia Matteoni Racing
7 Stefano Perugini ITA Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
8 Masao Azuma JPN Honda Ajo Motorsport
10 Roberto Locatelli ITA KTM KTM – Red Bull
11 Max Sabbatani ITA Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
12 Thomas Lüthi SUI Honda Elit Grand Prix
14 Chris Martin GBR Aprilia Seedorf Racing
15 Alex de Angelis RSM Aprilia Racing World
17 Steve Jenkner GER Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
19 Alvaro Bautista SPA Aprilia Seedorf Racing
21 Leon Camier GBR Honda Metasystem Racing Service
22 Pablo Nieto SPA Aprilia Master – Mxonda –
Aspar Team
23 Gino Borsoi ITA Aprilia Racing World
24 Simone Corsi ITA Honda Team Scot
25 Imre Toth HUN Honda Team Hungary
26 Emilio Alzamora SPA Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
27 Casey Stoner AUS Aprilia Safilo Oxydo – LCR
31 Julian Simon SPA Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
32 Fabrizio Lai ITA Malaguti Semprucci Angaia Malaguti
33 Stefano Bianco ITA Gilera Metis Gilera Racing
34 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Honda Team Scot
36 Mika Kallio FIN Honda Ajo Motorsport
41 Youichi Ui JPN Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
42 Gioele Pellino ITA Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
48 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
58 Marco Simoncelli ITA Aprilia Matteoni Racing
63 Mike di Meglio FRA Aprilia Free Soul Racing Team
78 Peter Lenart HUN Honda Metasystem Racing Service
79 Gabor Talmacsi HUN Aprilia Exalt Cycle Red Devil
80 Hector Barbera SPA Aprilia Master – Mxonda – Aspar Team
250cc class
No. Rider/Pilote Nation Machine Team
3 Roberto Rolfo ITA Honda Fortuna Honda
5 Sebastian Porto ARG Honda Telefonica Movistar Junior Team
6 Alex Debon SPA Honda Troll Honda BQR
7 Randy de Puniet FRA Aprilia Safilo Oxydo – LCR
8 Naoki Matsudo JPN Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
9 Hugo Marchand FRA Aprilia Equipe de France – Scrab GP
10 Alfonso Nieto SPA Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
11 Joan Olive SPA Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
13 Jaroslav Hules CZE Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
14 Anthony West AUS Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
15 Christian Gemmel GER Honda Kiefer Castrol – Honda Racing
16 Johan Stiegefelt SWE Aprilia Team Zoppini Abruzzo
18 Henk van de Lagemaat NED Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
21 Franco Battaini ITA Aprilia Campetella Racing
24 Toni Elias SPA Aprilia Team Repsol Telefonica Movistar
26 Alex Baldolini ITA Aprilia Matteoni Racing
28 Dirk Heidolf GER Aprilia Aprilia Germany
33 Hector Faubel SPA Aprilia Aspar Junior Team
34 Eric Bataille FRA Honda Troll Honda BQR
36 Erwan Nigon FRA Aprilia Equipe de France – Scrab GP
50 Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Campetella Racing
54 Manuel Poggiali RSM Aprilia MS Aprilia Team
57 Chaz Davies GBR Aprilia Aprilia Germany
96 Jakub Smrz CZE Honda Elit Grand Prix
98 Katja Poensgen GER Honda Dark Dog Molenaar
MotoGP class
No. Rider Nation Machine Team
3 Max Biaggi ITA Honda Camel Pramac Pons
4 Alex Barros BRA Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
6 Makoto Tamada JPN Honda Pramac Honda
7 Carlos Checa SPA Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
8 Garry McCoy AUS Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
9 Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Proton KR Proton Team KR
10 Kenny Roberts USA Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
11 Tohru Ukawa JPN Honda Camel Pramac Pons
12 Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
15 Sete Gibernau SPA Honda Telefonica Movistar
Honda
17 Norifumi Abe JPN Yamaha Fortuna Yamaha Team
19 Olivier Jacque FRA Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Team
21 John Hopkins USA Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
24 David de Gea SPA Harris WCM WCM
35 Chris Burns GBR Harris WCM WCM
41 Noriyuki Haga JPN Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
45 Colin Edwards USA Aprilia Alice Aprilia Racing
46 Valentino Rossi ITA Honda Repsol Honda
56 Shinya Nakano JPN Yamaha D’Antin Yamaha Team
65 Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
69 Nicky Hayden USA Honda Repsol Honda
88 Andrew Pitt AUS Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
99 Jeremy McWilliams GBR Proton KR Proton Team KR
Out due to injury : Marco Melandri (replaced by Norifumi Abe), Daijiro Kato
No wild-card rider is entered for the South African Grand Prix.
FIM Releases Entry List For South African Grand Prix; No Wild Cards Entered
FIM Releases Entry List For South African Grand Prix; No Wild Cards Entered
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