Troy Bayliss

November 17, 2004

INDEX OF 2003 MOTOGP SEASON

Ducati MotoGP Team launch and race reports from the 2003 season.

September 16, 2002
	DUCATI CORSE ANNOUNCE MOTOGP SPONSORS & RIDERS Ducati Desmosedici set to make 2003 MotoGP debut in Marlboro colours with Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi.
April 6, 2003
	SUZUKA - JAPAN Ducati MotoGP Team riders Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi scored extraordinary third and fifth-place finishes in today's season-opening Japanese GP at Suzuka.
April 27, 2003
	WELKOM - SOUTH AFRICA Ducati MotoGP Team rider Troy Bayliss was one of the main men in this afternoon's dramatic African GP, leading the first ten laps and taking a well-earned fourth-place finish in his and his team's first visit to the ultra-demanding Welkom circuit.
May 11, 2003
	JEREZ - SPAIN Troy Bayliss crowned a great weekend for the Ducati MotoGP Team with a brilliant third-place finish in today’s MotoGP Spanish GP, one day after team-mate Loris Capirossi scored the factory’s first-ever pole position in the premier GP class.
May 25, 2003
	LE MANS - FRANCE Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi had a luckless time at Le Mans this afternoon, both riders exiting from the French Grand Prix in the early stages.
June 8, 2003
	MUGELLO - ITALY Loris Capirossi finished his team’s home GP in a fighting second place; team-mate Troy Bayliss had a more difficult time in the torrid 35-degree heat – the Australian was pushing through the pack when he crashed out at half-distance.
June 15, 2003
	CATALUNYA - SPAIN Loris Capirossi scored a historic first victory for the Ducati MotoGP Team at searing-hot Catalunya today; team-mate Troy Bayliss had a torrid race, running eighth before he ran off the track to cross the line in tenth.
June 28, 2003
	ASSEN - HOLLAND Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss finished today’s rain-lashed Dutch TT in sixth and ninth positions, a meagre reward for a hard afternoon’s work in appalling conditions.
July 13, 2003
	DONINGTON - GREAT BRITAIN Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss raced to fourth and fifth-place finishes at sun-soaked Donington this afternoon, their results exactly echoing their current World Championship positions.
July 27, 2003
	SACHSENRING - GERMANY The Ducati MotoGP Team made a breathtaking debut at the awkward Sachsenring circuit today, riders Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi finishing third and fourth in a sweltering, crash-strewn race.
August 17, 2003
	BRNO - CZECH REPUBLIC Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi played a starring role in this afternoon’s breathtaking Czech GP, Bayliss taking a brilliant third-place finish, Capirossi in the thick of the battle for victory until his bike stopped three laps from the finish.
September 7, 2003
	ESTORIL - PORTUGAL Loris Capirossi scored a breathtaking, last-gasp podium finish in this afternoon’s Marlboro Portuguese GP; team-mate Troy Bayliss, riding his first race at this arduous venue, finished a determined sixth.
September 20, 2003
	JACAREPAGUA - BRAZIL Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss completed this afternoon’s Rio GP in sixth and tenth positions, a result that didn’t fully live up to the squad’s pre-race expectations.
October 5, 2003
	MOTEGI - JAPAN Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss had a difficult debut race at Motegi today, Capirossi coming home eighth, and Bayliss the innocent victim of a multiple pile-up at the very first corner.
October 12, 2003
	SEPANG - MALAYSIA Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss scored sixth- and ninth-places finishes in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix. This was the squad’s first competitive outing at this demanding track.
October 19, 2003
	PHILLIP ISLAND - AUSTRALIA Ducati secured second position in the 2003 MotoGP constructors’ World Championship but the factory’s delight was tempered by an accident involving Troy Bayliss.
November 2, 2003
	VALENCIA - SPAIN Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss completed the Desmosedici’s remarkable rookie season with third- and seventh-place finishes in today’s season-ending Valencia GP

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