2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 May 2002 at the Circuito de Jerez.

Spain  2002 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date5 May 2002
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de España[1][2]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:42.193
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:42.920 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia
Time 1:44.803
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:45.243 on lap 22
Podium
First Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:49.018
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Time 1:48.620 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Second France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Third Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia

The race became significantly notable in later years, as it marked the professional debut of future MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, who reached the legal age limit of 15 years old on the second day of free practice.

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 46:51.843 1 25
2 74   Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 27 +1.190 4 20
3 11   Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +2.445 6 16
4 65   Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 27 +2.830 3 13
5 4   Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +4.117 2 11
6 6   Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 27 +18.517 10 10
7 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +31.785 15 9
8 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +33.876 9 8
9 15   Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +38.762 13 7
10 31   Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 27 +39.975 11 6
11 19   Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +47.496 8 5
12 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 27 +47.930 17 4
13 21   John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +50.249 16 3
14 55   Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +50.684 19 2
15 8   Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +53.293[N 1] 18 1
16 99   Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +54.171[N 1] 12
17 56   Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1:24.014 14
Ret 7   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 26 Retirement 5
Ret 20   Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 2 Retirement 20
DSQ 3   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Black flag[N 2] 7
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10   Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 46:03.241 2 25
2 4   Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +1.987 5 20
3 7   Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +5.355 9 16
4 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +11.484 1 13
5 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +11.982 11 11
6 27   Casey Stoner Aprilia 26 +16.476 7 10
7 9   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +23.987 4 9
8 6   Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +33.173 8 8
9 8   Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +33.473 12 7
10 24   Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +44.011 10 6
11 32   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +47.047 17 5
12 11   Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +48.583 15 4
13 18   Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +1:01.097 18 3
14 34   Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:01.120 21 2
15 76   Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:01.429 16 1
16 22   Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:01.659 13
17 12   Jay Vincent Honda 26 +1:06.893 19
18 25   Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 +1:09.713 23
19 19   Leon Haslam Honda 26 +1:15.733 24
20 41   Jarno Janssen Honda 25 +1 lap 20
Ret 3   Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 Retirement 3
Ret 17   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 15 Accident 6
Ret 42   David Checa Aprilia 4 Accident 14
Ret 51   Hugo Marchand Aprilia 3 Accident 22
Ret 28   Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 0 Retirement 25
DNQ 39   Luis Castro Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4   Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 42:08.107 6 25
2 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +2.274 2 20
3 17   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +2.773 5 16
4 26   Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +8.618 8 13
5 36   Mika Kallio Honda 23 +13.089 17 11
6 41   Youichi Ui Derbi 23 +13.624 11 10
7 16   Simone Sanna Aprilia 23 +15.181 9 9
8 5   Masao Azuma Honda 23 +19.116 19 8
9 25   Joan Olivé Honda 23 +19.185 12 7
10 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +24.193 7 6
11 11   Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +34.510 23 5
12 80   Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +34.563 16 4
13 18   Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +37.315 20 3
14 6   Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +37.950 15 2
15 50   Andrea Ballerini Honda 23 +39.897 30 1
16 7   Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +57.693 13
17 9   Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +1:03.935 21
18 84   Michel Fabrizio Gilera 23 +1:03.959 32
19 33   Stefano Bianco Aprilia 23 +1:03.971 18
20 8   Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 23 +1:05.248 22
21 19   Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:05.515 31
22 48   Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +1:11.361 33
23 31   Mattia Angeloni Gilera 23 +1:13.117 34
24 57   Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +1:17.907 28
25 51   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +1:20.614 26
26 10   Jarno Müller Honda 23 +1:23.174 24
27 20   Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1:50.192 35
Ret 12   Klaus Nöhles Honda 22 Retirement 27
Ret 15   Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 Accident 4
Ret 34   Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 Retirement 10
Ret 52   Julián Simón Honda 14 Accident 29
Ret 22   Pablo Nieto Aprilia 8 Accident 1
Ret 39   Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 7 Retirement 25
Ret 47   Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 6 Accident 14
DNS 71   Rubén Catalán Aprilia 0 Did not start 36
DSQ 1   Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 (+21.674)[N 3] 3
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b McCoy and McWilliams both received a 5 second penalty added to their race time for overtaking under yellow flags.
  2. ^ Biaggi was punished with the black flag for ignoring a stop and go penalty after a jump start.
  3. ^ Poggiali was excluded from the race results for riding in an irresponsible manner.

References edit

  1. ^ "2002 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "2002 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ^ "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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