2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
12th round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship
- Permanent racing facility
- 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:50.568 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:59.827 on lap 11 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Valentino Rossi | Honda | |
Second | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | |
Third | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | |
Time | 1:53.939 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | |
Time | 2:04.661 on lap 10 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | |
Second | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | |
Third | Franco Battaini | Aprilia |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | |
Time | 1:57.888 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Masao Azuma | Honda | |
Time | 2:10.065 on lap 17 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Masao Azuma | Honda | |
Second | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | |
Third | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera |
The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 September 2002 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
MotoGP classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | 49:09.516 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +1.674 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | +18.764 | 16 | 16 |
4 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | +24.759 | 15 | 13 |
5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | +32.354 | 12 | 11 |
6 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 24 | +34.360 | 11 | 10 |
7 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +44.250 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | +57.150 | 18 | 8 |
9 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 24 | +1:09.987 | 8 | 7 |
10 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 24 | +1:17.611 | 4 | 6 |
11 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 24 | +1:20.837 | 20 | 5 |
12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +1:50.774 | 10 | 4 |
13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 14 | 2 |
Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 16 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
Sources: [2][3][4] |
250cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 22 | 47:01.307 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 22 | +14.114 | 9 | 20 |
3 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 22 | +15.812 | 10 | 16 |
4 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 22 | +26.998 | 4 | 13 |
5 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 22 | +29.533 | 3 | 11 |
6 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 22 | +31.868 | 12 | 10 |
7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 22 | +45.373 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 22 | +1:11.324 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 22 | +1:13.787 | 13 | 7 |
10 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 22 | +1:15.478 | 17 | 6 |
11 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 22 | +1:16.715 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 22 | +1:50.844 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 22 | +1:58.717 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 22 | +2:12.040 | 24 | 2 |
15 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | 23 | 1 |
16 | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 25 | |
17 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 22 | |
Ret | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 6 | |
Ret | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 4 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 19 | |
Source: [5] |
125cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | 46:28.675 | 18 | 25 |
2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +1.705 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 21 | +1.760 | 1 | 16 |
4 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 21 | +9.177 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | +26.596 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 21 | +32.745 | 19 | 10 |
7 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 21 | +34.150 | 14 | 9 |
8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 21 | +34.488 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 21 | +36.641 | 21 | 7 |
10 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 21 | +40.381 | 5 | 6 |
11 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 21 | +40.615 | 4 | 5 |
12 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +41.428 | 11 | 4 |
13 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 21 | +41.608 | 17 | 3 |
14 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 21 | +41.630 | 15 | 2 |
15 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | +45.147 | 10 | 1 |
16 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 21 | +49.885 | 23 | |
17 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 21 | +57.060 | 20 | |
18 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:13.948 | 6 | |
19 | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 21 | +1:14.061 | 30 | |
20 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 21 | +1:17.495 | 13 | |
21 | 37 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 21 | +1:23.540 | 25 | |
22 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 21 | +1:24.059 | 16 | |
23 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 21 | +1:26.189 | 26 | |
24 | 77 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 21 | +1:29.225 | 24 | |
25 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +1:32.402 | 22 | |
26 | 72 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 21 | +1:45.091 | 31 | |
27 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 21 | +1:52.619 | 29 | |
28 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 21 | +2:01.551 | 27 | |
29 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 21 | +2:04.263 | 28 | |
Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 12 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 32 | |
Source: [6] |
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[7]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "2002 Brazilian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "2002 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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