2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Rio de Janeiro (state)  2002 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 September 2002
Official nameCinzano Rio Grand Prix[1]
LocationAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Time 1:50.568
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha
Time 1:59.827 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Third United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki
250cc
Pole position
Rider France Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Time 1:53.939
Fastest lap
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha
Time 2:04.661 on lap 10
Podium
First Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda
Third Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia
125cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera
Time 1:57.888
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma Honda
Time 2:10.065 on lap 17
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma Honda
Second France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Third San Marino 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
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 49:09.516 2 25
2 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1.674 1 20
3 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +18.764 16 16
4 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 +24.759 15 13
5 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +32.354 12 11
6 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +34.360 11 10
7 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +44.250 7 9
8 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +57.150 18 8
9 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 24 +1:09.987 8 7
10 8 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1:17.611 4 6
11 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +1:20.837 20 5
12 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:50.774 10 4
13 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 23 +1 lap 19 3
14 21 United States John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1 lap 14 2
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Accident 17
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 16 Accident 5
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 4 Accident 3
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 3 Accident 13
Ret 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 1 Accident 9
Ret 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 0 Accident 6
Sources: [2][3][4]

250cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 47:01.307 2 25
2 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 22 +14.114 9 20
3 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +15.812 10 16
4 3 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +26.998 4 13
5 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 22 +29.533 3 11
6 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 22 +31.868 12 10
7 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 22 +45.373 11 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +1:11.324 7 8
9 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 22 +1:13.787 13 7
10 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 22 +1:15.478 17 6
11 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 22 +1:16.715 14 5
12 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 22 +1:50.844 18 4
13 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 22 +1:58.717 15 3
14 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 22 +2:12.040 24 2
15 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 21 +1 lap 23 1
16 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +1 lap 25
17 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +1 lap 22
Ret 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 15 Accident 5
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 14 Accident 1
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Accident 20
Ret 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 12 Accident 8
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 12 Retirement 6
Ret 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 4 Accident 16
Ret 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 21
Ret 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 1 Retirement 19
Source: [5]

125cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 46:28.675 18 25
2 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +1.705 2 20
3 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +1.760 1 16
4 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +9.177 3 13
5 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +26.596 7 11
6 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 21 +32.745 19 10
7 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21 +34.150 14 9
8 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 21 +34.488 9 8
9 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 21 +36.641 21 7
10 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 21 +40.381 5 6
11 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +40.615 4 5
12 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +41.428 11 4
13 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +41.608 17 3
14 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +41.630 15 2
15 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +45.147 10 1
16 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +49.885 23
17 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 21 +57.060 20
18 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:13.948 6
19 42 Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet 21 +1:14.061 30
20 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +1:17.495 13
21 37 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 21 +1:23.540 25
22 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 21 +1:24.059 16
23 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 21 +1:26.189 26
24 77 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 21 +1:29.225 24
25 9 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +1:32.402 22
26 72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 21 +1:45.091 31
27 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 21 +1:52.619 29
28 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 21 +2:01.551 27
29 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +2:04.263 28
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 12 Accident 12
Ret 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 2 Accident 8
Ret 19 Italy 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]

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

References

  1. ^ "2002 Brazilian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2002 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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