2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  2002 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date June 16, 2002
Location Circuit de Catalunya
Course Permanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.875 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:44.523
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:45.594
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Tohru Ukawa
Third Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:47.315
Fastest lap
Rider Franco Battaini
Time 1:48.063
Podium
First Marco Melandri
Second Roberto Rolfo
Third Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Manuel Poggiali
Time 1:51.216
Fastest lap
Rider Youichi Ui
Time 1:51.443
Podium
First Manuel Poggiali
Second Dani Pedrosa
Third Steve Jenkner

The 2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14 -June 16, 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

MotoGP classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Honda 25 44:20.679 4 25
2 11 Tohru Ukawa Honda 25 +0.880 2 20
3 7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 25 +8.531 7 16
4 3 Max Biaggi Yamaha 25 +11.918 1 13
5 4 Alex Barros Honda 25 +22.382 9 11
6 65 Loris Capirossi Honda 25 +30.096 5 10
7 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 25 +31.525 8 9
8 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 25 +33.912 15 8
9 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 25 +36.847 11 7
10 21 John Hopkins Yamaha 25 +51.580 6 6
11 33 Akira Ryo Suzuki 25 +53.303 14 5
12 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 25 +57.585 12 4
13 31 Tetsuya Harada Honda 25 +1:01.823 20 3
14 55 Régis Laconi Aprilia 25 +1:03.002 16 2
15 20 Pere Riba Yamaha 25 +1:04.723 21 1
16 6 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 23 +2 laps 18
Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Yamaha 24 Retirement 19
Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Suzuki 6 Accident 3
Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 2 Retirement 17
Ret 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 0 Accident 14
Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 0 Accident 10

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 41:40.377 2 25
2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 25 +2.193 6 20
3 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +2.689 1 16
4 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +2.950 4 13
5 Franco Battaini Aprilia 25 +4.538 5 11
6 Casey Stoner Aprilia 25 +23.101 18 10
7 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +23.215 11 9
8 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25 +23.374 12 8
9 Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +24.586 7 7
10 Toni Elías Aprilia 25 +30.721 9 6
11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 25 +37.908 13 5
12 David Checa Aprilia 25 +38.456 14 4
13 Alex Debón Aprilia 25 +40.607 10 3
14 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 25 +1:00.034 19 2
15 Raúl Jara Aprilia 25 +1:02.087 16 1
16 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 25 +1:02.410 15
17 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 25 +1:02.643 17
18 Leon Haslam Honda 25 +1:09.785 20
19 Jay Vincent Honda 25 +1:17.851 21
20 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 25 +1:30.113 22
21 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 25 +1:31.937 25
22 Jarno Janssen Honda 25 +1:47.797 23
Ret Eric Bataille Honda 7 Retirement 24
Ret Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 5 Accident 3
Ret Sebastián Porto Yamaha 4 Retirement 8

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 25 41:18.211 1 25
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 25 +0.019 4 20
3 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +9.888 3 16
4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +15.397 5 13
5 Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +15.452 8 11
6 Joan Olivé Honda 25 +15.486 20 10
7 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 25 +15.549 11 9
8 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 25 +16.218 2 8
9 Mika Kallio Honda 25 +22.762 10 7
10 Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +22.839 16 6
11 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +23.067 23 5
12 Andrea Ballerini Honda 25 +23.134 18 4
13 Stefano Perugini Italjet 25 +43.345 17 3
14 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 25 +43.973 7 2
15 Masao Azuma Honda 25 +47.189 13 1
16 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +47.333 24
17 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 25 +52.000 22
18 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 25 +1:11.358 27
19 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 25 +1:11.488 29
20 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 25 +1:21.603 32
21 Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 25 +1:21.681 15
22 Julian Simon Honda 25 +1:31.723 26
23 Imre Tóth Honda 25 +1:31.794 31
24 Leon Camier Italjet 24 +1 Lap 33
Ret Chaz Davies Aprilia 18 Retirement 21
Ret Michel Fabrizio Gilera 14 Accident 19
Ret Youichi Ui Derbi 13 Accident 6
Ret Alex de Angelis Aprilia 13 Accident 12
Ret Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 4 Retirement 25
Ret Gino Borsoi Aprilia 0 Accident 9
Ret Andrea Dovizioso Honda 0 Accident 14
Ret Alessandro Brannetti Honda 0 Accident 30
Ret Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 0 Accident 28
DNQ Javier Machado Honda
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