2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

**2002 Pacific Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date	October 6, 2002
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:49.052
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Barros
Time	1:49.947
Podium
First	Alex Barros
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	1:52.389
Fastest lap
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:53.392
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Yuki Takahashi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:58.026
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:58.354
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Manuel Poggiali
Third	Steve Jenkner

The 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4 -October 6, 2002 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Alex Barros	Honda	24	44:18.913	5	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	24	+1.641	6	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	24	+7.672	3	16
4	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	24	+18.120	7	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	24	+25.036	4	11
6	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	24	+29.201	8	10
7	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	24	+32.902	9	9
8	6	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	24	+33.287	14	8
9	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	24	+35.949	13	7
10	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	24	+37.355	10	6
11	55	Régis Laconi	Aprilia	24	+49.039	12	5
12	45	Wataru Yoshikawa	Yamaha	24	+49.181	19	4
13	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	24	+49.589	20	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Yamaha	24	+52.071	16	2
15	31	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	24	+52.180	21	1
16	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	24	+1:00.485	17
17	8	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	24	+1:02.232	15
Ret	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	15	Retirement	2
Ret	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	8	Retirement	1
Ret	48	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki	6	Accident	18
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	5	Retirement	11
DNS	20	Pere Riba	Yamaha			22

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Toni Elías	Aprilia	43:52.991	6	25
2	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+0.175	2	20
3	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+4.431	4	16
4	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+8.200	1	13
5	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+8.812	7	11
6	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+9.826	8	10
7	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+11.828	9	9
8	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	+12.726	5	8
9	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+26.167	21	7
10	Alex Debón	Aprilia	+32.236	10	6
11	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+32.378	13	5
12	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	+39.383	19	4
13	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+39.647	18	3
14	Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha	+41.386	16	2
15	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+46.952	17	1
16	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+52.179	12
17	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+52.663	20
18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	+54.119	11
19	Jay Vincent	Honda	+54.765	22
20	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+59.082	25
21	David Checa	Aprilia	+59.500	24
22	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:21.658	27
23	Erwan Nigon	Honda	+1:34.406	29
24	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:49.925	28
Ret	Tekkyu Kayoh	Yamaha	Retirement	15
Ret	Leon Haslam	Honda	Retirement	26
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	Retirement	30
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	3
Ret	Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	Retirement	14

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	41:43.377	1	25
2	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+8.071	2	20
3	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+8.701	3	16
4	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+15.425	7	13
5	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+24.565	8	11
6	Mika Kallio	Honda	+29.584	17	10
7	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+33.107	9	9
8	Joan Olivé	Honda	+34.920	22	8
9	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+36.050	12	7
10	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	+36.447	26	6
11	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	+40.056	21	5
12	Youichi Ui	Derbi	+44.663	13	4
13	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	+49.699	14	3
14	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+50.072	18	2
15	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+52.708	4	1
16	Takashi Yasuda	Honda	+1:00.232	24
17	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	+1:00.548	15
18	Masao Azuma	Honda	+1:01.741	11
19	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	+1:04.118	20
20	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	+1:07.131	30
21	Gábor Talmácsi	Italjet	+1:07.170	25
22	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	+1:07.781	32
23	Imre Tóth	Honda	+1:11.559	34
24	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:21.111	35
25	Klaus Nohles	Honda	+1:27.070	29
26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:33.030	36
27	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+1:48.799	23
28	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	+1 Lap	31
Ret	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Retirement	6
Ret	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	Retirement	16
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	Retirement	28
Ret	Akira Komuro	Honda	Retirement	33
Ret	Christian Pistoni	Italjet	Retirement	37
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Retirement	5
Ret	Hideyuki Ogara	Honda	Retirement	10

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