2002 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Germany  2002 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 21 July 2002
Official name Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland
Location Sachsenring
Course Permanent racing facility
3.704 km (2.302 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:25.758
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:26.226
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:26.874
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Rolfo
Time 1:27.234
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo
Third Argentina Sebastián Porto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider France Arnaud Vincent
Time 1:29.097
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Steve Jenkner
Time 1:29.486
Podium
First France Arnaud Vincent
Second San Marino Alex de Angelis
Third Germany Steve Jenkner

The 2002 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 2002 at the Sachsenring.

MotoGP classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda 30 43:32.783 6 25
2 3 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 30 +0.730 3 20
3 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 30 +1.100 5 16
4 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 30 +2.330 10 13
5 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 30 +2.743 2 11
6 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha 30 +2.780 14 10
7 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 30 +15.438 7 9
8 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 30 +18.980 13 8
9 8 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 30 +19.269 8 7
10 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Honda 30 +34.533 18 6
11 33 Japan Akira Ryō Suzuki 30 +34.592 20 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 30 +45.404 17 4
13 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 30 +1:16.460 19 3
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 27 Accident 1
Ret 4 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 27 Accident 4
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi Aprilia 25 Accident 15
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Honda 16 Retirement 16
Ret 51 Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 Accident 11
Ret 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 10 Accident 9
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Suzuki 10 Accident 12
DNS 21 United States John Hopkins Yamaha

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 32:12.725 6 25
2 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda +0.181 3 20
3 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha +2.150 8 16
4 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +8.471 1 13
5 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +15.565 2 11
6 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia +29.543 10 10
7 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha +29.857 9 9
8 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +29.890 4 8
9 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +38.653 17 7
10 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia +40.533 7 6
11 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha +42.231 15 5
12 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia +59.989 14 4
13 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda +1:00.304 16 3
14 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda +1:00.434 18 2
15 Spain David Checa Aprilia +1:00.569 20 1
16 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha +1:01.011 25
17 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia +1:02.851 21
18 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia +1:24.583 26
19 Germany Max Neukirchner Honda +1 Lap 27
Ret France Vincent Philippe Aprilia Retirement 19
Ret Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda Retirement 11
Ret France Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement 5
Ret France Hugo Marchand Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret France Thierry vd Bosch Aprilia Retirement 24
Ret Germany Nico Kehrer Honda Retirement 29
Ret Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement 13
Ret Netherlands Jarno Janssen Honda Retirement 22
Ret Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia Retirement 12
Ret Germany Christian Gemmel Honda Retirement 28

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 40:40.023 1 25
2 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia +0.108 4 20
3 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +9.995 7 16
4 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera +9.996 2 13
5 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia +10.160 6 11
6 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia +16.018 3 10
7 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda +16.826 8 9
8 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi +23.921 11 8
9 Finland Mika Kallio Honda +24.004 10 7
10 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +24.263 12 6
11 Spain Joan Olivé Honda +24.807 15 5
12 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda +24.858 16 4
13 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda +40.540 13 3
14 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia +40.695 9 2
15 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +40.943 21 1
16 Germany Klaus Nohles Honda +48.829 22
17 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi +48.856 19
18 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Italjet +49.181 14
19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia +1:01.949 17
20 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia +1:03.125 23
21 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia +1:09.270 29
22 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia +1:09.710 18
23 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera +1:10.104 25
24 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:24.892 28
25 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda +1:24.940 26
26 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda +1:28.884 33
27 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera +1:31.361 34
28 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda +1:31.627 24
29 Germany Claudius Klein Honda +1:32.292 30
30 Germany Patrick Unger Honda +1:32.384 31
31 Germany Jascha Buch Honda +1 Lap 35
32 Czech Republic Matej Smrž Honda +1 Lap 37
33 Germany Manuel Mickan Honda +1 Lap 32
Ret Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet Retirement 20
Ret Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda Retirement 27
Ret Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia Retirement 5
Ret Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet Retirement 36
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