2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  2002 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 5 May 2002
Official name Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
Course Permanent racing facility
4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:42.193
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:42.920
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Daijiro Kato
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Franco Battaini
Time 1:44.803
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:45.243
Podium
First Spain Fonsi Nieto
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Pablo Nieto
Time 1:49.018
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Time 1:48.620
Podium
First Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Second France Arnaud Vincent
Third Germany Steve Jenkner

The 2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 May 2002 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

MotoGP classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda 27 46:51.843 1 25
2 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 27 +1.190 4 20
3 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 +2.445 6 16
4 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 27 +2.830 3 13
5 4 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 27 +4.117 2 11
6 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha 27 +18.517 10 10
7 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 27 +31.785 15 9
8 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 27 +33.876 9 8
9 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Suzuki 27 +38.762 13 7
10 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Honda 27 +39.975 11 6
11 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 27 +47.496 8 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 27 +47.930 17 4
13 21 United States John Hopkins Yamaha 27 +50.249 16 3
14 55 France Régis Laconi Aprilia 27 +50.729 19 2
15 8 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 27 +53.293[1] 18 1
16 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 27 +54.171[1] 12
17 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +1:24.014 14
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 26 Retirement 5
Ret 20 Spain Pere Riba Yamaha 2 Retirement 20
DSQ 3 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha Disqualified[2] 7

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 46:03.241 2 25
2 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +1.987 5 20
3 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +5.355 9 16
4 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +11.484 1 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +11.982 12 11
6 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 26 +16.476 7 10
7 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +23.987 4 9
8 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +33.173 8 8
9 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +33.473 11 7
10 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +44.011 10 6
11 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +47.047 17 5
12 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +48.583 15 4
13 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +1:01.097 18 3
14 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:01.120 21 2
15 76 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:01.429 16 1
16 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:01.659 13
17 12 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 26 +1:06.893 19
18 25 France Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 +1:09.713 23
19 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 26 +1:15.733 24
20 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen Honda 25 +1 lap 20
Ret 3 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 Retirement 3
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 15 Accident 6
Ret 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 4 Accident 14
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 3 Accident 22
Ret 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 0 Retirement 25
DNQ 39 Spain Luis Castro Yamaha

125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 42:08.107 6 25
2 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +2.274 2 20
3 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +2.773 5 16
4 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 23 +8.618 13 13
5 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 23 +13.089 17 11
6 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 23 +13.624 10 10
7 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 23 +15.181 8 9
8 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 23 +19.116 19 8
9 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 23 +19.185 11 7
10 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +24.193 7 6
11 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +34.510 22 5
12 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +34.563 16 4
13 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +37.315 20 3
14 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +37.950 15 2
15 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 23 +39.897 29 1
16 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +57.693 12
17 9 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +1:03.935 23
18 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 23 +1:03.959 31
19 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 23 +1:03.971 18
20 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 23 +1:05.248 21
21 19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:05.515 30
22 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +1:11.361 32
23 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 23 +1:13.117 34
24 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +1:17.907 27
25 51 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +1:20.614 26
26 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 23 +1:23.174 24
27 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1:50.192 35
Ret 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 22 Retirement 33
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 Accident 4
Ret 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 Retirement 9
Ret 52 Spain Julián Simón Honda 14 Accident 28
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 8 Accident 1
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 7 Retirement 25
Ret 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 6 Accident 14
DSQ 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera Disqualified[3] 3
DNS 71 Spain Rubén Catalán Aprilia 36

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 McCoy and McWilliams both received a 5 second penalty added to their race time for overtaking under yellow flags.
  2. Biaggi was punished with the black flag for ignoring a stop and go penalty after a jump start.
  3. Poggiali was excluded from the race results for riding in an irresponsible manner.
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