2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Flag:UK
Grand Prix:British
Official Name:Cinzano British Grand Prix[1] [2] [3]
Location:Donington Park
Course Mi:2.5
Course Km:4.023
Race No:8
Season No:16
Date:14 July
Year:2002
Pole Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Pole Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:Honda
Pole Time Motogp:1:31.563
Fast Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Fast Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:Honda
Fast Time Motogp:1:32.247 on lap 4
First Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
First Rider Motogp Country:Italy
First Rider Motogp Bike:Honda
Second Rider Motogp:Max Biaggi
Second Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Second Rider Motogp Bike:Yamaha
Third Rider Motogp:Alex Barros
Third Rider Motogp Country:Brazil
Third Rider Motogp Bike:Honda
Pole Rider 250:Fonsi Nieto
Pole Rider 250 Country:Spain
Pole Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Pole Time 250:1:33.558
Fast Rider 250:Fonsi Nieto
Fast Rider 250 Country:Spain
Fast Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Fast Time 250:1:34.411 on lap 26
First Rider 250:Marco Melandri
First Rider 250 Country:Italy
First Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Second Rider 250:Fonsi Nieto
Second Rider 250 Country:Spain
Second Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Third Rider 250:Toni Elías
Third Rider 250 Country:Spain
Third Rider 250 Bike:Aprilia
Pole Rider 125:Manuel Poggiali
Pole Rider 125 Country:San Marino
Pole Rider 125 Bike:Gilera
Pole Time 125:1:38.078
Fast Rider 125:Lucio Cecchinello
Fast Rider 125 Country:Italy
Fast Rider 125 Bike:Aprilia
Fast Time 125:1:38.312 on lap 6
First Rider 125:Arnaud Vincent
First Rider 125 Country:France
First Rider 125 Bike:Aprilia
Second Rider 125:Daniel Pedrosa
Second Rider 125 Country:Spain
Second Rider 125 Bike:Honda
Third Rider 125:Manuel Poggiali
Third Rider 125 Country:San Marino
Third Rider 125 Bike:Gilera

The 2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 July 2002 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
146 Valentino RossiRepsol Honda TeamHonda3046:32.888125
23 Max BiaggiMarlboro Yamaha TeamYamaha30+2.371520
34 Alex BarrosWest Honda PonsHonda30+5.533416
46 Norifumi AbeAntena 3 Yamaha d'AntínYamaha30+22.0361313
519 Olivier JacqueGauloises Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha30+28.0871211
615 Sete GibernauTelefónica Movistar SuzukiSuzuki30+28.4001710
774 Daijiro KatoFortuna Honda GresiniHonda30+28.947119
821 John HopkinsRed Bull Yamaha WCMYamaha30+31.49768
99 Nobuatsu AokiProton Team KRProton KR30+31.947107
1056 Shinya NakanoGauloises Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha30+41.454156
1131 Tetsuya HaradaPramac Honda Racing TeamHonda30+49.45835
128 Garry McCoyRed Bull Yamaha WCMYamaha30+53.709184
1333 Akira RyōTeam SuzukiSuzuki30+54.480143
1410 Kenny Roberts Jr.Telefónica Movistar SuzukiSuzuki30+54.59482
1517 Jurgen van den GoorberghKanemoto RacingHonda30+54.86691
1655 Régis LaconiMS Aprilia RacingAprilia30+55.52516
1766 Alex HofmannWest Honda PonsHonda30+1:05.90119
Ret7 Carlos ChecaMarlboro Yamaha TeamYamaha19Retirement2
Ret99 Jeremy McWilliamsProton Team KRProton KR6Retirement7
DNS20 Pere RibaAntena 3 Yamaha d'AntínYamahaDid not start
WD11 Tohru UkawaRepsol Honda TeamHondaWithdrew
Sources:[4] [5] [6]

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Marco MelandriAprilia2742:55.728225
210 Fonsi NietoAprilia27+0.717120
324 Toni ElíasAprilia27+3.493516
421 Franco BattainiAprilia27+3.934813
54 Roberto RolfoHonda27+4.407711
617 Randy de PunietAprilia27+19.8521210
711 Haruchika AokiHonda27+21.770109
88 Naoki MatsudoYamaha27+24.58068
96 Alex DebónAprilia27+25.987117
1018 Shahrol YuzyYamaha27+26.202156
1127 Casey StonerAprilia27+31.621135
127 Emilio AlzamoraHonda27+36.11644
1315 Roberto LocatelliAprilia27+45.339143
1476 Taro SekiguchiYamaha27+45.53892
1542 David ChecaAprilia27+57.476161
1612 Jay VincentHonda27+1:00.79521
1719 Leon HaslamHonda27+1:03.97420
1828 Dirk HeidolfAprilia27+1:05.15618
1941 Jarno JanssenHonda27+1:19.40217
2032 Héctor FaubelAprilia27+1:22.21819
2144 Andrew WhittleyAprilia26+1 lap25
Ret25 Vincent PhilippeAprilia26Accident22
Ret22 Raúl JaraAprilia17Retirement23
Ret9 Sebastián PortoYamaha12Retirement3
Ret51 Hugo MarchandAprilia4Accident24
DNQ43 Christopher SansomeHondaDid not qualify
WD47 Jason BoyceHondaWithdrew
Source:[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
121 Arnaud VincentAprilia2642:57.3871625
226 Daniel PedrosaHonda26+0.193320
31 Manuel PoggialiGilera26+0.699116
45 Masao AzumaHonda26+13.4821013
517 Steve JenknerAprilia26+13.6431411
625 Joan OlivéHonda26+14.073610
715 Alex de AngelisAprilia26+15.65079
841 Youichi UiDerbi26+18.60848
934 Andrea DoviziosoHonda26+20.761137
1066 Shuhei AoyamaHonda26+21.553206
117 Stefano PeruginiItaljet26+41.238185
1250 Andrea BalleriniHonda26+41.94284
1348 Jorge LorenzoDerbi26+46.464213
1475 Fabrizio LaiHonda26+46.699122
156 Mirko GiansantiHonda26+52.816221
1657 Chaz DaviesAprilia26+56.26124
1716 Simone SannaAprilia26+1:03.43511
1819 Alex BaldoliniAprilia26+1:10.89229
1928 Ivan GoiAprilia26+1:17.00333
2020 Imre TóthHonda26+1:32.29528
2169 Christian ElkinHonda25+1 lap32
2270 Christopher MartinHonda25+1 lap34
2331 Mattia AngeloniGilera25+1 lap30
2424 Leon CamierItaljet25+1 lap31
Ret4 Lucio CecchinelloAprilia23Accident2
Ret36 Mika KallioHonda18Retirement9
Ret33 Stefano BiancoAprilia16Retirement25
Ret90 Guy FarbrotherHonda15Accident35
Ret23 Gino BorsoiAprilia7Accident5
Ret80 Héctor BarberáAprilia3Accident26
Ret8 Gábor TalmácsiHonda3Accident19
Ret47 Ángel RodríguezAprilia3Accident17
Ret84 Michel FabrizioGilera2Accident23
Ret11 Max SabbataniAprilia0Accident27
Ret22 Pablo NietoAprilia0Accident15
Ret91 Midge SmartHonda0Accident36
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[9]

Riders' Championship standings
RiderPoints
1 Valentino Rossi195
2 Tohru Ukawa108
3 Max Biaggi89
4 Alex Barros87
5 Carlos Checa72
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Honda200
2 Yamaha125
3 Suzuki68
4/ Proton KR39
5 Aprilia28

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2002 British MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 16 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 16 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.. https://archive.today/20150725163743/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm. dead. 25 July 2015. Archive.li. 29 July 2018.
  4. Web site: 2002 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. 26 May 2018.
  6. Web site: BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002. Motogp.com. 29 July 2018. 3 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903225853/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2002/GBR/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
  7. Web site: Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. 26 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. 26 May 2018.
  9. Web site: Standings . 2002. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-22.

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