2002 D1 Grand Prix series explained

Changes from the previous season

The 2002 season saw various formats with different cutoffs for the tsuisou (twin drift) segment, the ruleset would be finalized in round 4, with tanso (single) runs starting from top 32 and the best scoring 16 drivers advancing to the tsuisou battles.

2002 D1 Grand Prix Point Series

n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right

Round 1 - February 22/23 - Bihoku Highland Circuit, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Katsuhiro Ueo (AE86)
Round 2 - April 19/20 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)
Round 3 - May 5/6 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Masatoshi Asamoto (FD3S)
Round 4 - July 7 - Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 5 - August 13/14 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Kouichi Yamashita (S15)
Round 6 - September 28/29 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Ken Maeda (AE86)
Round 7 - November 11 - Nikkō Circuit, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)

Final Championship Results

Position Driver Car rd.1 rd.2 rd.3 rd.4 rd.5 rd.6 rd.7 Total
1st 20-481418670
2nd -202-16161064
3rd -101622101858
4th 14-1241014256
5th ---20862054
6th ---10812-40
7th 18--2122-34
7th 1214---8-34
7th -22012---34
10th --1814---32
11th 2-6-241630
12th 8--16---24
12th --10---1424
14th --14---822
15th -----20-20
15th ----20--20
17th ----6-1218
17th ---18---18
17th -18-----18
20th 10--6---16
20th -16-----16
20th Hiroshi Fukuda 16------16
23rd -8--4-214
24th -12-----12
25th 62--2--10
25th 4----2410
27th --8----8
28th -6-----6
29th -4-----4
30th -----2-2
30th --2----2
30th --2----2
30th -2-----2

See also

Sources

D1GP Results Database 2000-2004