2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

Valentino Rossi, riding his Honda. Eventually he went on to win the MotoGP race.
  2002 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 July 2002
Official nameCinzano British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:31.563
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:32.247 on lap 4
Podium
First Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Max Biaggi Yamaha
Third Alex Barros Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:33.558
Fastest lap
Rider Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:34.411 on lap 26
Podium
First Marco Melandri Aprilia
Second Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Third Toni Elías Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Manuel Poggiali Gilera
Time 1:38.078
Fastest lap
Rider Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Time 1:38.312 on lap 6
Podium
First Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Second Dani Pedrosa Honda
Third Manuel Poggiali Gilera

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:32.888 1 25
2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.371 5 20
3 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +5.533 4 16
4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +22.036 13 13
5 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.087 12 11
6 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +28.400 17 10
7 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 30 +28.947 11 9
8 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +31.497 6 8
9 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +31.947 10 7
10 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +41.454 15 6
11 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 30 +49.458 3 5
12 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +53.709 18 4
13 33 Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.480 14 3
14 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.594 8 2
15 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 30 +54.866 9 1
16 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +55.525 16
17 66 Alex Hofmann West Honda Pons Honda 30 +1:05.901 19
Ret 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 19 Retirement 2
Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 6 Retirement 7
DNS 20 Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Did not start
WD 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda Withdrew
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 42:55.728 2 25
2 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +0.717 1 20
3 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +3.493 5 16
4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +3.934 8 13
5 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +4.407 7 11
6 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +19.852 12 10
7 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 +21.770 10 9
8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +24.580 6 8
9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +25.987 11 7
10 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +26.202 15 6
11 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +31.621 13 5
12 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +36.116 4 4
13 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +45.339 14 3
14 76 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 27 +45.538 9 2
15 42 David Checa Aprilia 27 +57.476 16 1
16 12 Jay Vincent Honda 27 +1:00.795 21
17 19 Leon Haslam Honda 27 +1:03.974 20
18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:05.156 18
19 41 Jarno Janssen Honda 27 +1:19.402 17
20 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +1:22.218 19
21 44 Andrew Whittley Aprilia 26 +1 lap 25
Ret 25 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 Accident 22
Ret 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 17 Retirement 23
Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 12 Retirement 3
Ret 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 4 Accident 24
DNQ 43 Christopher Sansome Honda Did not qualify
WD 47 Jason Boyce Honda Withdrew
Source: [7]

125 cc classification
Arnaud Vincent, celebrating on the podium after winning the 125cc race.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 42:57.387 16 25
2 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 26 +0.193 3 20
3 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +0.699 1 16
4 5 Masao Azuma Honda 26 +13.482 10 13
5 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +13.643 14 11
6 25 Joan Olivé Honda 26 +14.073 6 10
7 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +15.650 7 9
8 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 26 +18.608 4 8
9 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +20.761 13 7
10 66 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 26 +21.553 20 6
11 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 26 +41.238 18 5
12 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 26 +41.942 8 4
13 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 26 +46.464 21 3
14 75 Fabrizio Lai Honda 26 +46.699 12 2
15 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +52.816 22 1
16 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +56.261 24
17 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 26 +1:03.435 11
18 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:10.892 29
19 28 Ivan Goi Aprilia 26 +1:17.003 33
20 20 Imre Tóth Honda 26 +1:32.295 28
21 69 Christian Elkin Honda 25 +1 lap 32
22 70 Christopher Martin Honda 25 +1 lap 34
23 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 25 +1 lap 30
24 24 Leon Camier Italjet 25 +1 lap 31
Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 Accident 2
Ret 36 Mika Kallio Honda 18 Retirement 9
Ret 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 16 Retirement 25
Ret 90 Guy Farbrother Honda 15 Accident 35
Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Accident 5
Ret 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 3 Accident 26
Ret 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 3 Accident 19
Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 3 Accident 17
Ret 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 2 Accident 23
Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 0 Accident 27
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 0 Accident 15
Ret 91 Midge Smart Honda 0 Accident 36
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]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2002 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. "2002 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. "BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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