2002 Grand Prix of Mosport

The 2002 mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport was a sports car racing event held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 16 to the 18, 2002. The race was the seventh round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season, and was the 17th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race

The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello for their third win of the season. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson brought the Champion Racing Audi R8 home for second, while Max Angelelli and JJ Lehto produced Team Cadillac's first podium since 2001 in the Cadillac Northstar LMP02.

The LMP 675 class was won by Team Bucknum Racing's Pilbeam MP84 driven by Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman. Ontario native and Mosport veteran Ron Fellows along with Corvette Racing teammate Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to victory in the GTS class. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RS driven by Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham took the GT class win.[1]

The race attracted a crowd of 30,000[2] and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP900 2 Audi Sport North America Tom Kristensen
Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 M 121
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2 LMP900 38 Champion Racing Johnny Herbert
Stefan Johansson
Audi R8 M 120
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 8 Team Cadillac Max Angelelli
JJ Lehto
Cadillac Northstar LMP02 M 119
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 50 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham
Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 118
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
5 LMP900 51 Panoz Motor Sports Bryan Herta
Bill Auberlen
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 118
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6 LMP900 7 Team Cadillac Emmanuel Collard
Éric Bernard
Cadillac Northstar LMP02 M 118
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
7 GTS 3 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows
Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 113
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GTS 4 Corvette Racing Andy Pilgrim
Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 112
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9 GTS 26 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Terry Borcheller
Saleen S7-R P 110
Ford 7.0L V8
10 LMP900 30 Intersport Clint Field
Mike Neuhaus
Lola B2K/10B G 108
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
11 LMP675 56 Team Bucknum Racing Jeff Bucknum
Chris McMurry
Bryan Willman
Pilbeam MP84 A 107
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
12 GTS 45 American Viperacing Marino Franchitti
Marc Bunting
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 107
Dodge 8.0L V10
13 GT 66 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler
Brian Cunningham
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GTS 44 American Viperacing Kevin Allen
Tom Weickardt
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 104
Dodge 8.0L V10
15 GT 43 Orbit Leo Hindery
Peter Baron
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 LMP675 19 Essex Racing Melanie Paterson
Ross Bentley
Lola B2K/40 D 103
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
17 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Sascha Maassen
Lucas Luhr
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 GTS 0 Team Olive Garden Mimmo Schiattarella
Emanuele Naspetti
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 99
Ferrari 6.0L V12
19
DNF
GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Hugh Plumb
Jeffrey Pabst
Tony Burgess
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20
DNF
LMP675 13 Archangel Motorsports Marc-Antoine Camirand
Ben Devlin
David Sterenberg
Lola B2K/40 D 91
Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4
21
DNF
GT 67 The Racer's Group Michael Schrom
Darren Law
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
LMP900 1 Audi Sport North America Emanuele Pirro
Frank Biela
Audi R8 M 88
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
23 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Timo Bernhard
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 85
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24
DNF
GT 89 Porschehaus Racing Robert Julien
Adam Merzon
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 25
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25
DNF
LMP675 11 KnightHawk Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Steven Knight
MG-Lola EX257 A 59
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26
DNF
LMP675 16 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger
James Weaver
MG-Lola EX257 G 28
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
27
DNF
LMP675 37 Intersport Jon Field
Mike Durand
MG-Lola EX257 G 12
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:07.169
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.568
  • Distance - 478.843 km
  • Average Speed - 173.898 km/h

References

  1. "Audi in charge again as Capello, Kristensen take Grand Prix of Mosport". Autoweek.com. August 17, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  2. Ingram, Jonathan (August 22, 2002). "On Top Of Their Game - Mosport Park ALMS Report". Autosport. London: Haymarket Media Group. pp. 78–79.
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