2002 Spanish Grand Prix

Heading into the fifth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 34 points; ahead of Williams driver and brother Ralf Schumacher on 20, and Juan Pablo Montoya on 17. Renault driver Jenson Button was fourth with 8 points and Rubens Barrichello on 6. The Constructors' Championship was closer at the front with Ferrari on 40 points leading Williams who were on 37.

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each.[1]

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. Each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[1]

The Minardi of Mark Webber sustained a rear wing failure on the main straight after he completed his 12th lap and the red flag was brought out afterwards.

The Stewards of the Meeting received a notice from KL Minardi Asiatech, informing them of their intention to withdraw from the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix due to a number of front and rear wing failures they suffered over the weekend. Having spoken to the Team Manager, the Stewards of the Meeting decided to accept the withdrawal of KL Minardi Asiatech from the event.[2] Michael Schumacher achieved his third Grand Chelem at this race, and his first since 1994.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap	Final grid
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.364	—	1
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.690	+0.326	2
3	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:17.277	+0.913	3
4	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:17.425	+1.061	4
5	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.519	+1.155	5
6	15	Jenson Button	Renault	1:17.638	+1.274	6
7	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.662	+1.298	7
8	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:17.851	+1.487	8
9	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:17.929	+1.565	9
10	20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	1:18.121	+1.757	10
11	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:18.139	+1.775	11
12	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	1:18.291	+1.927	12
13	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:18.472	+2.108	13
14	21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	1:18.515	+2.151	14
EX1	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:18.779	+2.415	22
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:18.847	+2.483	15
16	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:18.885	+2.521	16
17	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:18.897	+2.533	17
18	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	1:19.002	+2.638	18
19	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:19.025	+2.661	19
20	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1:19.802	+3.438	20
21	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1:21.415	+5.051	21
107% time: 1:21.709
Source:[3]

^1 - Eddie Irvine was demoted to last place because of a fuel analysis which showed that the fuel was not the same as one of those approved for use by Jaguar prior to the event.