2002 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey

2002 Monterey
Race details
Race 5 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
	Laguna Seca track layout
Date	June 9, 2002
Official name	Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, United States
Course	Permanent road course; 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	87 laps; 194.706 mi / 313.374 km
Weather	Sunny and cool
Pole position
Driver	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:09.473
Fastest lap
Driver	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:11.369 (on lap 71 of 87)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Kenny Bräck (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.103	1:09.473	1:09.473
2	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.066	1:09.575	1:09.575
3	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.476	1:09.759	1:09.759
4	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:10.264	1:10.043	1:10.043
5	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.322	1:10.184	1:10.184
6	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:10.218	1:10.255	1:10.218
7	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:10.652	1:10.269	1:10.269
8	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:11.196	1:10.288	1:10.288
9	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:11.289	1:10.290	1:10.290
10	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	1:10.721	1:10.357	1:10.357
11	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:11.378	1:10.389	1:10.389
12	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:11.123	1:10.415	1:10.415
13	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:11.081	1:10.449	1:10.449
14	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:12.102	1:10.596	1:10.596
15	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:10.920	1:10.612	1:10.612
16	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:11.172	1:10.616	1:10.616
17	Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	1:11.127	1:10.681	1:10.681
18	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:12.056	1:11.319	1:11.319
19	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:11.577	1:11.497	1:11.497

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	87	1:55:28.745	1	22
2	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	87	+19.087	5	16
3	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+19.410	2	15
4	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+34.255	3	12
5	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	87	+35.095	6	10
6	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+1:11.956	9	8
7	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	87	+1:12.431	10	6
8	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	86	+ 1 Lap	15	5
9	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	86	+ 1 Lap	11	4
10	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	86	+ 1 Lap	7	3
11	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	86	+ 1 Lap	19	2
12	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	4	1
13	22	Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	86	+ 1 Lap	17	0
14	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	18	0
15	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	84	+ 3 Laps	12	0
16	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	83	Spun off	8	0
17	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	15	Contact/ Wheel	16	0
18	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	0	Contact	13	0
19	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	0	Contact	14	0

Laps	Cause
1-5	Vasser (8), Bell (20), Franchitti (27), Fernández (51) & Domínguez (55) contact
17-19	Tracy (26) contact

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