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.

United Kingdom  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 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:31.563
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:32.247 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Third Brazil Alex Barros Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:33.558
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:34.411 on lap 26
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Second Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Third Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera
Time 1:38.078
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Time 1:38.312 on lap 6
Podium
First France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Second Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:32.888 1 25
2 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.371 5 20
3 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +5.533 4 16
4 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 30 +22.036 13 13
5 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.087 12 11
6 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +28.400 17 10
7 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 30 +28.947 11 9
8 21 United States John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +31.497 6 8
9 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +31.947 10 7
10 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +41.454 15 6
11 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 30 +49.458 3 5
12 8 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +53.709 18 4
13 33 Japan Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.480 14 3
14 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.594 8 2
15 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 30 +54.866 9 1
16 55 France Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +55.525 16
17 66 Germany Alex Hofmann West Honda Pons Honda 30 +1:05.901 19
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 19 Retirement 2
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 6 Retirement 7
DNS 20 Spain Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha Did not start
WD 11 Japan 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 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 42:55.728 2 25
2 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +0.717 1 20
3 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +3.493 5 16
4 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +3.934 8 13
5 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +4.407 7 11
6 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +19.852 12 10
7 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 +21.770 10 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +24.580 6 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +25.987 11 7
10 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +26.202 15 6
11 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +31.621 13 5
12 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +36.116 4 4
13 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +45.339 14 3
14 76 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 27 +45.538 9 2
15 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 27 +57.476 16 1
16 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 27 +1:00.795 21
17 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 27 +1:03.974 20
18 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:05.156 18
19 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen Honda 27 +1:19.402 17
20 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +1:22.218 19
21 44 United Kingdom Andrew Whittley Aprilia 26 +1 lap 25
Ret 25 France Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 Accident 22
Ret 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 17 Retirement 23
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 12 Retirement 3
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 4 Accident 24
DNQ 43 United Kingdom Christopher Sansome Honda Did not qualify
WD 47 United Kingdom 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 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 42:57.387 16 25
2 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 +0.193 3 20
3 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +0.699 1 16
4 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 26 +13.482 10 13
5 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +13.643 14 11
6 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 26 +14.073 6 10
7 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +15.650 7 9
8 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 26 +18.608 4 8
9 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +20.761 13 7
10 66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 26 +21.553 20 6
11 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 26 +41.238 18 5
12 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 26 +41.942 8 4
13 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 26 +46.464 21 3
14 75 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 26 +46.699 12 2
15 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +52.816 22 1
16 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +56.261 24
17 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 26 +1:03.435 11
18 19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:10.892 29
19 28 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia 26 +1:17.003 33
20 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 26 +1:32.295 28
21 69 United Kingdom Christian Elkin Honda 25 +1 lap 32
22 70 United Kingdom Christopher Martin Honda 25 +1 lap 34
23 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 25 +1 lap 30
24 24 United Kingdom Leon Camier Italjet 25 +1 lap 31
Ret 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 Accident 2
Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 18 Retirement 9
Ret 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 16 Retirement 25
Ret 90 United Kingdom Guy Farbrother Honda 15 Accident 35
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Accident 5
Ret 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 3 Accident 26
Ret 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 3 Accident 19
Ret 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 3 Accident 17
Ret 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 2 Accident 23
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 0 Accident 27
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 0 Accident 15
Ret 91 United Kingdom 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
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  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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. 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 22 August 2019.
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