2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date25 August 2002
Official nameGauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2][3]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Time 1:59.646
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Time 2:00.605 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Second Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 2:03.037
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Time 2:04.039 on lap 19
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Second Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha
Third Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
125cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia
Time 2:08.746
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Time 2:08.903 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Second Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Third France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia

The 2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 2002 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. This event would be the last podium for Japanese MotoGP rider, Daijiro Kato; who finished in second place, before his death on 20 April 2003 following an accident at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 44:36.498 1 25
2 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 22 +2.755 2 20
3 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +7.598 8 16
4 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +11.889 9 13
5 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +14.029 6 11
6 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 22 +18.260 5 10
7 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 22 +24.840 12 9
8 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 22 +26.572 16 8
9 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 22 +28.741 10 7
10 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +29.156 15 6
11 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +32.920 19 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 22 +38.670 13 4
13 8 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +45.144 4 3
14 33 Japan Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 22 +51.932 20 2
15 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 22 +1:02.171 17 1
16 55 France Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +1:02.238 18
17 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +1:13.465 21
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 Tyre Wear 3
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 12 Retirement 7
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 11 Accident 14
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Accident 11
DNS 20 Spain Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 0 Did not start 22
Sources:[4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 41:41.572 2 25
2 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +7.023 3 20
3 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 20 +8.135 7 16
4 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +8.307 1 13
5 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 20 +11.322 20 11
6 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +11.636 9 10
7 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +16.988 4 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +20.984 8 8
9 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 20 +21.002 12 7
10 84 Spain David García Honda 20 +30.259 17 6
11 26 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 20 +30.357 10 5
12 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 20 +30.805 14 4
13 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +43.592 11 3
14 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +44.141 22 2
15 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 20 +50.513 16 1
16 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 +1:02.225 23
17 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 20 +1:04.058 19
18 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 20 +1:15.519 15
19 29 Netherlands Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 20 +2:05.290 25
20 63 Hungary Gábor Rizmayer Honda 19 +1 lap 27
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 Accident 5
Ret 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 Accident 21
Ret 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 18 Accident 6
Ret 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 15 Retirement 24
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 10 Accident 13
Ret 64 Slovakia Vladimír Častka Yamaha 4 Retirement 26
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 0 Accident 18
DNS 62 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Honda Did not start
DNQ 65 Switzerland Roger Heierli Honda Did not qualify
Source:[7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 41:18.287 6 25
2 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +0.202 3 20
3 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +0.278 8 16
4 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +0.494 9 13
5 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 19 +0.495 4 11
6 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +0.717 5 10
7 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +0.901 2 9
8 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 19 +1.309 1 8
9 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +5.579 10 7
10 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 19 +7.091 14 6
11 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +7.360 11 5
12 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 19 +14.326 19 4
13 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 19 +14.345 15 3
14 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +16.990 20 2
15 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +18.106 22 1
16 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 19 +18.186 17
17 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +22.341 13
18 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 19 +22.408 16
19 77 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +22.442 18
20 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 +41.048 27
21 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19 +41.208 21
22 53 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 19 +44.018 26
23 88 Denmark Robbin Harms Honda 19 +50.207 29
24 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 19 +50.372 34
25 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 19 +50.451 28
26 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 19 +50.700 30
27 37 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +50.746 24
28 49 Czech Republic Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +51.560 35
29 72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 19 +1:07.328 32
30 76 Czech Republic Matěj Smrž Aprilia 19 +1:47.385 33
Ret 56 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda 15 Accident 25
Ret 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 13 Retirement 23
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 7 Accident 7
Ret 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 6 Accident 12
Ret 42 Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet 5 Retirement 31
DNS 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia Did not start
WD 19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[9]

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

References

  1. ^ "2002 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ "2002 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ^ "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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