2002 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Valencian Community  2002 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 November 2002
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
Time 1:33.211
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros Honda
Time 1:33.873 on lap 5
Podium
First Brazil Alex Barros Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Third Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Time 1:35.885
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Time 1:36.784 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:39.426
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia
Time 1:40.252 on lap 21
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Second France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Third Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia

The 2002 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 November 2002 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 47:22.404 2 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.230 6 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +15.213 1 16
4 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 30 +22.504 3 13
5 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +35.165 7 11
6 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +50.169 9 10
7 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 30 +1:03.814 15 9
8 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:05.079 8 8
9 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +1:08.312 11 7
10 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 30 +1:08.312 20 6
11 21 United States John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +1:26.241 17 5
12 84 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.427 18 4
13 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 29 +1 lap 10 3
14 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 29 +1 lap 22 2
Ret 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 Retirement 14
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 19 Accident 12
Ret 29 Spain David García Proton Team KR Proton KR 13 Retirement 19
Ret 8 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 6 Accident 4
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 1 Accident 16
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1 Retirement 13
Ret 30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 0 Collision 21
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Collision 5
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 43:57.812 1 25
2 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +4.318 7 20
3 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +4.538 4 16
4 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +18.214 2 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +21.990 12 11
6 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 27 +22.173 11 10
7 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +26.755 9 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +26.909 14 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +26.915 5 7
10 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +32.380 8 6
11 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +36.294 13 5
12 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 +42.879 16 4
13 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +42.889 10 3
14 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 27 +44.942 18 2
15 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +47.348 15 1
16 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 27 +47.849 19
17 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 27 +1:06.850 21
18 74 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 27 +1:20.276 26
19 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:24.489 22
20 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 27 +1:27.859 23
21 90 United States Chuck Sorensen Aprilia 26 +1 lap 27
Ret 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 26 Accident 20
Ret 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 15 Retirement 25
Ret 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 7 Accident 6
Ret 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 4 Accident 24
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 2 Retirement 17
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 1 Retirement 3
DNQ 39 Spain Luis Castro Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 25 42:13.044 1 25
2 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +0.100 4 20
3 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 25 +2.704 3 16
4 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 25 +3.069 5 13
5 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +3.136 7 11
6 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 25 +8.041 6 10
7 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 25 +8.852 2 9
8 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +11.879 18 8
9 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 25 +12.037 12 7
10 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +14.757 8 6
11 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 25 +15.167 13 5
12 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 25 +18.472 9 4
13 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 25 +18.514 20 3
14 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +18.804 15 2
15 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 25 +23.694 11 1
16 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 25 +23.726 10
17 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +23.782 14
18 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 25 +23.958 19
19 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +24.110 17
20 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 25 +54.350 25
21 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 25 +58.575 30
22 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 25 +58.916 26
23 51 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +59.286 28
24 77 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +1:10.021 35
25 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 25 +1:10.155 33
26 71 Spain Rubén Catalán Aprilia 25 +1:16.125 32
27 72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 25 +1:16.138 34
28 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 25 +1:20.058 31
29 59 Switzerland Vincent Braillard Honda 24 +1 lap 37
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 22 Retirement 27
Ret 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 20 Accident 23
Ret 52 Spain Julián Simón Honda 18 Retirement 22
Ret 19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Retirement 29
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 10 Accident 16
Ret 42 Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet 9 Accident 36
Ret 98 Canada Chris Peris Aprilia 9 Retirement 38
Ret 9 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 3 Accident 21
Ret 37 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 3 Accident 24
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

  1. ^ "2002 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Valencia Ricardo Tormo - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ "2002 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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