2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 September 2002 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

  2002 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 September 2002
Official nameCinzano Rio Grand Prix[1]
LocationAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi Yamaha
Time 1:50.568
Fastest lap
Rider Carlos Checa Yamaha
Time 1:59.827 on lap 11
Podium
First Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Max Biaggi Yamaha
Third Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Time 1:53.939
Fastest lap
Rider Sebastián Porto Yamaha
Time 2:04.661 on lap 10
Podium
First Sebastián Porto Yamaha
Second Roberto Rolfo Honda
Third Franco Battaini Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Manuel Poggiali Gilera
Time 1:57.888
Fastest lap
Rider Masao Azuma Honda
Time 2:10.065 on lap 17
Podium
First Masao Azuma Honda
Second Arnaud Vincent Aprilia
Third Manuel Poggiali Gilera

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 49:09.516 2 25
2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1.674 1 20
3 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +18.764 16 16
4 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 +24.759 15 13
5 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +32.354 12 11
6 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +34.360 11 10
7 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +44.250 7 9
8 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +57.150 18 8
9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 24 +1:09.987 8 7
10 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1:17.611 4 6
11 30 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +1:20.837 20 5
12 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:50.774 10 4
13 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 23 +1 lap 19 3
14 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1 lap 14 2
Ret 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Accident 17
Ret 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 16 Accident 5
Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 4 Accident 3
Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 3 Accident 13
Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 1 Accident 9
Ret 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 0 Accident 6
Sources: [2][3][4]

250cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 47:01.307 2 25
2 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 22 +14.114 9 20
3 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +15.812 10 16
4 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +26.998 4 13
5 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 22 +29.533 3 11
6 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 22 +31.868 12 10
7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 22 +45.373 11 9
8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +1:11.324 7 8
9 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 22 +1:13.787 13 7
10 19 Leon Haslam Honda 22 +1:15.478 17 6
11 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 22 +1:16.715 14 5
12 42 David Checa Aprilia 22 +1:50.844 18 4
13 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 22 +1:58.717 15 3
14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 22 +2:12.040 24 2
15 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 +1 lap 23 1
16 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +1 lap 25
17 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +1 lap 22
Ret 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 15 Accident 5
Ret 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 14 Accident 1
Ret 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Accident 20
Ret 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 12 Accident 8
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 12 Retirement 6
Ret 12 Jay Vincent Honda 4 Accident 16
Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 21
Ret 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 1 Retirement 19
Source: [5]

125cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Masao Azuma Honda 21 46:28.675 18 25
2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +1.705 2 20
3 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +1.760 1 16
4 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +9.177 3 13
5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +26.596 7 11
6 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 21 +32.745 19 10
7 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21 +34.150 14 9
8 36 Mika Kallio Honda 21 +34.488 9 8
9 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 21 +36.641 21 7
10 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 21 +40.381 5 6
11 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +40.615 4 5
12 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +41.428 11 4
13 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +41.608 17 3
14 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +41.630 15 2
15 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +45.147 10 1
16 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +49.885 23
17 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 21 +57.060 20
18 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:13.948 6
19 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 21 +1:14.061 30
20 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +1:17.495 13
21 37 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 21 +1:23.540 25
22 25 Joan Olivé Honda 21 +1:24.059 16
23 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 21 +1:26.189 26
24 77 Thomas Lüthi Honda 21 +1:29.225 24
25 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +1:32.402 22
26 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 21 +1:45.091 31
27 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 21 +1:52.619 29
28 20 Imre Tóth Honda 21 +2:01.551 27
29 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +2:04.263 28
Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 12 Accident 12
Ret 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 2 Accident 8
Ret 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1 Accident 32
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[7]

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

References
  1. "2002 Brazilian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. "2002 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. "RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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