2002 Australian Grand Prix

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (pictured in 2014), where the race was held.

Preparations for the event began in January 2002, which was on the provisional calendar of the 2002 Formula One World Championship due to the death of marshal Graham Beveridge in an accident during the 2001 race.[3] Formula One's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), later confirmed it would proceed as scheduled following the publication of a coroner's report concluding that Beveridge's death was "avoidable".[4] It was the first of 17 races of 2002 and the 18th Formula One World Championship Australian race. It occurred at the 5.303 km (3.295 mi) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park on 3 March.[1] Safety improvements for the 2002 race saw the height of the safety fences raised to 3.8 m (12 ft), cages to safeguard race officials installed and the size of access openings was reduced.[5]

Heading into the new season, several teams retained the same line-up as they had in the 2001 season, however some teams changed drivers for the 2002 championship. The Benetton team was renamed Renault to conclude its 16 year involvement in Formula One,[6] and the Japanese car maker Toyota entered the series with drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo after it spent 2001 developing the TF102.[7] The Prost team was liquidated in January 2002 after it was unable to locate money from sponsors or a buyer to remain solvent.[8] The two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen took a sabbatical and fellow Finn Kimi Räikkönen replaced him at McLaren,[9] whose Sauber car was driven by Felipe Massa, the 2001 Euro Formula 3000 champion.[10] At the Jordan team, the 2001 British Formula Three champion Takuma Sato paired with Giancarlo Fisichella,[11] whom Jarno Trulli replaced at Renault.[12] Former Prost driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen took Jos Verstappen's seat at the Arrows team,[13] and Fernando Alonso left Minardi to become Renault's test driver; he was replaced by the International Formula 3000 competitor Mark Webber.[14]

At the front of the field, the press and bookmakers considered Michael Schumacher for Ferrari as the favourite to take his fifth World Drivers' Championship, with the Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya predicted to be his main challenger.[15][16][17] Schumacher said his objective for the 2002 season was to claim the championship and equal Juan Manuel Fangio's all-time record of five titles, "Our motivation is still unchanged, our target and goals are still the same. We want to once again win both world championships and there is nothing nicer than winning with Ferrari."[18] Montoya declared that he was more relaxed than in the 2001 campaign due to better familiarisation of his team, "I think I showed everyone out there that I am competitive and that's the important thing. It was a lot harder to win in Formula One than in CART because it took longer to understand the car, but now that's done I'm looking to do better in 2002."[19] Former driver Derek Warwick spoke of his belief that Michael Schumacher had the best driving ability in the field and suspected Montoya had not yet developed emotional maturity.[20]

Ferrari brought the F2001 in lieu of the F2002 to the Australian Grand Prix due to performance and reliability issues. According to the Ferrari team principal Jean Todt, the F2002 had demonstrated fast pace during pre-season testing but the team had not the time available to be certain that it would be reliable under racing conditions, "We think it will be able to bring home valuable points for the championship. Next week, we will continue our on-track development of the F2002, as well as fine-tuning the F2001 for the first race."[21] During the first two practice sessions, the F2001 was fitted with a rear wing used on the F2002 in testing; both Michael Schumacher and his teammate Rubens Barrichello opted for one seen at the 2001 Japanese Grand Prix. The McLaren MP4-17 car featured an attachment to its lower front suspension frame split to promote airflow under the front wing, and revised ailerons were equipped to the front and rear of the car. The Jordan, Arrows and Sauber teams copied the design.[22]

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each.[23] In the first practice session, which was held in variable weather that led to the fastest lap times coming at its conclusion,[24] Michael Schumacher was quickest with a lap of 1 minute and 28.804 seconds, 0.363 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second. Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Massa, Pedro de la Rosa and his Jaguar teammate Eddie Irvine, Frentzen, Salo and Renault's Jenson Button rounded out the session's top ten drivers.[25]

Takuma Sato (pictured in 2005) crashed in the third practice session and used the spare Jordan EJ12 for qualifying.

Michael Schumacher continued to pace the field with the day's fastest lap, a 1-minute and 27.276 seconds, that he set in the second practice session. His teammate Barrichello was 0.523 seconds slower in second place. The two Williams cars of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team, Salo, Räikkönen, Massa, Fisichella and Trulli were in positions three to ten.[26] During the session, Enrique Bernoldi's Arrows A23 car stopped with a broken gearbox.[27] Barrichello spun through 360 degrees across some grass and he reemerged onto the circuit soon after.[28] Montoya braked too late and had to negotiate his return to the track via an escape road and a gravel trap. A short light rain shower made the circuit slippery and caught out Alex Yoong; he beached his Minardi in a gravel trap at the first turn. An engine failure ended Fisichella's session early and his teammate Sato ran across a gravel trap.[28]

The weather for the third session was cool, damp and overcast.[29][30] Ferrari continued to be the fastest team with a revised unofficial lap record of 1 minute and 26.177 seconds from Michael Schumacher. Barrichello was 0.321 seconds slower in second place.[29] The McLaren duo of Coulthard and Räikkönen, the Williams pair of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, British American Racing (BAR) driver Olivier Panis, Sauber teammates Heidfeld and Massa along with Trulli followed in the top ten.[30] With 13 minutes and 34 seconds to go, Sato lost control of the rear of his Jordan EJ12 car on the entry to Stewart turn and crashed against a left-hand side tyre barrier at 160 km/h (99 mph).[31][32] Sato was unhurt;[30] practice was stopped for nine minutes to allow marshals to clean the track.[31] Since spare cars could not be used in free practice, Sato missed the fourth session since his car required repairs.[32]

In the fourth practice session, a brief rain shower dampened the circuit, which prevented an improvement in lap times as some cars ran off the circuit. Hence, Michael Schumacher's effort from the third session was not bettered by any other driver. Barrichello in second position halved the gap to his teammate. The Williams cars of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher improved to third and fourth as the McLaren duo of Coulthard and Räikkönen fell to fifth and sixth. Heidfeld, the BAR duo of Jacques Villeneuve and Panis and Fisichella completed the top ten.[33]

Rubens Barrichello took the fourth pole position of his career.

Saturday's afternoon one-hour qualifying session saw each competitor limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[23] The session began on a dry track until a heavy rainstorm fell halfway through, which made the circuit slippery and prevented drivers from bettering their lap times.[34][35] Barrichello completed two laps before it rained (the first was compromised by slower traffic);[36] he took the fourth pole position of his career and his first since the 2000 British Grand Prix with a 1-minute and 25.843 seconds lap.[34] He was joined on the grid's front row by Michael Schumacher, who made a driver error on a kerb in the first third of a lap.[35][37] Ralf Schumacher remained in the garage for the first three minutes to avoid slower traffic and took third.[36] Fourth-placed Coulthard attempted to pass an unsighted Villeneuve on the outside at the final turn and they made contact. Coulthard hit a wall with his right-rear wheel and spun onto a run-off area.[35] A driver error put his teammate Räikkönen fifth.[37] Montoya in sixth lost six-tenths of a second after Fisichella slowed his first timed lap. Trulli in seventh was slowed by a Jaguar car on his first lap. Fisichella in eighth expressed satisfaction with his car's balance and performance.[36] Massa was the highest-placed rookie driver in ninth after two driver errors. His teammate Heidfeld qualified tenth.[35][36]

Button was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten after he was fourth early in the session. Panis completed one timed lap as he could not extract more performance from his BAR 004 and took 12th.[36] Excess oversteer slowed his teammate Villeneuve in 13th.[37] Salo, 14th, drove cautiously on his first timed lap. A minor fuel pressure fault limited Frentzen in 15th to one untroubled lap.[36] McNish, 16th, had one set of tyres deducted from his qualifying allocation because Toyota had mistakenly used one set assigned for the Friday practice sessions on Saturday. A stoppage caught out Bernoldi at the start of his first timed lap and he qualified 17th. Webber took 18th and used wet-weather tyres.[37] The two Jaguar R3 cars had a major aerodynamic deficiency and were 19th and 20th:[38] A rear brake balance slowed Irvine and a handling deficiency prompted de la Rosa to use the spare Jaguar. Yoong completed one timed lap and was 21st.[37] Five minutes in Sato's spare Jordan EJ12 stopped into Stewart turn with a hydraulic clutch problem that automatically selected third gear. The session was stopped for eight minutes for marshals to extricate his car. Sato returned to his garage and drove Fisichella's race car; the rain meant he qualified more than 107% slower than Barrichello.[39]

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:25.843
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:25.848	+0.005
3	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:26.279	+0.436
4	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.446	+0.603
5	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.161	+1.318
6	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:27.249	+1.406
7	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:27.710	+1.867
8	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	1:27.869	+2.026
9	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:27.972	+2.129
10	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.232	+2.389
11	15	Jenson Button	Renault	1:28.361	+2.518
12	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:28.381	+2.538
13	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:28.657	+2.814
14	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:29.205	+3.362
15	20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	1:29.474	+3.631
16	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:29.636	+3.793
17	21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	1:29.738	+3.895
18	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1:30.086	+4.243
19	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:30.113	+4.270
20	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:30.192	+4.349
21	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1:31.504	+5.661
107% time: 1:31.852
22	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	1:53.351	+27.5081
Sources:[41][42]

Notes

• ^1 – Takuma Sato set a time 107% slower than the fastest qualifying lap. He was granted permission from the stewards to start the race due to "exceptional circumstances".[40]

A half-hour warm-up session was held on Sunday morning in variable weather as heavy rain fell before it commenced.[23][43] Teams used rain tyres and set-up their cars against the weather conditions of the time.[44] With a lap of 1 minute and 41.509 seconds, Michael Schumacher was fastest. His teammate Barrichello was 1.382 seconds slower in second position. Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Massa, Heidfeld, Fisichella, Trulli and Irvine made up positions three to ten.[45] With 40 seconds to go,[46] Salo drove off the racing line to allow Barrichello to overtake him on the approach to Ascari corner. He went onto a white line, lost control of his Toyota and crashed into a barrier; Salo's front wing detached heading towards an escape road.[43][44][46]

The weather at the start was dry and overcast with the air temperature between 15 to 18 °C (59 to 64 °F) and the track temperature from 20 to 23 °C (68 to 73 °F).[47][48][49] One-hundred and twenty-seven thousand people attended the event.[50] Sato drove the spare Jordan EJ12 set up for his teammate Fisichella; after the warm-up session the Jordan team rectified an electrical problem that rendered its clutch inoperable.[51] Before the event commenced fat 14:00 local time,[23] Frentzen and Bernoldi stalled their cars on the grid and marshals and mechanics extricated them to the pit lane.[52][53]

Ralf Schumacher made contact with the rear of Barrichello's car and retired with heavy car damage at the start of the race.

Ralf Schumacher used the grip on the outside of the track to pass Michael Schumacher for second position and challenged the heavy fuelled Ferrari of Barrichello for the lead.[54][55] As Michael Schumacher turned left to provide himself with the best possible entry for Brabham corner, his teammate Barrichello switched lanes twice in an attempt to prevent Ralf Schumacher from overtaking him. Ralf Schumacher responded by turning onto the centre of the circuit in anticipation that momentum would allow him to claim first position.[56] Barrichello then braked early for Brabham turn and caught out Ralf Schumacher,[55] who struck the rear of Barrichello's car at about 240 km/h (150 mph).[48] He launched over the Ferrari,[53] and grazed Barrichello's helmet.[50] Ralf Schumacher careened 100 m (330 ft) and rested against a tyre wall.[2][57] Barrichello's rear wing was removed from his car; he spun broadside to a stop and caused an eight-car accident.[55] His teammate Michael Schumacher and Räikkönen drove onto the grass to avoid a collision,[2][53] as Fisichella hit the Sauber cars of Heidfeld and Massa, causing Button, Panis and McNish to get caught up in the incident. Villeneuve, Salo, Webber, Irvine, de la Rosa, Yoong and Sato negotiated their way through the crash scene.[2]

The drivers involved in the crash returned to the pit lane in anticipation that the race would be stopped and that they would be permitted to drive their spare cars for a restart. However, the FIA race director Charlie Whiting did not stop the race and order a restart since no driver had been injured. He deployed the safety car as the damaged cars were extricated and on-track debris cleared.[54][58] This left Coulthard in the lead, followed by Trulli, Montoya, Michael Schumacher, Irvine and de la Rosa.[47] At the conclusion of lap two, Räikkönen entered the pit lane for a 48-second pit stop to remove debris from the rear underbody of his McLaren.[2][53][55] The differential and traction control system on Webber's Minardi began to malfunction on lap three.[59] On the same lap, Frentzen ignored a red light instructing drivers to remain in the pit lane until ordered otherwise and ventured onto the circuit.[49][52] The safety car was withdrawn at the conclusion of the fifth lap and Coulthard led Trulli and Montoya at the rolling restart.[47] Going towards Whiteford turn,[48] Montoya drew close to Trulli and slid wide on oil laid on the circuit.[54][58] Michael Schumacher used Montoya's driver error to overtake him and for third place.[60] Further down the field, Räikkönen moved from eleventh to ninth position.[53]

Coulthard began to pull away from the rest of the field, increasing his lead to four-and-a-half seconds by lap seven.[47] That same lap, Sato overtook de la Rosa for sixth place, as Webber lost seventh position to Räikkönen.[53] At the tail of the field, Bernoldi rejoined the race after switching from his race car to the spare Arrows vehicle. In the meantime, Michael Schumacher began to pressure Trulli for second place.[2] He attempted to overtake Trulli on the approach to Brabham corner on the eighth lap but Trulli blocked him. This allowed Montoya to gain on Michael Schumacher; he was not close enough to affect a pass.[48] There were overtakes further down the field: Räikkönen passed de la Rosa and Sato as Villeneuve overtook Webber for ninth.[53] During lap nine, Trulli lost control of the rear of his Renault on oil at the exit to Jones turn. He struck a barrier to the left of the circuit and broke his suspension.[48][55] Because Trulli's Renault stopped on the centre of the track,[49][61] the safety car was deployed for the second time to allow marshals to extricate his car.[47] When the safety car was withdrawn at the end of the 11th lap, an electrical fault distracted Coulthard, who missed a gear change,[55][56] locked his brakes,[49] and understeered wide onto some grass at the entry to Prost turn.[48] He fell to fifth.[49]

Michael Schumacher was promoted to the lead with Montoya second and Irvine third.[61] On the approach to Brabham corner Montoya employed his straightline speed advantage to overtake Michael Schumacher on the outside at the end of the start/finish straight for first position.[2] Montoya then steered onto the inside line to maintain the lead from Michael Schumacher at Jones corner.[55] By the 13th lap, Michael Schumacher had drawn to within eight-tenths of a second to affect a pass on Montoya,[49] which he was unable to do because of slower traffic.[48] On lap 14,[53] Sato retired in the pit lane with an unrectifiable electronics issue that limited his gear selection.[62] Michael Schumacher continued to pressure Montoya into a driver error,[55] and successfully caused the latter to hit a patch of oil at Brabham corner.[2] He overtook Montoya around the inside at the exit of the following Jones turn to take the lead at the start of lap 17.[48][56] Michael Schumacher began to pull away from the rest of the field as Montoya struggled to generate heat in his tyres. On lap 18, de la Rosa fell to eighth after Yoong, Webber and Villeneuve overtook him. Frentzen was shown a black flag on the next lap to disqualify him from the race for his earlier transgression of ignoring the red light at the exit of the pit lane.[53]

By the 22nd lap Michael Schumacher increased his lead over Montoya to 11.3 seconds with consecutive lap times in the 1 minute and 29 seconds range,[2][60] as Räikkönen was eight-tenths of a second behind the latter.[49] On the same lap, Coulthard went off the track at Prost corner. His reduced speed meant Irvine passed him for fourth soon after.[48] On lap 23 Bernoldi was disqualified from the race because the stewards deemed him to have switched to a spare car after the race began.[55] Webber and Villeneuve passed Coulthard for fifth and sixth on laps 25 and 26.[48][53] Villeneuve in sixth had a rear wing failure that sent him into a tyre wall at high speed on the entry to Waite corner and retirement from his 100th race entry on lap 28.[49][53][57] He was unhurt. On lap 29, Yoong overtook Coulthard for sixth position.[53] Seven laps later, Coulthard became the race's final retirement when he pulled off to the side of track at Whiteford corner because his McLaren was stuck in sixth gear.[2][49]

Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) took his third win at the Australian Grand Prix and the 54th of his career.

Webber was the first of the top six drivers to make a pit stop on lap 37.[48] He had a problematic 34.9 second pit stop: the Minardi's fuel cover did not open automatically and a mechanic used a screwdriver to unsecure it. Webber rejoined the track in sixth position.[63] Montoya and Michael Schumacher made their pit stops on laps 37 and 38.[61] In the meantime, Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap of 1 minute and 25.841 seconds on lap 37,[2] as he sought to pass Montoya for second position after his pit stop.[55] He made his stop on lap 38.[53] As Räikkönen reemerged on the track, he drew alongside Montoya and carried an over-speed on the approach to Brabham corner.[55] He understeered wide onto the grass as he regained control of the rear of his car and fell to third position behind Montoya.[47][48]

With the first four positions settled, attention switched to a battle for fifth place between Webber and Salo.[53] Webber short shifted to prevent unnecessary stress to the car's components and noticed Salo had closed up to him. He increased his pace and the Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart told him over the radio that he had to defend fifth place from Salo. Webber was aware of a potential revenue bonus of $25 million for Minardi had they finished ahead of Toyota in the Constructors' Championship.[59] Salo had been aware of the distance between himself and Webber and closed up to the rear of the latter's car by the 57th lap.[55] He attempted to pass Webber; the aerodynamic turbulence created by the airflow over the rear of Webber's vehicle and a block from the latter caused Salo to spin through 180 degrees on some dirt at the entry to Whiteford turn. Salo was able to restart his car and continue in sixth.[47][48]

Michael Schumacher led the final 39 laps to take his third successive Australian Grand Prix victory and the 54th of his career.[58] Montoya was 18.628 seconds behind in second position. He was a further 6.4 seconds ahead of Räikkönen,[2] who took the first podium finish of his career in third.[58] Irvine and Webber finished fourth and fifth after starting from 19th and 18th respectively.[48][58] Salo took the final point in sixth place, the first time a team scored points in its debut race since JJ Lehto finished fifth for Sauber at the 1993 South African Grand Prix.[64] Yoong came seventh with a long brake pedal and a car optimised for wet-weather.[62] De la Rosa was the final classified finisher after a misfiring engine required him to undergo a lengthy pit stop. The attrition rate was high, with eight of the twenty-two starters finishing the race.[2][57]

Post-race

The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference.[23] Michael Schumacher called his battle with Montoya "an interesting one" and "a bit back and forward", "I think as well that the tyres played a little bit of a role in that; initially I struggled to get the temperature in where these guys seemed to get faster on top of temperatures but then it went the other way around, their tyres went off and my one came in so I had a nice chance to battle a little bit and finally got first position for us, which was ideal."[65] Montoya said he enjoyed the battle and stated Ferrari had the fastest car, "I think the conditions were not the best for the tyres. Hopefully in Malaysia it is going to be hotter, it could play into our hands a little bit."[65] Räikkönen said he was surprised to finish third and spoke about the ease of overtaking other cars, "Some cars was more difficult and then it was helping me a lot big time because the safety car came out second time and I got behind the leaders and that was the main reason that I catch them, but it was quite a difficult and interesting race."[65]

Mark Webber (pictured in 2010) finished fifth and was given an impromptu podium ceremony after the race.

Ron Walker, the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, persuaded Webber and Stoddart to celebrate their fifth-place result with an impromptu ceremony on the podium, which led to a fine of £50,000 from the FIA president Max Mosley.[66] In a retrospective interview for The Weekend Australian in 2012, Stoddart called Webber's fifth-place finish "the most exciting two points in the history of Formula One".[66] Webber commented on the result, "Finishing the race fifth was unbelievable. We had people scaling catch fencing. Occupational health and safety would have gone ballistic these days. It was a unique day."[66] The result meant Webber's three-race contract with Minardi was extended to the end of the 2002 season.[66] The media compared Webber's achievement to the ice skater Steven Bradbury winning a gold medal in the men's 1000 metres short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics; both men attained success after several participants had crashed in their respective competitions.[63][67]

Following their collision, their third in the past two seasons, Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were summoned to meet the stewards, who reviewed television footage after the race. Neither driver received a penalty and were given a warning.[68] The stewards rated the crash "a racing incident", with neither competitor to blame.[50] Ralf Schumacher argued Barrichello braked earlier than normal, "I was afraid to turn into the first corner because I suddenly saw cars flying next to me. I decided to go straight on and have a nice ride through the grass, which was a good decision, otherwise I guess I would have been hit."[50] Barrichello said he was not to blame for the accident, "If he wanted to overtake on the outside, he should have moved a lot further. I didn't get in his way."[50] Jackie Stewart, the three-time world champion, argued Ralf Schumacher had misjudged the braking distance of the first corner,[69] while Coulthard stated his belief Barrichello had caused the accident by braking earlier than usual.[70]

The decision of Whiting not to stop the race after the eight-car crash was criticised. The technical director of the Jordan team Gary Anderson called it "the most absurd thing I've seen in my life".[54] Fisichella stated his belief that not halting the Grand Prix was "ridiculous",[62] and Michael Schumacher agreed the race should have been stopped.[65] Coulthard defended the decision, "I've always felt that to deprive the spectators of a number of cars as a result of an incident at the first corner isn't really good for the business. But this isn't Hollywood. You don't cut out the bits you don't like. This is real. This is racing."[56] Ralf Schumacher also backed Whiting's ruling, "Charlie Whiting took the right decision by not stopping the race. He had made it quite clear to us that he would not stop a race unless it was for safety reasons and that wasn't the case."[71]

Because this was the first race of the season, Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with ten points. Montoya was second with six points and Räikkönen was third with four points. Irvine placed fourth with three points and Webber completed the top five with two points.[2] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari became the leader with ten points. Williams were second with six points and McLaren followed in third with four points. With three points, Jaguar stood in fourth and Minardi placed fifth with two points with sixteen races left in the season.[2]

Race classification

Drivers who finished in the top six points-scoring positions are denoted in bold and by a .

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	58	1:35:36.792	2	10
2	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	58	+18.628	6	6
3	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+25.067	5	4
4	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	57	+1 Lap	19	3
5	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	56	+2 Laps	18	2
6	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	56	+2 Laps	14	1
7	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	55	+3 Laps	21
8	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+5 Laps	20
Ret	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	33	Gearbox	4
Ret	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	27	Broken wing	13
Ret	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	12	Electrical	22
Ret	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	8	Spun off	7
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	0	Collision	1
Ret	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	0	Collision	3
Ret	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	0	Collision	8
Ret	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	9
Ret	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	10
Ret	15	Jenson Button	Renault	0	Collision	11
Ret	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	0	Collision	12
Ret	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	0	Collision	16
DSQ	20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	16	Disqualified	152
DSQ	21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	15	Disqualified	172
Sources:[42]

Notes

• ^2  – Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi were disqualified for passing the red light at the exit of the pit lane and changing to the team's spare car after the commencement of the race, respectively.[55]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 10 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 6 3 Kimi Räikkönen 4 4 Eddie Irvine 3 5 Mark Webber 2 Source:[2]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 10 2 Williams-BMW 6 3 McLaren-Mercedes 4 4 Jaguar-Cosworth 3 5 Minardi-Asiatech 2 Source:[2]

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