Tochigi Prefecture  2002 Pacific Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 October 2002
Official nameGauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Time 1:49.052
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros Honda
Time 1:49.947 on lap 24
Podium
First Brazil Alex Barros Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Third Italy Loris Capirossi Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
Time 1:52.389
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 1:53.392 on lap 22
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Second Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia
Third Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:58.026
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:58.354 on lap 12
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Second San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera
Third Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia

The 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 October 2002 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 44:18.913 5 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1.641 6 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +7.672 3 16
4 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +18.120 7 13
5 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +25.036 4 11
6 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +29.201 8 10
7 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +32.902 9 9
8 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +33.287 14 8
9 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +35.949 13 7
10 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +37.355 10 6
11 55 France Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +49.039 12 5
12 45 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 24 +49.181 19 4
13 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 24 +49.589 20 3
14 21 United States John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +52.071 16 2
15 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 24 +52.180 21 1
16 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +1:00.485 17
17 8 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1:02.232 15
Ret 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 Retirement 2
Ret 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 8 Retirement 1
Ret 48 Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Accident 18
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 5 Retirement 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 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 23 43:52.991 5 25
2 3 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 23 +0.175 2 20
3 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +4.431 4 16
4 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +8.200 1 13
5 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +8.812 7 11
6 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 23 +9.826 8 10
7 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +11.828 9 9
8 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +12.726 6 8
9 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +26.167 17 7
10 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +32.236 10 6
11 92 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +32.378 13 5
12 71 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 23 +39.383 19 4
13 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 +39.647 20 3
14 70 Japan Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 23 +41.386 16 2
15 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 23 +46.952 18 1
16 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +52.179 12
17 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 23 +52.663 21
18 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +54.119 11
19 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 23 +54.765 22
20 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +59.082 25
21 42 Spain David Checa Aprilia 23 +59.500 24
22 32 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +1:21.658 27
23 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 23 +1:34.406 29
24 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +1:49.925 28
Ret 68 Japan Tekkyu Kayo Yamaha 19 Retirement 15
Ret 51 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 12 Retirement 23
Ret 19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 12 Retirement 26
Ret 22 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 9 Retirement 30
Ret 17 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 Retirement 3
Ret 69 Japan Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 0 Retirement 14
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 41:43.377 1 25
2 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +8.071 2 20
3 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +8.701 3 16
4 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +15.425 7 13
5 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +24.565 8 11
6 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 21 +29.584 17 10
7 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +33.107 9 9
8 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 21 +34.920 22 8
9 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21 +36.050 12 7
10 97 Japan Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 21 +36.447 26 6
11 66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +40.056 21 5
12 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +44.663 13 4
13 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera 21 +49.699 14 3
14 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +50.072 18 2
15 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +52.708 4 1
16 95 Japan Takashi Yasuda Honda 21 +1:00.232 24
17 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 21 +1:00.548 15
18 5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 +1:01.741 11
19 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 21 +1:04.115 20
20 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 21 +1:07.131 30
21 8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +1:07.170 25
22 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +1:07.781 32
23 20 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 21 +1:11.559 34
24 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +1:21.111 35
25 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 21 +1:27.070 29
26 19 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +1:33.030 37
27 9 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +1:48.799 23
28 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 19 +2 laps 31
Ret 65 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 20 Accident 27
Ret 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 18 Retirement 6
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 13 Retirement 16
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 10 Accident 19
Ret 68 Japan Akira Komuro Honda 6 Accident 33
Ret 72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 6 Accident 28
Ret 42 Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet 4 Retirement 36
Ret 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1 Accident 5
Ret 67 Japan Hideyuki Ogata Honda 0 Accident 10
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

References

  1. ^ "2002 Pacific MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - 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 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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