Flag: | AUS |
Grand Prix: | Australian |
Official Name: | SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix[1] [2] [3] |
Location: | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit |
Course Mi: | 2.764 |
Course Km: | 4.448 |
Race No: | 15 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 20 October |
Year: | 2002 |
Pole Rider Motogp: | Jeremy McWilliams |
Pole Rider Motogp Country: | UK |
Pole Rider Motogp Bike: | Proton KR |
Pole Time Motogp: | 1:31.919 |
Fast Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
Fast Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Fast Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Fast Time Motogp: | 1:32.233 on lap 11 |
First Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
First Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
First Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Second Rider Motogp: | Alex Barros |
Second Rider Motogp Country: | Brazil |
Second Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Third Rider Motogp: | Tohru Ukawa |
Third Rider Motogp Country: | Japan |
Third Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
Pole Rider 250: | Fonsi Nieto |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Pole Time 250: | 1:33.904 |
Fast Rider 250: | Marco Melandri |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Fast Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Fast Time 250: | 1:34.072 on lap 22 |
First Rider 250: | Marco Melandri |
First Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
First Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Second Rider 250: | Fonsi Nieto |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 250 Bike: | Aprilia |
Third Rider 250: | Sebastián Porto |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Argentina |
Third Rider 250 Bike: | Yamaha |
Pole Rider 125: | Manuel Poggiali |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | San Marino |
Pole Rider 125 Bike: | Gilera |
Pole Time 125: | 1:38.632 |
Fast Rider 125: | Daniel Pedrosa |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Fast Rider 125 Bike: | Honda |
Fast Time 125: | 1:37.983 on lap 23 |
First Rider 125: | Manuel Poggiali |
First Rider 125 Country: | San Marino |
First Rider 125 Bike: | Gilera |
Second Rider 125: | Lucio Cecchinello |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
Third Rider 125: | Pablo Nieto |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Third Rider 125 Bike: | Aprilia |
The 2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 October 2002 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 42:02.041 | 7 | 25 | |
2 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +9.782 | 5 | 20 | |
3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +11.134 | 6 | 16 | |
4 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +11.327 | 10 | 13 | |
5 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 27 | +11.414 | 4 | 11 | |
6 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +20.937 | 8 | 10 | |
7 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +22.505 | 3 | 9 | |
8 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +26.642 | 17 | 8 | |
9 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 27 | +26.692 | 12 | 7 | |
10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +31.994 | 1 | 6 | |
11 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +34.563 | 20 | 5 | |
12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 27 | +38.827 | 15 | 4 | |
13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +45.418 | 16 | 3 | |
14 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +52.542 | 18 | 2 | |
15 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 27 | +52.765 | 21 | 1 | |
16 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +1:12.169 | 14 | ||
17 | 84 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1:12.196 | 19 | ||
18 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 2 | ||
Ret | 72 | Shinichi Ito | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 13 | ||
Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 11 | ||
Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 9 | ||
DNS | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | Did not start | ||||
Sources:[4] [5] [6] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 25 | 39:44.293 | 2 | 25 | |
2 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +0.007 | 1 | 20 | |
3 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 25 | +5.766 | 3 | 16 | |
4 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 25 | +16.042 | 9 | 13 | |
5 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 25 | +18.917 | 4 | 11 | |
6 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 25 | +18.985 | 5 | 10 | |
7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 25 | +21.349 | 6 | 9 | |
8 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 25 | +39.582 | 12 | 8 | |
9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 25 | +46.230 | 8 | 7 | |
10 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 25 | +50.645 | 13 | 6 | |
11 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 25 | +55.268 | 15 | 5 | |
12 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 25 | +55.288 | 7 | 4 | |
13 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 25 | +1:07.391 | 11 | 3 | |
14 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 25 | +1:09.565 | 16 | 2 | |
15 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 25 | +1:09.973 | 18 | 1 | |
16 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 25 | +1:10.270 | 21 | ||
17 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 25 | +1:10.368 | 22 | ||
18 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 25 | +1:10.966 | 10 | ||
19 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | +1:25.241 | 19 | ||
20 | 79 | Russell Holland | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | ||
Ret | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 24 | ||
Ret | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 16 | Accident | 17 | ||
Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 14 | ||
Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 20 | ||
DNS | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 23 | ||
DNQ | 81 | Mark Stanley | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | 80 | Earl Lynch | Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | 78 | Peter Taplin | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
Source:[7] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 23 | 38:08.028 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 23 | +1.252 | 5 | 20 | |
3 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +1.310 | 6 | 16 | |
4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +1.414 | 2 | 13 | |
5 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 23 | +1.575 | 10 | 11 | |
6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 23 | +5.615 | 7 | 10 | |
7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +16.861 | 4 | 9 | |
8 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +21.544 | 17 | 8 | |
9 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 23 | +21.833 | 16 | 7 | |
10 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 23 | +22.168 | 9 | 6 | |
11 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 23 | +28.012 | 12 | 5 | |
12 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 23 | +32.645 | 13 | 4 | |
13 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 23 | +33.386 | 14 | 3 | |
14 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 23 | +39.047 | 19 | 2 | |
15 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 23 | +39.117 | 24 | 1 | |
16 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 23 | +39.282 | 20 | ||
17 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 23 | +55.604 | 21 | ||
18 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 23 | +57.689 | 25 | ||
19 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 23 | +57.861 | 27 | ||
20 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 23 | +58.141 | 28 | ||
21 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 23 | +58.148 | 26 | ||
22 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 23 | +1:28.678 | 29 | ||
23 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 23 | +1:32.597 | 30 | ||
24 | 72 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 23 | +1:32.853 | 33 | ||
25 | 83 | Joshua Waters | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 32 | ||
26 | 64 | Peter Holmes | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 35 | ||
27 | 82 | Jeremy Crowe | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 36 | ||
Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 18 | Accident | 22 | ||
Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 18 | Retirement | 23 | ||
Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 3 | ||
Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 14 | Accident | 11 | ||
Ret | 77 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 7 | Accident | 31 | ||
Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 15 | ||
Ret | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 6 | Retirement | 34 | ||
Ret | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 8 | ||
Ret | 37 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 18 | ||
DNQ | 81 | Tim Inkster | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
Source:[8] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Valentino Rossi | 335 | |
2 | Max Biaggi | 199 | |
3 | Tohru Ukawa | 198 | |
4 | Alex Barros | 179 | |
5 | Carlos Checa | 141 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda | 365 | |
2 | Yamaha | 256 | |
3 | Suzuki | 140 | |
4 | / Proton KR | 88 | |
5 | Aprilia | 33 |