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Home / Seasons / 2002 F1 World Championship Season / 2002 Australian Grand Prix

2002 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 March 2002
Winner
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Rubens Barrichello
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Kimi Raikkonen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 17
Race numbers

The 2002 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 681st World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2002 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2001 Japanese Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari581hr 35m 36.792s10
2+4(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW58+18.627s6
3+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes58+25.066s4
4+15(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth57+1 lap3
5+13(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech56+2 laps2
6+8(FIN) Mika SaloToyota56+2 laps1
7+14(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech55+3 laps 
8+12(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth53+5 laps 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes33DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda27DNF 
DQ (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenArrows-Cosworth16DSQ 
DQ (BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Cosworth15DSQ 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda12DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault8DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari0DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW0DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda0DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas0DNF 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas0DNF 
R (GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault0DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda0DNF 
R (GBR) Allan McNishToyota0DNF 

Notes

  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen was disqualified for passing the red light at the exit of the pit lane.
  • Enrique Bernoldi was disqualified for changing to the spare car after the start of the race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
7(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda
9(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault
12(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
14(FIN) Mika SaloToyota
15  
16(GBR) Allan McNishToyota
17  
18(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech
19(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth
20(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth
21(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech
22(JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda
Started from the pit lane
 (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenArrows-Cosworth
 (BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:25.843 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:25.8480.005
3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:26.2790.436
4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.4460.603
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.1611.318
6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:27.2491.406
7(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:27.7101.867
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda1:27.8692.026
9(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:27.9722.129
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:28.2322.389
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault1:28.3612.518
12(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:28.3812.538
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:28.6572.814
14(FIN) Mika SaloToyota1:29.2053.362
15(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenArrows-Cosworth1:29.4743.631
16(GBR) Allan McNishToyota1:29.6363.793
17(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Cosworth1:29.7383.895
18(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech1:30.0864.243
19(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:30.1134.270
20(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth1:30.1924.349
21(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech1:31.5045.661
22(JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda1:53.35127.508

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher10
2(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya6
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen4
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine3
5(AUS) Mark Webber2
6(FIN) Mika Salo1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari10
2Williams-BMW6
3McLaren-Mercedes4
4Jaguar-Cosworth3
5Minardi-Asiatech2
6Toyota1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Felipe Massa
Allan McNish
Takuma Sato (first Japanese driver to start a race since 1999)
Mark Webber (first Australian driver to start a race since 1994)
Toyota
Milestone race start
100th for Jacques Villeneuve (47th driver to start 100 races, 1st Canadian driver)
Wins
54th for Michael Schumacher
145th for Ferrari
Podiums
98th for Michael Schumacher
5th for Juan Pablo Montoya
1st for Kimi Raikkonen (183rd different podium finisher, 5th Finnish driver)
482nd for Ferrari
341st for McLaren
261st for Williams
Poles
4th for Rubens Barrichello (first since 2000)
149th for Ferrari
1-2 start
50th for Ferrari (3rd constructor to start 1-2 in 50 races)
Fastest laps
1st for Kimi Raikkonen (104th different fastest lap setter, 3rd Finnish driver)
108th for McLaren
Front row starts
71st for Michael Schumacher
9th for Rubens Barrichello
Points finishes
1st for Mark Webber (285th different point scorer, 4th Australian driver)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2002 World Championship season

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