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2002 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round11 of 17
Race numbers

The 2002 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 691st World Championship race
  • 52nd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
  • 2002 Drivers’ title decider
  • 2002 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari721hr 32m 09.837s10
2+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes72+1.105s6
3+3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes72+31.976s4
4-3(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW72+40.676s3
5 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW72+41.773s2
6+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault71+1 lap1
7+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
8+10(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech71+1 lap 
9+6(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth70+2 laps 
10+9(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech68+4 laps 
11+6(GBR) Allan McNishToyota65DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth52DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault49DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas48DNF 
R (FIN) Mika SaloToyota48DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda35DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda29DNF 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda23DNF 
Did not start
  (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari   
  (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda   

Notes

  • Allan McNish ended lap 65 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Giancarlo Fisichella withdrew from the Grand Prix due to injury.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:11.985 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:12.0080.023
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:12.1970.212
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.2440.259
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:12.4240.439
6(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.4980.513
7(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault1:12.7610.776
8(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:13.0301.045
9(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:13.1881.203
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:13.3701.385
11(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:13.4571.472
12(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:13.5011.516
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:13.5061.521
14(JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda1:13.5421.557
15(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth1:13.6561.671
16(FIN) Mika SaloToyota1:13.8371.852
17(GBR) Allan McNishToyota1:13.9491.964
18(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech1:14.8002.815
19(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech1:16.7984.813
Did not qualify
20(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenArrows-Cosworth1:18.4976.512
21(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Cosworth1:19.8437.858

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher96
2(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya34
3(BRA) Rubens Barrichello32
4(DEU) Ralf Schumacher32
5(GBR) David Coulthard30
6(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen17
7(GBR) Jenson Button11
8(DEU) Nick Heidfeld6
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella6
10(ITA) Jarno Trulli4
11(BRA) Felipe Massa4
12(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve3
13(GBR) Eddie Irvine3
14(FRA) Olivier Panis2
15(AUS) Mark Webber2
16(FIN) Mika Salo2
17(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari128
2Williams-BMW66
3McLaren-Mercedes47
4Renault15
5Sauber-Petronas10
6Jordan-Honda6
7BAR-Honda5
8Jaguar-Cosworth3
9Minardi-Asiatech2
10Toyota2
11Arrows-Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

World Champion
5th title for Michael Schumacher (2nd driver to win five championships, 1st German driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
Wins
61st for Michael Schumacher
153rd for Ferrari
Podiums
108th for Michael Schumacher
56th for David Coulthard
3rd for Kimi Raikkonen
497th for Ferrari
347th & 348th for McLaren
Poles
9th for Juan Pablo Montoya
118th for Williams
Fastest laps
18th and last for David Coulthard (last British driver to set a fastest lap until 2007)
109th for McLaren
Front row starts
77th for Michael Schumacher
12th for Juan Pablo Montoya
Points finishes
125th for Michael Schumacher