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2002 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round17 of 17
Race numbers

The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 697th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 16th World Championship race at Suzuka
More 2002 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari531hr 26m 59.698s10
2 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari53+0.506s6
3+1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes53+23.292s4
4+2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW53+36.275s3
5+2(JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda53+1m 22.694s2
6+4(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault52+1 lap1
7+5(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas52+1 lap 
8+5(FIN) Mika SaloToyota52+1 lap 
9+5(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth52+1 lap 
10+9(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech51+2 laps 
11-6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW48DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth39DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda37DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault32DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda27DNF 
R (MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech14DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda8DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes7DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas3DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Allan McNishToyota   

Notes

  • Ralf Schumacher ended lap 48 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:31.317 
2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:31.7490.432
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.0880.771
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.1970.880
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:32.4441.127
6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:32.5071.190
7(JPN) Takuma SatoJordan-Honda1:33.0901.773
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Honda1:33.2761.959
9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:33.3492.032
10(GBR) Jenson ButtonRenault1:33.4292.112
11(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:33.5472.230
12(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:33.5532.236
13(FIN) Mika SaloToyota1:33.7422.425
14(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:33.9152.598
15(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:33.9792.662
16(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:34.1922.875
17(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth1:34.2272.910
18(GBR) Allan McNishToyota1:35.1913.874
19(AUS) Mark WebberMinardi-Asiatech1:35.9584.641
20(MYS) Alex YoongMinardi-Asiatech1:36.2674.950

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher144
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello77
3(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya50
4(DEU) Ralf Schumacher42
5(GBR) David Coulthard41
6(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen24
7(GBR) Jenson Button14
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli9
9(GBR) Eddie Irvine8
10(DEU) Nick Heidfeld7
11(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella7
12(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve4
13(BRA) Felipe Massa4
14(FRA) Olivier Panis3
15(JPN) Takuma Sato2
16(AUS) Mark Webber2
17(FIN) Mika Salo2
18(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari221
2Williams-BMW92
3McLaren-Mercedes65
4Renault23
5Sauber-Petronas11
6Jordan-Honda9
7Jaguar-Cosworth8
8BAR-Honda7
9Minardi-Asiatech2
10Toyota2
11Arrows-Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Last start
Eddie Irvine
Mika Salo
Alex Yoong
Milestone race start
100th for Ralf Schumacher (50th driver to start 100 races, 4th German driver)
50th for Nick Heidfeld (103rd driver to start 50 races, 7th German driver)
Wins
64th for Michael Schumacher
159th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
61st for Ferrari
Podiums
114th for Michael Schumacher
35th for Rubens Barrichello
4th for Kimi Raikkonen
507th & 508th for Ferrari
350th for McLaren (2nd constructor to score 350 podiums)
Poles
50th for Michael Schumacher (2nd driver to take 50 pole positions, 1st German driver)
158th for Ferrari
1-2 start
54th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
51st for Michael Schumacher
159th for Ferrari
Front row starts
83rd for Michael Schumacher
15th for Rubens Barrichello
Points finishes
1st for Takuma Sato (287th different point scorer, 5th Japanese driver)
Pole & win
25th for Michael Schumacher
Win & fastest lap
31st for Michael Schumacher
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
12th for Michael Schumacher NEW RECORD