Formula 1 World Championship 2002

Formula 1 World Championship 2002

World Champion
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	17th
<2001 season	2003 season>

Crossing the finish line at the Austrian GP in 2002, controversial stable order at Ferrari

New team: Allan McNish in the Toyota TF102 at the French GP 2002

The 2002 Formula 1 World Championship was the 53rd season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 17 races in the period from March 3, 2002 to October 13, 2002. Michael Schumacher won his 5th driver title. Ferrari won the constructors' championship for the fourth time in a row.

Changes in 2002

Regulations

At the beginning of the season, no changes were made to the regulations. a. Ferrari allowed the first races of the season to be contested with the F2001 vehicle, which was successful last year . Developments during the season, however, meant that after the season a stable order was prohibited.

Racetracks

The racing calendar remained largely unchanged compared to 2001, only the French Grand Prix and the Great Britain Grand Prix changed places.

The Hockenheimring , the venue for the German Grand Prix , was extensively rebuilt after the 2001 race : only the route around the home straight and the “Motodrom” remained, while the rest of the route was completely rebuilt. The traditional route with the forest straights was a thing of the past.

The Nürburgring , where the European Grand Prix took place as in previous years , was also rebuilt and the “Mercedes Arena” section added.

Teams

After long and extensive preparation, the car manufacturer Toyota launched its own racing team, Toyota Racing .

The former Benetton team, which had already been acquired by the French automotive group Renault in March 2000 , started in 2002 under the name Renault F1 Team .

The Formula 1 Team Prost went bankrupt after the 2001 season and ended its Formula 1 involvement. The British racing team Phoenix Finance , supported by Arrows , tried to take part in the 2002 season with a Prost chassis and older Hart engines, but did not receive approval.

Engines

Minardi announced the specially refined Ford engines, and instead used originally by Peugeot developed AsiaTech engines that had run in the previous year at Arrows. Arrows, on the other hand, was equipped with Cosworth engines, which Ford's own Jaguar team passed on to customer teams for the first time this year.

tires

McLaren switched from Bridgestone to Michelin tires. Toyota, as a new competitor, also used Michelin tires.

driver

Mika Häkkinen ended his Formula 1 career at the end of the 2001 season. Hakkinen's place at McLaren was taken over by Kimi Räikkönen , who had previously started for Sauber . Raikkonen's place at Sauber was taken over by Felipe Massa , who contested his first Formula 1 season with it. Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella swapped cockpits: Trulli started for Renault from the 2002 season , while Fisichella competed for Jordan . The second starting place at Jordan was taken over by the Formula 1 newcomer Takuma Satō . The second previous Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen switched to Arrows.

Jos Verstappen , who previously started for Arrows, and the previous Minardi drivers Tarso Marques and Fernando Alonso did not get a new Formula 1 racing team in the 2002 season. Alonso became a test driver for the Renault team in 2002. The previous Prost drivers Jean Alesi and Gastón Mazzacane ended their Formula 1 careers. Mark Webber for Minardi and Allan McNish and, after a year break, Mika Salo for Toyota were new to the starting field of the Grand Prix .

Teams and drivers

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2001B Ferrari F2002	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.	1	Michael sSchumacher	1-17	Luca Badoer Luciano Burti
					2	Rubens Barrichello	1-17
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	M.	3	David Coulthard	1-17	Jean Alesi Alexander Wurz
					4th	Kimi Raikkonen	1-17
	BMW.WilliamsF1 team	Williams FW24	BMW 3.0 V10	M.	5	Ralf Schumacher	1-17	Marc Gené Giorgio Pantano Antonio Pizzonia
					6th	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-17
	Clean Petronas	Clean C21	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.	7th	Nick Heidfeld	1-17	Neel Jani Jos Verstappen
					8th	Felipe Massa	1-15, 17
						Heinz-Harald Frentzen	16
	DHL Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ12	Honda 3.0 V10	B.	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-17	Ricardo Zonta
					10	Takuma Satō	1-17
	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 004	Honda 3.0 V10	B.	11	Jacques Villeneuve	1-17	Anthony Davidson Ryō Fukuda Patrick Lemarié Darren Manning
					12	Olivier Panis	1-17
	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R202	Renault 3.0 V10	M.	14th	Jarno Trulli	1-17	Fernando Alonso
					15th	Jenson Button	1-17
	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar R3 Jaguar R3B	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.	16	Eddie Irvine	1-17	James Courtney André Lotterer
					17th	Pedro de la Rosa	1-17
	Orange Arrows Cosworth	Arrows A23	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	20th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-12	-
					21st	Enrique Bernoldi	1-12
	KL Minardi Asiatech	Minardi PS02	Asiatech 3.0 V10	M.	22nd	Alex Yoong	1-12, 15-17	Matteo Bobbi Jirko Malchárek Tarso Marques Sergei Slobin
						Anthony Davidson	13, 14
					23	Mark Webber	1-17
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF102	Toyota 3.0 V10	M.	24	Mika Salo	1-17	Ryan Briscoe Stéphane Sarrazin
					25th	Allan McNish	1-17

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	3 March	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	307,574	Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
02	17. March	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.408	Michael sSchumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher		Williams-BMW
03	March 31	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	305.909	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael sSchumacher
04th	April 14th	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.609	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher		Ferrari
05	April 28	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	307,324	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
06th	12th of May	Austria	A1 ring	307,146	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
07th	May 26	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	262,860	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	David Coulthard
08th	June 9th	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.270	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael sSchumacher
09	23rd June	Europe	Nürburgring	308.743	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello
10	7th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,356	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher
11	21 July	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	305.886	Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	Michael sSchumacher
12	July 28th	Germany	Hockenheimring	306,458	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
13	18th of August	Hungary	Hungaroring	306.075	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello
14th	September 1	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	306,592	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
15th	September 15th	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	306.764	Juan Pablo Montoya	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello
16	September 29th	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	306,016	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello
17th	October 13th	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	308.317	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 35: 36.792
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 18.628
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 25.067
4th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
5	Mark Webber	Minardi - Asiatech	+ 1 lap
6th	Mika Salo	Toyota	+ 2 rounds

The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne took place on March 3, 2002 and covered 58 laps (307.574 km).

Rubens Barrichello took pole position ahead of Michael and Ralf Schumacher . Due to an accident between Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello on the first lap, Michael Schumacher was able to maintain his lead.

Immediately after the start, Giancarlo Fisichella, Felipe Massa, Nick Heidfeld, Jenson Button, Olivier Panis and Allan McNish dropped out due to a collision. On the eighth lap, Jarno Trulli spun out of the race because of oil on the track. Later, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve and Takuma Satō each had to end the race early due to technical problems.

Mark Webber scored points in his first race in the defeated Minardi. With Mika Salo's sixth place, the new Toyota team also made its debut with a point placement.

Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	1: 34: 12.912
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 39.699
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+1: 01.794
4th	Jenson Button	Renault	+1: 09.766
5	Nick Heidfeld	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap
6th	Felipe Massa	Clean Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur took place on March 17, 2002 and went over 56 laps of 5.543 km over a total of 310.408 km.

The pole position reached Michael Schumacher in front of Juan Pablo Montoya and Rubens Barrichello . Schumacher and Montoya collided shortly after the start. Schumacher had to go into the pits to change the front wing and fell back to last place. Montoya was able to continue from eighth place. The race management saw in Montoya who had caused the accident and imposed a penalty on driving through the pit lane.

Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher , who now took the lead, benefited from this accident . Since Barrichello later retired with an engine failure, Ralf was able to win the race. Montoya drove the fastest race lap in 1: 38.049 minutes.

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 31: 43.663
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 0.558
3	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 59.109
4th	Jenson Button	Renault	+1: 06.883
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+1: 07.563
6th	Mika Salo	Toyota	+ 1 lap

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo took place on March 31, 2002 and covered 71 laps of 4.309 km over a total of 305.909 km.

Juan Pablo Montoya secured first place on the grid ahead of Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher . At the start, Michael Schumacher overtook Montoya. Montoya tried to counter and drove into Schumacher's Ferrari from behind, so that a new front wing had to be fitted in the pits and Montoya's chances of victory were lost. In the 60th race lap, Montoya still set the fastest race lap in 1: 16.079 minutes.

As a result, Michael and Ralf Schumacher fought a close race, which Michael Schumacher could win. Heidfeld, Trulli, Panis, Frentzen, Bernoldi, Barrichello and Fisichella were canceled due to technical defects. Massa and McNish were unable to finish the race due to accidents. Villeneuve and Raikkonen completed the list of failures, but were still included in the ranking.

San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 29: 10.789
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 17.907
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 19.755
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 44.725
5	Jenson Button	Renault	+1: 23.395
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap

The Grand Prix of San Marino at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola took place on April 14, 2002 and went over 62 laps of 4.943 km over a total of 306.466 km.

Michael Schumacher took pole position ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher was able to overtake Barrichello at the start. At the first pit stop, Barrichello managed to regain second place, so that the podium places ultimately corresponded to the order in the starting grid.

Barrichello set the fastest race lap in 1: 24.170 minutes.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 30: 29.981
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 35.630
3	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 42.623
4th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean - Petronas	+1: 06.697
5	Felipe Massa	Clean Petronas	+1: 18.973
6th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows - Cosworth	+1: 20.430

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona took place on April 28, 2002 and went over 65 laps over a total of 307.323 km.

Again Michael Schumacher took the first three starting positions ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher. Barrichello had to give up after the warm-up lap with technical problems. Ralf Schumacher also did not finish due to technical problems, so that in Spain the way was cleared for Montoya and Coulthard on the podium.

Michael Schumacher, who achieved an undisputed victory, also achieved the fastest race lap in 1: 20.355 minutes.

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Austrian Grand Prix 2002

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 33: 51.562
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 0.182
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 17.730
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 18,448
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Honda	+ 49.965
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 50.672

The Austrian Grand Prix on the A1-Ring in Spielberg took place on May 12, 2002 and covered 71 laps over a total of 307.146 km.

The front starting positions were occupied by Rubens Barrichello , Ralf Schumacher and Michael Schumacher . Barrichello was able to convert his pole position into a sovereign lead and dominated the race.

On the last lap, at the behest of his team, he let his team-mate Schumacher pass shortly before the finish line in order to let him win. The audience reacted angrily and whistled what they saw as the wrong race winner. Schumacher himself then gave Barrichello the top podium at the award ceremony.

The race was also overshadowed by a serious accident between Takuma Satō and Nick Heidfeld. Heidfeld lost control of his car when braking into the second corner and collided with the Jordan Satos. Both vehicles were catapulted into the gravel bed by the collision.

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 45: 39.055
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.050
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+1: 17.450
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 1 lap
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Honda	+ 1 lap
6th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows - Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 26, 2002 and ran over 78 laps over a total of 262.860 km.

Pole position went to Juan Pablo Montoya in front of David Coulthard and Michael and Ralf Schumacher. Coulthard was able to overtake Montoya with an excellent start right from the start. After Montoya retired on lap 47 with engine failure, the way to the other two podium positions was clear for the Schumacher brothers.

Rubens Barrichello drove the fastest race lap in 1: 18.023 minutes, but was only able to achieve seventh place overall.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 33: 36,111
2	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1.132
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 7.082
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 37.563
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Honda	+ 49.965
6th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 48.947

The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal took place on June 9, 2002 and went over 70 laps over a total of 305.270 km.

Montoya reached pole position ahead of Ferrari drivers Schumacher and Barrichello. He lost the lead because he had to make a pit stop to change tires on lap 14 due to problems with the brake balance. He was in second place for a long time until he retired with engine failure on lap 57. Before that, he drove the fastest race lap in 1: 15.960 minutes.

After Montoya fell back, the way was clear for Michael Schumacher's victory, which marked Ferrari's 150th victory in a Formula 1 race.

Coulthard was able to improve his position by two places to sixth at the start. After a late pit stop on lap 49, he pushed Barrichello from second place and did not give it up until the finish.

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 35: 07.426
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 0.294
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 46.435
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+1: 06.963
5	Jenson Button	Renault	+1: 16.943
6th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on June 23, 2002 and covered 60 laps over a total of 308.743 km.

The front row of the grid was occupied by the Williams-BMW drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher was able to convert this starting position into fourth place at the finish. Montoya collided with Coulthard on lap 27. Both drivers dropped out prematurely.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap in 1: 32.226 minutes and finally finished second behind the winner Rubens Barrichello.

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 31: 45.015
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 14,578
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 31.661
4th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR - Honda	+ 1 lap
5	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap
6th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone took place on July 7, 2002 and went over 60 laps for a total of 308.356 km.

Juan Pablo Montoya had won pole position ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher.

Victory in the race in wet conditions went to Michael Schumacher, who was able to claim his 60th Grand Prix victory.

Second-placed Barrichello drove the fastest race lap in 1: 23.083 minutes.

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 32: 09.837
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1.105
3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 31.976
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 40.676
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 41.773
6th	Jenson Button	Renault	+ 1 lap

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours took place on July 21, 2002 and covered 72 laps for a total of 305.886 km.

Pole position went to Juan Pablo Montoya again. The Ferrari drivers Schumacher and Barrichello took second and third place on the grid.

Michael Schumacher won the race just ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and was thus able to secure his fifth driver's world title ahead of schedule.

David Coulthard drove the fastest race lap in 1: 15.045 minutes.

A curiosity was offered by the bankrupt racing team Arrows , which deliberately missed qualifying for the race with both cars in order to avoid the monetary claims of various creditors.

Giancarlo Fisichella did not take part in the race due to a training accident.

Grand Prix of Germany

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 27: 52.078
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 10.503
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 14,466
4th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 23.195
5	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap
6th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim took place on July 28, 2002 and covered 67 laps for a total of 306.458 km.

The first two starting positions were taken by Michael and Ralf Schumacher, followed by Michael's team-mate Barrichello and Ralf's team-mate Montoya. These four drivers also largely determined the course of the race.

Michael Schumacher set the fastest race lap in 1: 16.462 minutes. 12 of the 21 drivers who started could not finish the race, mainly due to technical problems.

After this race, the Arrows racing team filed for bankruptcy.

Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 41: 49.001
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 0.434
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 13.355
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 29,479
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 37,800
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan - Honda	+1: 08.804

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Budapest took place on August 18, 2002 and covered 77 laps over a total of 306.075 km.

Rubens Barrichello reached pole position in qualifying ahead of Michael and Ralf Schumacher. At the end of the race, the drivers stood in the same order on the podium at the award ceremony. Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap in 1: 16.207 minutes.

Of the 20 riders who started - Arrows was registered with Frentzen and Bernoldi, but withdrew the report before the start - 16 riders crossed the finish line. Button and Davidson dropped out due to driving errors, Irvine and Villeneuve could not finish the race due to technical defects.

Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 21: 20.634
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 1.977
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 18.445
4th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 19.357
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 56.440
6th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar - Cosworth	+1: 17.370

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on September 1, 2002 and covered a distance of 44 laps for a total of 306.575 km.

Michael Schumacher took pole position ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello. After Raikkonen retired on the 35th lap with an engine failure, Ferrari was able to celebrate a double victory again: Schumacher won ahead of Barrichello and Williams-BMW driver Montoya.

Michael Schumacher set the fastest race lap in 1: 47.176 minutes on lap 15. In addition to Räikkönen, eight other drivers with technical defects - Panis, Fisichella, Massa, de la Rosa, Trulli, Davidson, Button and Webber - were canceled.

Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 16: 19.982
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 0.255
3	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 52.579
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 58.219
5	Jenson Button	Renault	+1: 07.770
6th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	+1: 08.491

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 15, 2002 and went over 53 laps over a total of 306.749 km.

Juan Pablo Montoya secured first place on the grid ahead of Michael and Ralf Schumacher in qualifying. Ralf Schumacher took the lead on the fourth lap of the race, but retired a short time later with engine failure. For the next laps, Barrichello, who started from fourth place, led the race.

From the 20th lap of the race, Michael Schumacher was only able to lead the race for eight laps, after which Barrichello took the lead again and won the race. Barrichello also set the fastest race lap in 1: 23.657 minutes.

Montoya dropped out on lap 33 due to suspension problems, so Eddie Irvine went third on the podium.

United States Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 31: 07.934
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 0.011
3	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 7.700
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 9.911
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 56.847
6th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR - Honda	+ 58.211

The US Grand Prix in Indianapolis took place on September 29, 2002 and went over 73 laps for a total of 306.016 km.

Michael Schumacher achieved pole position in qualifying ahead of Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard. Barrichello set the fastest race lap on lap 27 in 1: 12.735 minutes.

The race went down in recent F1 history as the two first-placed finishers were extremely close. During the entire race, Michael Schumacher was in the lead ahead of his team-mate Barrichello, who always followed him within striking distance. Shortly before the finish line, the German took off the gas to intentionally bring about a so-called "photo finish". Barrichello accidentally overtook Schumacher and won the race. The actual winner described this as "reparation" for the victory in Austria.

Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 26: 59.698
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 0.506
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 23.292
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 36.275
5	Takuma Satō	Jordan - Honda	+1: 22.694
6th	Jenson Button	Renault	+ 1 lap

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 13, 2002 and went over 53 laps for a total of 308.317 km.

The starting line-up was again Michael Schumacher in front of Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard. In contrast to the previous race, Coulthard was unable to convert his third place on the grid into a podium position, as he retired on the 53rd lap of the race with technical problems.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap in 1: 36.125 minutes. He also won the race almost in one start-to-finish victory: he led the race in 52 of 53 laps. Only in lap 21 was the lead with Barrichello.

Qualifying duels

driver : driver  Ferrari  Michael sSchumacher 13: 4  Rubens Barrichello  McLaren-Mercedes  David Coulthard 7:10  Kimi Raikkonen  Williams-BMW  Ralf Schumacher 8: 9  Juan Pablo Montoya  Clean Petronas  Nick Heidfeld 11: 5  Felipe Massa 1-0  Heinz-Harald Frentzen  Jordan Honda  Giancarlo Fisichella 12: 5  Takuma Satō  BAR Honda  Jacques Villeneuve 10: 7  Olivier Panis

driver : driver  Renault  Jarno Trulli 12: 5  Jenson Button  Jaguar Cosworth  Eddie Irvine 10: 7  Pedro de la Rosa  Arrows-Cosworth  Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11: 1  Enrique Bernoldi  Minardi-Asiatech  Alex Yoong 0:15  Mark Webber  Anthony Davidson 0: 2  Toyota  Mika Salo 15: 2  Allan McNish

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the 2002 Formula 1 season

The world champion will be the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The first six drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																		Points
01	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	144
02	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNS	2	7th	3	1	2	DNS	4th	1	2	1	1	2	77
03	J. Montoya	Williams-BMW	2	2	5	4th	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	4th	2	11	3	DNF	4th	4th	50
04th	R. Schumacher	Williams-BMW	DNF	1	2	3	11 *	4th	3	7th	4th	8th	5	3	3	5	DNF	16	11 *	42
05	D. Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	DNF	3	6th	3	6th	1	2	DNF	10	3	5	5	4th	7th	3	DNF	41
06th	K. Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	3	DNF	12 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	24
07th	J. Button	Renault	DNF	4th	4th	5	12 *	7th	DNF	15 *	5	12 *	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	8th	6th	14th
08th	J. Trulli	Renault	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	10 *	DNF	4th	6th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	4th	5	DNF	9
09	E. Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	3	10	9	8th
10	N. Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	DNF	5	DNF	10	4th	DNF	8th	12	7th	6th	7th	6th	9	10	10	9	7th	7th
11	G. Fisichella	Jordan Honda	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	5	5	DNF	7th	DNS	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	7th
12	J. Villeneuve	BAR Honda	DNF	8th	10 *	7th	7th	10 *	DNF	DNF	12	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	9	6th	DNF	4th
13	F. Massa	Clean Petronas	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	9	6th	9	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	DNF		DNF	4th
14th	O. Panis	BAR Honda	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	9	5	DNF	DNF	12	12 *	6th	12	DNF	3
15th	T. Satō	Jordan Honda	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	16	DNF	DNF	8th	10	11	12	11	5	2
16	M. Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	5	DNF	11	11	DNS	12	11	11	15th	DNF	8th	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	2
17th	M. Salo	Toyota	6th	12	6th	DNF	9	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	15th	7th	11	14th	8th	2
18th	H. Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	DSQ	11	DNF	DNF	6th	11	6th	13	13	DNF	DNQ	DNF						2
		Clean Petronas																13		0
19th	A. McNish	Toyota	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	8th	9	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	11 *	DNF	14th	9	DNF	15th	DNS	0
20th	A. Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	7th	DNF	13	DNQ	DNS	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNQ	10	DNQ			13	DNF	DNF	0
21st	P. de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	8th	10	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	10	11	9	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
22nd	E. Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	DSQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	10	DNF	DNQ	DNF						0
-	A. Davidson	Minardi-Asiatech													DNF	DNF				0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																		Points
01	Ferrari	01	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	221
		02	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNS	2	7th	3	1	2	DNS	4th	1	2	1	1	2
02	Williams-BMW	05	DNF	1	2	3	11 *	4th	3	7th	4th	8th	5	3	3	5	DNF	16	11 *	92
		06th	2	2	5	4th	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	4th	2	11	3	DNF	4th	4th
03	McLaren-Mercedes	03	DNF	DNF	3	6th	3	6th	1	2	DNF	10	3	5	5	4th	7th	3	DNF	65
		04th	3	DNF	12 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3
04th	Renault	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	10 *	DNF	4th	6th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	4th	5	DNF	23
		15th	DNF	4th	4th	5	12 *	7th	DNF	15 *	5	12 *	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	8th	6th
05	Clean Petronas	07th	DNF	5	DNF	10	4th	DNF	8th	12	7th	6th	7th	6th	9	10	10	9	7th	11
		08th	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	9	6th	9	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	DNF	13	DNF
06th	Jordan Honda	09	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	5	5	DNF	7th	DNS	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	9
		10	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	16	DNF	DNF	8th	10	11	12	11	5
07th	Jaguar Cosworth	16	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	3	10	9	8th
		17th	8th	10	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	10	11	9	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
08th	BAR Honda	11	DNF	8th	10	7th	7th	10	DNF	DNF	12	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	9	6th	DNF	7th
		12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	9	5	DNF	DNF	12	12	6th	12	DNF
09	Minardi-Asiatech	22nd	7th	DNF	13	DNQ	DNS	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNQ	10	DNQ	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	2
		23	5	DNF	11	11	DNS	12	11	11	15th	DNF	8th	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	10
10	Toyota	24	6th	12	6th	DNF	9	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	15th	7th	11	14th	8th	2
		25th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	8th	9	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	11	DNF	14th	9	DNF	15th	DNS
11	Arrows-Cosworth	20th	DSQ	11	DNF	DNF	6th	11	6th	13	13	DNF	DNQ	DNF						2
		21st	DSQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	10	DNF	DNQ	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 World Championship 2002  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 2002 (English)