2002 Australian Grand Prix

 2002 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 17 races in the 2002 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVII Australian Grand Prix
Date:	March 3, 2002
Place:	Melbourne
Course:	Albert Park Circuit
Length:	307.574 km in 58 laps of 5.303 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 127,000
Pole position
Driver:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time:	1: 25.843 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 28.541 min (lap 37)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2002 Australian Grand Prix took place on March 3rd at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne and was the first race of the 2002 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Toyota competed in Formula 1 for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix. The Benetton team was taken over by Renault , who competed as a works team in Formula 1 for the first time since 1985 .

With Michael Schumacher (twice), David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine (once each), three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa , Allan McNish , Takuma Satō and Mark Webber made their Formula 1 debut. Mika Salo returned to Formula 1 after a year-long hiatus for Toyota.

training

On Friday, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap time ahead of his Ferrari team- mate Rubens Barrichello and his brother Ralf Schumacher . In the Saturday training sessions, Michael Schumacher again took the lead ahead of Barrichello. Third was Juan Pablo Montoya .

Qualifying

Qualifying started under dry conditions. First, qualifying was canceled to recover the racing car from debutant Sato, which had broken down. Then it started to rain, so that most of the drivers only achieved one fastest lap. Barrichello achieved pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher and his brother Ralf. The Brazilian was only 5 thousandths of a second faster than his team mate. Satō, who could only show one time in the wet, was admitted to the race , although he had failed to meet the 107 percent rule .

Warm up

The warm-up on Sunday morning took place under wet conditions. Michael Schumacher achieved the fastest lap ahead of his team-mate Barrichello. David Coulthard took third place.

run

Second-placed Michael Schumacher did not have such a good start compared to his brother and Barrichello and therefore there was a duel between Ralf Schumacher and the leading Barrichello before the first corner. Ralf Schumacher drove close to Barrichello and finally collided with the Ferrari driver. He took off and flew over Barrichello into the run-off zone. In addition to the two drivers, Fisichella , Massa, Heidfeld , Button , Panis and McNish were eliminated in the first corner. Kimi Raikkonen was also involved in the start-up accident, but he was able to continue. His team-mate Coulthard finally took the lead from Jarno Trulli . Michael Schumacher was fourth behind Montoya.

The race was not interrupted, but the safety car came onto the track. After restarting the race, Trulli retired on lap eight. In the further course there were some changes in leadership: Michael Schumacher took the lead in the eleventh lap and handed it over to Montoya one lap later. On the 17th lap, Schumacher took the lead again and held it until the end of the race.

The Jordan team, whose pilot Satō had suffered an electrical damage, had to complain about another failure . In addition, Jacques Villeneuve retired with an accident after a rear wing fracture and Coulthard with a gearbox failure. The Arrows pilots who started from the pit lane were both disqualified in the early stages of the Grand Prix. Enrique Bernoldi , because he changed the car too late, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen , because he drove out of the pit lane when he was red.

In the end, eight pilots, of which the first three were in the lead lap, reached the finish. Michael Schumacher won the race ahead of Montoya and Raikkonen. Jaguar driver Eddie Irvine finished fourth. In the last few laps there was a duel for fifth place between Webber and Salo. Webber managed to defend his position and in the first race, which was also his home Grand Prix , he scored the first points in Formula 1 for Minardi . Salo in the TF102, on the other hand, scored the first point for Toyota in sixth place.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F2001	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.
	02	Rubens Barrichello
West McLaren Mercedes	03	David Coulthard	McLaren MP4-17	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	M.
	04th	Kimi Raikkonen
BMW.WilliamsF1 team	05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams FW24	BMW 3.0 V10	M.
	06th	Juan Pablo Montoya
Clean Petronas	07th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean C21	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.
	08th	Felipe Massa
DHL Jordan Honda	09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan EJ12	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	10	Takuma Satō
Lucky Strike BAR Honda	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR 004	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	12	Olivier Panis
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	14th	Jarno Trulli	Renault R202	Renault 3.0 V10	M.
	15th	Jenson Button
Jaguar Racing	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar R3	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.
	17th	Pedro de la Rosa
Orange Arrows Cosworth	20th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows A23	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.
	21st	Enrique Bernoldi
KL Minardi Asiatech	22nd	Alex Yoong	Minardi PS02	Asiatech 3.0 V10	M.
	23	Mark Webber
Panasonic Toyota Racing	24	Mika Salo	Toyota TF102	Toyota 3.0 V10	M.
	25th	Allan McNish

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 25.843	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 25.848	02
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 26.279	03
04th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.446	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 27.161	05
06th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 27.249	06th
07th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1: 27.710	07th
08th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan Honda	1: 27.869	08th
09	Felipe Massa	Clean Petronas	1: 27.972	09
10	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 28.232	10
11	Jenson Button	Renault	1: 28.361	11
12	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 28.381	12
13	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 28.657	13
14th	Mika Salo	Toyota	1: 29.205	14th
15th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	1: 29.474	15th
16	Allan McNish	Toyota	1: 29.636	16
17th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	1: 29.738	17th
18th	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1: 30.086	18th
19th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 30.113	19th
20th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 30.192	20th
21st	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1: 31.504	21st
107 percent time : 1: 31.852 min (based on the best time of 1: 25.843 min)
DNQ	Takuma Satō	Jordan Honda	1: 53.351	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Satō failed because of the 107 percent rule (1: 31.852 min) because he could not show a lap time in the dry. He was still allowed to race.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	58	1	1: 35: 36.795	02	1: 28.628 (32nd)
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	58	1	+ 18.624	06th	1: 29,143 (35.)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	58	2	+ 25.066	05	1: 28,541 (37th)
04th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	57	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 32,548 (36th)
05	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	56	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 33.296 (52nd)
06th	Mika Salo	Toyota	56	2	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 32.225 (53.)
07th	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	55	1	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 34.653 (36th)
08th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	53	2	+ 5 rounds	20th	1: 31,539 (51st)
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	33	-	DNF	04th	1: 31.186 (21.)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	27	2	DNF	13	1: 33,540 (25.)
-	Takuma Satō	Jordan Honda	12	1	DNF	22nd	1: 35.197 ( 08.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Renault	8th	-	DNF	07th	1: 34.233 ( 07.)
-	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	0	-	DNF	01	-
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	0	-	DNF	03	-
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan Honda	0	-	DNF	08th	-
-	Felipe Massa	Clean Petronas	0	-	DNF	09	-
-	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	0	-	DNF	10	-
-	Jenson Button	Renault	0	-	DNF	11	-
-	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	0	-	DNF	12	-
-	Allan McNish	Toyota	0	-	DNF	16	-
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	16	1	DSQ	15th	1: 33,534 (16.)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	15th	1	DSQ	17th	1: 35.052 ( 08.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Frentzen was disqualified because he drove out of the pit lane when red.
2. ↑ Bernoldi was disqualified because he switched to the replacement car after the start of the race.

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 10 02  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 6th 03  Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes 4th 04th  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 3 05  Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 2 06th  Mika Salo Toyota 1 07th  Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech 0 08th  Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 0 -  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 0 -  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 0 -  Takuma Satō Jordan Honda 0

Item driver constructor Points -  Jarno Trulli Renault 0 -  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 0 -  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 0 -  Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Honda 0 -  Felipe Massa Clean Petronas 0 -  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 0 -  Jenson Button Renault 0 -  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 0 -  Allan McNish Toyota 0 -  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth 0 -  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 10 02  Williams-BMW 6th 03  McLaren-Mercedes 4th 04th  Jaguar Cosworth 3 05  Minardi-Asiatech 2 06th  Toyota 1

Item constructor Points -  BAR Honda 0 -  Jordan Honda 0 -  Renault 0 -  Clean Petronas 0 -  Arrows-Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Australian Grand Prix 2002 - 1st Free Practice" ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de)
2. ^ "Australian Grand Prix 2002 - 2nd Free Practice" ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de)
3. ^ "Australian Grand Prix 2002 - qualification training" ( Memento from April 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de)
4. ↑ "Australian Grand Prix 2002 - Warm up" ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de)

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com