Motorcycle World Championship 2002

Motorcycle World Championship 2002

MotoGP world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Team:	Repsol Honda Team
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Marco Melandri
Constructor:	Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Arnaud Vincent
Constructor:	Aprilia
<2001 season	2003 season>

The 2002 motorcycle world championship was the 54th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer 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 top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

useful information

• For the 2002 season, the 500 cc class, which had existed since the start of the motorcycle world championship in 1949 , was replaced by the MotoGP class, in which four-stroke engines were again permitted.

MotoGP class (990 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/07	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Valentino Rossi	Akira Ryō	Carlos Checa	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
2	04/21	South African GP	Welkom	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa
3	05.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
4th	19.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
5	02.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa
6th	16.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
7th	29.06.	72. Dutch TT	Aces	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Carlos Checa	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
8th	14.07.	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
9	07/21	66th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Valentino Rossi
10	08/25	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Max Biaggi	Daijirō Katō
11	08.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Valentino Rossi	Carlos Checa	Tōru Ukawa	Carlos Checa	Valentino Rossi
12	09/21	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa
13	06.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Daijirō Katō	Alex Barros
14th	13.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Alex Barros	Max Biaggi
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Tōru Ukawa	Jeremy McWilliams	Valentino Rossi
16	03.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Honda 355 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 215 3 Tōru Ukawa Honda 209 4th Alex Barros Honda 204 5 Carlos Checa Yamaha 141 6th Norick Abe Yamaha 129 7th Daijirō Katō Honda 117 8th Loris Capirossi Honda 109 9 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 99 10 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 81 11 Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 68 12 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 63 13 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 60 14th Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR 59

15th John Hopkins Yamaha 58 16 Sete Gibernau Suzuki 51 17th Tetsuya Harada Honda 47 18th Akira Ryō Suzuki 41 19th Regis Laconi Aprilia 33 20th Garry McCoy Yamaha 33 21st Shin'ichi Ito Honda 13 22nd Alex Hofmann Honda / Yamaha 11 23 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 9 24 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 5 25th Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 4th Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 4th 27 Pere Riba Yamaha 4th

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	385
2	Yamaha	272
3	Suzuki	144
4th	proton	96
5	Aprilia	33
6th	Kawasaki	4th

Team evaluation

1	Repsol Honda Team	564
2	Marlboro Yamaha Team	356
3	West Honda Pons	319
4th	Telefonica MoviStar Suzuki	150
5	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	149
6th	Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin	131
7th	Proton Team KR	122
8th	Fortuna Honda Gresini	117
9	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	101
10	Kanemoto Racing	60
11	Pramac Honda Racing Team	47
12	MS Aprilia Racing	33

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/07	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Osamu Miyazaki	Daisaku Sakai	Randy De Puniet	Fonsi Nieto	Osamu Miyazaki
2	04/21	South African GP	Welkom	Marco Melandri	Franco Battaini	Fonsi Nieto	Franco Battaini	Fonsi Nieto
3	05.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Fonsi Nieto	Roberto Rolfo	Emilio Alzamora	Franco Battaini	Fonsi Nieto
4th	19.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Fonsi Nieto	Marco Melandri	Randy De Puniet	Fonsi Nieto	Marco Melandri
5	02.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Marco Melandri	Roberto Locatelli	Fonsi Nieto	Franco Battaini	Fonsi Nieto
6th	16.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Marco Melandri	Roberto Rolfo	Fonsi Nieto	Fonsi Nieto	Franco Battaini
7th	29.06.	72. Dutch TT	Aces	Marco Melandri	Toni Elías	Roberto Rolfo	Marco Melandri	Roberto Rolfo
8th	14.07.	British GP	Donington	Marco Melandri	Fonsi Nieto	Toni Elías	Fonsi Nieto	Fonsi Nieto
9	07/21	66th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Marco Melandri	Roberto Rolfo	Sebastián Porto	Fonsi Nieto	Roberto Rolfo
10	08/25	Czech GP	Brno	Marco Melandri	Sebastián Porto	Toni Elías	Fonsi Nieto	Marco Melandri
11	08.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Fonsi Nieto	Marco Melandri	Sebastián Porto	Sebastián Porto	Fonsi Nieto
12	09/21	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Sebastián Porto	Roberto Rolfo	Franco Battaini	Randy De Puniet	Sebastián Porto
13	06.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Toni Elías	Marco Melandri	Yūki Takahashi	Fonsi Nieto	Toni Elías
14th	13.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Fonsi Nieto	Toni Elías	Roberto Rolfo	Fonsi Nieto	Fonsi Nieto
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Marco Melandri	Fonsi Nieto	Sebastián Porto	Fonsi Nieto	Marco Melandri
16	03.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Marco Melandri	Roberto Rolfo	Emilio Alzamora	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri

Driver ranking

1 Marco Melandri Aprilia 298 2 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 241 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 219 4th Toni Elías Aprilia 178 5 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 172 6th Franco Battaini Aprilia 142 7th Emilio Alzamora Honda 120 8th Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 119 9 Randy De Puniet Aprilia 119 10 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 92 11 Alex Debón Aprilia 72 12 Casey Stoner Aprilia 68 13 David Checa Aprilia 60 14th Haruchika Aoki Honda 58 15th Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 58 16 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 25th 17th Daisaku Sakai Honda 20th 18th Leon Haslam Honda 19th 19th Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 17th

20th Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 17th 21st Yūki Takahashi Honda 16 22nd Jay Vincent Honda 16 23 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 14th 24 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 11 25th Raul Jara Aprilia 11 26th Choujun Kameya Honda 9 27 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 9 28 Erwan Nigon Honda / Aprilia 7th 29 Tarō Sekiguchi Yamaha 7th 30th  David García Honda 6th 31 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 4th 32 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 4th 33 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 4th 34 Eric Bataille Honda 2 Ryūji Yokoe Yamaha 1 36 Jakub Smrž Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	382
2	Honda	244
3	Yamaha	204

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/07	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Arnaud Vincent	Mirko Giansanti	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa	Stefano Bianco
2	04/21	South African GP	Welkom	Manuel Poggiali	Arnaud Vincent	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali
3	05.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Lucio Cecchinello	Arnaud Vincent	Steve Jenkner	Pablo Nieto	Lucio Cecchinello
4th	19.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Lucio Cecchinello	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali	Masao Azuma
5	02.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui	Pablo Nieto	Manuel Poggiali	Lucio Cecchinello
6th	16.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa	Steve Jenkner	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui
7th	29.06.	72. Dutch TT	Aces	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali	Joan Olivé	Dani Pedrosa	Joan Olivé
8th	14.07.	British GP	Donington	Arnaud Vincent	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali	Manuel Poggiali	Lucio Cecchinello
9	07/21	66th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Arnaud Vincent	Alex De Angelis	Steve Jenkner	Arnaud Vincent	Steve Jenkner
10	08/25	Czech GP	Brno	Lucio Cecchinello	Dani Pedrosa	Arnaud Vincent	Alex De Angelis	Lucio Cecchinello
11	08.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Arnaud Vincent	Simone Sanna	Steve Jenkner	Dani Pedrosa	Steve Jenkner
12	09/21	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Masao Azuma	Arnaud Vincent	Manuel Poggiali	Manuel Poggiali	Masao Azuma
13	06.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali	Steve Jenkner	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
14th	13.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Arnaud Vincent	Lucio Cecchinello	Dani Pedrosa	Arnaud Vincent	Lucio Cecchinello
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Manuel Poggiali	Lucio Cecchinello	Pablo Nieto	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa
16	03.11.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Dani Pedrosa	Arnaud Vincent	Pablo Nieto	Dani Pedrosa	Steve Jenkner

Driver ranking

1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 273 2 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 254 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 243 4th Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 180 5 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 168 6th Pablo Nieto Aprilia 145 7th Simone Sanna Aprilia 106 8th Masao Azuma Honda 101 9 Alex De Angelis Aprilia 87 10 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 82 11 Mika Kallio Honda 78 12 Joan Olivé Honda 76 13 Yōichi Ui Derbi 65 14th Héctor Barberá Aprilia 50 15th Mirko Giansanti Honda 42 16 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 42 17th Stefano Perugini Italjet 28 18th Andrea Ballerini TSR -Honda / Aprilia 26th 19th Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24

20th Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21st 21st Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21st 22nd Gábor Talmácsi Italjet / Honda 20th 23 Noboru Ueda Honda 18th 24  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 17th 25th Max Sabbatani Aprilia 17th 26th Klaus Nöhles Honda 15th 27 Thomas Lüthi Honda 7th 28 Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 6th 29 Chaz Davies Aprilia 5 30th Christian Pistoni Italjet 4th 31 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 4th 32 Jakub Smrž Honda 3 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 3 34 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 2 Fabrizio Lai Honda 2 Julián Simón Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	338
2	Honda	285
3	Gilera	254
4th	Derbi	77
5	Italjet	32
6th	TSR - Honda	17th

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2002  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2002 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)