2002 Grand Prix Americas

March 2026 February 2025 USA Miami Bayfront Park street circuit 2002.svg October 6 2002 2002 Grand Prix Americas 16 19 CART Bayfront ParkMiami, Florida, United States Temporary Street Circuit 1.387 2.232 105 145.635 234.360 Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 88 F C; wind speeds approaching 12 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Miami/2002-10-06 Weather of the 2002 Grand Prix Americas Champ Car race The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-13 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:01.264 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.906 34 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal USA The 2002 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:01.264- 1:01.264 2 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.444 1:09.786 1:01.444 3 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:02.039 1:12.188 1:02.039 4 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.165 1:11.397 1:02.165 5 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:02.304 1:13.479 1:02.304 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.348 1:11.346 1:02.348 7 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:02.369 1:20.566 1:02.369 8 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.523 1:10.497 1:02.523 9 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:02.543 1:12.526 1:02.543 10 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.607 1:13.579 1:02.607 11 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:02.750 1:14.896 1:02.750 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:02.860 1:11.460 1:02.860 13 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:02.891 1:11.831 1:02.891 14 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:03.052 1:15.396 1:03.052 15 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:03.055 1:12.401 1:03.055 16 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:03.134 1:20.563 1:03.134 17 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:04.135 1:13.974 1:04.135 18 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:04.326 1:11.318 1:04.326 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 105 2:07:09.003 6 21 2 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 105 +0.734 8 16 3 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 105 +1.343 12 14 4 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 105 +2.597 5 12 5 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 105 +15.548 10 10 6 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 104 + 1 Lap 15 8 7 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 104 + 1 Lap 9 6 8 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 103 Contact 14 5 9 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 103 Contact 1 5 10 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 103 + 2 Laps 7 3 11 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 99 + 6 Laps 18 2 12 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 98 Contact 16 1 13 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 70 Differential 4 0 14 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 66 Fire 11 0 15 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 39 Gearbox 3 0 16 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 34 Contact 17 0 17 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 29 Suspension 13 0 18 44 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 19 Contact 2 1 Caution flags Laps Cause1-2 Servià (20) spin on course3-5 Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact19-23 Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact90-92 Franchitti (27) contact94-95 Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course99-100 Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact Notes Laps Leader1-23 Tony Kanaan24-41 Cristiano da Matta42-45 Paul Tracy46-61 Bruno Junqueira62-83 Cristiano da Matta84-87 Paul Tracy88-105 Cristiano da Matta Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 58Tony Kanaan 23Bruno Junqueira 16Paul Tracy 8 New Track Record Tony Kanaan 1:01.264 (Qualifying Session #1) New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:09.003 Average Speed 68.723 mph References External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results CART CART FedEx Championship Series 2002 Grand Prix Americas 2002 2002 Sure for Men Rockingham 500 2002 Honda Indy 300 none 2003 Grand Prix Americas Miami Grand Prix Americas Category:Grand Prix Americas