2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Cleveland Cleveland Street Course at Burke Lakefront Airport.svg Burke Lakefront Airport track layout July 14 2002 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank 9 19 CART Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio, United States Temporary airport course 2.106 3.389 115 242.190 389.735 Sunny Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 57.040 Brazil Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 58.473 72 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's Canada Michael Andretti Team Motorola USA Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green Canada The 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland was the ninth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 14, 2002 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The major story coming into the race weekend was Cristiano da Matta going for a CART record 5th consecutive win. However, engine failure on lap 20 ended his race. After Dario Franchitti suffered similar engine woes, the lead was turned over to Patrick Carpentier who led all but one of the remaining laps en route to victory. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 57.641 57.040 57.040 2 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 58.688 57.470 57.470 3 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 58.515 57.482 57.482 4 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 58.211 57.499 57.499 5 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 58.111 57.645 57.645 6 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 58.092 57.713 57.713 7 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 58.477 57.731 57.731 8 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.550 57.751 57.751 9 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.713 57.797 57.797 10 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 58.804 57.798 57.798 11 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 58.648 57.827 57.827 12 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.094 57.913 57.913 13 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 59.376 58.050 58.050 14 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 58.757 58.058 58.058 15 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 58.758 58.304 58.304 16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 58.873 58.326 58.326 17 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.297 58.546 58.546 18 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 59.660 58.559 58.559 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 115 2:00:05.785 2 21 2 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 115 +17.059 5 16 3 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 115 +28.295 11 14 4 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 115 +32.526 9 12 5 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 115 +37.152 14 10 6 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 115 +50.604 7 8 7 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 115 +51.896 10 6 8 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 115 +57.236 6 5 9 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 114 + 1 Lap 16 4 10 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 114 + 1 Lap 18 3 11 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 111 + 4 Laps 17 2 12 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 96 Out of fuel 4 1 13 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 87 Engine 8 0 14 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 69 Engine 3 0 15 44 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 27 Drive shaft 12 0 16 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 21 Engine 1 2 17 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1 Contact 13 0 18 20 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 1 Contact 15 0 Caution flags Laps Cause0-1 Yellow start2-4 Vasser (8), Takagi (8), Bell (20) & Domínguez (55) contact Notes Laps Leader1-19 Cristiano da Matta20-48 Dario Franchitti49-74 Patrick Carpentier75 Michael Andretti76-115 Patrick Carpentier Driver Laps ledPatrick Carpentier 66Dario Franchitti 29Cristiano da Matta 19Michael Andretti 1 New race lap record Paul Tracy 58.473 New race record Patrick Carpentier 2:00:05.785 Average speed 120.998 mph External links Friday qualifying rResults Saturday qualifying results Race Results 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland 2002 2002 Molson Indy Toronto 2002 Molson Indy Vancouver 2001 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix Marconi Cleveland Category:Grand Prix of Cleveland Marconi