2002 Molson Indy Toronto

March 2026 February 2025 Canada Toronto Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg Exhibition Place track layout July 7 2002 2002 Molson Indy Toronto 8 19 CART Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada Temporary street course 1.755 2.824 112 196.560 316.288 Partly cloudy Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 58.135 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 58.806 108 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing Sweden Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Brazil The 2002 Molson Indy Toronto was the eighth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 7, 2002, on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 58.487 58.135 58.135 2 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 58.953 58.172 58.172 3 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.724 58.256 58.256 4 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.984 58.334 58.334 5 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 59.082 58.477 58.477 6 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 59.016 58.488 58.488 7 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 59.400 58.554 58.554 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 59.102 58.577 58.577 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 59.034 58.677 58.677 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 59.379 58.706 58.706 11 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 59.390 58.864 58.864 12 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 59.935 58.930 58.930 13 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.479 59.051 59.051 14 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 59.359 59.108 59.108 15 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 59.585 59.146 59.146 16 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 59.484 59.293 59.293 17 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 59.719 59.673 59.673 18 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 59.760 59.981 59.760 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 112 2:06:19.372 1 23 2 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 112 +4.398 4 16 3 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 112 +11.357 5 14 4 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 112 +12.475 7 12 5 44 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 112 +14.102 9 10 6 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 112 +23.942 8 8 7 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 112 +24.423 11 6 8 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 112 +38.647 12 5 9 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 111 + 1 Lap 13 4 10 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 111 + 1 Lap 14 3 11 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 110 + 2 Laps 18 2 12 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 109 + 3 Laps 15 1 13 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 101 Mechanical 6 0 14 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 92 Contact 3 0 15 20 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 92 Excluded* 16 0 16 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 88 Brakes 2 0 17 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 60 Gearbox 10 0 18 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 29 Engine 17 0 * Townsend Bell was excluded from the race after making contact with Bruno Junqueira on lap 93. He was fined $10,000 and placed on probation. Caution flags Laps Cause0-1 Yellow start62-70 Kanaan (10) stopped on course87-90 Tracy (26) contact93-95 Junqueira (4) & Bell (20) contact Notes Laps Leader1-112 Cristiano da Matta Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 112 New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:06:19.372 Average Speed 93.361 mph External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results Townsend Bell gets fine, probation after Toronto 2002 Molson Indy Toronto 2002 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland 2001 Molson Indy Toronto 2003 Molson Indy Toronto Toronto Category:Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto Category:2002 in Toronto