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2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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French France Polini Grand Prix de Francehttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-french-motogp 2002 French MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 16 May 2018https://www.progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 16 May 2018http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725163743/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002 25 July 2015 25 July 2015 Archive.today 29 July 2018 Bugatti Circuit 2.597 4.180 4 16 19 May 2002 Bugatti Circuit.svg Valentino Rossi Italy Honda 1:36.046 Valentino Rossi Italy Honda 1:36.846 on lap 7 Valentino Rossi Italy Honda Tohru Ukawa Japan Honda Max Biaggi Italy Yamaha Fonsi Nieto Spain Aprilia 1:38.903 Marco Melandri Italy Aprilia 1:39.648 on lap 24 Fonsi Nieto Spain Aprilia Marco Melandri Italy Aprilia Randy de Puniet France Aprilia Manuel Poggiali San Marino Gilera 1:44.002 Masao Azuma Japan Honda 1:44.259 on lap 17 Lucio Cecchinello Italy Aprilia Manuel Poggiali San Marino Gilera Daniel Pedrosa Spain Honda
The 2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 2002 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.
MotoGP classification
Jean-Michel Bayle replaced Garry McCoy from the second practice session.http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2002/McCoy+reluctantly+makes+way+for+Bayle+in+Le+Mans McCoy reluctantly makes way for Bayle in Le Mans Motogp.com Dorna Sports 18 May 2002 28 November 2011 8 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130708153742/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2002/McCoy+reluctantly+makes+way+for+Bayle+in+Le+Mans dead
The race was stopped for rain after 21 of the 28 scheduled laps; however sufficient distance was covered in order for full points to be awarded.
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 34:22.335 1 25 2 11 JPN Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +0.217 4 20 3 3 ITA Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +0.604 3 16 4 6 JPN Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 21 +1.701 12 13 5 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +8.464 9 11 6 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +10.212 11 10 7 65 ITA Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 21 +12.437 7 9 8 4 BRA Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 21 +15.231 15 8 9 55 FRA Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +17.155 14 7 10 99 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +21.847 6 6 11 21 USA John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +25.121 19 5 12 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +25.919 16 4 13 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +26.227 10 3 14 18 FRA Jean-Michel Bayle Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +27.011 18 2 15 17 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 21 +30.342 17 1 16 30 ESP José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 21 +36.574 20 Ret (17) 74 JPN Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 11 Accident 5 Ret (18) 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 10 Retirement 13 Ret (19) 31 JPN Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 10 Retirement 8 Ret (20) 7 ESP Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 8 Accident 2 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-french-motogp 2002 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 29 July 2018https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/MotoGP/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Polini Grand Prix de France – MotoGP – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 19 May 2002 24 May 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2002/FRA/MotoGP/RAC FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002 Motogp.com 29 July 2018 4 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904005805/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2002/FRA/MotoGP/RAC dead
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 ESP Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 43:41.140 1 25 2 3 ITA Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +0.252 4 20 3 17 FRA Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +6.431 2 16 4 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +6.604 3 13 5 4 ITA Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +11.527 12 11 6 24 ESP Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +13.157 5 10 7 7 ESP Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +13.870 15 9 8 9 ARG Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +20.077 9 8 9 6 ESP Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +28.557 11 7 10 42 ESP David Checa Aprilia 26 +28.684 17 6 11 8 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +28.892 10 5 12 76 JPN Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +35.148 13 4 13 18 MYS Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +35.344 14 3 14 32 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +56.484 19 2 15 12 GBR Jay Vincent Honda 26 +56.894 16 1 16 25 FRA Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 +1:08.156 20 17 41 NLD Jarno Janssen Honda 26 +1:08.390 22 18 28 DEU Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:16.135 23 19 22 ESP Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:18.040 21 20 36 FRA Erwan Nigon Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret (21) 35 FRA Thierry Van Den Bosch Aprilia 13 Retirement 18 Ret (22) 27 AUS Casey Stoner Aprilia 9 Accident 7 Ret (23) 21 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 9 Accident 6 Ret (24) 11 JPN Haruchika Aoki Honda 4 Retirement 8 Ret (25) 19 GBR Leon Haslam Honda 2 Retirement 25 DNQ 37 FRA Yann Lussiana Honda Did not qualify DNQ 45 FRA Samuel Aubry Honda Did not qualify DNQ 93 FRA Hervé Mora Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 51 FRA Hugo Marchand Aprilia Did not qualify Source: https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/250cc/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Polini Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 19 May 2002 24 May 2018
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 42:09.029 4 25 2 1 SMR Manuel Poggiali Gilera 24 +0.076 1 20 3 26 ESP Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 +0.604 3 16 4 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +0.865 5 13 5 5 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 24 +0.943 2 11 6 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +1.618 7 10 7 33 ITA Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24 +3.769 20 9 8 36 FIN Mika Kallio Honda 24 +8.680 21 8 9 34 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +8.915 11 7 10 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +9.534 8 6 11 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +11.749 16 5 12 6 ITA Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +20.252 13 4 13 11 ITA Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +32.082 19 3 14 12 DEU Klaus Nöhles Honda 24 +35.206 27 2 15 80 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +49.526 22 1 16 50 ITA Andrea Ballerini Honda 24 +1:02.359 24 17 84 ITA Michel Fabrizio Gilera 24 +1:07.571 26 18 57 GBR Chaz Davies Aprilia 24 +1:10.303 23 19 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +1:10.998 29 20 86 FRA Grégory Lefort Aprilia 24 +1:11.479 31 21 31 ITA Mattia Angeloni Gilera 24 +1:36.333 32 22 20 HUN Imre Tóth Honda 24 +1:41.034 35 23 63 FRA Jimmy Petit Honda 24 +1:42.517 33 24 85 FRA Grégory Leblanc Honda 23 +1 lap 37 25 58 FRA Yoann Tiberio Honda 23 +1 lap 36 Ret (26) 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Aprilia 11 Accident 6 Ret (27) 39 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 11 Accident 15 Ret (28) 16 ITA Simone Sanna Aprilia 10 Accident 12 Ret (29) 25 ESP Joan Olivé Honda 10 Accident 14 Ret (30) 19 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 10 Accident 30 Ret (31) 47 ESP Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 8 Accident 9 Ret (32) 41 JPN Youichi Ui Derbi 8 Accident 10 Ret (33) 8 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 5 Accident 18 Ret (34) 9 JPN Noboru Ueda Honda 5 Accident 17 Ret (35) 7 ITA Stefano Perugini Italjet 4 Retirement 28 Ret (36) 18 CZE Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Retirement 25 Ret (37) 59 CHE Vincent Braillard Honda 0 Accident 34 Source: https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/125cc/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Polini Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 19 May 2002 24 May 2018
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/MotoGP/FRA/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2002 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-22
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 95 2 JPN Tohru Ukawa 61 3 ITA Loris Capirossi 45 4 JPN Norifumi Abe 43 5 JPN Daijiro Kato 39
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 100 2 JPN Yamaha 53 3 JPN Suzuki 39 4 MYS/USA Proton KR 28 5 ITA Aprilia 18
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
French motorcycle Grand Prix 2002 2002 Spanish Grand Prix 2002 Italian Grand Prix 2001 French Grand Prix 2003 French Grand Prix
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