2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix

1st round of the 2002 CART season March 2026 February 2025 MEX Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 250px|class=skin-invert Layout of the Fundidora Park circuit March 10 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 1st 2001 Marlboro 500 2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach CART Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Permanent racing facility 2.104 3.386 85 178.840 287.810 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:18.929 MEX Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:15.386 74 BRA Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing BRA Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green GBR Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing BRA 2001 2003 The 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 CART season. The race was held on March 10, 2002, in Monterrey, Mexico at Parque Fundidora. The race was contested of 85 laps. Cristiano da Matta won the race, marking his second straight win in the event.Miller Robin March 10, 2002 DA MATTA REPEATS! http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=2931 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20021213103532/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=2931 December 13, 2002 July 14, 2025 CART.com Dario Franchitti finished 2nd, and Christian Fittipaldi finished 3rd. Michel Jourdain Jr. and Alex Tagliani rounded out the top five, and Scott Dixon, Patrick Carpentier, Paul Tracy, Max Papis, and Oriol Servià rounded out the top ten. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:18.929 1:46.320 1:18.929 2 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:19.202 - 1:19.202 3 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:19.241 1:51.165 1:19.241 4 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:19.270 - 1:19.270 5 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:19.275 - 1:19.275 6 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:19.326 - 1:19.326 7 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:19.480 - 1:19.480 8 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:19.491 - 1:19.491 9 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 1:19.682 - 1:19.682 10 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:19.832 - 1:19.832 11 Spain Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 1:19.878 - 1:19.878 12 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:19.982 - 1:19.982 13 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:19.985 - 1:19.985 14 New Zealand Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 1:20.224 - 1:20.224 15 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:20.400 - 1:20.400 16 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:20.473 1:49.075 1:20.473 17 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:20.712 - 1:20.712 18 Italy Max Papis Sigma Autosport 1:21.992 - 1:21.992 19 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:22.347 - 1:22.347 20 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:20.419 - -* * Nakano ran his backup car in the qualification 2 session (but was unable to complete a lap), thus forfeiting the qualifying time he set in his primary car on Friday. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 85 1:58:30.642 5 21 2 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 85 +1.679 2 16 3 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 85 +3.244 4 14 4 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 85 +3.785 6 12 5 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 85 +7.261 3 10 6 7 New Zealand Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 85 +9.427 14 8 7 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 85 +9.937 17 6 8 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 85 +10.318 19 5 9 22 Italy Max Papis Sigma Autosport 85 +11.076 18 4 10 17 Spain Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 85 +12.717 11 3 11 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 84 Off course 7 2 12 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 84 + 1 Lap 16 1 13 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 84 + 1 Lap 1 2 14 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 83 + 2 Laps 15 0 15 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 83 + 2 Laps 20 0 16 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 75 Contact 13 0 17 16 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 23 Mechanical 12 0 18 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Contact 8 0 19 20 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 0 Contact 9 0 20 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 0 Contact 10 0 Caution flags Laps Cause1-3 Bell (20), Vasser (8), Junqueira (4) & Bräck (12) contact77-81 Takagi (5) & Kanaan (10) contact Notes Laps Leader1-14 Adrian Fernández15-27 Alex Tagliani28-31 Patrick Carpentier32-50 Cristiano da Matta51 Dario Franchitti52 Max Papis53-85 Cristiano da Matta Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 52Adrian Fernández 14Alex Tagliani 13Patrick Carpentier 4Dario Franchitti 1Max Papis 1 New Race Lap Record Cristiano da Matta 1:15.386 New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 1:58:30.642 Average Speed 90.544 mph CART's first race after the departure of Team Penske for the archrival Indy Racing League. References Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey 2002 2001 Marlboro 500 2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2001 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix Category:Grand Prix of Monterrey Category:21st century in Monterrey Category:2002 in Mexican motorsport