The 2002 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIV Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2002 Formula One season and the forty-fourth Spanish Grand Prix. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving for the Williams team, with David Coulthard third driving for McLaren.
| 2002 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 28 April 2002 | ||||
| Official name | XLIV Gran Premio Marlboro de España | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1] | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.730 km (2.939 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 65 laps, 307.327 km (190.964 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear, Air Temp: 20°C | ||||
| Attendance | 98,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:16.364 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:20.355 on lap 49 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
As a consequence of the race, Schumacher extended his lead over Montoya who took over second position in the Drivers' Championship from his team-mate Ralf Schumacher to 21 points. In the Constructors Championship, Ferrari extended their lead over Williams to seven points.
Background edit
Heading into the fifth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 34 points; ahead of Williams driver and brother Ralf Schumacher on 20, and Juan Pablo Montoya on 17. Renault driver Jenson Button was fourth with 8 points and Rubens Barrichello on 6. The Constructors' Championship was closer at the front with Ferrari on 40 points leading Williams who were on 37.
Practice and qualifying edit
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each.[2]
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. Each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[2]
The Minardi of Mark Webber sustained a rear wing failure on the main straight after he completed his 12th lap and the red flag was brought out afterwards.
Qualifying classification edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap | Final grid |
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| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 1:16.364 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |  Rubens Barrichello
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Ferrari | 1:16.690 | +0.326 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Ralf Schumacher
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Williams-BMW | 1:17.277 | +0.913 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 |  Juan Pablo Montoya
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Williams-BMW | 1:17.425 | +1.061 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.519 | +1.155 | 5 |
| 6 | 15 |  Jenson Button
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Renault | 1:17.638 | +1.274 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.662 | +1.298 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | Nick Heidfeld
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Sauber-Petronas | 1:17.851 | +1.487 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 |  Jarno Trulli
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Renault | 1:17.929 | +1.565 | 9 |
| 10 | 20 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Arrows-Cosworth | 1:18.121 | +1.757 | 10 |
| 11 | 8 | Felipe Massa
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Sauber-Petronas | 1:18.139 | +1.775 | 11 |
| 12 | 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella
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Jordan-Honda | 1:18.291 | +1.927 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 |  Olivier Panis
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BAR-Honda | 1:18.472 | +2.108 | 13 |
| 14 | 21 | Enrique Bernoldi
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Arrows-Cosworth | 1:18.515 | +2.151 | 14 |
| EX1 | 16 | Eddie Irvine
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:18.779 | +2.415 | 22 |
| 15 | 11 |  Jacques Villeneuve
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BAR-Honda | 1:18.847 | +2.483 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 |  Pedro de la Rosa
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:18.885 | +2.521 | 16 |
| 17 | 24 | Mika Salo
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Toyota | 1:18.897 | +2.533 | 17 |
| 18 | 10 |  Takuma Sato
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Jordan-Honda | 1:19.002 | +2.638 | 18 |
| 19 | 25 | Allan McNish
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Toyota | 1:19.025 | +2.661 | 19 |
| 20 | 23 |  Mark Webber
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Minardi-Asiatech | 1:19.802 | +3.438 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 |  Alex Yoong
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Minardi-Asiatech | 1:21.415 | +5.051 | 21 |
| 107% time: 1:21.709 | ||||||
Source:[3]
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^1 - Eddie Irvine was demoted to last place because of a fuel analysis which showed that the fuel was not the same as one of those approved for use by Jaguar prior to the event.
Race edit
The Stewards of the Meeting received a notice from KL Minardi Asiatech, informing them of their intention to withdraw from the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix due to a number of front and rear wing failures they suffered over the weekend. Having spoken to the Team Manager, the Stewards of the Meeting decided to accept the withdrawal of KL Minardi Asiatech from the event.[4] During the race, Juan Pablo Montoya made his planned stop, with chief mechanic and lollipop man Carl Gaden signalling for Montoya to go, only to belatedly realise that the Williams was still being refuelled. Montoya reacted quickly having initially gone to launch away, only to stop right on Gaden's foot as the rest of the pitcrew were bowled over.[5] This would re-occur in the 2004 race.[clarification needed] Michael Schumacher achieved his third Grand Slam at this race, and his first since 1994.
Race classification edit
Championship standings after the race edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References edit
- ^ "2002 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b "2002 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Grand Prix of Spain". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "F1 News - Minardi withdraws from Spanish GP". Crash Media Group Ltd. 28 April 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Spanish GP 2002". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "2002 Spanish Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Spain 2002 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.