The 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on March 10, 2002, at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico.
Race details | |
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Race 1 of 19 in the 2002 CART season | |
![]() Fundidora Park track layout | |
Date | March 10, 2002 |
Official name | 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix |
Location | Parque Fundidora Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Course | Permanent road course 2.104 mi / 3.386 km |
Distance | 85 laps 178.840 mi / 287.810 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing) |
Time | 1:18.929 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 1:15.386 (on lap 74 of 85) |
Podium | |
First | Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Second | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Qualifying results
editPos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:18.929 | 1:46.320 | 1:18.929 | |
2 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:19.202 | - | 1:19.202 | |
3 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:19.241 | 1:51.165 | 1:19.241 | |
4 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:19.270 | - | 1:19.270 | |
5 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:19.275 | - | 1:19.275 | |
6 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:19.326 | - | 1:19.326 | |
7 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:19.480 | - | 1:19.480 | |
8 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:19.491 | - | 1:19.491 | |
9 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 1:19.682 | - | 1:19.682 | |
10 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:19.832 | - | 1:19.832 | |
11 | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 1:19.878 | - | 1:19.878 | |
12 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:19.982 | - | 1:19.982 | |
13 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:19.985 | - | 1:19.985 | |
14 | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 1:20.224 | - | 1:20.224 | |
15 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:20.400 | - | 1:20.400 | |
16 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:20.473 | 1:49.075 | 1:20.473 | |
17 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:20.712 | - | 1:20.712 | |
18 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 1:21.992 | - | 1:21.992 | |
19 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:22.347 | - | 1:22.347 | |
20 | 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
editPos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | 1:58:30.642 | 5 | 21 |
2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 85 | +1.679 | 2 | 16 |
3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | +3.244 | 4 | 14 |
4 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 85 | +3.785 | 6 | 12 |
5 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 85 | +7.261 | 3 | 10 |
6 | 7 | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 85 | +9.427 | 14 | 8 |
7 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 85 | +9.937 | 17 | 6 |
8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 85 | +10.318 | 19 | 5 |
9 | 22 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 85 | +11.076 | 18 | 4 |
10 | 17 | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 85 | +12.717 | 11 | 3 |
11 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 84 | Off course | 7 | 2 |
12 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 84 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 1 |
13 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 2 |
14 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 83 | + 2 Laps | 15 | 0 |
15 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 83 | + 2 Laps | 20 | 0 |
16 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 75 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
17 | 16 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 23 | Mechanical | 12 | 0 |
18 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
19 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 0 | Contact | 9 | 0 |
20 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 0 | Contact | 10 | 0 |
Caution flags
editLaps | Cause |
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1-3 | Bell (20), Vasser (8), Junqueira (4) & Bräck (12) contact |
77-81 | Takagi (5) & Kanaan (10) contact |
Notes
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- 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.
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