2002 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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  2002 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
Date	April 7, 2002
Location	Suzuka
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.618 mi / 5.821 km
MotoGP
Pole Position Fastest Lap Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi 2:04.226 2:19.105 Podium 1. Valentino Rossi 2. Akira Ryo 3. Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole Position Fastest Lap Fonsi Nieto Osamu Miyazaki 2:08.049 2:25.896 Podium 1. Osamu Miyazaki 2. Daisaku Sakai 3. Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Pole Position Fastest Lap Dani Pedrosa Stefano Bianco 2:13.957 2:30.798 Podium 1. Arnaud Vincent 2. Mirko Giansanti 3. Manuel Poggiali

The 2002 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5th-7th April, 2002 at Suzuka. The race was historic in that it was the first race of the MotoGP class.

Contents 1 MotoGP classification 2 250cc classification 3 125cc classification 4 References

[edit] MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Honda	21	49:32.766	1	25
2	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	21	+1.550	7	20
3	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	21	+8.353	4	16
4	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	21	+10.829	3	13
5	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	21	+20.423	12	11
6	Alex Barros	Honda	21	+32.259	13	10
7	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	21	+39.633	15	9
8	Regis Laconi	Aprilia	20	+1 Lap	19	8
9	Loris Capirossi	Honda	20	+1 Lap	2	7
10	Daijiro Kato	Honda	20	+1 Lap	6	6
11	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	20	+1 Lap	16	5
12	John Hopkins	Yamaha	16	+5 Laps	18	4
Ret	Tohru Ukawa	Honda		Retirement	11
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha		Retirement	9
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton		Retirement	20
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha		Retirement	8
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki		Retirement	14
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki		Retirement	10
Ret	Max Biaggi	Yamaha		Retirement	5
Ret	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda		Retirement	21
Ret	Garry McCoy	Yamaha		Retirement	17

[edit] 250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Osamu Myazaki	Yamaha	19	+47:09.454	8	25
2	Daisaku Sakai	Honda	19	+6.941	12	20
3	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	19	+29.020	2	16
4	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+45.300	6	13
5	Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	19	+45.495	7	11
6	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	19	+54.725	10	10
7	Chojun Kameja	Honda	19	+1:00.572	22	9
8	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	19	+1:02.287	14	8
9	Alex Debon	Aprilia	19	+1:18.282	5	7
10	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	19	+1:19.377	4	6
11	Toni Elias	Aprilia	19	+1:31.481	11	5
12	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	19	+1:50.269	13	4
13	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	19	+1:56.005	1	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	19	+2:06.670	26	2
15	Raul Jara	Aprilia	18	+1 Lap	20	1
16	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	18	+1 Lap	9
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda		Retirement	17
Ret	Leon Haslam	Honda		Retirement	25
Ret	Vincent Philippe	Aprilia		Retirement	23
Ret	Marco Melandri	Aprilia		Retirement	3
Ret	Jarno Janssen	Honda		Retirement	27
Ret	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha		Retirement	18
Ret	Jay Vincent	Honda		Retirement	24
Ret	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha		Retirement	21
Ret	Casey Stoner	Aprilia		Retirement	15
Ret	Hector Faubel	Aprilia		Retirement	28
Ret	Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda		Retirement	19

[edit] 125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	18	+46:22.971	2	25
2	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	18	+1.164	15	20
3	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	18	+2.558	5	16
4	Noboru Ueda	Honda	18	+3.479	18	13
5	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	18	+10.188	19	11
6	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	18	+23.056	12	10
7	Angel Rodríguez	Aprilia	18	+23.653	13	9
8	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	18	+33.488	1	8
9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	18	+34.285	3	7
10	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	+47.304	11	6
11	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	18	+1:01.770	24	5
12	Klaus Nohles	Honda	18	+1:06.064	14	4
13	Joan Olive	Honda	18	+1:28.936	25	3
14	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	18	+1:36.264	29	2
15	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	18	+1:56.859	7	1
16	Hector Barbera	Aprilia	18	+2:11.594	33
17	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	18	+2:14.164	37
18	Imre Toth	Honda	18	+2:17.104	36
19	Sunathai Chaemsap	Honda	18	+2:35.641	23
Ret	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia		Retirement	20
Ret	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda		Retirement	22
Ret	Jakub Smrz	Honda		Retirement	26
Ret	Youichi Ui	Derbi		Retirement	10
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia		Retirement	27
Ret	Mika Kallio	Honda		Retirement	31
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Aprilia		Retirement	4
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Honda		Retirement	30
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda		Retirement	28
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda		Retirement	6
Ret	Jarno Muller	Honda		Retirement	16
Ret	Gabor Talmasi	Italjet		Retirement	21
Ret	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera		Retirement	35
Ret	Hideyuki Ogara	Honda		Retirement	32
Ret	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia		Retirement	17
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia		Retirement	9
Ret	Akira Komuro	Honda		Retirement	34
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia		Retirement	8

[edit] References

• FIM official website. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.

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