2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 September 2002 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

  2002 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 September 2002
Official name	Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal^[1]^[2]
Location	Autódromo do Estoril
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Carlos Checa Yamaha Time 1:39.793 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Honda Time 1:52.302 on lap 24 Podium First Valentino Rossi Honda Second Carlos Checa Yamaha Third Tohru Ukawa Honda
250 cc
Pole position Rider Sebastián Porto Yamaha Time 1:41.708 Fastest lap Rider Fonsi Nieto Aprilia Time 2:00.120 on lap 15 Podium First Fonsi Nieto Aprilia Second Marco Melandri Aprilia Third Sebastián Porto Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Daniel Pedrosa Honda Time 1:46.664 Fastest lap Rider Steve Jenkner Aprilia Time 2:01.050 on lap 8 Podium First Arnaud Vincent Aprilia Second Simone Sanna Aprilia Third Steve Jenkner Aprilia

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	54:12.962	3	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+22.200	1	20
3	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+24.220	8	16
4	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+40.832	12	13
5	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+42.709	4	11
6	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+44.064	5	10
7	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	28	+1:49.012	13	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+2:03.101	15	8
9	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+1 lap	6	7
10	31	Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	27	+1 lap	18	6
11	8	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	16	5
12	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	17	4
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	Accident	9
Ret	74	Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	7	Accident	2
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	6	Accident	7
Ret	55	Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	3	Accident	14
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	2	Retirement	11
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	2	Retirement	10
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	0	Accident	19
Ret	20	Pere Riba	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	0	Accident	20
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	53:58.901	3	25
2	3	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+0.684	2	20
3	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+7.342	1	16
4	4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+23.576	4	13
5	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+49.234	11	11
6	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+1:00.628	7	10
7	19	Leon Haslam	Honda	26	+1:36.634	14	9
8	42	David Checa	Aprilia	26	+1:39.550	19	8
9	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+2:12.740	21	7
10	32	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22	6
11	22	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	23	5
12	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	20	4
13	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	23	+3 laps	6	3
Ret	57	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	23	Retirement	24
Ret	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	22	Accident	12
Ret	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	21	Accident	8
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	Retirement	5
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	19	Retirement	13
Ret	11	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	17	Retirement	15
Ret	12	Jay Vincent	Honda	17	Retirement	18
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	7	Accident	17
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	6	Retirement	10
Ret	13	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	2	Accident	16
Ret	17	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	0	Retirement	9
DNQ	30	Rob Filart	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	49:05.300	9	25
2	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	24	+0.867	6	20
3	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+2.600	4	16
4	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+48.520	21	13
5	5	Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+57.972	20	11
6	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+1:10.035	8	10
7	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+1:14.682	15	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Honda	24	+1:27.994	5	8
9	77	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	24	+1:39.443	29	7
10	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+1:50.519	1	6
11	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	24	+1:54.525	30	5
12	42	Christian Pistoni	Italjet	23	+1 lap	33	4
13	37	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	32	3
14	52	Julián Simón	Honda	23	+1 lap	27	2
Ret	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	22	Accident	18
Ret	1	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	20	Accident	2
Ret	33	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	20	Retirement	13
Ret	9	Noboru Ueda	Honda	18	Accident	16
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	16	Accident	19
Ret	31	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	15	Accident	23
Ret	20	Imre Tóth	Honda	13	Accident	31
Ret	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	9	Accident	14
Ret	19	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	8	Accident	26
Ret	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	7	Accident	28
Ret	8	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	6	Accident	11
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	6	Accident	25
Ret	50	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	6	Accident	17
Ret	12	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	6	Retirement	22
Ret	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	4	Accident	7
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	4	Accident	10
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	4	Retirement	24
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	3	Accident	3
Ret	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	1	Accident	12
DNQ	78	Pedro Monteiro	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	79	João Pinto	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	94	Filipe Costa	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1   Valentino Rossi 245 2   Tohru Ukawa 156 3   Max Biaggi 144 4   Carlos Checa 116 5   Alex Barros 105

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1   Honda 270 2   Yamaha 190 3   Suzuki 99 4  /  Proton KR 64 5   Aprilia 28

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2002 Portuguese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. "2002 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
4. "GP Marlboro de Portugal – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
5. . Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
6. "GP Marlboro de Portugal – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
7. "GP Marlboro de Portugal – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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