2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 14, 2002, on the streets of Long Beach, California. Michael Andretti won the race, his 42nd and final victory of his career as a driver in CART and IndyCar.

2002 Long Beach
Race details
Race 2 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Long Beach track layout
Date	April 14, 2002
Official name	2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California, United States
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	90 laps 177.120 mi / 285.030 km
Weather	Partly cloudy, cool
Pole position
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Team Rahal)
Time	1:07.742
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:08.981 (on lap 51 of 90)
Podium
First	Michael Andretti (Team Motorola)
Second	Jimmy Vasser (Team Rahal)
Third	Max Papis (Sigma Autosport)

Qualifying results edit

Qualifying times in Italics show that that is the quickest time of that qualifying session.

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:09.373	1:07.742	1:07.742
2	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.092	1:07.745	1:07.745
3	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:09.549	1:08.097	1:08.097
4	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:09.677	1:08.126	1:08.126
5	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	1:10.004	1:08.267	1:08.267
6	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:09.554	1:08.411	1:08.411
7	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:10.480	1:08.448	1:08.448
8	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:09.825	1:08.484	1:08.484
9	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.220	1:08.637	1:08.637
10	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:09.548	1:08.647	1:08.647
11	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:09.611	1:08.720	1:08.720
12	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:09.866	1:08.754	1:08.754
13	Oriol Servià	PWR Championship Racing	1:10.092	1:08.778	1:08.778
14	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:10.679	1:08.817	1:08.817
15	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:10.544	1:08.856	1:08.856
16	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:10.107	1:08.915	1:08.915
17	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:10.580	1:09.212	1:09.212
18	Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	1:10.751	1:09.212	1:09.212
19	Scott Dixon	PWR Championship Racing	1:11.142	1:09.613	1:09.613
20	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:09.883	1:09.890	1:09.883

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	90	2:02:14.542	15	21
2	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	90	+0.466	1	17
3	22	Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	90	+4.698	18	14
4	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	90	+5.250	4	12
5	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	90	+7.488	10	10
6	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	90	+8.330	12	8
7	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	90	+10.129	8	6
8	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	90	+10.823	2	6
9	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	90	+11.460	16	4
10	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	90	+35.789	7	3
11	17	Oriol Servià	PWR Championship Racing	79	Turbo	13	2
12	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	73	Fuel pressure	14	1
13	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	67	Gearbox	9	0
14	16	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	62	Contact	17	0
15	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	57	Contact	5	0
16	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	55	Contact	11	0
17	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	51	Contact	3	0
18	7	Scott Dixon	PWR Championship Racing	30	Engine	19	0
19	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	20	Gearbox	20	0
20	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	16	Electrical	6	0

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