2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2002 F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season
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World Champion MotoGP – Valentino Rossi (Honda) 250cc – Marco Melandri (Aprilia) 125cc – Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)

The 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 54th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season. The season consist of 16 races, which started with the Japanese Grand Prix on 7 April and ended with the Valencian Community Grand Prix on 3 November.

In the premier class, 990cc four-stroke bikes were introduced as the new rules and regulations allowed those bikes to race alongside the previous year's 500cc two-stroke bikes. Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his second premier class title by winning 11 races and scoring 355 points. He clinched the title at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix, with four races left in the season.^[1]

The 250cc title was won by Marco Melandri who won nine races and scored 298 points. He clinched the title at the Australian Grand Prix and became the youngest ever champion in the 250cc class.^[2] Arnaud Vincent won the 125cc title by 19 points difference over defending champion Manuel Poggiali. The title was decided in the last race of the season at Valencia with Vincent finishing in second place to secure the title.^[3]

Season summary

MotoGP

Valentino Rossi won the world championship with the new four-stroke Honda RC211V.

The season marked the start of a new era in the premier class with the arrival of 990cc four-stroke bikes. Four factory teams, Repsol Honda, Marlboro Yamaha, Suzuki and Aprilia, raced with the new four-stroke bikes while all the satellite teams raced with the 500cc two-stroke bike.^[4] The season also marked the return of Dunlop and the entry of Bridgestone to the premier class.^[5] Dunlop supplied the tyres for Suzuki, Aprilia, Yamaha WCM and Pramac Honda, Bridgestone supplied the tyres for Team Roberts and Kanemoto Racing, and Michelin supplied the tyres for the remaining six teams. However, after only two races, Suzuki switched back to Michelin tyres for the remainder of the season.^[6]

Valentino Rossi, riding the four-stroke Honda RC211V bike, won the first race of the season at Suzuka under wet conditions. Suzuki's test rider Akira Ryō, who raced as a wildcard entry, and Yamaha's Carlos Checa completed the all four-stroke podium.^[7] Rossi's teammate, Tohru Ukawa, won the second race before Rossi went on to dominate the championship by winning seven consecutive races. Max Biaggi handed the four-stroke Yamaha YZR-M1 its first win in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, while Rossi had to retire due to tyre problems.^[8] In that race, Honda also expanded their four-stroke presence by providing the RC211V bike for Honda Gresini rider Daijiro Kato.^[9] Rossi then won two consecutive races in Portugal and Brazil, clinching the world championship in the latter.^[1]

In the Pacific Grand Prix, Honda Pons rider Alex Barros won his first race riding the RC211V bike.^[10] In that race, Kawasaki returned to the world championship after 20 years absence. Kawasaki, with their four-stroke Ninja ZX-RR, raced as wildcards in the last four races of the season as a preparation before entering the championship full-time in the following season.^[11] In the following race at Sepang, Yamaha expanded their four-stroke presence by providing the YZR-M1 bikes to Tech 3 pair Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano.^[12] Another Yamaha rider, Norifumi Abe, raced the fifth YZR-M1 on the grid for the last two races of the season.^[13]

Rossi ended the season with 355 points from 11 wins and four second places. Biaggi finished second to Rossi with 215 points and two race wins. Ukawa and Barros completed the top four with 209 and 204 points respectively. Previous year's 250cc champion Daijiro Kato finished in seventh position with two podium finishes and was named as the Rookie of the Year.^[14] All races were won by the four-stroke bikes, while the two-strokes only managed to record five podiums finishes. Honda won the constructors championship with 390 points and 14 wins, followed by Yamaha who won the other two races. Repsol Honda team won the teams championship by winning 12 races and scoring 564 points from Rossi and Ukawa. Marlboro Yamaha and Honda Pons who won two races each was second and third respectively.

250cc

Marco Melandri (left) won the 250cc world championship.

The 250cc class was certain to have a new champion as previous year's champion Daijiro Kato and 1993 champion Tetsuya Harada, who finished second to Kato last year, both moved up to the MotoGP class. Only three riders remained from previous year's top six: Marco Melandri, Roberto Rolfo and Fonsi Nieto. Melandri was the only rider in the 250cc class who has previously won a 250cc race; he won his first and only race in the 2001 German Grand Prix.^[15] The 250cc entry list also included three former 125cc World Champion: Haruchika Aoki, Roberto Locatelli and Emilio Alzamora.

The season started with a wet race at Suzuka which was won by Japanese wildcard rider Osamu Miyazaki, who was riding for Daytona Yamaha team.^[16] Honda's wildcard rider Daisaku Sakai and Aprilia's Randy de Puniet completed the podium.^[17] In the following race at Welkom, Aprilia's Marco Melandri took his second career 250cc win.^[18] Fonsi Nieto then took his first ever race win in the Spanish Grand Prix.^[19] Nieto also took the lead in the championship standings from de Puniet and Franco Battaini. Nieto then won the following race at Le Mans before Melandri won the next three races and overtook the championship lead from Nieto after the Dutch TT.^[20] Melandri continued his streak to six consecutive wins and extended his lead in the standings to 37 points after the Czech Republic Grand Prix.^[21]

Nieto won the Portuguese Grand Prix for Aprilia's tenth consecutive victory. Nieto, who crashed in lap 13, recovered from seventh position to win the rain-soaked race over Melandri.^[22][23] Aprilia's winning streak was broken when Yamaha's Sebastián Porto won the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix under wet race condition.^[24] Rookie Toni Elías won the following race at Motegi after a last-lap battle with Melandri. Melandri finished second and increase his lead over Nieto in the championship standings to 52 points.^[25] With 52 points lead and three races to go, Melandri only need to finish in front of Nieto in the Malaysian Grand Prix to clinch the championship.^[26] However, he suffered a mechanical failure on the first lap, while Nieto won the race to reduce the gap to 27 points.^[27] Melandri finally clinched the 250cc title in the Australian Grand Prix with a close win over Nieto. They fought until the last lap and Melandri won the race with just 0.007 second gap at the finish line.^[2] Melandri became the youngest 250cc world champion at the age of 20 years and 74 days.^[28]

Melandri ended the season with 298 points from nine race wins, three second-place finishes and one fourth-place finish. Nieto finished second in the standings with 241 points and four wins, followed Honda's Roberto Rolfo and rookie Toni Elías with 219 and 178 points respectively. Elías, who recorded one race win and four further podium finishes, was named as the Rookie of the Year.^[29] Aprilia won the constructors championship with 382 points and 14 race wins from Melandri, Nieto and Elías. Honda finished second in the standings with 244 points but failed to record any race win. Yamaha, who won two races courtesy of Miyazaki and Porto's wins in the wet, finished third with 211 points.

125cc

The 125cc entry list was headlined by defending champion Manuel Poggiali and two-time championship runner-ups Youichi Ui and Noboru Ueda. There were five other riders who have previously won a 125cc race: Masao Azuma, Lucio Cecchinello, Stefano Perugini, Simone Sanna and Arnaud Vincent.

Arnaud Vincent, who returned to Aprilia after a year with Honda, won the opening race at Suzuka under wet condition.^[30] He then extended his lead in the championship with two second places in the second and third race behind Manuel Poggiali and Lucio Cecchinello respectively.^[31][32] In the following race at Le Mans, Cecchinello won his second successive race ahead of Poggiali, while Vincent finished fourth.^[33] Poggiali then took over the championship lead from Vincent after winning the Italian Grand Prix.^[34] Poggiali won the following race at Catalunya with a late overtake at the finish line over Spanish teenager Dani Pedrosa.^[35] Two weeks later, Pedrosa bounced back to win his first ever race in the 2002 Dutch TT, with Poggiali finishing in second place.^[36]

Vincent, who led the championship in the first four races, returned to the top of the podium with two consecutive wins at Donington Park and Sachsenring.^[37][38] After finishing third behind Cecchinello and Pedrosa at Brno, Vincent won the wet Portuguese Grand Prix and retook the championship lead from Poggiali.^[39][40] Honda riders, Masao Azuma and Pedrosa, won the following two races at Rio de Janeiro and Motegi while Poggiali reduced Vincent's lead to just eight points courtesy of two podium finishes and Vincent's mechanical problem at Motegi.^[41][42] Vincent extended his lead by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix while Poggiali finished in fourth.^[43] However, Poggiali won the following race at Phillip Island while Vincent finished in fourth to reduce the lead back to eight points.^[44] In the last race of the season at Valencia, Vincent finished second behind Pedrosa to clinch the 125cc title while Poggiali finished in seventh place.^[3]

Vincent ended the season with 273 points and five race wins, 19 points ahead of defending champion Poggiali who scored 254 points and four race wins. Pedrosa and Cecchinello finished third and fourth in the standings with three wins each. The Rookie of the Year title was won by Finnish rider Mika Kallio who scored 78 points with the Red Devil Honda team. Aprilia won the constructors championship with 341 points and eight race wins from Vincent and Cecchinello. Honda finished second in the standings with 285 points and four wins from Pedrosa and Azuma while Gilera finished third with 254 points and three wins from Poggiali.

2002 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Race name	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	7 April	SKYY vodka Grand Prix of Japan	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka
2	21 April	Africa's Grand Prix	South African GP	Phakisa Freeway, Welkom
3	5 May	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Spanish GP	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
4	19 May	Polini Grand Prix de France	French GP	Le Mans Circuit, Le Mans
5	2 June	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Italian GP	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
6	16 June	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Catalan GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
7	29 June ††	Gauloises Dutch TT	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8	14 July	Cinzano British Grand Prix	British GP	Donington Park, Leicestershire
9	21 July	Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland	German GP	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	25 August	Gauloises GP Ceske Republiky	Czech Republic GP	Brno Circuit, Brno
11	8 September	GP Marlboro de Portugal	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril
12	21 September	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Rio GP	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro
13	6 October	Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi	Pacific GP	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
14	13 October	Gauloises Malaysian Motorcycle GP	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
15	20 October	SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
16	3 November	GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana	Valencian GP	Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cheste

†† = Saturday Race

Changes

• The Valencian Community Grand Prix swapped position with the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix. Valencian GP became the last race of the season as the world championship returned to Europe after four flyaway races that started with Rio GP.

Teams and riders

MotoGP

FIM released a 20-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.^[45] Àlex Crivillé, who was listed on the entry list, was replaced by Pere Riba at the Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin team before the start of the season.^[46]

Team Constructor Bike Tyres No Rider Rounds Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 M 6 Abe, NorifumiNorifumi Abe 1–14 Yamaha YZR-M1 15–16 Yamaha YZR500 20 Riba, PerePere Riba 1–3, 5–8, 10–11, 13 30 Cardoso, José LuisJosé Luis Cardoso 4, 9, 12, 14–16 Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda Honda NSR500 M 74 Kato, DaijiroDaijiro Kato 1–9 Honda RC211V 10–16 Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 M 19 Jacque, OlivierOlivier Jacque 1–13 Yamaha YZR-M1 14–16 Yamaha YZR500 56 Nakano, ShinyaShinya Nakano 1–13 Yamaha YZR-M1 14–16 Kanemoto Racing Honda Honda NSR500 B 17 van den Goorbergh, JurgenJurgen van den Goorbergh All Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 3 Biaggi, MaxMax Biaggi All 7 Checa, CarlosCarlos Checa All MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS Cube D 55 Laconi, RégisRégis Laconi All Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500 D 31 Harada, TetsuyaTetsuya Harada All / Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR3 B 9 Aoki, NobuatsuNobuatsu Aoki All 99 McWilliams, JeremyJeremy McWilliams All Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 D 8 McCoy, GarryGarry McCoy 1–3, 8–16 18 Bayle, Jean-MichelJean-Michel Bayle 4–5 21 Hopkins, JohnJohn Hopkins All 66 Hofmann, AlexAlex Hofmann 6–7 Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC211V M 11 Ukawa, TohruTohru Ukawa All 46 Rossi, ValentinoValentino Rossi All Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R D 10 Roberts, Jr., KennyKenny Roberts, Jr. 1–2 M 3–8, 10–16 D 15 Gibernau, SeteSete Gibernau 1–2 M 3–16 51 Kagayama, YukioYukio Kagayama 9 West Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 M 4 Barros, AlexAlex Barros 1–12 Honda RC211V 13–16 Honda NSR500 65 Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi 1–7, 10–16 66 Hofmann, AlexAlex Hofmann 8–9 Wildcard riders Team Constructor Bike Tyres No Rider Rounds Kanemoto Racing Honda Honda NSR500 B 72 Ito, ShinichiShinichi Ito 15 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR D 48 Yanagawa, AkiraAkira Yanagawa 13 84 Pitt, AndrewAndrew Pitt 14–16 Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR3 B 29 García, DavidDavid García 16 Team HRC Honda Honda RC211V M 72 Ito, ShinichiShinichi Ito 1 Team Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R M 33 Ryō, AkiraAkira Ryō 6–10, 14 Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R D 33 Ryō, AkiraAkira Ryō 1 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 45 Yoshikawa, WataruWataru Yoshikawa 13 Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 M 50 Guintoli, SylvainSylvain Guintoli 10

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

250cc

FIM released a 25-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.^[45] Alex Hofmann, who was listed on the entry list, withdrew before the start of the season.^[46]

Team Constructor Tyres No Rider Rounds Aprilia Germany Aprilia D 28 Heidolf, DirkDirk Heidolf All Campetella Racing Aprilia D 6 Debón, AlexAlex Debón All 17 de Puniet, RandyRandy de Puniet All Cibertel Honda BQR Honda D 12 Vincent, JayJay Vincent All 19 Haslam, LeonLeon Haslam All Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz Yamaha D 8 Matsudo, NaokiNaoki Matsudo All 13 Huleš, JaroslavJaroslav Huleš 10–16 76 Sekiguchi, TaroTaro Sekiguchi 1–9 DeGraaf Grand Prix Team Honda D 11 Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki All 29 van de Lagemaat, HenkHenk van de Lagemaat 10 30 Filart, RobRob Filart 11 41 Janssen, JarnoJarno Janssen 1–9 96 Smrž, JakubJakub Smrž 12–16 Equipe de France – Scrab GP Aprilia D 25 Philippe, VincentVincent Philippe 1–9 36 Nigon, ErwanErwan Nigon * 10–16 51 Marchand, HugoHugo Marchand 1–10, 12–16 57 Lefort, GrégoryGrégory Lefort 11 Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda D 4 Rolfo, RobertoRoberto Rolfo All 7 Alzamora, EmilioEmilio Alzamora 1–9, 11–16 84 García, DavidDavid García 10 Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race Aprilia D 21 Battaini, FrancoFranco Battaini All Motoracing / TU Racing Team Aprilia D 15 Locatelli, RobertoRoberto Locatelli All MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia D 3 Melandri, MarcoMarco Melandri All Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK Yamaha D 9 Porto, SebastiánSebastián Porto All 18 Yuzy, ShahrolShahrol Yuzy All RFME Equipo Nacional Aprilia D 22 Jara, RaúlRaúl Jara All 32 Faubel, HéctorHéctor Faubel All Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia D 27 Stoner, CaseyCasey Stoner All 42 Checa, DavidDavid Checa All Telefónica Movistar – Repsol YPF Aprilia D 10 Nieto, FonsiFonsi Nieto All 24 Elías, ToniToni Elías All Wildcard riders Team Constructor No Rider Rounds Aspi Honda 37 Lussiana, YannYann Lussiana 4 Bird Racing Team Honda 63 Rizmayer, GáborGábor Rizmayer 10 Burning Blood R.T. Honda 49 Kameya, ChojunChojun Kameya 1 Cibertel Honda BQR Honda 34 Bataille, EricEric Bataille 3, 6, 11–12, 16 Cordoba Patrimonio Hum. Yamaha 39 Castro, LuisLuis Castro 3, 16 Edf Espoir Honda 36 Nigon, ErwanErwan Nigon * 4 EMS Racing Honda 78 Taplin, PeterPeter Taplin 15 Endurance Honda 50 Sakai, DaisakuDaisaku Sakai 1 Faster by Fuller Racing Honda 43 Sansome, ChristopherChristopher Sansome 8 Aprilia 44 Whittley, AndrewAndrew Whittley 8 Ferro Moto Sport Aprilia 93 Mora, HervéHervé Mora 4 Heierli Racing Pvm Team Honda 65 Heierli, RogerRoger Heierli 10 Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha 68 Kayo, TekkyuTekkyu Kayo 13 Impact Racing Yamaha 80 Lynch, EarlEarl Lynch 15 Ipone Tecmas Racing Aprilia 35/77 van den Bosch, ThierryThierry van den Bosch 4, 7, 9 Jovink Raps Aprilia 61 Boesveld, JarnoJarno Boesveld 7 Kehrer Racing Team Honda 54 Kehrer, NicoNico Kehrer 9 Kiefer Castrol Honda Honda 52 Gemmel, ChristianChristian Gemmel 9 Klub Racing Team Znojmo Honda 62 Rous, RadomilRadomil Rous 10 Morinokumasan Miztec RT Yamaha 70 Yokoe, RyujiRyuji Yokoe 13 Motorex Daytona Yamaha 89 Miyazaki, OsamuOsamu Miyazaki 1 MRTT – Hugen Racing Honda 58 Blok, JanJan Blok 7 59 Politiek, PeterPeter Politiek 7 Neukirchner Racing Team Honda 53 Neukirchner, MaxMax Neukirchner 9 Racing Damas Aprilia 74 Rodríguez, ÁngelÁngel Rodríguez 16 RGV Spares Yamaha 79 Holland, RussellRussell Holland 15 RM Racing Honda 47 Boyce, JasonJason Boyce 8 Sierhekwerk W v/d Pol Aprilia 60 Pieper, GertGert Pieper 7 Slovnaft Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 64 Castka, VladimirVladimir Častka 10 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha 69 Osaki, NobuyukiNobuyuki Osaki 13 STU Avant – Msr – Elf Honda 81 Stanley, MarkMark Stanley 15 Team Harc-Pro Honda 92 Aoyama, HiroshiHiroshi Aoyama 1, 13 Team HRC Honda 72 Takahashi, YukiYuki Takahashi 13 Team Kotake RSC Honda 48 Nakatomi, ShinichiShinichi Nakatomi 1 Team Racer Bike Honda 45 Aubry, SamuelSamuel Aubry 4 Team Stargel Aprilia Aprilia 90 Sorensen, ChuckChuck Sorensen 16 Technospeed Nakasuga Yamaha 71 Nakasuga, KatsuyukiKatsuyuki Nakasuga 13 UGT 3000 – Abruzzo Aprilia 26 Waldmann, RalfRalf Waldmann 7, 9–10

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Notes

• * denotes riders who raced for more than one team during the season.

125cc

FIM released a 33-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.^[45]

Team Constructor Tyres No Rider Rounds Bossini Sterilgarda Racing Aprilia D 11 Sabbatani, MaxMax Sabbatani * 1–5, 8–11 32 Scalvini, GianluigiGianluigi Scalvini 6–7 33 Bianco, StefanoStefano Bianco 1–8, 10–16 B 50 Ballerini, AndreaAndrea Ballerini * 12–16 Caja Madrid Derbi Racing Derbi D 41 Ui, YouichiYouichi Ui All 48 Lorenzo, JorgeJorge Lorenzo 3–16 CWF – Matteoni Racing Aprilia D 28 Goi, IvanIvan Goi 8–9 37 Simoncelli, MarcoMarco Simoncelli 10–12, 14–16 39 Huleš, JaroslavJaroslav Huleš 1–7 57 Davies, ChazChaz Davies All Elit Grand Prix Honda D 18 Smrž, JakubJakub Smrž 1–7 B 77 Lüthi, ThomasThomas Lüthi 9–12, 14–16 97 Nakajo, HideyukiHideyuki Nakajo 13 FCC – TSR Honda B 50 Ballerini, AndreaAndrea Ballerini * 1–11 72 Giuseppetti, DarioDario Giuseppetti * 12–16 Gilera Racing Gilera D 1 Poggiali, ManuelManuel Poggiali All Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race Aprilia D 21 Vincent, ArnaudArnaud Vincent All Italjet Racing Service Italjet D 7 Perugini, StefanoStefano Perugini All 8 Talmácsi, GáborGábor Talmácsi * 1–5 42 Pistoni, ChristianChristian Pistoni 9–16 B 24 Camier, LeonLeon Camier 6–8 Master – Aspar Team Aprilia D 22 Nieto, PabloPablo Nieto All 47 Rodríguez, ÁngelÁngel Rodríguez 1–9 80 Barberá, HéctorHéctor Barberá All Motoracing / TU Racing Team Aprilia D 11 Sabbatani, MaxMax Sabbatani * 13–16 16 Sanna, SimoneSimone Sanna All PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen Honda B 8 Talmácsi, GáborGábor Talmácsi * 7–16 10 Müller, JarnoJarno Müller 1–3 12 Nohles, KlausKlaus Nöhles 1–5, 9–16 30 Caffiero, GaspareGaspare Caffiero 5 66 Aoyama, ShuheiShuhei Aoyama * 7–8 Red Devil Honda Honda D 36 Kallio, MikaMika Kallio All Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia D 4 Cecchinello, LucioLucio Cecchinello All 15 de Angelis, AlexAlex de Angelis All Scot Racing Team Honda D 6 Giansanti, MirkoMirko Giansanti All 34 Dovizioso, AndreaAndrea Dovizioso All Semprucci Angaia Racing Honda D 9 Ueda, NoboruNoboru Ueda 1–5, 11–16 20 Tóth, ImreImre Tóth All 44 Brannetti, AlessandroAlessandro Brannetti 6 72 Giuseppetti, DarioDario Giuseppetti * 10 75 Lai, FabrizioFabrizio Lai 7–8 76 Smrž, MatejMatej Smrž * 9 Team Italia Gilera D 31 Angeloni, MattiaMattia Angeloni All 84 Fabrizio, MichelMichel Fabrizio All Telefónica Movistar jnr Team Honda D 25 Olivé, JoanJoan Olivé All 26 Pedrosa, DaniDani Pedrosa All Tribe by Breil Honda B 5 Azuma, MasaoMasao Azuma All UGT 3000 – Abruzzo Aprilia D 17 Jenkner, SteveSteve Jenkner All 19 Baldolini, AlexAlex Baldolini All 23 Borsoi, GinoGino Borsoi All Wildcard riders Team Constructor No Rider Rounds ADAC Sachsen Honda 93 Mickan, ManuelManuel Mickan 9 ADAC Sashsen Motorrad Unger Honda 92 Unger, PatrickPatrick Unger 9 Atletico de Madrid Aprilia 51 Bautista, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Bautista 3, 6, 16 Bikecards.com Honda 98 Peris, ChrisChris Peris 16 CMSA Protectaprint Honda 81 Inkster, TimTim Inkster 15 DB Racing Team Honda 89 den Bekker, AdriAdri den Bekker 7 De Graaf Junior Team Honda 61 Schouten, RaymondRaymond Schouten 7 Dinky Racing Honda 68 Komuro, AkiraAkira Komuro 1, 13 FCC – TSR Honda 83 Waters, JoshJosh Waters 14–15 Giuseppetti Viba Team Honda 72 Giuseppetti, DarioDario Giuseppetti * 9 Holmes Earth Moving Honda 64 Holmes, PeterPeter Holmes 15 Honda Kumamoto Racing Honda 65 Kuzuhara, ToshihisaToshihisa Kuzuhara 1, 13 International Racing Team Honda 79 Pinto, JoãoJoão Pinto 11 Kart Centrum Honda 56 Pešek, LukášLukáš Pešek 10 Kiefer Castrol Honda Honda 73 Klein, ClaudiusClaudius Klein 9 MG Parts – RG Racing Team Honda 60 Gevers, RandyRandy Gevers 7 MIR Racing Aprilia 71 Catalan, RubenRuben Catalan 3, 16 OMV Team Hanusch Honda 49 Kalab, IgorIgor Kalab 10 Polini Honda 87 Corsi, SimoneSimone Corsi 5 Provence Motor Sport Aprilia 86 Lefort, GregoryGregory Lefort 4 Racing Moto Sport Honda 63 Petit, JimmyJimmy Petit 4 RCGM – Rubincone Corse Aprilia 54 Petrini, MarcoMarco Petrini 5 Red Bull Rookies Honda 90 Farbrother, GuyGuy Farbrother 8 91 Smart, MidgeMidge Smart 8 Red Devil Honda Honda 88 Harms, RobbinRobbin Harms 10 RMS Honda 85 Leblanc, GregoryGregory Leblanc 4 Roteg Racing Honda 62 Perdon, GeraldGerald Perdon 7 RPS Racing Saalfeld Honda 74 Busch, JaschaJascha Büsch 9 Ruffnuts/Gulf Western Honda 82 Crowe, JeremyJeremy Crowe 15 Semprucci Angaia Racing Honda 76 Smrž, MatejMatej Smrž * 10 Sergi Motos Yamaha 94 Costa, FilipeFilipe Costa 11 Showa Denki Honda 66 Aoyama, ShuheiShuhei Aoyama * 1, 13 Sutthisam Vaewsamana Honda 46 Chaemsap, SuhathaiSuhathai Chaemsap 1 Team Gabrielli Aprilia 53 Pellino, GioeleGioele Pellino 5, 10 Team Harc-Pro Honda 95 Yasuda, TakashiTakashi Yasuda 13 Team Machado Honda 55 Machado, JavierJavier Machado 6 Team Philippe Coulon Honda 59 Braillard, VincentVincent Braillard 4, 16 Team Plus One Honda 67 Ogata, HideyukiHideyuki Ogata 1, 13 Team Technimoto Cavaillon Honda 58 Tiberio, YohannYohann Tiberio 4 Telefónica Movistar jnr Team Honda 52 Simón, JuliánJulián Simón 3, 6, 11 TZM Racing Team Honda 78 Monteiro, PedroPedro Monteiro 11 UK Racing Honda 69 Elkin, ChristianChristian Elkin 8 Wilson Racing Honda 70 Martin, ChristopherChristopher Martin 8

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Notes

• * denotes riders who raced for more than one team during the season.

Results

Round	Date	Grand Prix	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	7 April	Japanese Grand Prix	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)	Osamu Miyazaki (Yamaha)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
2	21 April	South African Grand Prix	Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Tohru Ukawa (Honda)	Report
3	5 May	Spanish Grand Prix	Lucio Cecchinello (Aprilia)	Fonsi Nieto (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
4	19 May	French Grand Prix	Lucio Cecchinello (Aprilia)	Fonsi Nieto (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
5	2 June	Italian Grand Prix	Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
6	16 June	Catalan Grand Prix	Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
7	29 June	Dutch TT ††	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
8	14 July	British Grand Prix	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
9	21 July	German Grand Prix	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
10	25 August	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Lucio Cecchinello (Aprilia)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Max Biaggi (Yamaha)	Report
11	8 September	Portuguese Grand Prix	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)	Fonsi Nieto (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
12	21 September	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Masao Azuma (Honda)	Sebastián Porto (Yamaha)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
13	6 October	Pacific Grand Prix	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)	Toni Elías (Aprilia)	Alex Barros (Honda)	Report
14	13 October	Malaysian Grand Prix	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)	Fonsi Nieto (Aprilia)	Max Biaggi (Yamaha)	Report
15	20 October	Australian Grand Prix	Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Valentino Rossi (Honda)	Report
16	3 November	Valencian Grand Prix	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)	Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Alex Barros (Honda)	Report

†† = Saturday Race

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' standings

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

MotoGP

Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Valentino Rossi Honda 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 2 355 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha Ret 9 DSQ 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Ret 1 6 3 215 3 Tohru Ukawa Honda Ret 1 3 2 3 2 5 WD 3 3 3 Ret 4 4 3 5 209 4 Alex Barros Honda 6 Ret 5 8 5 5 2 3 Ret 9 5 4 1 3 2 1 204 5 Carlos Checa Yamaha 3 5 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 4 5 2 Ret 5 7 11 Ret 141 6 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 5 7 6 4 7 16 9 4 6 8 7 6 8 10 DNS 10 129 7 Daijiro Kato Honda 10 4 2 Ret Ret 8 12 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 4 117 8 Loris Capirossi Honda 9 3 4 7 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 9 Ret Ret 109 9 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 7 6 14 11 4 3 6 8 9 Ret 99 10 Olivier Jacque Yamaha Ret 6 11 Ret 9 9 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 9 81 11 Shinya Nakano Yamaha Ret 8 17 13 11 Ret 8 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 13 6 68 12 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 12 9 Ret 7 Ret 63 13 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda Ret 11 12 15 14 Ret 10 15 12 12 Ret 9 13 13 5 7 60 14 Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Ret Ret 16 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 7 9 Ret 10 12 10 8 59 15 John Hopkins Yamaha 12 14 13 11 12 10 7 8 DNS Ret 8 14 14 18 16 11 58 16 Sete Gibernau Suzuki Ret 16 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 Ret 14 12 13 51 17 Tetsuya Harada Honda 11 12 10 Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret 14 14 47 18 Akira Ryō Suzuki 2 11 15 13 11 14 11 41 19 Régis Laconi Aprilia 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33 20 Garry McCoy Yamaha Ret 10 15 12 9 13 11 10 17 15 18 Ret 33 21 Shinichi Ito Honda 4 Ret 13 22 Alex Hofmann Yamaha Ret 11 11 Honda 17 10 23 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 16 13 11 16 15 Ret 9 24 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 14 13 5 25 Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 12 4 26 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 19 17 12 4 27 Pere Riba Yamaha DNQ 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 4 Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 17 0 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Ret 0 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Ret 0 David García Proton KR Ret 0 Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

250cc

Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Marco Melandri Aprilia Ret 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 Ret 1 1 298 2 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 13 3 1 1 3 3 5 2 4 4 1 Ret 4 1 2 Ret 241 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 8 4 2 5 8 2 3 5 2 Ret 4 2 6 3 4 2 219 4 Toni Elías Aprilia 11 16 10 6 4 10 2 3 6 3 13 5 1 2 5 10 178 5 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 5 8 7 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 3 1 8 4 3 Ret 172 6 Franco Battaini Aprilia 10 2 4 Ret 6 5 9 4 8 Ret Ret 3 7 5 7 7 142 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 4 7 3 7 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 6 7 5 8 13 3 120 8 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 16 5 5 4 2 Ret 7 13 5 7 5 Ret 9 13 Ret 5 119 9 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 6 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 4 119 10 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 6 11 9 11 14 7 14 8 7 8 Ret 8 16 7 14 8 92 11 Alex Debón Aprilia 9 9 8 9 Ret 13 12 9 10 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 72 12 Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret Ret 6 Ret DNS 6 8 11 Ret 5 Ret 6 17 11 10 13 68 13 David Checa Aprilia DNS 10 Ret 10 10 12 16 15 15 18 8 12 21 10 8 6 60 14 Haruchika Aoki Honda Ret 13 12 Ret 12 11 6 7 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 12 11 12 58 15 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha Ret Ret 13 13 9 8 10 10 11 Ret Ret 9 18 9 15 11 58 16 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 1 25 17 Daisaku Sakai Honda 2 20 18 Leon Haslam Honda Ret 15 19 Ret 18 18 Ret 17 13 17 7 10 Ret 17 18 17 19 19 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 11 9 11 17 20 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia DNQ 14 Ret 18 Ret 21 20 18 12 14 9 14 20 18 16 19 17 21 Yuki Takahashi Honda 3 16 22 Jay Vincent Honda Ret 12 17 15 15 19 19 16 14 12 Ret Ret 19 14 Ret 14 16 23 Héctor Faubel Aprilia Ret Ret 11 14 16 20 Ret 20 18 Ret 10 17 22 Ret 19 15 14 24 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha Ret Ret 11 15 15 12 16 11 25 Raúl Jara Aprilia 15 Ret 16 19 17 15 13 Ret 17 15 11 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 26 Chojun Kameya Honda 7 9 27 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 12 11 9 28 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 16 12 13 23 Ret Ret 20 7 Honda 20 29 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 16 17 14 16 7 30 David García Honda 10 6 31 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 12 4 32 Vincent Philippe Aprilia Ret Ret 18 16 13 17 15 Ret Ret 4 33 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret 4 34 Eric Bataille Honda 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 35 Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 14 2 36 Jakub Smrž Honda 15 24 16 17 Ret 1 Jarno Janssen Honda Ret 17 20 17 Ret 22 18 19 Ret 0 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 18 0 Max Neukirchner Honda 19 0 Henk van de Lagemaat Honda 19 0 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 20 0 Russell Holland Yamaha 20 0 Peter Politiek Honda 21 0 Andrew Whittley Aprilia 21 0 Chuck Sorensen Aprilia 21 0 Jarno Boesveld Aprilia 22 0 Gert Pieper Aprilia 23 0 Thierry van den Bosch Honda Ret DNQ Ret 0 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda Ret 0 Christian Gemmel Honda Ret 0 Nico Kehrer Honda Ret 0 Vladimir Častka Yamaha Ret 0 Grégory Lefort Aprilia Ret 0 Tekkyu Kayo Yamaha Ret 0 Noboyuki Osaki Yamaha Ret 0 Radomil Rous Honda DNS 0 Yann Lussiana Honda DNQ 0 Samuel Aubry Honda DNQ 0 Hervé Mora Aprilia DNQ 0 Jan Blok Honda DNQ 0 Christopher Sansome Honda DNQ 0 Jason Boyce Honda WD 0 Roger Heierli Honda DNQ 0 Rob Filart Honda DNQ 0 Peter Taplin Honda DNQ 0 Earl Lynch Yamaha DNQ 0 Mark Stanley Honda DNQ 0 Luis Castro Yamaha DNQ 0 Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

125cc

Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 1 2 2 4 9 11 4 1 1 3 1 2 15 1 4 2 273 2 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 3 1 DSQ 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 1 7 254 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 8 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 7 2 10 Ret 1 3 5 1 243 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 9 Ret 1 1 6 4 5 Ret Ret 1 6 10 Ret 2 2 8 180 5 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 15 4 3 11 8 3 6 5 3 6 3 18 3 6 7 5 168 6 Pablo Nieto Aprilia Ret 5 Ret 6 3 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 4 5 4 5 3 3 145 7 Simone Sanna Aprilia 5 8 7 Ret 11 5 12 17 6 7 2 14 Ret 11 6 14 106 8 Masao Azuma Honda Ret 9 8 5 13 15 14 4 15 12 5 1 18 9 8 18 101 9 Alex de Angelis Aprilia Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 7 2 8 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 4 87 10 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 7 10 10 5 Ret 13 Ret 10 9 7 12 7 19 Ret 10 82 11 Mika Kallio Honda Ret 12 5 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 10 8 8 6 7 Ret 17 78 12 Joan Olivé Honda 13 Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 3 6 11 Ret Ret 22 8 13 9 9 76 13 Youichi Ui Derbi Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 Ret 8 8 8 17 Ret Ret 12 12 13 Ret 65 14 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 16 DNS 12 15 Ret 18 20 Ret 21 4 Ret 15 5 8 14 6 50 15 Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 16 14 12 Ret 10 19 15 12 14 Ret 20 14 16 15 19 42 16 Andrea Dovizioso Honda Ret 10 Ret 9 12 Ret 11 9 13 21 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 16 42 17 Stefano Perugini Italjet 11 24 16 Ret 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 18 Ret 6 20 Ret 12 Ret 28 18 Andrea Ballerini Honda Ret 14 15 16 10 12 18 12 Ret Ret Ret 26 Aprilia 16 22 Ret 11 12 19 Stefano Bianco Aprilia Ret 22 19 7 Ret 7 29 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 Ret Ret 13 24 20 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 6 25 10 11 21 21 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 22 19 20 14 16 13 17 20 Ret 7 9 20 Ret 22 21 22 Gábor Talmácsi Italjet Ret 18 20 Ret Ret 20 Honda 15 Ret 18 11 Ret 4 21 Ret 16 15 23 Noboru Ueda Honda 4 11 17 Ret DNS Ret 25 27 18 21 Ret 18 24 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 17 25 Max Sabbatani Aprilia Ret 13 11 13 DNS Ret 22 15 Ret 19 Ret 17 11 17 26 Klaus Nöhles Honda 12 Ret Ret 14 DNS 16 16 Ret 9 25 14 18 21 15 27 Thomas Lüthi Honda 26 19 9 24 21 Ret 24 7 28 Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 10 6 29 Chaz Davies Aprilia Ret 21 24 18 18 Ret 24 16 20 Ret 11 29 24 25 22 28 5 30 Christian Pistoni Italjet Ret Ret 12 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 31 Michel Fabrizio Gilera Ret 15 18 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 23 25 Ret 23 13 26 Ret 20 4 32 Jakub Smrž Honda Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 22 3 33 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 27 13 21 Ret Ret Ret 3 34 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 14 20 21 Ret 19 20 21 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 26 23 20 Ret 2 35 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 14 22 2 36 Julián Simón Honda Ret 22 14 Ret 2 37 Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 14 2 Takashi Yasuda Honda 16 0 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 17 17 23 21 Ret 19 26 23 27 24 Ret 27 28 17 19 Ret 0 Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 17 0 Gaspare Caffiero Honda 17 0 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 17 Ret 0 Imre Tóth Honda 18 23 27 22 21 23 27 20 25 26 Ret 28 23 22 23 25 0 Ivan Goi Aprilia 19 24 0 Jarno Müller Honda Ret 19 26 0 Suhathai Chaemsap Honda 19 0 Gregory Lefort Aprilia 20 0 Christian Elkin Honda 21 0 Simone Corsi Honda 22 0 Chris Martin Honda 22 0 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 Ret 23 0 Jimmy Petit Honda 23 0 Robbin Harms Honda 23 0 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 28 29 26 Ret 24 24 27 0 Leon Camier Italjet 24 28 24 0 Gregory Leblanc Honda 24 0 Yohann Tiberio Honda 25 0 Josh Waters Honda Ret 25 0 Ruben Catalan Aprilia DNS 26 0 Peter Holmes Honda 26 0 Jeremy Crowe Honda 27 0 Igor Kalab Honda 28 0 Vincent Braillard Honda Ret 29 0 Claudius Klein Honda 29 0 Matej Smrž Honda 32 30 0 Adri den Bekker Honda 30 0 Patrick Unger Honda 30 0 Randy Gevers Honda 31 0 Jascha Büsch Honda 31 0 Gerald Perdon Honda 32 0 Manuel Mickan Honda 33 0 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Ret Ret 0 Hideyuki Ogata Honda Ret Ret 0 Akira Komuro Honda Ret Ret 0 Marco Petrini Aprilia Ret 0 Alessandro Brannetti Honda Ret 0 Raymond Schouten Honda Ret 0 Guy Farbrother Honda Ret 0 Midge Smart Honda Ret 0 Lukáš Pešek Honda Ret 0 Chris Peris Honda Ret 0 Javier Machado Honda DNQ 0 Pedro Monteiro Honda DNQ 0 João Pinto Honda DNQ 0 Filipe Costa Yamaha DNQ 0 Tim Inkster Honda DNQ 0 Pos Rider Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' standings

• Each constructor gets the same amount of points as their best placed rider in each race.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

MotoGP

Pos Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Honda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 390 2 Yamaha 3 5 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 6 3 272 3 Suzuki 2 16 8 5 Ret 7 6 6 11 4 4 3 6 8 9 13 143 4 Proton KR 7 Ret 7 6 Ret 12 Ret 9 7 7 9 12 9 12 7 8 96 5 Aprilia 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33 6 Kawasaki Ret 19 17 12 4 250cc Pos Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Aprilia 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 382 2 Honda 2 4 2 5 8 2 3 5 2 9 4 2 3 3 4 2 244 3 Yamaha 1 8 7 8 7 7 4 8 3 2 3 1 8 4 3 8 211 125cc Pos Constructor JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Aprilia 1 2 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 341 2 Honda 2 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 7 2 5 1 1 3 5 1 285 3 Gilera 3 1 18 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 1 7 254 4 Derbi Ret Ret 6 19 2 14 8 8 8 17 Ret 7 9 12 13 22 79 5 Italjet 11 18 16 Ret 15 13 28 11 Ret 18 12 6 20 Ret 12 Ret 32

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Teams' standings

• Each team gets the total points scored by their two riders, including replacement riders. In one rider team, only the points scored by that rider will be counted. Wildcard riders do not score points.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

MotoGP

Pos Team Constructor Rider(s) JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL Points 1 Repsol Honda Team Honda Valentino Rossi 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 2 564 Tohru Ukawa Ret 1 3 2 3 2 5 DNS 3 3 3 Ret 4 4 3 5 2 Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Max Biaggi Ret 9 DSQ 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Ret 1 6 3 356 Carlos Checa 3 5 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 4 5 2 Ret 5 7 11 Ret 3 West Honda Pons Honda Alex Barros 6 Ret 5 8 5 5 2 3 Ret 9 5 4 1 3 2 1 319 Loris Capirossi 9 3 4 7 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 9 Ret Ret Alex Hofmann 17 10 4 Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Kenny Roberts, Jr. Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 7 6 14 11 4 3 6 8 9 Ret 150 Sete Gibernau Ret 16 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 Ret 14 12 13 Yukio Kagayama Ret 5 Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Olivier Jacque Ret 6 11 Ret 9 9 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 9 149 Shinya Nakano Ret 8 17 13 11 Ret 8 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 13 6 6 Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Norifumi Abe 5 7 6 4 7 16 9 4 6 8 7 6 8 10 DNS 10 142 Pere Riba DNS 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS José Luis Cardoso 16 13 11 16 15 Ret 7 Proton Team KR Proton KR Nobuatsu Aoki 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 12 9 Ret 7 Ret 122 Jeremy McWilliams Ret Ret 16 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 7 9 Ret 10 12 10 8 8 Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda Daijiro Kato 10 4 2 Ret Ret 8 12 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 4 117 9 Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha John Hopkins 12 14 13 11 12 10 7 8 DNS Ret 8 14 14 18 16 11 101 Garry McCoy Ret 10 15 12 9 13 11 10 17 15 18 Ret Jean-Michel Bayle 14 13 Alex Hofmann Ret 11 10 Kanemoto Racing Honda Jurgen van den Goorbergh Ret 11 12 15 14 Ret 10 15 12 12 Ret 9 13 13 5 7 60 11 Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda Tetsuya Harada 11 12 10 Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret 14 14 47 12 MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Régis Laconi 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

References

General

• "Valencian Community Grand Prix – MotoGP – World Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
• "Valencian Community Grand Prix – 250cc – World Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
• "Valencian Community Grand Prix – 125cc – World Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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37. "Vincent times it right". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 July 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
38. "Vincent takes fifth GP win". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 July 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
39. "Cecchinello grabs 125cc Czech Grand Prix". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
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External links

• Results and Statistics at MotoGP.com