2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 2002 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. This event would be the last podium for Japanese MotoGP rider, Daijiro Kato; who finished in second place, before his death in 6 April 2003 at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.

  2002 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 August 2002
Official name	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2][3]
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Yamaha Time 1:59.646 Fastest lap Rider Daijiro Kato Honda Time 2:00.605 on lap 3 Podium First Max Biaggi Yamaha Second Daijiro Kato Honda Third Tohru Ukawa Honda
250 cc
Pole position Rider Fonsi Nieto Aprilia Time 2:03.037 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Aprilia Time 2:04.039 on lap 19 Podium First Marco Melandri Aprilia Second Sebastián Porto Yamaha Third Toni Elías Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position Rider Alex de Angelis Aprilia Time 2:08.746 Fastest lap Rider Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia Time 2:08.903 on lap 3 Podium First Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia Second Dani Pedrosa Honda Third Arnaud Vincent Aprilia

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	44:36.498	1	25
2	74	Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+2.755	2	20
3	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+7.598	8	16
4	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	22	+11.889	9	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+14.029	6	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	22	+18.260	5	10
7	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	22	+24.840	12	9
8	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	22	+26.572	16	8
9	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	22	+28.741	10	7
10	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+29.156	15	6
11	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	22	+32.920	19	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	22	+38.670	13	4
13	8	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+45.144	4	3
14	33	Akira Ryō	Team Suzuki	Suzuki	22	+51.932	20	2
15	31	Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	22	+1:02.171	17	1
16	55	Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	+1:02.238	18
17	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+1:13.465	21
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	Tyre Wear	3
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	12	Retirement	7
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	11	Accident	14
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	0	Accident	11
DNS	20	Pere Riba	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	0	Did not start	22
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	20	41:41.572	2	25
2	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	20	+7.023	3	20
3	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	20	+8.135	7	16
4	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+8.307	1	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	20	+11.322	20	11
6	17	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+11.636	9	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+16.988	4	9
8	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+20.984	8	8
9	11	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	20	+21.002	12	7
10	84	David García	Honda	20	+30.259	17	6
11	26	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	20	+30.357	10	5
12	12	Jay Vincent	Honda	20	+30.805	14	4
13	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+43.592	11	3
14	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+44.141	22	2
15	22	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	20	+50.513	16	1
16	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	20	+1:02.225	23
17	19	Leon Haslam	Honda	20	+1:04.058	19
18	42	David Checa	Aprilia	20	+1:15.519	15
19	29	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	20	+2:05.290	25
20	63	Gábor Rizmayer	Honda	19	+1 lap	27
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	19	Accident	5
Ret	32	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	19	Accident	21
Ret	4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	18	Accident	6
Ret	13	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	15	Retirement	24
Ret	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	10	Accident	13
Ret	64	Vladimír Častka	Yamaha	4	Retirement	26
Ret	51	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	0	Accident	18
DNS	62	Radomil Rous	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	65	Roger Heierli	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	19	41:18.287	6	25
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	19	+0.202	3	20
3	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+0.278	8	16
4	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	19	+0.494	9	13
5	1	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	19	+0.495	4	11
6	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	19	+0.717	5	10
7	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	19	+0.901	2	9
8	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	19	+1.309	1	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+5.579	10	7
10	36	Mika Kallio	Honda	19	+7.091	14	6
11	8	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+7.360	11	5
12	5	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+14.326	19	4
13	33	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	19	+14.345	15	3
14	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	+16.990	20	2
15	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	19	+18.106	22	1
16	12	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	19	+18.186	17
17	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+22.341	13
18	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	19	+22.408	16
19	77	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	+22.442	18
20	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	19	+41.048	27
21	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	19	+41.208	21
22	53	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	19	+44.018	26
23	88	Robbin Harms	Honda	19	+50.207	29
24	31	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	19	+50.372	34
25	84	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	19	+50.451	28
26	20	Imre Tóth	Honda	19	+50.700	30
27	37	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	19	+50.746	24
28	49	Igor Kaláb	Honda	19	+51.560	35
29	72	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	19	+1:07.328	32
30	76	Matěj Smrž	Aprilia	19	+1:47.385	33
Ret	56	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	15	Accident	25
Ret	50	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	13	Retirement	23
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	7	Accident	7
Ret	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	6	Accident	12
Ret	42	Christian Pistoni	Italjet	5	Retirement	31
DNS	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia		Did not start
WD	19	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 220 2 Tohru Ukawa 140 3 Max Biaggi 134 4 Carlos Checa 96 5 Alex Barros 94

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 245 2 Yamaha 170 3 Suzuki 86 4 Proton KR 57 5 Aprilia 28

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

References

1. "2002 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
4. "2002 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
5. "Gauloises GP České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
6. "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
7. "Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
8. "Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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