2002 Brazilian Grand Prix

[[File:{{{Race Flag}}}|25px|border]] **2002 Brazilian Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 3 of the 2002 Superleague season
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Date	March 27th - April 1st, 2002
Official name	XXXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent Racing Facility 2.667 mi / 4.309 km
Distance	71 laps, 189.357 mi / 305.939 km
Weather	Clear, Air Temp: 30°C
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:13.114
Fastest Lap
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:16.079
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Third	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Supeleague race held from the 27th of March until the 1st of April, 2002 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	6	Template:Country data Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:13.114	—
2	1	Template:Country data Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:13.241	+0.127
3	3	Template:Country data Germany Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:13.328	+0.214
4	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.565	+0.451
5	4	Template:Country data Finland Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.595	+0.481
6	14	Template:Country data Italy Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:13.611	+0.497
7	15	Jenson Button	Renault	1:13.665	+0.551
8	2	Template:Country data Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:13.935	+0.821
9	7	Template:Country data Germany Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.233	+1.119
10	24	Template:Country data Finland Mika Salo	Toyota	1:14.443	+1.329
11	17	Template:Country data Spain Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:14.464	+1.350
12	8	Template:Country data Brazil Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.533	+1.419
13	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:14.537	+1.423
14	9	Template:Country data Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	1:14.748	+1.634
15	11	Template:Country data Canada Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:14.760	+1.646
16	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:14.990	+1.876
17	12	Template:Country data France Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:14.996	+1.882
18	20	Template:Country data Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	1:15.112	+1.998
19	10	Template:Country data Japan Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	1:15.296	+2.182
20	23	Template:Country data Australia Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1:15.340	+2.226
21	21	Template:Country data Brazil Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	1:15.355	+2.241
22	22	Template:Country data Malaysia Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1:16.728	+3.614

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Country data Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	1:31:43.662	2	10
2	5	Template:Country data Germany Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	71	+0.588	3	6
3	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+59.109	4	4
4	15	Jenson Button	Renault	71	+1:06.883	7	3
5	6	Template:Country data Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	71	+1:07.563	1	2
6	24	Template:Country data Finland Mika Salo	Toyota	70	+1 Lap	10	1
7	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	70	+1 Lap	13
8	17	Template:Country data Spain Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	70	+1 Lap	11
9	10	Template:Country data Japan Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	69	+2 Laps	19
10	11	Template:Country data Canada Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	68	Engine	15
11	23	Template:Country data Australia Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	68	+3 Laps	20
12	4	Template:Country data Finland Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	Wheel rim	5
13	22	Template:Country data Malaysia Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	67	+4 Laps	22
Ret	7	Template:Country data Germany Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	61	Brakes	9
Ret	14	Template:Country data Italy Jarno Trulli	Renault	60	Engine	6
Ret	8	Template:Country data Brazil Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	41	Collision	12
Ret	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	40	Spin	16
Ret	12	Template:Country data France Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	25	Gearbox	17
Ret	20	Template:Country data Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	25	Suspension	18
Ret	21	Template:Country data Brazil Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	19	Suspension	21
Ret	2	Template:Country data Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	16	Hydraulics	8
Ret	9	Template:Country data Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	6	Engine	14

Notes

Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 1m 16.079s
Soccer legend Pelé was supposed to wave the checkered flag. However, when the Schumacher brothers arrived to the finish line, Pelé was talking to someone, and forgot to show them the flag. He eventually waved the flag when the next driver, Takuma Sato arrived to the finish line, two laps down, meaning by technicality that Sato had won the Grand Prix as he was the first driver to see the checkered flag
During the morning warmup, Bernoldi's Arrows crashed in Turn 2, right by the Medical Car. It went out to help him, and just as the car's driver, Alex Ribeiro, opened the door, Heidfeld's Sauber came in, and crashed into the door. Thankfully, both Heidfeld and Ribeiro were all right, especially Ribeiro, who might've been killed if he had been stepping out.
Michael Schumacher gave the Ferrari F2002 its debut in this race. Only one F2002 had been brought to Brazil, leaving Rubens Barrichello to race in the F2001.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Country data Germany Michael Schumacher	24
2	Template:Country data Germany Ralf Schumacher	16
3	Template:Country data Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	14
4	Jenson Button	6
5	David Coulthard	4