2002 Brazilian Grand Prix

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25px **2002 Brazilian Grand Prix**
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} 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	72 laps, 192.024 mi / 310.248 km
Weather	Clear, Air Temp: 30°C
Pole position
Driver	Daan Van Renswoude	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW
Time	1:15.467
Fastest Lap
Driver	Pedro Daniel Miguel	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW
Time	1:16.261
Podium
First	Pedro Daniel Miguel	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW
Second	Andrew Turner	MCR-Mercedes
Third	Kieran Ryan	Mapes-VO-Honda

The 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix was the third race held in the 2002 Superleague season, 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	??	Daan van Renswoude	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW	1:15.467	—
2	??	Mikko Jakonen	Mapes-VO-Honda	1:16.301	+0.834
3	?	Pablo Arteaga	Jonk-Ferrari	1:16.405	+0.938
4	?	Andrew Turner	MCR-Mercedes	1:16.563	+1.096
5	?	James Davidson	KRT-Ferrari	1:16.748	+1.281
6	?	Darren White	CVRT-Cosworth	1:16.811	+1.344
7	?	Chris Jones	MCR-Mercedes	1:16.913	+1.446
8	?	Dan Lawrence	BA Racing-Cosworth	1:16.990	+1.523
9	?	Robert Filipe	KRB-Ferrari	1:16.994	+1.527
10	??	Erdem Coban	MaMa Racing-Honda	1:17.170	+1.703
11	??	Blair Disley	Dizzo-Asiatech	1:17.487	+2.020
12	??	Dan Regan	SCUM-Renault	1:18.167	+2.700
13	??	Peter Harding	SCUM-Renault	1:18.291	+2.824
14	??	Andrew Creek	CVRT-Cosworth	1:19.311	+3.844
15	??	William Ponissi	TGM-Ford	1:20.980	+5.513
22	??	Pedro Daniel Miguel	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW	DQ^†	—
22	??	Mal McKee	BA Racing-Cosworth	DQ^‡	—
22	??	Kieran Ryan	Mapes-VO-Honda	DQ^†	—
22	??	Chris Day	Dizzo-Asiatech	DQ^†	—
—	??	Leon Verheggen	MaMa Racing-Honda	DNQ	—
—	??	James Fowler	Jonk GP-Ferrari	DNQ	—

^† Drivers were allowed to start the race from P22.
^‡ Mal McKee was allowed to start the race from P22 after submitting a legal qualifying lap late due to ISP trouble.

Erdem Coban & Leon Verheggen both quit the MaMa Racing team before the race.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Points
1	??	Pedro Daniel Miguel	Hernj-Roaldo-BMW	72	1:36:07.788	22	3	1:16.261	21
2	??	Andrew Turner	MCR-Mercedes	72	+???	4	3	1:17.452	16
3	??	Kieran Ryan	Mapes-VO-Honda	71	+???	22	2	1:19.153	13
4	??	Darren White	CVRT-Cosworth	71	+???	6	3	1:	10
5	??	Dan Regan	SCUM-Renault	71	+???	12	2	1:	8
6	??	Robert Filipe	KRB-Ferrari	71	+???	9	2	1:	6
7	??	Peter Harding	SCUM-Renault	71	+???	13	2	1:	5
8	??	Andrew Creek	CVRT-Cosworth	71	+???	14	4	1:	4
9	??	Dan Lawrence	BA Racing-Cosworth	71	+???	8	1	1:	3
10	??	Mal McKee	BA Racing-Cosworth	71	+???	22	1	1:	2
11	??	Chris Day	Dizzo-Asiatech	71	+???	22	1	1:	1
Ret	??	Mikko Jakonen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	Engine	5
Ret	??	Pablo Arteaga	Minardi-Asiatech	67	Engine	22
Ret	??	Blair Disley	Sauber-Petronas	61	Engine	9
Ret	??	William Ponissi	Renault	60	Engine	6
Ret	??	Daan Van Renswoude	Sauber-Petronas	41	DNS	12
Ret	??	James Davidson	Toyota	40	DNS	16
Ret	??	Chris Jones	BAR-Honda	25	DNS	17
Ret	??	Erdem Coban	Arrows-Cosworth	25	DNS	18
Ret	??	Leon Verheggen	Arrows-Cosworth	19	DNQ	21
Ret	??	James Fowler	Ferrari	16	DNQ	8

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