2002 Superleague season

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2002 Superleague season
2002 Mapes-VO.png
Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor N/A
Platform Used GP3 icon.jpg GP3
Rounds 17
Mod base
Carshape base
Engine Supplier(s) Cosworth, Asiatech, Ford,
Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes, BMW
Tyre Supplier(s) Bridgestone, Michelin
Drivers 42
Teams 15
Drivers' Champion Finland Mikko Jakonen
Teams' Champion England Mapes-VO
Superleague Seasons
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The 2002 Superleague season was the 3rd GPVWC Superleague season. It was to be the last year in which Geoff Crammond's GP3 was used.

Pre-season

Roald Reurink's Roaldo Racing and Guiliano Hernandez's HernjF1 joined forces to become Hernj-Roaldo Team.

Testing

Report

Teams and drivers

Race numbers & details to be done
Team Base Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
United Kingdom VISA BA Racing-Cosworth BA Racing Cosworth M 0 England Dan Lawrence 3-6, 8-11 Colombia Antonio Irissari
Northern Ireland Mal McKee 7
New Zealand Jason Endean 12-17
2 Northern Ireland Mal McKee 3-4
Colombia Antonio Irissari 6-7, 9-11
Australia Jason Smith 12-15
Finland Petri Loukasmaki 16-17
Australia Red Bull CVRT-Cosworth CVRT CVRT-03 Cosworth M 3 England Darren White 1-10
Colombia Antonio Irisarri 12-13, 15-17
Argentina Pablo Arteaga 14
4 Australia Andrew Creek 1-10
England Mark Wicks 12-15
England Matt Maple 16
Australia Compaq Dizzo-Asiatech Dizzo Asiatech B 5 Australia Blair Disley All
6 Wales Chris Day 1-11
Finland Petri Loukasmaki 12
England Christopher Walinski 15
United Kingdom Mastercard DPI-Cosworth DPI Cosworth B 7 England Dan Lawrence 1, 2 England Dan Prescott
8 Wales Paul Wallace 1
England Dan Prescott 2
Sweden TGM MotorSport-Ford TGM Ford B 7 Italy William Ponissi 3-6
8 Finland Risto Taipale 6
Ireland Emerald Irish Romanian Equipe-Ford EIRE Ford B 7 Italy William Ponissi 7-8, 10-11, 15, 17 Wales Tim Williams
Wales Tim Williams 9, 12-14
Australia Daniel Wilkinson 16
8 Finland Risto Taipale 7-10, 14-16
Wales Tim Williams 11
Australia Daniel Wilkinson 12-13, 17
Netherlands Marlboro Jonk-Ferrari Jonk GP Ferrari B 9 Argentina Pablo Arteaga 1-6 Italy Giulio Paparelli
10 England James Fowler 1
Italy Giulio Paparelli 4-7
Belgium HSBC KRB-Ferrari KRB Ferrari M 11 Australia Jason Smith 1, 2, 4, 5 Portugal Robert Filipe
Italy Gene Annunziata
Portugal Robert Filipe 3
Italy Gene Annunziata 6, 7
12 Australia James Davidson 1-7
Netherlands Panasonic MaMa Racing-Honda MaMa Honda B 14 Netherlands Erdem Coban 1-3 Flag placeholder.png Luc Lissens
England Mark Etteridge
15 Netherlands Leon Verheggen
England Mark Etteridge 1
Canada Panasonic Stealth GP-Honda Stealth SGP01 Honda B 14 Malta Joe Consiglio 4-6 Netherlands Martin Ortiz
15 Netherlands Brian Bloemendal 4
Netherlands Martin Ortiz 5, 6
United Kingdom Benson & Hedges Mapes-VO-Honda Mapes-VO Honda M 16 Netherlands Peter van Oostende 1 Finland Mikko Jakonen
Netherlands Peter van Oostende
Ireland Kieran Ryan 2-12, 15-17
Finland Petri Loukasmaki 13-14
17 Netherlands Jan Ahlers 1
Finland Mikko Jakonen 2-8, 10-17
England Andrew Cooper 9
Canada Lucky Strike MCR-Mercedes MCR Mercedes M 18 England Andrew Turner 1-3, 5, 7 England Andrew Graydon
19 England Chris Jones 1-4
England Andrew Graydon 5-7
Netherlands Fed-Ex Mommark-Renault Mommark Renault M 20 Australia Dan Regan 1  
21 Italy William Ponissi 1
Australia SCUM-Renault S.C.U.M Renault M 20 Australia Dan Regan 2-7 Australia Peter Harding
21 Italy William Ponissi 2
Australia Peter Harding 3, 4, 6, 7
Netherlands West Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Hernj-Roaldo BMW B 22 Netherlands Daan van Renswoude 1-7 Netherlands Erdem Coban
23 Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel 1-5, 7
Netherlands Erdem Coban 6

Dan Lawrence quit from DPI

New entries

2002 saw the début of a number of drivers who were to have a lasting presence in the league. William Ponissi made his début in the first race of the season, though he was disqualified from the race. Kieran Ryan made his début in the following race, with Mal McKee's début following that in Brazil and Joe Consiglio in San Marino after that. Cornish driver Mark Wicks was to follow with his début in the second half of the season at Hockenheim. 2002 also saw the début of other notable drivers such as Finn Mikko Jakonen.

Team changes

After the Australian Grand Prix, Mommark, who had just made their début in the Superleague, was taken over by Dan Regan and Peter 'Rabbit' Harding. The team was re-branded as Southern Cross United Motorsports or S.C.U.M for short.

Driver changes

DPI driver Paul Wallace was sacked after round one of the season, and replaced by manager Dan Prescott. Prescott then hired rookie Mal McKee after round two in Malaysia, however the team itself parted company with the GPVWC before round three in Brazil. After securing two points in Malaysia for SCUM, the team sold William Ponissi to TGM, replacing him with SCUM co-manager Peter Harding.

MaMa Racing

Rookie driver Joe Consiglio, who had started competing in the F3000 competition, was signed for Mama Racing after the Brazilian Grand Prix. This followed the departure of Erdem Coban from the team, which immediately followed the sacking of team mate and fellow countryman Leon Verheggen. It was widely-rumoured that Coban left the team in solidarity after his team mate was sacked for not having attended any race sessions. MaMa Racing manager Luc Lissens then put a high price of £20 million on Coban - almost three times what the driver cost MaMa - to release him from his contract with the team.

In a very public and bitter war of words, Verheggen claimed that he wasn't fired, but that he resigned from the team. In the end, the GPVWC Administration stepped in and settled the matter of contracts and monies owed, refunding MaMa Racing partially and freeing both former drivers from their contracts. Coban went on to join Hernj-Roaldo. MaMa Racing then pulled out of the GPVWC. Canadian outfit Stealth International bought over MaMa's assets, including drivers Joe Consiglio and Brian Bloemendal, re-branding the team as Stealth GP.

2002 Calendar

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Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Mod Date Time
Track time GMT
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 24th March  ??? 23:59
2 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 31st March  ??? 23:59
3 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 27th March - 1st April  ??? 23:59
4 San Marino Grand Prix San Marino GP San Marino Imola Showers.png Wet GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 14th April  ??? 23:59
3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 14th April  ??? 23:59
4 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 5th May  ??? 23:59
5 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 19th May  ??? 23:59
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo Monsoon.png Monsoon GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 2nd June  ??? 23:59
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ???  ??? 23:59
8 French Grand Prix French GP France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
9 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
10 German Grand Prix German GP Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
12 European Grand Prix European GP Europe Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
13 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6  ??? 23:59
14 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 1st October  ??? 23:59
15 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria A1-Ring GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 20th October  ??? 23:59
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie GP3 icon.jpg GP3 v9.6 11th November  ??? 23:59

Changes

Rule changes

Qualifying

Results and standings

Grands Prix

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Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 Australia Australian Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Daan van Renswoude
(1:28.565)
Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
2 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Daan van Renswoude
(1:40.516)
United Kingdom Andrew Turner Canada MCR-Mercedes Report
3 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel
(1:16.261)
Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
4 San Marino San Marino Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Australia Jason Smith
(1:33.889)
Australia Jason Smith Belgium KRB-Ferrari Report
5 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Netherlands Daan van Renswoude
(1:20.030)
Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
6 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Daan van Renswoude
(1:11.179)
Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
7 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix Netherlands Daan van Renswoude Finland Mikko Jakonen
(1:20.112)
Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO-Honda Report
8 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel
(1:17.175)
Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
9 Europe European Grand Prix Malta Joe Consiglio Netherlands Erdem Coban
(1:18.200)
Netherlands Erdem Coban Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
10 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Finland Mikko Jakonen
(1:29.564)
Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report
11 France French Grand Prix Malta Joe Consiglio Finland Mikko Jakonen
(1:14.127)
Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO-Honda Report
12 Germany German Grand Prix Finland Mikko Jakonen Finland Mikko Jakonen
(1:18.400)
Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO-Honda Report
13 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Australia Andrew Turner Finland Mikko Jakonen
(1:14.604)
Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO-Honda Report
14 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix New Zealand Jason Endean Australia Jason Smith
(1:47.206)
Australia Jason Smith Belgium KRB-Ferrari Report
15 Italy Italian Grand Prix New Zealand Jason Endean Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel
(1:25.532)
New Zealand Jason Endean United Kingdom BA Racing-Cosworth Report
16 United States United States Grand Prix New Zealand Jason Endean Austria Andreas Orth
(1:13.817)
Finland Mikko Jakonen England Mapes-VO-Honda Report
17 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Austria Andreas Orth Austria Andreas Orth
(1:35.273)
Northern Ireland Andreas Orth Netherlands Hernj-Roaldo-BMW Report

Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top 11 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   Pole Position   Fastest Lap 
Points 20 16 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Drivers standings

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Pos Driver AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BRA
Brazil
RSM
San Marino
ESP
Spain
AUT
Austria
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
EUR
Europe
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
Points
1 Finland Mikko Jakonen 6 Ret 6 2 3 1 4 - 2 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 DNS 186
2 Ireland Kieran Ryan - 8 3 3 4 7 2 DNS 2 7 2 9 - - 7 4 Ret 116
3 Portugal Pedro Daniel Miguel 2 Ret 1 2 DNS - DNS 1 DNS 1 DNS DNS - DNS 3 DNS DNS 110
4 Netherlands Daan van Renswoude 1 2 DNS Ret 1 1 DNS 2 103
5 New Zealand Jason Endean 2 2 2 1 2 2 103
6 England Andy Graydon 5 8 4 5 5 9 3 Ret 5 6 4 5 4 96
7 Malta Joe Consiglio 4 Ret 4 DNS 3 DNS 5 4 3 Ret 4 8 DNS - 80
8 Australia Blair Disley 6 4 Ret DNS 6 5 6 6 6 3 DNS DNS 7 DNS DSQ DNS Ret 67
9 Australia Jason Smith 3 Ret - 1 DNS - - - - - - 5 DNS 1 DNS 63
10 Italy Gene Annunziata 10 3 8 4 12 5 - - 8 6 10 3 62
11 Australia Andrew Turner 8 1 2 DNS 7 DNS DNS DNS 10 Ret DNS DNS 3 DNS DNS - DNS 61
12 Netherlands Erdem Coban 9 5 DNS - - 2 - 7 1 - DNS DNS DNS 53
13 Australia Dan Regan 11 7 5 9 Ret 12 7 10 8 6 8 - 11 7 9 47
14 Argentina Pablo Arteaga 4 3 Ret 7 Ret DNS - - - - - - DNS 5 - 6 8 46
15 Finland Petri Loukasmaki 7 DSQ Ret 2 3 6 40
16 Colombia Antonio Irisarri 6 DNS - DNS 4 6 8 6 - DNS 9 7 40
17 Australia Peter Harding 7 8 DNS DNS 8 11 11 8 10 Ret 10 9 10 8 9 35
18 England Darren White 7 9 4 Ret 8 DNS 5 DNS DNS DNS 30
19 Austria Andreas Orth 6 1 28
20 England Dan Lawrence 12 DNS 9 5 3 11 - DNS Ret 10 Ret 27
21 Australia Daniel Wilkinson 6 4 - - DNS 5 24
22 Germany Andy Sieber 3 11 Ret 11 9 DNS 18
23 England Mark Wicks 10 8 Ret 5 14
24 Australia James Davidson 5 DNS DNS DNS 9 9 Ret Ret - DNS DNS 14
25 Italy Giulio Paparelli 10 DNS Ret 9 9 9 13 9 13 DNS 12 14
26 Portugal Robert Felipe 6 - - - - - 7 - - 12 12 11
27 England Steven Holgeth 4 DSQ DNS 10
28 Italy William Ponissi DSQ 10 Ret 13 11 14 10 13 - Ret 11 - - - DNS 13 10 8
29 Netherlands Joost Jonk 7 DNS 5
30 Australia Andrew Creek DSQ Ret 8 12 Ret DSQ Ret DNS DNS DNS 4
31 Finland Risto Taipale 13 11 12 12 Ret - - - 10 13 12 - 3
32 Wales Chris Day Ret 11 11 11 Ret DSQ DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS 3
33 England Chris Jones 10 DNS DNS DNS 2
34 Northern Ireland Mal McKee 10 Ret DNS - DNS DNS 2
35 Netherlands Martin Ortiz 10 DNS DNS 2
36 England Andrew Cooper DNS - - - - - 12 11 DNS 1
37 Wales Tim Williams 13 - Ret Ret 13 11 1
38 England Chris Walinski 11 1
39 England James Fowler 13 0
40 England Mark Etteridge 14 0
41 Netherlands Jan Ahlers Ret 0
42 Wales Paul Wallace Ret 0
Pos Driver AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BRA
Brazil
RSM
San Marino
ESP
Spain
AUT
Austria
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
EUR
Europe
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Blank Did not participate (-)
Excluded (EX)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

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Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BRA
Brazil
RSM
San Marino
ESP
Spain
AUT
Austria
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
EUR
Europe
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
TUR
United States
JPN
Japan
Points
1 Wales Draig Racing-Ferrari 14 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 101
15 11 12 15 18 10 10 9
2 Greece Red Archer 5 16 3 8 2 2 1 Ret 100
6 4 4 4 6 6 4 5
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 0 7 9 Ret 14 DNS Ret 12 75
2 13 2 2 4 3 2 1
4 England Woods Racing 3 9 7 7 10 8 5 7 42
4 8 10 12 13 5 6 8
5 United Kingdom Synergetic-Ferrari 9 12 11 9 9 12 Ret Ret 37
10 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 8 4
6 United Kingdom Midnight 24 2 Ret 6 3 DNS Ret Ret 33
25 Ret Ret 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS
7 United Kingdom Triple-Double 22 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 32
23 6 6 Ret 7 7 7 3
8 United Kingdom Williamson 18 Ret DNS Ret 15 DNS Ret DNS 28
19 5 5 Ret 8 4 11 6
9 United Kingdom Constant 7 Ret 8 10 5 11 9 Ret 12
8 14 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret
10 Belgium Computrac 11 Ret Ret 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 1
12 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS
11 United Kingdom Nijo 20 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 1
21 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 10
12 United Kingdom ST Racing 16 15 Ret Ret 16 DNS 13 11 0
17 Ret 13 13 11 Ret Ret Ret
Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
BRA
Brazil
RSM
San Marino
ESP
Spain
AUT
Austria
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
EUR
Europe
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
TUR
United States
JPN
Japan
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Blank Did not participate (-)
Excluded (EX)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Preceded by:
2001 Superleague season
2002 Superleague season
2002
Succeeded by:
2003 Superleague season