August 03, 2002
Mercedes had an embarrassing time at their home Grand Prix when neither MCR car reached the finish line. Both cars qualified well, in 6th and 8th place on the grid, but warm-up problems (as reported earlier) proved to be an indication of what was to happen in the race.

Andy Graydon at one point was in 3rd place in the early stages, but then had a couple of spins before retiring with an expired engine.