Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th October 2002 (UTC)
Sun 13th October 2002 (Local)

Timestamp
2002-10-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2002

Round
17

Status

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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Description

The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix, formally the 2002 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 2002. It was the seventeenth and final race of the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship. It is also the last race held on this layout.

The 53-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Schumacher took pole position, led the whole race except during the pit stops, and set the fastest race lap. It was his eleventh win of the season and the fifteenth for the Ferrari team, thus equalling the record set by McLaren in 1988. Teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a McLaren-Mercedes.

This was the last race for 1999 runner-up Eddie Irvine and Mika Salo, who had been in F1 since 1993 and 1994 respectively. It was also the last race for Alex Yoong and Allan McNish, though the latter could not participate in the race itself due to injuries suffered in a heavy crash during qualifying.

This was the last race to use the 10-6-4-3-2-1 points system first introduced in 1991, and also the last race to use the race weekend format first introduced in 1996, with 3 practice sessions (two on Friday, one on Saturday morning), a one-hour qualifying session and a Sunday morning warm-up. The race would also mark Ferrari's last one-two finish for a year until the 2004 Australian Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	Michael Schumacher	1:26:59.698
02	Rubens Barrichello	+0:00.506
03	Kimi Raikkonen	+0:23.292
04	Juan Pablo Montoya	+0:36.275
05	Takuma Sato	+1:22.694
06	Jenson Button	+1 Lap
07	Nick Heidfeld	+1 Lap
08	Mika Salo	+1 Lap
09	Eddie Irvine	+1 Lap
10	Mark Webber	+2 Laps
11	Ralf Schumacher	DNF
12	Pedro de la Rosa	DNF
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF
14	Jarno Trulli	DNF
15	Jacques Villeneuve	DNF
16	Alex Yoong	DNF
17	Olivier Panis	DNF
18	David Coulthard	DNF
19	Felipe Massa	DNF
20	Allan McNish	DNF