Home/Formula 1/2002/R17 Japan

Japanese Grand Prix

2002 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 17 of 17Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 13 200253 laps

Podium

BARFerrari

MSCFerrari

RAIMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:26:59.698 from P1

PoleMSC1:31.317

Fastest lapMSC1:36.125 on lap 15

Pit stops30recorded stops

Finishers11 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	53	1:26:59.698	10	1:36.125	2
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	–	53	+0.506s	6	1:36.345	2
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	4	▲1	53	+23.292s	4	1:36.848	2
4	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	▲2	53	+36.275s	3	1:36.757	2
5	SATTakuma Sato	Jordan	7	▲2	53	+82.694s	2	1:37.840	2
6	BUTJenson Button	Renault	10	▲4	52	+1 lap	1	1:38.046	2
7	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	12	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:38.534	2
8	SALMika Salo	Toyota	13	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:37.761	2
9	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	14	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:38.647	2
10	WEBMark Webber	Minardi	18	▲8	51	+2 laps		1:40.232	2
11	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	5	▼6	48	+5 laps		1:36.590	2
DNF	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Jaguar	17		39	Transmission		1:38.836	2
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	8		37	Engine		1:38.217	2
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Renault	11		32	Mechanical		1:38.000	1
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	9		27	Engine		1:38.058	1
DNF	YOOAlex Yoong	Minardi	19		14	Spun off		1:40.937
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	16		8	Mechanical		1:42.082	2
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3		7	Throttle		1:38.251
DNF	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	15		3	Accident		1:39.954
DNS	MCNAllan McNish	Toyota	–		0	Injury		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RSC	39	27.9s
2	RAI	41	28.3s
3	MOY	40	28.4s
4	IRV	38	28.6s
5	DLR	37	28.7s
6	TRU	15	28.7s
7	SAT	21	28.9s
8	WEB	39	29.1s
9	IRV	22	29.2s
10	MOY	25	29.2s
11	BUT	16	29.3s
12	MSC	38	29.5s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 30 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.317
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.749	+0.432s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.088	+0.771s
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.197	+0.880s
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:32.444	+1.127s
6	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:32.507	+1.190s
7	SATTakuma Sato	Jordan	1:33.090	+1.773s
8	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:33.276	+1.959s
9	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:33.349	+2.032s
10	BUTJenson Button	Renault	1:33.429	+2.112s
11	TRUJarno Trulli	Renault	1:33.547	+2.230s
12	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:33.553	+2.236s
13	SALMika Salo	Toyota	1:33.742	+2.425s
14	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:33.915	+2.598s
15	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	1:33.979	+2.662s
16	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	1:34.192	+2.875s
17	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:34.227	+2.910s
18	MCNAllan McNish	Toyota	1:35.191	+3.874s
19	WEBMark Webber	Minardi	1:35.958	+4.641s
20	YOOAlex Yoong	Minardi	1:36.267	+4.950s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2002. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams

Unofficial fan site, not associated with Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing B.V. Data from OpenF1, Jolpica-F1 (Ergast), FastF1, MultiViewer and F1DB (CC BY 4.0, seasons before 2023 and circuit outlines), saved as a snapshot after each race weekend; no data is loaded from third parties while you browse.