2002 Belgian Grand Prix

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2002 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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Race details [1] [2]
Date1 September 2002
Official name 2002 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.968 km (4.330 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 306.355 km (190.360 miles)
Weather Cloudy, Air: 17 °C (63 °F), Track 25 °C (77 °F) [3]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:43.726
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:47.176 on lap 15 (lap record)
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Williams-BMW
Lap leaders
  • 2002 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2002 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the 2002 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix) [4] was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 1 September 2002. It was the fourteenth race of the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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The 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. With the win, he became the first driver to win ten Formula One Grands Prix in a single season, surpassing the record jointly held by himself and Nigel Mansell. Team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished second, with Juan Pablo Montoya third in a Williams-BMW. The Arrows team were present in the paddock but did not participate in any session during the weekend; this was their final appearance at a Grand Prix event. [5]

Two months after the race, it was announced that the Belgian Grand Prix would not be held in 2003 due to a row over tobacco advertising. [6] Spa would return to the F1 calendar in 2004, however, when the Bus Stop chicane was modified significantly.

Background

The 2002 Belgian Grand Prix was the 14th of the 17 races in the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 49th time it was part of the Formula One World Championship. It took place at the 21-turn 6.968 km (4.330 mi) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium on 1 September. [1] [2] For the Grand Prix, the exit of the Bus Stop chicane was modified to allow for a faster exit into the La Source turn. [7] The new pit entrance was moved to right before the Bus Stop chicane end. [8] [9] The track was also resurfaced from La Source to Les Combes corners, as well as Blanchimont to the Bus Stop chicane. [10] The exit kerb at the top of Eau Rouge turn was flattened to make it quicker, causing drivers to straightline it on the way to Raidillon corner. [9] [11]

Before the race, both the World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship were already won, with Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher having secured the World Drivers' Championship three earlier at the French Grand Prix and Ferrari took the World Constructors' Championship two races after that at the preceding Hungarian Grand Prix, with Williams too many championship points behind to be able to catch them. [12] Although both titles were settled, the battle for second in the drivers' standings was not. [8] Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello led the battle from Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher and McLaren's David Coulthard. [12]

Michael Schumacher had won the Belgian Grand Prix five times and was aiming to become the first driver to win ten races in a single season, beating Nigel Mansell's record shared four times (1992). [13] [14] He added, "Of course, I have the best memories of Spa. I've spent so much time there during my career that I always enjoy returning." [15] Barrichello hoped Ferrari would allow him to race against Michael Schumacher in the remaining four races, despite sporting director Jean Todt's indication to prohibit it if it went against Ferrari's interests. [16] He felt finishing runner-up in the drivers' championship would be an improvement over the previous season, adding, "But to be honest it is much more important to win the races itself and then see you finish second in the championship more than anything else, but I would be lying to say it has no importance." [17] Montoya rated Spa-Francorchamps as one of his favourite circuits and hoped it would be a good fit for the Williams squad, especially in dry conditions. [13]

Ten constructors represented by a racing team entered two drivers each for the event. [18] The Arrows team continued to struggle financially following a London High Court injuction that prevented them from selling important assets or attracting new investors, and it was possible that it would not compete in Belgium. [19] Arrows were able to visit Belgium after an American investor reportedly agreed to purchase the team. [20] However, the team withdrew from the race on the night of August 30 on the advice of lawyers due to difficulties in finalising legal procedures of the purchase before qualifying began. [9] [21] Anthony Davidson, British American Racing's (BAR) test driver, replaced regular driver Alex Yoong at Minardi for the second successive race before Yoong returned for the season's final three races. [22]

Although there was no testing for the race, [8] Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer shook down three F2002 car sent to Belgium at the Mugello Circuit, while Jaguar's Eddie Irvine shook down front suspension components at Silverstone Circuit for 50 km (31 mi). [23] [24] With four races remaining in the season, several teams reducing development of their 2002 vehicles and began focussing on their 2003-spec cars. [25] In the absence of significant innovations, the teams' primary goal was to find the right balance between the high top speeds required for the Spa-Francorchamps circuit's long straights and the high aerodynamic load required by the second sector's fast corners, testing front and rear wings with varying numbers of profiles and incidence. [25] Jaguar introduced the most important modifications, installing reworked components to the new front suspension on the R3B car in an attempt to address steering issues that its drivers had since the season began. [26] [27] Mercedes and Toyota introduced revised specification of their V10 engines. [25] [28]

Practice

Two one-hour practice sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday preceded the race. [29] Race organisers delayed the first practice session for an hour due to heavy fog, preventing the medical helicopter from landing at nearby hospitals in the case of an accident, shortening the session from an hour to half an hour. [30] Conditions were sunny for the first session. [31] Barrichello lapped fastest at 1:49.009 with two minutes remaining. [32] [33] His teammate Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Renault's Jarno Trulli, Coulthard's teammate Kimi Räikkönen, Irvine, Jordan's Takuma Sato, Trulli's teammate Jenson Button, Toyota's Mika Salo and Ralf Schumacher followed in the top ten. [32] Michael Schumacher ran wide onto the grass at the fast Pouhon left-hand turn and nearly crashed at high speed, whereas Räikkönen ran onto the grass on the outside before entering the left-hand Blanchimont curve but avoided a crash. [33] BAR's Olivier Panis had an engine failure into Les Combes turn in the final minute; [9] [31] a new Honda V10 engine was fitted in his car by mechanics in 42 minutes. [9] [28]

Lap times fell during the second practice session, [34] which took place later in the afternoon under sunny skies. [35] [36] Räikkönen set the day's quickest lap of 1:47.196 in the final ten minutes. [34] [36] Coulthard was second and was fastest until his teammate's best lap. [37] The Ferrari duo of Michael Schumacher and Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Button, Jaguar's Pedro de la Rosa, Montoya, Irvine and Salo completed the top ten. [36] Montoya ran off the circuit three times throughout the session. [28] On the second occasion, he lost control of his car's rear approaching Fagnes corner but he avoided hitting the tyre barrier by passing through the gravel trap and returning to the pit lane. [35] [37] Mark Webber stopped his Minardi car at La Source turn with gearbox issues after 25 minutes. [35] [37] De La Rosa stopped his Jaguar when an electrical glitch caused his engine to cut out at the pit lane entry, [28] [34] forcing him to push his car into pit lane. [9] With seven minutes left, Barrichello spun into the gravel trap at the exit of Malmedy corner, ending his session early. [9] [37]

The third practice session took place in sunny conditions on Saturday morning. [38] [39] Michael Schumacher set the track's first sub-1:45 lap at 1:44.951 with a minute left, [40] [41] 0.888 seconds ahead of his teammate Barrichello in second. [41] The McLaren duo of Räikkönen and Coulthard, the Williams pair of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, Toyota's Allan McNish, Panis, Button and Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella were in positions three to ten. [39] Webber stopped at Stavelot turn with an electrical issue between the gearbox and engine. [38] [42] His teammate Davidson stopped when his engine cut out and was pushed into the pit lane by marshals. [41] [42] BAR's Jacques Villeneuve removed a bargeboard from his car on a kerb. [9] [40] Felipe Massa locked his brakes into Malmedy corner and ran onto the grass but his Sauber car was undamaged. [41]

Clouds formed over the circuit for the final practice session later in the morning. [43] [44] Räikkönen lapped fastest at 1:44.870 on a new set of tyres after 29 minutes, demoting Michael Schumacher to second. [44] [45] [46] Coulthard, Barrichello, the Williams pair of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher, Salo, Panis, De La Rosa and Button rounded out the top ten. [43] Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher both spun their cars at Malmedy and Les Combes corners, but both continued. Davidson went off the track into Stavelot corner but continued. [45] [46]

Qualifying

Each driver was allowed twelve laps during Saturday's one-hour qualifying session, with starting positions determined by the drivers' quickest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107% of the quickest lap time in order to qualify for the race. [29] Although there were forecasts for rain, it was dry and cloudy for qualifying. [47] [48] Michael Schumacher changed his gearbox before qualifying and a spare Ferrari was ready for him if needed. [42] With ten minutes remaining, [47] he won his fifth pole of the season and 48th of his career with a lap time of 1:43.726, [42] [49] the track's first sub-1:44 lap. [50] Schumacher aborted his second run because of oil laid on the circuit by Panis's car, [42] prompting the waving of oil flags. [51] Räikkönen qualified second for the first time in his career, 0.424 seconds slower. [52] [53] He was the early pacesetter and set his best time on his final run, going onto the grass with his right rear wheel over the kerb at the Pouhon left-hand curve and lifting dust in the second sector. [42] [48] [50] On his second run, Räikkönen drove through dense smoke from Panis' car on the straight after the Eau Rouge turn. [54] [51] Barrichello used the harder Bridgestone tyre compound and took third, the slower Ferrari driver, after the Minardi cars affected his quickest lap. He was unable to set a fourth quick lap after testing a racing setup tweak, reporting no improvement. [42] The Williams pair were fourth and fifth; both drivers reported car balance issues. [54] Ralf Schumacher took fourth in the final minute. [50] Montoya was unable to remove excess understeer; [42] he was impeded by the slow moving Räikkönen on the racing line at the Bus Stop chicane before moving onto the escape road on his third run, [50] [54] leading to an expletive-laden radio rant. [55] Coulthard selected the harder Michelin tyre compound, [42] causing him to be off the pace owing to less grip and took sixth. [49] [50] Trulli qualified seventh after failing to complete his fourth run due to a pit lane issue. [42] Irvine qualified a season-best eighth. [51] He reported his Jaguar appeared to be extracting the maximum performance from the tyres. [42] [54] Toyota made minor changes to Salo's car and tyre pressure adjustments for his final run to qualify ninth. [54] Button qualified three places behind his teammate Trulli in tenth. [49] Renault removed too much downforce from his racing setup for the last two runs and Villeneuve spun ahead of him on the third. [42] [54]

Although De La Rosa did not need to change his Jaguar midway through qualifying, he locked the front wheels on his third run entering La Source turn and cancelled his last run due to a driver error, taking 11th. [42] [54] Villeneuve was 12th in a slippery car. [56] On his second run, [57] he ran wide and spun backwards off the racing line to avoid a slowing Sauber car at Pouhon turn late in qualifying. [42] [47] [54] McNish, 13th, made a mistake by failing to locate the correct tyre pressure for his last run while Toyota spent qualifying working on his racing setup. [42] [54] Fisichella oversteered, putting his left-rear wheel onto the kerb braking heavily for the downhill right-hand Fagnes turn and hit the tyre wall with 20 minutes remaining. [42] [47] [48] He returned to the pit lane to drive the spare Jordan car, returning to the track late in qualifying to claim 14th. Panis had his second engine failure of the meeting on his second run, 35 minutes in, when he approached Les Combes corner. [42] [47] [50] Thick smoke billowed fro his car and oil was laid on the circuit. [51] Panis returned to the pit lane for the final 20 minutes, driving the spare BAR car and qualifying 15th due to traffic. [42] Sato, 16th, reported his car required extra grip and stability. [54] Sauber secured the grid's ninth row. [53] Massa finished 17th, with significant understeer in slow and medium-speed curves and snap oversteer in high-speed corners. He could not lap quicker due to traffic. [54] Heidfeld, 18th, locked up and went wide at Les Combes corner in his second run. He then had engine setting issues on his third lap, which was fixed, but had too much oversteer in the last sector on his final run. [42] [54] Minardi took the final starting positions in 19th and 20th. [47] Webber was six-tenths of a second faster than his teammate Davidson, [50] who had his car modified for the first run before being baulked by Panis on the final run. [54] This meant all 20 entrants qualified for the race. [57]

Post-qualifying

After qualifying, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula One's governing body) delegate Charlie Whiting agreed to the Grand Prix Drivers' Association's request at a drivers' briefing to remove on-track painted advertisements due to the hazards they posed, particularly in wet weather. [58] [59]

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGap
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:43.726
24 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.150+0.424
32 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:44.335+0.609
45 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:44.348+0.622
56 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:44.634+0.908
63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.759+1.033
714 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 1:45.386+1.660
816 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:45.865+2.139
924 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Toyota 1:45.880+2.154
1015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Renault 1:45.972+2.246
1117 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1:46.056+2.330
1211 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:46.403+2.677
1325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish Toyota 1:46.485+2.759
149 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 1:46.508+2.782
1512 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 1:46.553+2.827
1610 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 1:46.875+3.149
178 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:46.896+3.170
187 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:47.272+3.546
1923 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 1:47.562+3.836
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson Minardi-Asiatech 1:48.170+4.444
107% time: 1:50.987
Sources: [2] [60]

Warm-up

On race morning, drivers were given a half-hour warm-up session to run installation laps in their race and spare cars in dry and sunny conditions. Heavy rain fell overnight, removing the rubber and therefore grip laid down by drivers. [61] [62] Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of 1:48.044 halfway through warm-up, almost a second faster than Räikkönen. Coulthard, De La Rosa, Barrichello, Trulli, Panis, Ralf Schumacher, Villeneuve and Heidfeld made up positions third to tenth. [63] [64] Massa damaged his car against a marker cone at the Bus Stop chicane. [65] Halfway through warm-up, [62] Sato ran wide leaving Stavelot corner and spun after two wheels hit the grass. [64] Although he was able to straighten his car out after spinning, Sato ran out of space and damaged the front-left suspension against the tyre barrier. [64] [65] Marshals removed Sato's stricken car from the track. [61]

Race

The race commenced at 14:00 local time. [1] The weather was overcast and dull for the race, [66] [67] and teams expected conditions to remain dry. [68] The air temperature was between 15 and 17 °C (59 and 63 °F) and the asphalt temperature was between 18 and 20 °C (64 and 68 °F). [9] [67] A total of 91,000 spectators attended the race. [69]

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 441:21:20.634110
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 44+ 1.97736
36 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 44+ 18.44554
43 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes M 44+ 19.35763
55 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 44+ 56.44042
616 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth M 44+ 1:17.37081
724 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Toyota M 44+ 1:17.8099 
811 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda B 44+ 1:19.85512 
925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish Toyota M 43+ 1 Lap13 
107 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas B 43+ 1 Lap18 
1110 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda B 43+ 1 Lap16 
1212 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis BAR-Honda B 39Engine15 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda B 38Engine14 
Ret17 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth M 37Suspension11 
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas B 37Engine17 
Ret4 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 35Engine2 
Ret14 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault M 35Engine7 
Ret22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson Minardi-Asiatech M 17Spun Off20 
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Renault M 10Engine10 
Ret23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech M 4Gearbox19 
Sources: [60] [70]


Championship standings after the race

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