2002 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey

2002 Monterey

Race details
Race 5 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Laguna Seca track layout
Date	June 9, 2002
Official name	Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, United States
Course	Permanent road course 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	87 laps 194.706 mi / 313.374 km
Weather	Sunny and cool
Pole position
Driver	Cristiano da Matta  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:09.473
Fastest lap
Driver	Cristiano da Matta  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:11.369 (on lap 71 of 87)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Christian Fittipaldi  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Kenny Bräck  (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2002 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the fifth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 9, 2002 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.103	1:09.473	1:09.473
2		Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.066	1:09.575	1:09.575
3		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.476	1:09.759	1:09.759
4		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:10.264	1:10.043	1:10.043
5		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:10.322	1:10.184	1:10.184
6		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:10.218	1:10.255	1:10.218
7		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:10.652	1:10.269	1:10.269
8		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:11.196	1:10.288	1:10.288
9		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:11.289	1:10.290	1:10.290
10		Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	1:10.721	1:10.357	1:10.357
11		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:11.378	1:10.389	1:10.389
12		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:11.123	1:10.415	1:10.415
13		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:11.081	1:10.449	1:10.449
14		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:12.102	1:10.596	1:10.596
15		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:10.920	1:10.612	1:10.612
16		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:11.172	1:10.616	1:10.616
17		Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	1:11.127	1:10.681	1:10.681
18		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:12.056	1:11.319	1:11.319
19		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:11.577	1:11.497	1:11.497

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	87	1:55:28.745	1	22
2	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	87	+19.087	5	16
3	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+19.410	2	15
4	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+34.255	3	12
5	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	87	+35.095	6	10
6	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	+1:11.956	9	8
7	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	87	+1:12.431	10	6
8	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	86	+ 1 Lap	15	5
9	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	86	+ 1 Lap	11	4
10	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	86	+ 1 Lap	7	3
11	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	86	+ 1 Lap	19	2
12	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	4	1
13	22	Max Papis	Sigma Autosport	86	+ 1 Lap	17	0
14	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	86	+ 1 Lap	18	0
15	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	84	+ 3 Laps	12	0
16	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	83	Spun off	8	0
17	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	15	Contact/ Wheel	16	0
18	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	0	Contact	13	0
19	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	0	Contact	14	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-5	Vasser (8), Bell (20), Franchitti (27), Fernández (51) & Domínguez (55) contact
17-19	Tracy (26) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-61 Cristiano da Matta 62 Kenny Bräck 63-66 Christian Fittipaldi 67-87 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led Cristiano da Matta 82 Christian Fittipaldi 4 Kenny Bräck 1

• New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 1:55:28.745
• Average Speed 101.164 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results

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