2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Spa

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The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Spa was the sixth and final race for the 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It took place on September 22, 2002.

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Although planned to run for two hours and thirty minutes, the race was stopped just shortly after two hours due to torrential downpour.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1SR116 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion
Courage C60 Evo G 54
Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6
2SR18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing for Holland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Val Hillebrand
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers
Dome S101 G 54
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
3SR16 Flag of Italy.svg R & M Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Sospiri
Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi
R & M SR01 G 54
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
4SR110 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Berridge Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Berridge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato
Lola B98/10 D 52
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
5SR121 Flag of Italy.svg Durango Corse Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Battaglin
GMS Durango LMP1 G 51
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
6SR250 Flag of Italy.svg Lucchini Engineering Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Mancini
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Collini
Lucchini SR2002 Y 51
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
7SR252 Flag of Italy.svg Lucchini Engineering Flag of Italy.svg Piergiuseppe Peroni
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Savoldi
Lucchini SR2002 G 51
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
8SR276 Flag of Sweden.svg SportsRacing Team Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Loven
Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk
Lola B2K/40 A 50
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
9SR270 Flag of France.svg Debora Automobiles Flag of France.svg Xavier Bich
Flag of Switzerland.svg Roland Bossy
Debora LMP200 D 46
BMW 3.0L I6
10SR272 Flag of Italy.svg S.C.I. Flag of Italy.svg Ranieri Randaccio
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Maddalena
Lucchini SR2000 G 46
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
11SR283 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JCI Developments Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Croydon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Mallock
Tampolli RTA-2001 D 46
Opel 3.0L V6
12SR19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing for Holland Flag of Italy.svg Beppe Gabbiani
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Felipe Ortiz
Dome S101 G 42
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
13SR119 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simpson Engineering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Smith
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bernard de Dryver
Riley & Scott Mk III D 39
Chevrolet 5.1L V8
DNFSR261 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Jota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Stack
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hignett
Pilbeam MP84 G 27
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
DNFSR299 Flag of France.svg PiR Bruneau Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Bouvy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Geoffroy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Sterckx
Debora LMP299 A 22
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
DNFSR298 Flag of France.svg PiR Competition Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Daniels
Flag of France.svg Pierre Bruneau
Pilbeam MP84 A 19
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
DNFSR260 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Sovereign Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phillip Armour
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Mallard
Rapier 6 D 11
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6

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