The 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 56th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2002 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 2002 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 3 March and ended on 13 October.
Defending champions Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari were again awarded the World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship, respectively. [1] Schumacher finished first or second in every race except for the Malaysian Grand Prix, where he finished third, thus achieving a podium position in every race. He won a then-record eleven Grands Prix, surpassing the previous record of nine wins, jointly held by himself (1995, 2000 and 2001) and Nigel Mansell (1992). He also set the record for the largest number of races remaining on the calendar when the Drivers' Championship was clinched, securing the title with six races to go in the season.
Schumacher took the trophy home by a then-record 67-point margin over teammate Rubens Barrichello, beating his own record from the previous year (58 points over David Coulthard) and also collected the highest points total in a season thus far (144 points), again beating his own record (123 points in 2001). With their two drivers, Ferrari secured the Constructors' Championship with a points total that equalled the combined sum of points attained by all other constructors collectively. This domination, coupled with a resulting decline in viewing figures, resulted in a major overhaul of the championship's sporting regulations for the following season.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine† | Tyre | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | F2001B F2002 | Ferrari 050 Ferrari 051 | B | 1 | Michael Schumacher | All |
2 | Rubens Barrichello | All | |||||
West McLaren Mercedes | McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-17 | Mercedes FO110M | M | 3 | David Coulthard | All |
4 | Kimi Räikkönen | All | |||||
BMW WilliamsF1 Team | Williams-BMW | FW24 | BMW P82 | M | 5 | Ralf Schumacher | All |
6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | All | |||||
Sauber Petronas | Sauber-Petronas | C21 | Petronas 02A | B | 7 | Nick Heidfeld | All |
8 | Felipe Massa | 1–15, 17 | |||||
Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 16 | ||||||
DHL Jordan Honda | Jordan-Honda | EJ12 | Honda RA002E | B | 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | All |
10 | Takuma Sato | All | |||||
Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR-Honda | 004 | Honda RA002E | B | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | All |
12 | Olivier Panis | All | |||||
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault | R202 | Renault RS22 | M | 14 | Jarno Trulli | All |
15 | Jenson Button | All | |||||
Jaguar Racing F1 Team | Jaguar-Cosworth | R3 R3B | Cosworth CR-3 Cosworth CR-4 | M | 16 | Eddie Irvine | All |
17 | Pedro de la Rosa | All | |||||
Orange Arrows | Arrows-Cosworth | A23 | Cosworth CR-3 | B | 20 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1–12 |
21 | Enrique Bernoldi | 1–12 | |||||
KL Minardi Asiatech | Minardi-Asiatech | PS02 | Asiatech AT02 | M | 22 | Alex Yoong | 1–12, 15–17 |
Anthony Davidson | 13–14 | ||||||
23 | Mark Webber | All | |||||
Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota | TF102 | Toyota RVX-02 | M | 24 | Mika Salo | All |
25 | Allan McNish | All | |||||
Sources: [2] [3] [4] |
† All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration. [2]
The 2002 season featured several driver line-up changes before the season and more changes during the season proper.
For 2002, there were only minor changes in the technical regulations. [37]
Points were awarded to the top six finishers at each race. [41]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Notes:
Pos. | Constructor | No. | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | Points |
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1 | Ferrari | 1 | 1 | 3P | 1 | 1P | 1PF | 1F | 2 | 1 | 2F | 1 | 1 | 1PF | 2F | 1PF | 2 | 2P | 1PF | 221 |
2 | RetP | Ret | Ret | 2F | DNS | 2P | 7F | 3 | 1 | 2F | DNS | 4 | 1P | 2 | 1F | 1F | 2 | |||
2 | Williams-BMW | 5 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11† | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 11† | 92 |
6 | 2 | 2F | 5PF | 4 | 2 | 3 | RetP | RetPF | RetP | 3P | 4P | 2 | 11 | 3 | RetP | 4 | 4 | |||
3 | McLaren-Mercedes | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 3F | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 65 |
4 | 3F | Ret | 12† | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||
4 | Renault | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10† | Ret | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 23 |
15 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12† | 7 | Ret | 15† | 5 | 12† | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | 6 | |||
5 | Sauber-Petronas | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | |||
6 | Jordan-Honda | 9 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 7 | DNQ | Ret | 6 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 9 |
10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | |||
7 | Jaguar-Cosworth | 16 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
17 | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
8 | BAR-Honda | 11 | Ret | 8 | 10† | 7 | 7 | 10† | Ret | Ret | 12 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12† | 6 | 12 | Ret | |||
9 | Minardi-Asiatech | 22 | 7 | Ret | 13 | DNQ | DNS | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
23 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 11 | DNS | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||
10 | Toyota | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
25 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 11† | Ret | 14 | 9 | Ret | 15 | DNS | |||
11 | Arrows-Cosworth | 20 | DSQ | 11 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 13 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 2 | |||||
21 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | ||||||||
Pos. | Constructor | No. | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | Points |
Sources: [41] [1] |
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