2002 Grand Prix Americas

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Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Miami
Race details
Race 16 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Circuit bayfront park.svg
DateOctober 6, 2002
Official name 2002 Grand Prix Americas
Location Bayfront Park
Miami, Florida, United States
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
1.387 mi / 2.232 km
Distance105 laps
145.635 mi / 234.360 km
WeatherPartly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 88 °F (31 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver Tony Kanaan  (Mo Nunn Racing)
Time1:01.264
Fastest lap
Driver Christian Fittipaldi  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:02.906 (on lap 34 of 105)
Podium
First Cristiano da Matta  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second Christian Fittipaldi  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third Jimmy Vasser  (Team Rahal)

The 2002 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship.

Contents

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamQual 1Qual 2Best
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:01.264-1:01.264
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.4441:09.7861:01.444
3 Flag of Japan.svg Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:02.0391:12.1881:02.039
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing1:02.1651:11.3971:02.165
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:02.3041:13.4791:02.304
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.3481:11.3461:02.348
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:02.3691:20.5661:02.369
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing1:02.5231:10.4971:02.523
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:02.5431:12.5261:02.543
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing1:02.6071:13.5791:02.607
11 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing1:02.7501:14.8961:02.750
12 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:02.8601:11.4601:02.860
13 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:02.8911:11.8311:02.891
14 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:03.0521:15.3961:03.052
15 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal1:03.0551:12.4011:03.055
16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green1:03.1341:20.5631:03.134
17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Team Player's1:04.1351:13.9741:04.135
18 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:04.3261:11.3181:04.326

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1052:07:09.003621
211 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing105+0.734816
38 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 105+1.3431214
433 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Team Player's 105+2.597512
54 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 105+15.5481010
69 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal104+ 1 Lap158
751 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 104+ 1 Lap96
839 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Team Motorola 103Contact145
910 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 103Contact15
1027 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 103+ 2 Laps73
1155 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 99+ 6 Laps182
1226 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green98Contact161
1312 Flag of Sweden.svg Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing70Differential40
1452 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing66Fire110
155 Flag of Japan.svg Tora Takagi Walker Racing 39Gearbox30
1632 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Team Player's34Contact170
1720 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 29Suspension130
1844 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing19Contact21

Caution flags

LapsCause
1-2 Servià (20) spin on course
3-5 Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact
19-23 Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact
90-92 Franchitti (27) contact
94-95 Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course
99-100 Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact

Notes

LapsLeader
1-23 Tony Kanaan
24-41 Cristiano da Matta
42-45 Paul Tracy
46-61 Bruno Junqueira
62-83Cristiano da Matta
84-87Paul Tracy
88-105Cristiano da Matta
 
DriverLaps led
Cristiano da Matta 58
Tony Kanaan 23
Bruno Junqueira 16
Paul Tracy 8

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References

  1. "Weather of the 2002 Grand Prix Americas Champ Car race". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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