2002 V8Star Series

Last updated October 24, 2025

The 2002 V8Star Series season was the second V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at six European racing circuits, in Germany, Belgium and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series for a second time, taking three wins in all and beating Austrian Robert Lechner to the title.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Irmscher Motorsport	1	Johnny Cecotto	All
SST Engineering	3	Kurt Thiim	All
SST Engineering	4	Steffen Widmann	All
PoleVision Racing	5	Ellen Lohr	1–7
		Toby Scheckter	8
		Benjamin Leuenberger	9–10
	6	Roland Asch	All
MRS Workshop	11	Ralf Druckenmüller	All
Motopark Oschersleben	14	Dennis Rostek	All
MIS Mönninghoff	16	Thomas Mutsch	All
Becker Motorsport	18	Harald Becker	All
1st Choice Racing	20	Patrick Michels	All
1st Choice Racing	21	Kris Nissen	All
Ryll Racing	22	Siegfried Ryll	All
	23	Tom Schwister	1
		Gianni Giudici	2–4, 6–10
		Oliver Mayer	5
GAG Racing Team	27	Hubert Haupt	1–7
		Franz Engstler	8, 10
		Jeroen Bleekemolen	9
	28	Dirk Adorf	All
Grohs Motorsport	44	Christian Hohenadel	1–5, 8–9
	44	Marc Duez	6–7
	55	Markus Oestreich	All
JAG Racing Team	66	Sascha Bert	All
	77	Patrick Simon	1–6
		Christian Danner	7
		Ellen Lohr	8–10
Zakspeed Motorsport	88	Pedro Lamy	All
Zakspeed Motorsport	99	Robert Lechner	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Germany	April 27	Ralf Druckenmüller	Johnny Cecotto	Irmscher Motorsport
2	R	Hockenheimring	Germany	May 11	Pedro Lamy	Thomas Mutsch	MIS Mönninghoff
3	R	Nürburgring	Germany	June 1	Robert Lechner	Pedro Lamy	Zakspeed Motorsport
4	R	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Germany	June 15	Pedro Lamy	Thomas Mutsch	MIS Mönninghoff
5	R	Zolder	Belgium	July 6	Thomas Mutsch	Thomas Mutsch	MIS Mönninghoff
6	R	Nürburgring	Germany	July 20	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	Irmscher Motorsport
7	R	Salzburgring	Austria	August 10	Markus Oestreich	Thomas Mutsch	MIS Mönninghoff
8	R	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Germany	August 31	Thomas Mutsch	Johnny Cecotto	Irmscher Motorsport
9	R	Nürburgring	Germany	September 21	Robert Lechner	Robert Lechner	Zakspeed Motorsport
10	R	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Germany	October 12	Pedro Lamy	Robert Lechner	Zakspeed Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Johnny Cecotto	290
2	Robert Lechner	259
3	Thomas Mutsch	257
4	Steffen Widmann	249
5	Roland Asch	238
6	Kris Nissen	229
7	Pedro Lamy	202
8	Dirk Adorf	201
9	Kurt Thiim	190
10	Sascha Bert	180
11	Patrick Michels	171
12	Ellen Lohr	157
13	Ralf Druckenmüller	151
14	Markus Oestreich	147
15	Siegfried Ryll	141
16	Dennis Rostek	141
17	Harald Becker	139
18	Gianni Giudici	123
19	Christian Hohenadel	86
20	Hubert Haupt	80
21	Patrick Simon	65
22	Franz Engstler	47
23	Marc Duez	43
24	Benjamin Leuenberger	42
25	Christian Danner	27
26	Toby Scheckter	23
27	Jeroen Bleekemolen	21
28	Oliver Mayer	14
29	Tom Schwister	0
Pos	Driver	Points

Pos	Team	Points
1	Zakspeed Motorsport	461
2	SST Engineering	439
3	PoleVision Racing	417
4	1st Choice Racing	400
5	GAG Racing Team	349
6	JAG Racing Team	315
7	Irmscher Motorsport	290
8	Ryll Racing	278
9	Grohs Motorsport	276
10	MIS Mönninghoff	257
11	MRS Workshop	151
12	Motopark Oschersleben	141
13	Becker Motorsport	139
Pos	Team	Points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Points	32	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

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