United States 2002 Road America
Race details
Race 12 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Road America track layout
DateAugust 18, 2002
Official name2002 Grand Prix at Road America Featuring the Motorola 220
LocationRoad America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
CoursePermanent road course
4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance60 laps
242.880 mi / 390.900 km
WeatherRain with temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverBruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:42.151
Fastest lap
DriverBruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:43.792 (on lap 59 of 60)
Podium
FirstCristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
SecondAlex Tagliani (Team Player's)
ThirdBruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2002 Grand Prix at Road America was the twelfth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 18, 2002, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:42.744 1:42.151 1:42.151
2 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:42.640 1:43.024 1:42.640
3 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:43.184 1:42.684 1:42.684
4 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:43.287 1:42.927 1:42.927
5 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:43.083 1:42.983 1:42.983
6 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:42.990 1:43.651 1:42.990
7 Sweden Kenny Brack Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:44.103 1:43.001 1:43.001
8 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:43.053 1:43.462 1:43.053
9 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:43.394 1:43.118 1:43.118
10 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:43.884 1:43.195 1:43.195
11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:43.261 1:43.243 1:43.243
12 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:44.404 1:43.296 1:43.296
13 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:43.992 1:43.394 1:43.394
14 United States Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:43.431 1:43.395 1:43.395
15 United States Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:44.253 1:43.980 1:43.980
16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:44.542 1:44.261 1:44.261
17 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:45.196 1:47.507 1:45.196
18 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 4:56.153 - 4:56.153

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 60 1:56:43.030 2 21
2 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 60 +0.805 3 16
3 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 60 +1.530 1 15
4 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 60 +7.147 18 12
5 8 United States Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 60 +11.489 15 10
6 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 60 +12.391 11 8
7 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 60 +13.112 12 6
8 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 60 +23.548 17 5
9 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 60 +24.138 16 4
10 39 United States Michael Andretti Team Motorola 58 + 2 Laps 14 3
11 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 58 + 2 Laps 10 2
12 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 43 Engine 6 1
13 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 39 Contact 4 1
14 12 Sweden Kenny Brack Target Chip Ganassi Racing 39 Contact 7 0
15 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 36 Contact 13 0
16 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 35 Out of fuel 9 0
17 44 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 26 Fire 5 0
18 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 26 Engine 8 0

Caution flags

LapsCause
1Andretti (39) off course
40-42Tracy (26) & Bräck (12) contact
50-51Nakano (52) off course

Notes

LapsLeader
1-24Paul Tracy
25-38Bruno Junqueira
39-60Cristiano da Matta
 
DriverLaps led
Paul Tracy24
Cristiano da Matta22
Bruno Junqueira14

References

  1. "2002 Grand Prix at Road America weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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