2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2002 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 September 2002
Location	Autódromo do Estoril
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Carlos Checa
Time	1:39.793
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:52.302
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Tohru Ukawa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:41.708
Fastest lap
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	2:00.120
Podium
First	Fonsi Nieto
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Sebastián Porto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:46.664
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Jenkner
Time	2:01.050
Podium
First	Arnaud Vincent
Second	Simone Sanna
Third	Steve Jenkner

The 2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 September 2002 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	28	54:12.962	3	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	28	+22.200	1	20
3	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	28	+24.220	8	16
4	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	28	+40.832	12	13
5	4	Alex Barros	Honda	28	+42.709	4	11
6	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	28	+44.064	5	10
7	6	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	28	+1:49.012	13	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Yamaha	28	+2:03.101	15	8
9	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	27	+1 lap	6	7
10	31	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	27	+1 lap	18	6
11	8	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	16	5
12	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	17	4
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	24	Accident	9
Ret	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	7	Accident	2
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	6	Accident	7
Ret	55	Régis Laconi	Aprilia	3	Accident	14
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	2	Retirement	11
Ret	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	2	Retirement	10
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	0	Accident	19
Ret	20	Pere Riba	Yamaha	0	Accident	20

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	53:58.901	3	25
2	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+0.684	2	20
3	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	+7.342	1	16
4	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+23.576	4	13
5	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+49.234	11	11
6	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:00.628	7	10
7	Leon Haslam	Honda	+1:36.634	14	9
8	David Checa	Aprilia	+1:39.550	19	8
9	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+2:12.740	21	7
10	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22	6
11	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	+1 Lap	23	5
12	Erwan Nigon	Honda	+1 Lap	20	4
13	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+3 Laps	6	3
Ret	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	Retirement	12
Ret	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	Retirement	8
Ret	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement	15
Ret	Jay Vincent	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	17
Ret	Alex Debón	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	Retirement	16
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	9

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	49:05.300	9	25
2	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	+0.867	6	20
3	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+2.600	4	16
4	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+48.520	21	13
5	Masao Azuma	Honda	+57.972	20	11
6	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+1:10.035	8	10
7	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+1:14.682	15	9
8	Mika Kallio	Honda	+1:27.994	5	8
9	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+1:39.443	29	7
10	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+1:50.519	1	6
11	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:54.525	30	5
12	Christian Pistoni	Italjet	+1 Lap	33	4
13	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+1 Lap	32	3
14	Julian Simon	Honda	+1 Lap	27	2
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Retirement	18
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	Retirement	2
Ret	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	Retirement	19
Ret	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	Retirement	23
Ret	Imre Tóth	Honda	Retirement	31
Ret	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	Retirement	28
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	25
Ret	Gábor Talmácsi	Italjet	Retirement	11
Ret	Klaus Nohles	Honda	Retirement	22
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	Retirement	17
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	Retirement	7
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	Retirement	24
Ret	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Retirement	3
Ret	Joan Olivé	Honda	Retirement	12

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