2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

  2002 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 September 2002
Official name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:50.568
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlos Checa
Time	1:59.827
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:53.939
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	2:04.661
Podium
First	Sebastián Porto
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Franco Battaini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:57.888
Fastest lap
Rider	Masao Azuma
Time	2:10.065
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Arnaud Vincent
Third	Manuel Poggiali

The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 September 2002 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	24	49:09.516	2	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	24	+1.674	1	20
3	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	24	+18.764	16	16
4	4	Alex Barros	Honda	24	+24.759	15	13
5	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	24	+32.354	12	11
6	6	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	24	+34.360	11	10
7	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	24	+44.250	7	9
8	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	24	+57.150	18	8
9	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	24	+1:09.987	8	7
10	8	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	24	+1:17.611	4	6
11	30	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	24	+1:20.837	20	5
12	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	24	+1:50.774	10	4
13	31	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	23	+1 lap	19	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Yamaha	23	+1 lap	14	2
Ret	55	Régis Laconi	Aprilia	22	Accident	17
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	16	Accident	5
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	4	Accident	3
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	3	Accident	13
Ret	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	1	Accident	9
Ret	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	0	Accident	6

250cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	47:01.307	2	25
2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+14.114	9	20
3	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+15.812	10	16
4	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+26.998	4	13
5	Toni Elías	Aprilia	+29.533	3	11
6	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	+31.868	12	10
7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+45.373	11	9
8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:11.324	7	8
9	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	+1:13.787	13	7
10	Leon Haslam	Honda	+1:15.478	17	6
11	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	+1:16.715	14	5
12	David Checa	Aprilia	+1:50.844	18	4
13	Erwan Nigon	Honda	+1:58.717	15	3
14	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+2:12.040	24	2
15	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1 Lap	23	1
16	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	+1 Lap	25
17	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1 Lap	22
Ret	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Alex Debón	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement	6
Ret	Jay Vincent	Honda	Retirement	16
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement	19
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	21

125cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Masao Azuma	Honda	46:28.675	18	25
2	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+1.705	2	20
3	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	+1.760	1	16
4	Gábor Talmácsi	Italjet	+9.177	3	13
5	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+26.596	7	11
6	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	+32.745	19	10
7	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+34.150	14	9
8	Mika Kallio	Honda	+34.488	9	8
9	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	+36.641	21	7
10	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	+40.381	5	6
11	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+40.615	4	5
12	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+41.428	11	4
13	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+41.608	17	3
14	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	+41.630	15	2
15	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+45.147	10	1
16	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	+49.885	23
17	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	+57.060	20
18	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:13.948	6
19	Christian Pistoni	Italjet	+1:14.061	30
20	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+1:17.495	13
21	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+1:23.540	25
22	Joan Olivé	Honda	+1:24.059	16
23	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	+1:26.189	26
24	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+1:29.225	24
25	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+1:32.402	22
26	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+1:45.091	31
27	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	+1:52.619	29
28	Imre Tóth	Honda	+2:01.551	27
29	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+2:04.263	28
Ret	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Retirement	12
Ret	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	32

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