2002 Japanese GP results

Round 1 · April 7, 2002 · Suzuka

Winners

Pole: Valentino Rossi

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Valentino Rossi	Honda	49:32.766
2+20	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	+1.550
3+16	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+8.353
4+13	Shinichi Ito	Honda	+10.829
5+11	Norick Abe	Yamaha	+20.423
6+10	Alex Barros	Honda	+32.259
7+9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	+39.633
8+8	Regis Laconi	Aprilia	+1 lap
9+7	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+1 lap
10+6	Daijiro Kato	Honda	+1 lap
11+5	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	+1 lap
12+4	John Hopkins	Yamaha	+5 lap
—	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	DNF
—	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	DNF
—	Jeremy Mcwilliams	Proton KR	DNF
—	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	DNF
—	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	DNF
—	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	DNF
—	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	DNF
—	Jurgen Vd Goorbergh	Honda	DNF
—	Garry Mccoy	Yamaha	DNF

Pole: Fonsi Nieto

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	47:09.454
2+20	Daisaku Sakai	Honda	+6.941
3+16	Randy De Puniet	Aprilia	+29.020
4+13	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+45.300
5+11	Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	+45.495
6+10	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+54.725
7+9	Choujun Kameya	Honda	+1:00.572
8+8	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+1:02.287
9+7	Alex Debon	Aprilia	+1:18.282
10+6	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+1:19.377
11+5	Toni Elias	Aprilia	+1:31.481
12+4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+1:50.269
13+3	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+1:56.005
14+2	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+2:06.670
15+1	Raul Jara	Aprilia	+1 lap
16	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+1 lap
—	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	DNF
—	Leon Haslam	Honda	DNF
—	Vincent Philippe	Aprilia	DNF
—	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	DNF
—	Jarno Janssen	Honda	DNF
—	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	DNF
—	Jay Vincent	Honda	DNF
—	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	DNF
—	Hector Faubel	Aprilia	DNF
—	Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	DNF
—	David Checa	Aprilia	Did not start
—	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Out on lap 1

Pos	No.	Rider	Time/Gap
1+25	21	Arnaud Vincent	46:22.971
2+20	6	Mirko Giansanti	+1.164
3+16	1	Manuel Poggiali	+2.558
4+13	9	Noboru Ueda	+3.479
5+11	16	Simone Sanna	+10.188
6+10	66	Shuhei Aoyama	+23.056
7+9	47	Angel Rodriguez	+23.653
8+8	26	Dani Pedrosa	+33.488
9+7	4	Lucio Cecchinello	+34.285
10+6	23	Gino Borsoi	+47.304
11+5	7	Stefano Perugini	+1:01.770
12+4	12	Klaus Nöhles	+1:06.064
13+3	25	Joan Olive	+1:28.936
14+2	19	Alex Baldolini	+1:36.264
15+1	17	Steve Jenkner	+1:56.859
16	80	Hector Barbera	+2:11.594
17	31	Mattia Angeloni	+2:14.164
18	20	Imre Toth	+2:17.104
19	46	Suhathai Chaemsap	+2:35.641
—	33	Stefano Bianco	DNF
—	65	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	DNF
—	18	Jakub Smrz	DNF
—	41	Youichi Ui	DNF
—	57	Chaz Davies	DNF
—	36	Mika Kallio	DNF
—	39	Jaroslav Hules	DNF
—	50	Andrea Ballerini	DNF
—	5	Masao Azuma	DNF
—	34	Andrea Dovizioso	DNF
—	8	Gabor Talmacsi	DNF
—	10	Jarno Müller	DNF
—	84	Michel Fabrizio	DNF
—	67	Hideyuki Ogata	DNF
—	22	Pablo Nieto	DNF
—	15	Alex De Angelis	DNF
—	11	Max Sabbatani	Out on lap 1
—	68	Akira Komuro	Out on lap 1

Source: official results DB | Scope: 2002 Japanese GP, 3 races | How points work