2002 Japanese Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = Japan
Grand Prix = Japan
Official name = XXVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
date = October 13


Year = 2002
Race_No = 17
Season_No = 17
Location = Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 3.608
Course_km = 5.807
Distance_laps = 53
Distance_mi = 191.224
Distance_km = 307.771
Weather =
Pole_Driver = flagicon|Germany Michael Schumacher
Pole_Team = Ferrari
Pole_Time = 1:31.317
Fast_Driver = flagicon|Germany Michael Schumacher
Fast_Team = Ferrari
Fast_Time = 1:36.125
Fast_L

First_Driver = flagicon|Germany Michael Schumacher
First_Team = Ferrari
Second_Driver = flagicon|Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Second_Team = Ferrari
Third_Driver = flagicon|Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Third_Team = McLaren-Mercedes

The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on October 13, 2002. It was the seventeenth and final round of the 2002 Formula One season.

Qualifying

Classification

Notes

*Last Race: Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo, Alex Yoong and Allan McNish
*First Points: Takuma Sato
*50th pole position for Michael Schumacher
*Allan McNish crashed hard during Saturday qualifying coming out of the 130R corner, going backwards so hard into the guardrail that he went through it. McNish was unharmed, but has not raced in Formula One since, Toyota having already announced that he would be dropped for the 2003 Formula One season.

References

*cite web |title=The Official Formula 1 website |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2002/20/ |accessdate=2007-09-01
*cite web |title=The Official FIA results |url=http://www.fia.com/archive/F1/2002/017.html |accessdate=2008-03-25

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Japanese Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 2002
Previous_race_in_season = 2002 United States Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 2003 Australian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 2001 Japanese Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 2003 Japanese Grand Prix