# 2002 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey

The 2002 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the fifth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 9, 2002 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:10.103 | 1:09.473 | 1:09.473 |
| 2 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:10.066 | 1:09.575 | 1:09.575 |
| 3 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:10.476 | 1:09.759 | 1:09.759 |
| 4 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:10.264 | 1:10.043 | 1:10.043 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:10.322 | 1:10.184 | 1:10.184 |
| 6 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:10.218 | 1:10.255 | 1:10.218 |
| 7 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:10.652 | 1:10.269 | 1:10.269 |
| 8 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:11.196 | 1:10.288 | 1:10.288 |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:11.289 | 1:10.290 | 1:10.290 |
| 10 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 1:10.721 | 1:10.357 | 1:10.357 |
| 11 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:11.378 | 1:10.389 | 1:10.389 |
| 12 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:11.123 | 1:10.415 | 1:10.415 |
| 13 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:11.081 | 1:10.449 | 1:10.449 |
| 14 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:12.102 | 1:10.596 | 1:10.596 |
| 15 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:10.920 | 1:10.612 | 1:10.612 |
| 16 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:11.172 | 1:10.616 | 1:10.616 |
| 17 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 1:11.127 | 1:10.681 | 1:10.681 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:12.056 | 1:11.319 | 1:11.319 |
| 19 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:11.577 | 1:11.497 | 1:11.497 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 87 | 1:55:28.745 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 87 | +19.087 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 87 | +19.410 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 87 | +34.255 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 87 | +35.095 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 87 | +1:11.956 | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 87 | +1:12.431 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 86 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 86 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 86 | + 1 Lap | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 86 | + 1 Lap | 19 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 86 | + 1 Lap | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | 22 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 86 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 86 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 84 | + 3 Laps | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 83 | Spun off | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 15 | Contact/ Wheel | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 0 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 0 | Contact | 14 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1-5 | Vasser (8), Bell (20), Franchitti (27), Fernández (51) & Domínguez (55) contact |
| 17-19 | Tracy (26) contact |