# 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix

The 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on March 10, 2002, at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:18.929 | 1:46.320 | 1:18.929 |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:19.202 | - | 1:19.202 |
| 3 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:19.241 | 1:51.165 | 1:19.241 |
| 4 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:19.270 | - | 1:19.270 |
| 5 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:19.275 | - | 1:19.275 |
| 6 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:19.326 | - | 1:19.326 |
| 7 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:19.480 | - | 1:19.480 |
| 8 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:19.491 | - | 1:19.491 |
| 9 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 1:19.682 | - | 1:19.682 |
| 10 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:19.832 | - | 1:19.832 |
| 11 | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 1:19.878 | - | 1:19.878 |
| 12 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:19.982 | - | 1:19.982 |
| 13 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:19.985 | - | 1:19.985 |
| 14 | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 1:20.224 | - | 1:20.224 |
| 15 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:20.400 | - | 1:20.400 |
| 16 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:20.473 | 1:49.075 | 1:20.473 |
| 17 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:20.712 | - | 1:20.712 |
| 18 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 1:21.992 | - | 1:21.992 |
| 19 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:22.347 | - | 1:22.347 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:20.419 | - | -* |
* Nakano ran his backup car in the qualification 2 session (but was unable to complete a lap), thus forfeiting the qualifying time he set in his primary car on Friday.

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | 1:58:30.642 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 85 | +1.679 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | +3.244 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 85 | +3.785 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 85 | +7.261 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 85 | +9.427 | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 85 | +9.937 | 17 | 6 |
| 8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 85 | +10.318 | 19 | 5 |
| 9 | 22 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 85 | +11.076 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 85 | +12.717 | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 84 | Off course | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 84 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 1 |
| 13 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 83 | + 2 Laps | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 83 | + 2 Laps | 20 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 75 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 23 | Mechanical | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 0 | Contact | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 0 | Contact | 10 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1-3 | Bell (20), Vasser (8), Junqueira (4) & Bräck (12) contact |
| 77-81 | Takagi (5) & Kanaan (10) contact |