# 2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 2002 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

## MotoGP classification

Jean-Michel Bayle replaced Garry McCoy from the second practice session.
The race was stopped for rain after 21 of the 28 scheduled laps; however sufficient distance was covered in order for full points to be awarded.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | 34:22.335 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +0.217 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +0.604 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 21 | +1.701 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 21 | +8.464 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +10.212 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +12.437 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +15.231 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +17.155 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +21.847 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +25.121 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 21 | +25.919 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +26.227 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +27.011 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 21 | +30.342 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 21 | +36.574 | 20 | |
| Ret (17) | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 11 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret (18) | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 10 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret (19) | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret (20) | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 8 | Accident | 2 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | 43:41.140 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +0.252 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +6.431 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +6.604 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +11.527 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | +13.157 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +13.870 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +20.077 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +28.557 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 26 | +28.684 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +28.892 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 76 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +35.148 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +35.344 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +56.484 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 26 | +56.894 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Vincent Philippe | Aprilia | 26 | +1:08.156 | 20 | |
| 17 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 26 | +1:08.390 | 22 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:16.135 | 23 | |
| 19 | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 26 | +1:18.040 | 21 | |
| 20 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret (21) | 35 | Thierry Van Den Bosch | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret (22) | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret (23) | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret (24) | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret (25) | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 25 | |
| DNQ | 37 | Yann Lussiana | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 45 | Samuel Aubry | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 93 | Hervé Mora | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | 42:09.029 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 24 | +0.076 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +0.604 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +0.865 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +0.943 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +1.618 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 24 | +3.769 | 20 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 24 | +8.680 | 21 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +8.915 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +9.534 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +11.749 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +20.252 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +32.082 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 24 | +35.206 | 27 | 2 |
| 15 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +49.526 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 24 | +1:02.359 | 24 | |
| 17 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 24 | +1:07.571 | 26 | |
| 18 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 24 | +1:10.303 | 23 | |
| 19 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +1:10.998 | 29 | |
| 20 | 86 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 24 | +1:11.479 | 31 | |
| 21 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 24 | +1:36.333 | 32 | |
| 22 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 24 | +1:41.034 | 35 | |
| 23 | 63 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | 24 | +1:42.517 | 33 | |
| 24 | 85 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 37 | |
| 25 | 58 | Yoann Tiberio | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| Ret (26) | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret (27) | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret (28) | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret (29) | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 10 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret (30) | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret (31) | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret (32) | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 8 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret (33) | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Italjet | 5 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret (34) | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret (35) | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 4 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret (36) | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret (37) | 59 | Vincent Braillard | Honda | 0 | Accident | 34 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 95 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa | 61 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 45 |
| 4 | Norifumi Abe | 43 |
| 5 | Daijiro Kato | 39 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 100 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 53 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 39 |
| 4 | / Proton KR | 28 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 18 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.