# 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 October 2002 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | 44:18.913 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +1.641 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | +7.672 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +18.120 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +25.036 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | +29.201 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +32.902 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 24 | +33.287 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +35.949 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +37.355 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 24 | +49.039 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 45 | Wataru Yoshikawa | Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 24 | +49.181 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 24 | +49.589 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 24 | +52.071 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 24 | +52.180 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +1:00.485 | 17 | |
| 17 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 24 | +1:02.232 | 15 | |
| Ret (18) | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 15 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret (19) | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret (20) | 48 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 6 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret (21) | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 5 | Retirement | 11 | |
| DNS | 20 | Pere Riba | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 0 | Did not start | 22 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 23 | 43:52.991 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 23 | +0.175 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 23 | +4.431 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +8.200 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 23 | +8.812 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 23 | +9.826 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 23 | +11.828 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 23 | +12.726 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 23 | +26.167 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +32.236 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 92 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 23 | +32.378 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 71 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | 23 | +39.383 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 23 | +39.647 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 70 | Ryuji Yokoe | Yamaha | 23 | +41.386 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 23 | +46.952 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +52.179 | 12 | |
| 17 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 23 | +52.663 | 21 | |
| 18 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 23 | +54.119 | 11 | |
| 19 | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 23 | +54.765 | 22 | |
| 20 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 23 | +59.082 | 25 | |
| 21 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 23 | +59.500 | 24 | |
| 22 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +1:21.658 | 27 | |
| 23 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 23 | +1:34.406 | 29 | |
| 24 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 23 | +1:49.925 | 28 | |
| Ret (25) | 68 | Tekkyu Kayo | Yamaha | 19 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret (26) | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret (27) | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret (28) | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret (29) | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret (30) | 69 | Nobuyuki Ohsaki | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 14 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 21 | 41:43.377 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 21 | +8.071 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +8.701 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | +15.425 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | +24.565 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 21 | +29.584 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +33.107 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 21 | +34.920 | 22 | 8 |
| 9 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 21 | +36.050 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 97 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | 21 | +36.447 | 26 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 21 | +40.056 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 21 | +44.663 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 21 | +49.699 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 21 | +50.072 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +52.708 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | 95 | Takashi Yasuda | Honda | 21 | +1:00.232 | 24 | |
| 17 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 21 | +1:00.548 | 15 | |
| 18 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +1:01.741 | 11 | |
| 19 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 21 | +1:04.115 | 20 | |
| 20 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 21 | +1:07.131 | 30 | |
| 21 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 21 | +1:07.170 | 25 | |
| 22 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:07.781 | 32 | |
| 23 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 21 | +1:11.559 | 34 | |
| 24 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 21 | +1:21.111 | 35 | |
| 25 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 21 | +1:27.070 | 29 | |
| 26 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:33.030 | 37 | |
| 27 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +1:48.799 | 23 | |
| 28 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 19 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| Ret (29) | 65 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 20 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret (30) | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 18 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret (31) | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret (32) | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret (33) | 68 | Akira Komuro | Honda | 6 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret (34) | 72 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 6 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret (35) | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 4 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret (36) | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 1 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret (37) | 67 | Hideyuki Ogata | Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 290 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa | 169 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 164 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 143 |
| 5 | Carlos Checa | 127 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 320 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 221 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 125 |
| 4 | / Proton KR | 75 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 33 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.