# 2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 September 2002 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 54:12.962 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +22.200 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +24.220 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +40.832 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +42.709 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +44.064 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 28 | +1:49.012 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +2:03.101 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +1 lap | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 17 | 4 |
| Ret (13) | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 24 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret (14) | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 7 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret (15) | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret (16) | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret (17) | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 2 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret (18) | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret (19) | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret (20) | 20 | Pere Riba | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | 53:58.901 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +0.684 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +7.342 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +23.576 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +49.234 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +1:00.628 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 26 | +1:36.634 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 26 | +1:39.550 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +2:12.740 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 23 | +3 laps | 6 | 3 |
| Ret (14) | 57 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 23 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret (15) | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 22 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret (16) | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 21 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret (17) | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret (18) | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret (19) | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret (20) | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret (21) | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 7 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret (22) | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret (23) | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret (24) | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 9 | |
| DNQ | 30 | Rob Filart | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | 49:05.300 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +0.867 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +2.600 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +48.520 | 21 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +57.972 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +1:10.035 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +1:14.682 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 24 | +1:27.994 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 24 | +1:39.443 | 29 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +1:50.519 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 24 | +1:54.525 | 30 | 5 |
| 12 | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 23 | +1 lap | 33 | 4 |
| 13 | 37 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 32 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | Julián Simón | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 27 | 2 |
| Ret (15) | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 22 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret (16) | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 20 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret (17) | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret (18) | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 18 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret (19) | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 16 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret (20) | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 15 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret (21) | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 13 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret (22) | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret (23) | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret (24) | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 7 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret (25) | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 6 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret (26) | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 6 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret (27) | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 6 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret (28) | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret (29) | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 4 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret (30) | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret (31) | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret (32) | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret (33) | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 1 | Accident | 12 | |
| DNQ | 78 | Pedro Monteiro | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 79 | João Pinto | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 94 | Filipe Costa | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 245 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa | 156 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 144 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 116 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 105 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 270 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 190 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 99 |
| 4 | / Proton KR | 64 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 28 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.