# 2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 July 2002 at the Donington Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | 46:32.888 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +2.371 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +5.533 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 30 | +22.036 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +28.087 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +28.400 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +28.947 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +31.497 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +31.947 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +41.454 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +49.458 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +53.709 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Akira Ryō | Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +54.480 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +54.594 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 30 | +54.866 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +55.525 | 16 | |
| 17 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +1:05.901 | 19 | |
| Ret (18) | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 19 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret (19) | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 6 | Retirement | 7 | |
| DNS | 20 | Pere Riba | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 27 | 42:55.728 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +0.717 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 27 | +3.493 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +3.934 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +4.407 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +19.852 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 27 | +21.770 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +24.580 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +25.987 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 27 | +26.202 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 27 | +31.621 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 27 | +36.116 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 27 | +45.339 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 76 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 27 | +45.538 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 27 | +57.476 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 27 | +1:00.795 | 21 | |
| 17 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 27 | +1:03.974 | 20 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:05.156 | 18 | |
| 19 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 27 | +1:19.402 | 17 | |
| 20 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 27 | +1:22.218 | 19 | |
| 21 | 44 | Andrew Whittley | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret (22) | 25 | Vincent Philippe | Aprilia | 26 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret (23) | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret (24) | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret (25) | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 24 | |
| DNQ | 43 | Christopher Sansome | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| WD | 47 | Jason Boyce | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | 42:57.387 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | +0.193 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 26 | +0.699 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 26 | +13.482 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 26 | +13.643 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 26 | +14.073 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +15.650 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 26 | +18.608 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 26 | +20.761 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 66 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +21.553 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 26 | +41.238 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 26 | +41.942 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 26 | +46.464 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 75 | Fabrizio Lai | Honda | 26 | +46.699 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +52.816 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 26 | +56.261 | 24 | |
| 17 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 26 | +1:03.435 | 11 | |
| 18 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:10.892 | 29 | |
| 19 | 28 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:17.003 | 33 | |
| 20 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 26 | +1:32.295 | 28 | |
| 21 | 69 | Christian Elkin | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 22 | 70 | Christopher Martin | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| 23 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 25 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 24 | 24 | Leon Camier | Italjet | 25 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| Ret (25) | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 23 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret (26) | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret (27) | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret (28) | 90 | Guy Farbrother | Honda | 15 | Accident | 35 | |
| Ret (29) | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret (30) | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret (31) | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 3 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret (32) | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret (33) | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 2 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret (34) | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret (35) | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret (36) | 91 | Midge Smart | Honda | 0 | Accident | 36 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 195 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa | 108 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 89 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 87 |
| 5 | Carlos Checa | 72 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 200 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 125 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 68 |
| 4 | / Proton KR | 39 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 28 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.