# 2002 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2002 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 October 2002 at the Sepang International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | 44:01.592 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +0.542 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +1.572 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +2.238 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +8.475 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +23.000 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +24.360 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 21 | +24.709 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +27.669 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 21 | +41.811 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Akira Ryō | Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 21 | +42.603 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +45.761 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | Honda | 21 | +48.316 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 21 | +1:01.270 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +1:13.096 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín | Yamaha | 21 | +1:15.503 | 21 | |
| 17 | 55 | Régis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +1:21.513 | 20 | |
| 18 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +1:42.684 | 19 | |
| 19 | 84 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +1:48.156 | 22 | |
| Ret (20) | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 18 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret (21) | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret (22) | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 20 | 43:28.624 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 20 | +0.412 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 20 | +2.947 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 20 | +7.910 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20 | +8.581 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 | +8.706 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 | +19.155 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 20 | +22.459 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 20 | +22.694 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 20 | +29.350 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 20 | +36.502 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 20 | +40.016 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 | +46.558 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Jay Vincent | Honda | 20 | +49.793 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 20 | +57.200 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 20 | +1:02.918 | 23 | |
| 17 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 20 | +1:02.950 | 20 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +1:03.369 | 16 | |
| 19 | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 20 | +1:13.145 | 17 | |
| Ret (20) | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret (21) | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret (22) | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret (23) | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret (24) | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 2 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 18 | 40:32.656 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 18 | +0.278 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 18 | +0.345 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 18 | +0.813 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 18 | +3.647 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 18 | +6.288 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 18 | +13.020 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 18 | +13.028 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | +13.255 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 18 | +21.494 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 18 | +25.209 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 18 | +30.511 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 18 | +36.548 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 18 | +45.983 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 18 | +46.435 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 18 | +46.466 | 15 | |
| 17 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 18 | +47.101 | 18 | |
| 18 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 18 | +47.690 | 26 | |
| 19 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 18 | +47.724 | 20 | |
| 20 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 18 | +48.079 | 24 | |
| 21 | 77 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 18 | +1:22.654 | 30 | |
| 22 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 18 | +1:22.721 | 28 | |
| 23 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 18 | +1:22.867 | 32 | |
| 24 | 72 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 18 | +1:23.046 | 29 | |
| 25 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 18 | +1:36.014 | 31 | |
| 26 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 18 | +1:36.792 | 21 | |
| Ret (27) | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 16 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret (28) | 83 | Joshua Waters | Honda | 15 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret (29) | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret (30) | 37 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret (31) | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret (32) | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret (33) | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret (34) | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 1 | Retirement | 25 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 310 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 189 |
| 3 | Tohru Ukawa | 182 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 159 |
| 5 | Carlos Checa | 136 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 340 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 246 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 133 |
| 4 | / Proton KR | 79 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 33 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.