# 2002 French Grand Prix

The 2002 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXVIII Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 21 July 2002. It was the eleventh race of the 2002 Formula One World Championship, last race on the original layout and the race in which Michael Schumacher secured his fifth World Drivers' Championship title, equalling Juan Manuel Fangio's record set over 40 years before. McLaren-Mercedes drivers Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard finished second and third respectively.
In a peculiar qualifying session, a heavy crash prevented Giancarlo Fisichella from qualifying for the race on medical grounds, whilst the cash-strapped Arrows, unable to reach an agreement with their sponsors, made a brief appearance in qualifying, only to have both their drivers deliberately set lap times slow enough for them to not qualify for the race.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
| 1 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams-BMW | 1:11.985 | — |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:12.008 | +0.023 |
| 3 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:12.197 | +0.212 |
| 4 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.244 | +0.259 |
| 5 | 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams-BMW | 1:12.424 | +0.439 |
| 6 | 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.498 | +0.513 |
| 7 | 15 | Jenson Button | Renault | 1:12.761 | +0.776 |
| 8 | 14 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:13.030 | +1.045 |
| 9 | 16 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:13.188 | +1.203 |
| 10 | 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber-Petronas | 1:13.370 | +1.385 |
| 11 | 12 | Olivier Panis | BAR-Honda | 1:13.457 | +1.472 |
| 12 | 8 | Felipe Massa | Sauber-Petronas | 1:13.501 | +1.516 |
| 13 | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR-Honda | 1:13.506 | +1.521 |
| 14 | 10 | Takuma Sato | Jordan-Honda | 1:13.542 | +1.557 |
| 15 | 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:13.656 | +1.671 |
| 16 | 24 | Mika Salo | Toyota | 1:13.837 | +1.852 |
| 17 | 25 | Allan McNish | Toyota | 1:13.949 | +1.964 |
| 18 | 23 | Mark Webber | Minardi-Asiatech | 1:14.800 | +2.815 |
| 19 | 22 | Alex Yoong | Minardi-Asiatech | 1:16.798 | +4.813 |
| 107% time: 1:17.023 ||||||
| DNQ | 20 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Arrows-Cosworth | 1:18.497 | +6.512 |
| DNQ | 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows-Cosworth | 1:19.843 | +7.858 |
| DNQ | 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Honda | — | — |
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### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | B | 72 | 1:32:09.837 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | M | 72 | +1.104 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | M | 72 | +31.975 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams-BMW | M | 72 | +40.675 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams-BMW | M | 72 | +41.772 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Jenson Button | Renault | M | 71 | +1 lap | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber-Petronas | B | 71 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 8 | 23 | Mark Webber | Minardi-Asiatech | M | 71 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 9 | 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar-Cosworth | M | 70 | +2 laps | 15 | |
| 10 | 22 | Alex Yoong | Minardi-Asiatech | M | 68 | +4 laps | 19 | |
| 11 | 25 | Allan McNish | Toyota | M | 65 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 16 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar-Cosworth | M | 52 | Rear wing | 9 | |
| Ret | 14 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | M | 49 | Engine | 8 | |
| Ret | 8 | Felipe Massa | Sauber-Petronas | B | 48 | Transmission | 12 | |
| Ret | 24 | Mika Salo | Toyota | M | 48 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR-Honda | B | 35 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 12 | Olivier Panis | BAR-Honda | B | 29 | Collision damage | 11 | |
| Ret | 10 | Takuma Sato | Jordan-Honda | B | 23 | Spin | 14 | |
| DNS | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | B | | Ignition | 3 | |
| DNQ | 20 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Arrows-Cosworth | B | | 107% rule | | |
| DNQ | 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows-Cosworth | B | | 107% rule | | |
| DNQ | 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Honda | B | | Injury | | |
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## Championship standings after the race

* Bold text indicates the World Champion.
| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Michael Schumacher | 96 |
| 1 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 34 |
| 1 | 3 | Rubens Barrichello | 32 |
| | 4 | Ralf Schumacher | 32 |
| | 5 | David Coulthard | 30 |
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| | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Ferrari | 128 |
| | 2 | Williams-BMW | 66 |
| | 3 | McLaren-Mercedes | 47 |
| | 4 | Renault | 15 |
| | 5 | Sauber-Petronas | 10 |
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* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.