# 2002 V8Star Series

The 2002 V8Star Series season was the second V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at six European racing circuits, in Germany, Belgium and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series for a second time, taking three wins in all and beating Austrian Robert Lechner to the title.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Irmscher Motorsport | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | All |
| SST Engineering | 3 | Kurt Thiim | All |
| SST Engineering | 4 | Steffen Widmann | All |
| PoleVision Racing | 5 | Ellen Lohr | 1–7 |
| PoleVision Racing | 5 | Toby Scheckter | 8 |
| PoleVision Racing | 5 | Benjamin Leuenberger | 9–10 |
| PoleVision Racing | 6 | Roland Asch | All |
| MRS Workshop | 11 | Ralf Druckenmüller | All |
| Motopark Oschersleben | 14 | Dennis Rostek | All |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Thomas Mutsch | All |
| Becker Motorsport | 18 | Harald Becker | All |
| 1st Choice Racing | 20 | Patrick Michels | All |
| 1st Choice Racing | 21 | Kris Nissen | All |
| Ryll Racing | 22 | Siegfried Ryll | All |
| Ryll Racing | 23 | Tom Schwister | 1 |
| Ryll Racing | 23 | Gianni Giudici | 2–4, 6–10 |
| Ryll Racing | 23 | Oliver Mayer | 5 |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Hubert Haupt | 1–7 |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Franz Engstler | 8, 10 |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 9 |
| GAG Racing Team | 28 | Dirk Adorf | All |
| Grohs Motorsport | 44 | Christian Hohenadel | 1–5, 8–9 |
| Grohs Motorsport | 44 | Marc Duez | 6–7 |
| Grohs Motorsport | 55 | Markus Oestreich | All |
| JAG Racing Team | 66 | Sascha Bert | All |
| JAG Racing Team | 77 | Patrick Simon | 1–6 |
| JAG Racing Team | 77 | Christian Danner | 7 |
| JAG Racing Team | 77 | Ellen Lohr | 8–10 |
| Zakspeed Motorsport | 88 | Pedro Lamy | All |
| Zakspeed Motorsport | 99 | Robert Lechner | All |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | April 27 | Ralf Druckenmüller | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 2 | R | Hockenheimring | Germany | May 11 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 3 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | June 1 | Robert Lechner | Pedro Lamy | Zakspeed Motorsport |
| 4 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | June 15 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 5 | R | Zolder | Belgium | July 6 | Thomas Mutsch | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 6 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | July 20 | Johnny Cecotto | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 7 | R | Salzburgring | Austria | August 10 | Markus Oestreich | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 8 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | August 31 | Thomas Mutsch | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 9 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | September 21 | Robert Lechner | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |
| 10 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | October 12 | Pedro Lamy | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Johnny Cecotto | 290 |
| 2 | Robert Lechner | 259 |
| 3 | Thomas Mutsch | 257 |
| 4 | Steffen Widmann | 249 |
| 5 | Roland Asch | 238 |
| 6 | Kris Nissen | 229 |
| 7 | Pedro Lamy | 202 |
| 8 | Dirk Adorf | 201 |
| 9 | Kurt Thiim | 190 |
| 10 | Sascha Bert | 180 |
| 11 | Patrick Michels | 171 |
| 12 | Ellen Lohr | 157 |
| 13 | Ralf Druckenmüller | 151 |
| 14 | Markus Oestreich | 147 |
| 15 | Siegfried Ryll | 141 |
| 16 | Dennis Rostek | 141 |
| 17 | Harald Becker | 139 |
| 18 | Gianni Giudici | 123 |
| 19 | Christian Hohenadel | 86 |
| 20 | Hubert Haupt | 80 |
| 21 | Patrick Simon | 65 |
| 22 | Franz Engstler | 47 |
| 23 | Marc Duez | 43 |
| 24 | Benjamin Leuenberger | 42 |
| 25 | Christian Danner | 27 |
| 26 | Toby Scheckter | 23 |
| 27 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 21 |
| 28 | Oliver Mayer | 14 |
| 29 | Tom Schwister | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Zakspeed Motorsport | 461 |
| 2 | SST Engineering | 439 |
| 3 | PoleVision Racing | 417 |
| 4 | 1st Choice Racing | 400 |
| 5 | GAG Racing Team | 349 |
| 6 | JAG Racing Team | 315 |
| 7 | Irmscher Motorsport | 290 |
| 8 | Ryll Racing | 278 |
| 9 | Grohs Motorsport | 276 |
| 10 | MIS Mönninghoff | 257 |
| 11 | MRS Workshop | 151 |
| 12 | Motopark Oschersleben | 141 |
| 13 | Becker Motorsport | 139 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
| Points | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |