# Grand Prix-wegrace van Rio de Janeiro 2002

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Rio de Janeiro 2002 was de twaalfde race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2002. De race werd verreden op 22 september 2002 op het Circuit van Jacarepagua in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië.
Valentino Rossi werd gekroond tot de eerste MotoGP-kampioen na een overwinning in de race.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 24 | 49:09.516 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 24 | +1.674 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 24 | +18.764 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 24 | +24.759 | 15 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 24 | +32.354 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 24 | +34.360 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 24 | +44.250 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 24 | +57.150 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 24 | +1:09.987 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 24 | +1:17.611 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 24 | +1:20.837 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton | 24 | +1:50.774 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Honda | 23 | +1 ronde | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Yamaha | 23 | +1 ronde | 14 | 2 |
| DNF | 55 | Régis Laconi | Aprilia | 22 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 16 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton | 4 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 3 | Ongeluk | 13 | |
| DNF | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 6 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 22 | 47:01.307 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 22 | +14.114 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 22 | +15.812 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 22 | +26.998 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 22 | +29.533 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 22 | +31.868 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 22 | +45.373 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 22 | +1:11.324 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 22 | +1:13.787 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 22 | +1:15.478 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Yamaha | 22 | +1:16.715 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 22 | +1:50.844 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Honda | 22 | +1:58.717 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 22 | +2:12.040 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 21 | +1 ronde | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 21 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| 17 | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 21 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| DNF | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 15 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 14 | Ongeluk | 1 | |
| DNF | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 14 | Ongeluk | 20 | |
| DNF | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 12 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 12 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 12 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 4 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | 46:28.675 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +1.705 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 21 | +1.760 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Italjet | 21 | +9.177 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | +26.596 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 21 | +32.745 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 21 | +34.150 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 21 | +34.488 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 21 | +36.641 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 21 | +40.381 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 21 | +40.615 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +41.428 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 21 | +41.608 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 21 | +41.630 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | +45.147 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 21 | +49.885 | 23 | |
| 17 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 21 | +57.060 | 20 | |
| 18 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:13.948 | 6 | |
| 19 | 42 | Christian Pistoni | Italjet | 21 | +1:14.061 | 30 | |
| 20 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 21 | +1:17.495 | 13 | |
| 21 | 37 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 21 | +1:23.540 | 25 | |
| 22 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 21 | +1:24.059 | 16 | |
| 23 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 21 | +1:26.189 | 26 | |
| 24 | 77 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 21 | +1:29.225 | 24 | |
| 25 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +1:32.402 | 22 | |
| 26 | 72 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 21 | +1:45.091 | 31 | |
| 27 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 21 | +1:52.619 | 29 | |
| 28 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 21 | +2:01.551 | 27 | |
| 29 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 21 | +2:04.263 | 28 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 12 | Ongeluk | 12 | |
| DNF | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 2 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 32 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 270 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 164 |
| 3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 156 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 118 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 116 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 228 |
| 2 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 183 |
| 3 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 160 |
| 4 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 135 |
| 5 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 116 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 214 |
| 2 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 187 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 166 |
| 4 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 132 |
| 5 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 122 |
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