# Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2002

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2002 was de tweede race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2002. De race werd verreden op 21 april 2002 op de Phakisa Freeway nabij Welkom, Zuid-Afrika.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 28 | 44:39.467 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 28 | +0.932 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 28 | +8.259 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 28 | +26.962 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 28 | +27.227 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 28 | +27.889 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 28 | +30.215 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 28 | +30.781 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 28 | +43.796 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 28 | +45.501 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 28 | +1:06.938 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Honda | 28 | +1:19.560 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 20 | Pere Riba | Yamaha | 28 | +1:19.857 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Yamaha | 28 | +1:31.519 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Aprilia | 28 | +1:32.725 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 27 | +1 ronde | 10 | |
| DNF | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 26 | Ongeluk | 13 | |
| DNF | 10 | Kenny Roberts, jr. | Suzuki | 9 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton | 7 | Ongeluk | 11 | |
| DNF | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton | 5 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | 42:52.922 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +2.962 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +5.213 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +6.290 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +6.675 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +8.102 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +22.571 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +24.171 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +28.161 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 26 | +36.261 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +47.211 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 26 | +47.886 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 26 | +53.106 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.767 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 26 | +1:04.093 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | +1:13.435 | 15 | |
| 17 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 25 | +1 ronde | 24 | |
| DNF | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 25 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 9 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 2 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 1 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 25 | Vincent Philippe | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 76 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 0 | Ongeluk | 19 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 24 | 41:26.120 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +0.270 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +0.826 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +1.098 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +1.187 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +1.583 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +1.830 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +12.839 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +13.942 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +19.201 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 24 | +19.210 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 24 | +39.207 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +46.560 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 24 | +53.710 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 24 | +53.868 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +54.001 | 21 | |
| 17 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 24 | +54.739 | 30 | |
| 18 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Italjet | 24 | +54.886 | 23 | |
| 19 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 24 | +54.919 | 18 | |
| 20 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:07.871 | 28 | |
| 21 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 24 | +1:08.217 | 29 | |
| 22 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 24 | +1:15.825 | 10 | |
| 23 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 24 | +1:36.139 | 31 | |
| 24 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 24 | +1:43.455 | 24 | |
| DNF | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 11 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Aprilia | 6 | Uitgevallen | 9 | |
| DNF | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 27 | |
| DNF | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 20 | |
| DNF | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 13 | |
| DNF | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 0 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNS | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 45 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 27 |
| 3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 25 |
| 4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 23 |
| 5 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Suzuki | 20 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 |
| 2 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 |
| 3 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 25 |
| 4 | 89 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 25 |
| 5 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 22 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 45 |
| 2 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 41 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 |
| 4 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 20 |
| 5 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 19 |
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