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Race details
Race 1 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season
Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg
Date 3 March 2002
Official name LXVII Australian Grand Prix
Location Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
5.303 km (3.295 mi)
Distance 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.12 mi)
Weather Clear
Pole position
Driver 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:25.843
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:28.541
Podium
First 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Second 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW
Third 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes

The 2002 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 3 March 2002 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. It was the first race of the 2002 Formula One season.

The race was won by defending World Champion Michael Schumacher for Ferrari, becoming just the eighth driver to win the event three times since it was first held in 1928. Schumacher was also the first to achieve all three wins during the Formula One World Championship era. Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya finished 18 seconds behind in second position while McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen came home in third place and was the only other driver apart from Montoya, not to be lapped by Schumacher. The race was heavy on attrition, with eight cars eliminated in a multi-car pile-up at the first corner. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher ran into the back of polesitter Rubens Barrichello in the Ferrari. In the ensuing chaos Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber pair Felipe Massa and Nick Heidfeld, Jenson Button, Olivier Panis and Allan McNish retired. Both Arrows were disqualified for disparate reasons. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was disqualified for leaving pit lane under a red light and Enrique Bernoldi was disqualified for starting the race in the team's spare car. With six other cars retiring during the course of the race there were barely enough cars to fill the points positions.

Eddie Irvine's Jaguar took fourth position while the late race battle for fifth captured the spectating crowd's attention. Mark Webber, the first Australian to start his home race since David Brabham eight years previously, found his Minardi in fifth position, Minardi's first points in some years. The car was wounded, missing top gear and Mika Salo closing fast. With only a lap to go Salo spun trying to pass Webber. After the race, he celebrated with an enthusiasm more than equal to winner Schumacher. Webber and Australian team boss Paul Stoddart were given their own podium celebration and Michael Schumacher's champagne bottle after the top three had left.

For some just qualifying for the race was dramatic. Takuma Sato in the Jordan was unable to set a time in the early part of the session when it was dry. Eventually he did manage to get some track time, but by then it was raining heavily. Because of this "exceptional circumstance", the FIA stewards allowed him to race although an electrical failure stopped him after twelve laps.[1]

Alex Yoong in the Minardi and Pedro de la Rosa in the Jaguar were the only other finishers.

Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:25.843
2 1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.848 +0.005
3 5 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:26.279 +0.436
4 3 25px UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.446 +0.603
5 4 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.161 +1.318
6 6 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:27.249 +1.406
7 14 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Renault 1:27.710 +1.867
8 9 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 1:27.869 +2.026
9 8 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:27.972 +2.129
10 7 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:28.232 +2.389
11 15 25px UK Jenson Button Renault 1:28.361 +2.518
12 12 25px France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 1:28.381 +2.538
13 11 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:28.657 +2.814
14 24 25px Finland Mika Salo Toyota 1:29.205 +3.362
15 20 25px Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth 1:29.474 +3.631
16 25 25px UK Allan McNish Toyota 1:29.636 +3.793
17 21 25px Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 1:29.738 +3.895
18 23 25px Australia Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 1:30.086 +4.243
19 16 25px UK Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:30.113 +4.270
20 17 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1:30.192 +4.349
21 22 25px Flag of Malaysia Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech 1:31.504 +5.661
22 10 25px Japan Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 1:53.351 +27.508*

[2]

107% Qualifying Time: 1:31.852

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 58 1:35:36.792 2 10
2 6 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 58 +18.628 6 6
3 4 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 58 +25.067 5 4
4 16 25px UK Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 57 +1 Lap 19 3
5 23 25px Australia Mark Webber Minardi-Asiatech 56 +2 Laps 18 2
6 24 25px Finland Mika Salo Toyota 56 +2 Laps 14 1
7 22 25px Flag of Malaysia Alex Yoong Minardi-Asiatech 55 +3 Laps 21  
8 17 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 53 +5 Laps 20  
Ret 3 25px UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 33 Gearbox 4  
Ret 11 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 27 Rear Wing 13  
Ret 10 25px Japan Takuma Sato Jordan-Honda 12 Electrical 22  
Ret 14 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Renault 8 Accident 7  
Ret 2 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 0 Collision 1  
Ret 5 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 0 Collision 3  
Ret 9 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Honda 0 Collision 8  
Ret 8 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 0 Collision 9  
Ret 7 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 0 Collision 10  
Ret 15 25px UK Jenson Button Renault 0 Collision 11  
Ret 12 25px France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 0 Collision 12  
Ret 25 25px UK Allan McNish Toyota 0 Collision 16  
DSQ 20 25px Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth 16 Disqualified 15  
DSQ 21 25px Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth 15 Disqualified 17  

[3]

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 10
2 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 6
3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 4
4 25px UK Eddie Irvine 3
5 25px Australia Mark Webber 2
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Italy Ferrari 10
2 25px UK Williams-BMW 6
3 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 4
4 25px UK Jaguar-Cosworth 3
5 25px Italy Minardi-Asiatech 2
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]


Previous race:
2001 Japanese Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
2002 season
Next race:
2002 Malaysian Grand Prix
Previous race:
2001 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix Next race:
2003 Australian Grand Prix
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