The 2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 May 2002 at the Circuito de Jerez.
The race became significantly notable in later years, as it marked the professional debut of future MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, who reached the legal age limit of 15 years old on the second day of free practice.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 46:51.843 1 25 2 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 27 +1.190 4 20 3 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +2.445 6 16 4 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 27 +2.830 3 13 5 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +4.117 2 11 6 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 27 +18.517 10 10 7 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +31.785 15 9 8 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +33.876 9 8 9 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +38.762 13 7 10 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 27 +39.975 11 6 11 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +47.496 8 5 12 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 27 +47.930 17 4 13 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +50.249 16 3 14 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +50.684 19 2 15 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +53.293 18 1 16 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +54.171 12 17 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1:24.014 14 Ret (18) 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 26 Retirement 5 Ret (19) 20 Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 2 Retirement 20 DSQ (20) 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Black flag 7 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 46:03.241 2 25 2 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +1.987 5 20 3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +5.355 9 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +11.484 1 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +11.982 11 11 6 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 26 +16.476 7 10 7 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +23.987 4 9 8 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +33.173 8 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +33.473 12 7 10 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +44.011 10 6 11 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +47.047 17 5 12 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +48.583 15 4 13 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +1:01.097 18 3 14 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:01.120 21 2 15 76 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:01.429 16 1 16 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:01.659 13 17 12 Jay Vincent Honda 26 +1:06.893 19 18 25 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 +1:09.713 23 19 19 Leon Haslam Honda 26 +1:15.733 24 20 41 Jarno Janssen Honda 25 +1 lap 20 Ret (21) 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 Retirement 3 Ret (22) 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 15 Accident 6 Ret (23) 42 David Checa Aprilia 4 Accident 14 Ret (24) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 3 Accident 22 Ret (25) 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 0 Retirement 25 DNQ 39 Luis Castro Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 42:08.107 6 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +2.274 2 20 3 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +2.773 5 16 4 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +8.618 8 13 5 36 Mika Kallio Honda 23 +13.089 17 11 6 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 23 +13.624 11 10 7 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 23 +15.181 9 9 8 5 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +19.116 19 8 9 25 Joan Olivé Honda 23 +19.185 12 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +24.193 7 6 11 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +34.510 23 5 12 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +34.563 16 4 13 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +37.315 20 3 14 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +37.950 15 2 15 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 23 +39.897 30 1 16 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +57.693 13 17 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +1:03.935 21 18 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 23 +1:03.959 32 19 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 23 +1:03.971 18 20 8 Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 23 +1:05.248 22 21 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +1:05.515 31 22 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +1:11.361 33 23 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 23 +1:13.117 34 24 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +1:17.907 28 25 51 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +1:20.614 26 26 10 Jarno Müller Honda 23 +1:23.174 24 27 20 Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1:50.192 35 Ret (28) 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 22 Retirement 27 Ret (29) 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 Accident 4 Ret (30) 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 Retirement 10 Ret (31) 52 Julián Simón Honda 14 Accident 29 Ret (32) 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 8 Accident 1 Ret (33) 39 Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 7 Retirement 25 Ret (34) 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 6 Accident 14 DNS 71 Rubén Catalán Aprilia 0 Did not start 36 DSQ (35) 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 (+21.674) 3 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 70 2 Tohru Ukawa 41 3 Daijiro Kato 39 4 Loris Capirossi 36 5 Norifumi Abe 30
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 75 2 Yamaha 37 3 Suzuki 28 4 / Proton KR 18 5 Aprilia 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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