The 2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 2002 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.
MotoGP classification Jean-Michel Bayle replaced Garry McCoy from the second practice session.
The race was stopped for rain after 21 of the 28 scheduled laps; however sufficient distance was covered in order for full points to be awarded. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 34:22.335 1 25 2 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +0.217 4 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +0.604 3 16 4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 21 +1.701 12 13 5 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +8.464 9 11 6 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +10.212 11 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 21 +12.437 7 9 8 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 21 +15.231 15 8 9 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +17.155 14 7 10 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +21.847 6 6 11 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +25.121 19 5 12 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +25.919 16 4 13 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +26.227 10 3 14 18 Jean-Michel Bayle Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +27.011 18 2 15 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 21 +30.342 17 1 16 30 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 21 +36.574 20 Ret (17) 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 11 Accident 5 Ret (18) 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 10 Retirement 13 Ret (19) 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 10 Retirement 8 Ret (20) 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 8 Accident 2 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 43:41.140 1 25 2 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +0.252 4 20 3 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +6.431 2 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +6.604 3 13 5 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +11.527 12 11 6 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +13.157 5 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +13.870 15 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +20.077 9 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +28.557 11 7 10 42 David Checa Aprilia 26 +28.684 17 6 11 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +28.892 10 5 12 76 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +35.148 13 4 13 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +35.344 14 3 14 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +56.484 19 2 15 12 Jay Vincent Honda 26 +56.894 16 1 16 25 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 +1:08.156 20 17 41 Jarno Janssen Honda 26 +1:08.390 22 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:16.135 23 19 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:18.040 21 20 36 Erwan Nigon Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret (21) 35 Thierry Van Den Bosch Aprilia 13 Retirement 18 Ret (22) 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 9 Accident 7 Ret (23) 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 9 Accident 6 Ret (24) 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 4 Retirement 8 Ret (25) 19 Leon Haslam Honda 2 Retirement 25 DNQ 37 Yann Lussiana Honda Did not qualify DNQ 45 Samuel Aubry Honda Did not qualify DNQ 93 Hervé Mora Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 42:09.029 4 25 2 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 24 +0.076 1 20 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 +0.604 3 16 4 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +0.865 5 13 5 5 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +0.943 2 11 6 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +1.618 7 10 7 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24 +3.769 20 9 8 36 Mika Kallio Honda 24 +8.680 21 8 9 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +8.915 11 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +9.534 8 6 11 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +11.749 16 5 12 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +20.252 13 4 13 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +32.082 19 3 14 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 24 +35.206 27 2 15 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +49.526 22 1 16 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 24 +1:02.359 24 17 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 24 +1:07.571 26 18 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 24 +1:10.303 23 19 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +1:10.998 29 20 86 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 24 +1:11.479 31 21 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 24 +1:36.333 32 22 20 Imre Tóth Honda 24 +1:41.034 35 23 63 Jimmy Petit Honda 24 +1:42.517 33 24 85 Grégory Leblanc Honda 23 +1 lap 37 25 58 Yoann Tiberio Honda 23 +1 lap 36 Ret (26) 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 11 Accident 6 Ret (27) 39 Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 11 Accident 15 Ret (28) 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 10 Accident 12 Ret (29) 25 Joan Olivé Honda 10 Accident 14 Ret (30) 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 10 Accident 30 Ret (31) 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 8 Accident 9 Ret (32) 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 8 Accident 10 Ret (33) 8 Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 5 Accident 18 Ret (34) 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 5 Accident 17 Ret (35) 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 4 Retirement 28 Ret (36) 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Retirement 25 Ret (37) 59 Vincent Braillard Honda 0 Accident 34 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 95 2 Tohru Ukawa 61 3 Loris Capirossi 45 4 Norifumi Abe 43 5 Daijiro Kato 39
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 100 2 Yamaha 53 3 Suzuki 39 4 / Proton KR 28 5 Aprilia 18
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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