The 2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 2002 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. This event would be the last podium for Japanese MotoGP rider, Daijiro Kato; who finished in second place, before his death on 20 April 2003 following an accident at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 44:36.498 1 25 2 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 22 +2.755 2 20 3 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +7.598 8 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +11.889 9 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +14.029 6 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 22 +18.260 5 10 7 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 22 +24.840 12 9 8 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 22 +26.572 16 8 9 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 22 +28.741 10 7 10 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +29.156 15 6 11 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +32.920 19 5 12 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 22 +38.670 13 4 13 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +45.144 4 3 14 33 Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 22 +51.932 20 2 15 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 22 +1:02.171 17 1 16 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +1:02.238 18 17 50 Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +1:13.465 21 Ret (18) 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 Tyre Wear 3 Ret (19) 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 12 Retirement 7 Ret (20) 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 11 Accident 14 Ret (21) 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Accident 11 DNS 20 Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 0 Did not start 22 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 41:41.572 2 25 2 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +7.023 3 20 3 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 20 +8.135 7 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +8.307 1 13 5 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 20 +11.322 20 11 6 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +11.636 9 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +16.988 4 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +20.984 8 8 9 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 20 +21.002 12 7 10 84 David García Honda 20 +30.259 17 6 11 26 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 20 +30.357 10 5 12 12 Jay Vincent Honda 20 +30.805 14 4 13 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +43.592 11 3 14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +44.141 22 2 15 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 20 +50.513 16 1 16 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 +1:02.225 23 17 19 Leon Haslam Honda 20 +1:04.058 19 18 42 David Checa Aprilia 20 +1:15.519 15 19 29 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 20 +2:05.290 25 20 63 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 19 +1 lap 27 Ret (21) 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 Accident 5 Ret (22) 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 Accident 21 Ret (23) 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 18 Accident 6 Ret (24) 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 15 Retirement 24 Ret (25) 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 10 Accident 13 Ret (26) 64 Vladimír Častka Yamaha 4 Retirement 26 Ret (27) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 0 Accident 18 DNS 62 Radomil Rous Honda Did not start DNQ 65 Roger Heierli Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 41:18.287 6 25 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +0.202 3 20 3 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +0.278 8 16 4 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +0.494 9 13 5 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 19 +0.495 4 11 6 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +0.717 5 10 7 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +0.901 2 9 8 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 19 +1.309 1 8 9 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +5.579 10 7 10 36 Mika Kallio Honda 19 +7.091 14 6 11 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +7.360 11 5 12 5 Masao Azuma Honda 19 +14.326 19 4 13 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 19 +14.345 15 3 14 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +16.990 20 2 15 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +18.106 22 1 16 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 19 +18.186 17 17 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +22.341 13 18 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 19 +22.408 16 19 77 Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +22.442 18 20 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 +41.048 27 21 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19 +41.208 21 22 53 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 19 +44.018 26 23 88 Robbin Harms Honda 19 +50.207 29 24 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 19 +50.372 34 25 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 19 +50.451 28 26 20 Imre Tóth Honda 19 +50.700 30 27 37 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +50.746 24 28 49 Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +51.560 35 29 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 19 +1:07.328 32 30 76 Matěj Smrž Aprilia 19 +1:47.385 33 Ret (31) 56 Lukáš Pešek Honda 15 Accident 25 Ret (32) 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 13 Retirement 23 Ret (33) 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 7 Accident 7 Ret (34) 25 Joan Olivé Honda 6 Accident 12 Ret (35) 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 5 Retirement 31 DNS 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia Did not start WD 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Withdrew Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 220 2 Tohru Ukawa 140 3 Max Biaggi 134 4 Carlos Checa 96 5 Alex Barros 94
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 245 2 Yamaha 170 3 Suzuki 86 4 / Proton KR 57 5 Aprilia 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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