The 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 October 2002 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 44:18.913 5 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1.641 6 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +7.672 3 16 4 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +18.120 7 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +25.036 4 11 6 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +29.201 8 10 7 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +32.902 9 9 8 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +33.287 14 8 9 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +35.949 13 7 10 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +37.355 10 6 11 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +49.039 12 5 12 45 Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 24 +49.181 19 4 13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 24 +49.589 20 3 14 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +52.071 16 2 15 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 24 +52.180 21 1 16 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +1:00.485 17 17 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1:02.232 15 Ret (18) 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 Retirement 2 Ret (19) 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 8 Retirement 1 Ret (20) 48 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Accident 18 Ret (21) 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 5 Retirement 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 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 23 43:52.991 5 25 2 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 23 +0.175 2 20 3 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +4.431 4 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +8.200 1 13 5 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +8.812 7 11 6 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 23 +9.826 8 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +11.828 9 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +12.726 6 8 9 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +26.167 17 7 10 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +32.236 10 6 11 92 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +32.378 13 5 12 71 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 23 +39.383 19 4 13 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 +39.647 20 3 14 70 Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 23 +41.386 16 2 15 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 23 +46.952 18 1 16 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +52.179 12 17 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 23 +52.663 21 18 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +54.119 11 19 12 Jay Vincent Honda 23 +54.765 22 20 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 23 +59.082 25 21 42 David Checa Aprilia 23 +59.500 24 22 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +1:21.658 27 23 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 23 +1:34.406 29 24 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +1:49.925 28 Ret (25) 68 Tekkyu Kayo Yamaha 19 Retirement 15 Ret (26) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 12 Retirement 23 Ret (27) 19 Leon Haslam Honda 12 Retirement 26 Ret (28) 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 9 Retirement 30 Ret (29) 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 Retirement 3 Ret (30) 69 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 0 Retirement 14 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 41:43.377 1 25 2 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +8.071 2 20 3 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +8.701 3 16 4 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +15.425 7 13 5 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +24.565 8 11 6 36 Mika Kallio Honda 21 +29.584 17 10 7 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +33.107 9 9 8 25 Joan Olivé Honda 21 +34.920 22 8 9 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21 +36.050 12 7 10 97 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 21 +36.447 26 6 11 66 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 21 +40.056 21 5 12 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +44.663 13 4 13 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 21 +49.699 14 3 14 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +50.072 18 2 15 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +52.708 4 1 16 95 Takashi Yasuda Honda 21 +1:00.232 24 17 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 21 +1:00.548 15 18 5 Masao Azuma Honda 21 +1:01.741 11 19 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 21 +1:04.115 20 20 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 21 +1:07.131 30 21 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +1:07.170 25 22 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +1:07.781 32 23 20 Imre Tóth Honda 21 +1:11.559 34 24 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +1:21.111 35 25 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 21 +1:27.070 29 26 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +1:33.030 37 27 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +1:48.799 23 28 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 19 +2 laps 31 Ret (29) 65 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 20 Accident 27 Ret (30) 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 18 Retirement 6 Ret (31) 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 13 Retirement 16 Ret (32) 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 10 Accident 19 Ret (33) 68 Akira Komuro Honda 6 Accident 33 Ret (34) 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 6 Accident 28 Ret (35) 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 4 Retirement 36 Ret (36) 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1 Accident 5 Ret (37) 67 Hideyuki Ogata Honda 0 Accident 10 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 290 2 Tohru Ukawa 169 3 Max Biaggi 164 4 Alex Barros 143 5 Carlos Checa 127
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 320 2 Yamaha 221 3 Suzuki 125 4 / Proton KR 75 5 Aprilia 33
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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