The 2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 October 2002 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 42:02.041 7 25 2 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +9.782 5 20 3 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +11.134 6 16 4 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 27 +11.327 10 13 5 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 27 +11.414 4 11 6 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +20.937 8 10 7 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +22.505 3 9 8 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +26.642 17 8 9 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +26.692 12 7 10 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +31.994 1 6 11 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +34.563 20 5 12 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +38.827 15 4 13 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +45.418 16 3 14 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 27 +52.542 18 2 15 30 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 27 +52.765 21 1 16 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +1:12.169 14 17 84 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1:12.196 19 18 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 26 +1 lap 2 Ret (19) 72 Shinichi Ito Kanemoto Racing Honda 11 Retirement 13 Ret (20) 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 10 Retirement 11 Ret (21) 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 2 Retirement 9 DNS 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 39:44.293 2 25 2 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +0.007 1 20 3 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 25 +5.766 3 16 4 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 25 +16.042 9 13 5 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 25 +18.917 4 11 6 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +18.985 5 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 25 +21.349 6 9 8 42 David Checa Aprilia 25 +39.582 12 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 25 +46.230 8 7 10 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 25 +50.645 13 6 11 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 25 +55.268 15 5 12 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 25 +55.288 7 4 13 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +1:07.391 11 3 14 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +1:09.565 16 2 15 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25 +1:09.973 18 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 25 +1:10.270 21 17 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1:10.368 22 18 19 Leon Haslam Honda 25 +1:10.966 10 19 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 25 +1:25.241 19 20 79 Russell Holland Yamaha 24 +1 lap 25 Ret (21) 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 19 Retirement 24 Ret (22) 12 Jay Vincent Honda 16 Accident 17 Ret (23) 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 5 Accident 14 Ret (24) 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 3 Retirement 20 DNS 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 0 Did not start 23 DNQ 81 Mark Stanley Honda Did not qualify DNQ 80 Earl Lynch Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 78 Peter Taplin Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 38:08.028 1 25 2 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 +1.252 5 20 3 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 23 +1.310 6 16 4 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +1.414 2 13 5 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +1.575 10 11 6 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 23 +5.615 7 10 7 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +16.861 4 9 8 5 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +21.544 17 8 9 25 Joan Olivé Honda 23 +21.833 16 7 10 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +22.168 9 6 11 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 23 +28.012 12 5 12 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +32.645 13 4 13 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 23 +33.386 14 3 14 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +39.047 19 2 15 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +39.117 24 1 16 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +39.282 20 17 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +55.604 21 18 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 23 +57.689 25 19 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 23 +57.861 27 20 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +58.141 28 21 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +58.148 26 22 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +1:28.678 29 23 20 Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1:32.597 30 24 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 23 +1:32.853 33 25 83 Joshua Waters Honda 22 +1 lap 32 26 64 Peter Holmes Honda 22 +1 lap 35 27 82 Jeremy Crowe Honda 22 +1 lap 36 Ret (28) 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 18 Accident 22 Ret (29) 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 18 Retirement 23 Ret (30) 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 15 Retirement 3 Ret (31) 36 Mika Kallio Honda 14 Accident 11 Ret (32) 77 Thomas Lüthi Honda 7 Accident 31 Ret (33) 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 6 Retirement 15 Ret (34) 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 6 Retirement 34 Ret (35) 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 0 Retirement 8 Ret (36) 37 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 0 Accident 18 DNQ 81 Tim Inkster Honda Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 335 2 Max Biaggi 199 3 Tohru Ukawa 198 4 Alex Barros 179 5 Carlos Checa 141
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 365 2 Yamaha 256 3 Suzuki 140 4 / Proton KR 88 5 Aprilia 33
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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