The 2002 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 November 2002 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 47:22.404 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.230 6 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +15.213 1 16 4 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 30 +22.504 3 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +35.165 7 11 6 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +50.169 9 10 7 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 30 +1:03.814 15 9 8 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:05.079 8 8 9 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +1:08.312 11 7 10 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 30 +1:08.312 20 6 11 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +1:26.241 17 5 12 84 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.427 18 4 13 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 29 +1 lap 10 3 14 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 29 +1 lap 22 2 Ret (15) 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 Retirement 14 Ret (16) 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 19 Accident 12 Ret (17) 29 David García Proton Team KR Proton KR 13 Retirement 19 Ret (18) 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 6 Accident 4 Ret (19) 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 1 Accident 16 Ret (20) 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1 Retirement 13 Ret (21) 30 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 0 Collision 21 Ret (22) 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Collision 5 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 43:57.812 1 25 2 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +4.318 7 20 3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +4.538 4 16 4 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +18.214 2 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +21.990 12 11 6 42 David Checa Aprilia 27 +22.173 11 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +26.755 9 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +26.909 14 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +26.915 5 7 10 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +32.380 8 6 11 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +36.294 13 5 12 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 +42.879 16 4 13 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +42.889 10 3 14 12 Jay Vincent Honda 27 +44.942 18 2 15 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +47.348 15 1 16 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 27 +47.849 19 17 19 Leon Haslam Honda 27 +1:06.850 21 18 74 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 27 +1:20.276 26 19 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:24.489 22 20 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 27 +1:27.859 23 21 90 Chuck Sorensen Aprilia 26 +1 lap 27 Ret (22) 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 26 Accident 20 Ret (23) 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 15 Retirement 25 Ret (24) 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 7 Accident 6 Ret (25) 34 Eric Bataille Honda 4 Accident 24 Ret (26) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 2 Retirement 17 Ret (27) 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 1 Retirement 3 DNQ 39 Luis Castro Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 25 42:13.044 1 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +0.100 4 20 3 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 25 +2.704 3 16 4 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 25 +3.069 5 13 5 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +3.136 7 11 6 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 25 +8.041 6 10 7 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 25 +8.852 2 9 8 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +11.879 18 8 9 25 Joan Olivé Honda 25 +12.037 12 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +14.757 8 6 11 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 25 +15.167 13 5 12 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 25 +18.472 9 4 13 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 25 +18.514 20 3 14 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +18.804 15 2 15 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 25 +23.694 11 1 16 36 Mika Kallio Honda 25 +23.726 10 17 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +23.782 14 18 5 Masao Azuma Honda 25 +23.958 19 19 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +24.110 17 20 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 25 +54.350 25 21 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 25 +58.575 30 22 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 25 +58.916 26 23 51 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +59.286 28 24 77 Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +1:10.021 35 25 20 Imre Tóth Honda 25 +1:10.155 33 26 71 Rubén Catalán Aprilia 25 +1:16.125 32 27 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 25 +1:16.138 34 28 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 25 +1:20.058 31 29 59 Vincent Braillard Honda 24 +1 lap 37 Ret (30) 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 22 Retirement 27 Ret (31) 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 20 Accident 23 Ret (32) 52 Julián Simón Honda 18 Retirement 22 Ret (33) 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Retirement 29 Ret (34) 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 10 Accident 16 Ret (35) 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 9 Accident 36 Ret (36) 98 Chris Peris Aprilia 9 Retirement 38 Ret (37) 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 3 Accident 21 Ret (38) 37 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 3 Accident 24 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 355 2 Max Biaggi 215 3 Tohru Ukawa 209 4 Alex Barros 204 5 Carlos Checa 141
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 390 2 Yamaha 272 3 Suzuki 143 4 / Proton KR 96 5 Aprilia 33
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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