The 2002 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:01.264- 1:01.264 2 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.444 1:09.786 1:01.444 3 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:02.039 1:12.188 1:02.039 4 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.165 1:11.397 1:02.165 5 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:02.304 1:13.479 1:02.304 6 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.348 1:11.346 1:02.348 7 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:02.369 1:20.566 1:02.369 8 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.523 1:10.497 1:02.523 9 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:02.543 1:12.526 1:02.543 10 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.607 1:13.579 1:02.607 11 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:02.750 1:14.896 1:02.750 12 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:02.860 1:11.460 1:02.860 13 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:02.891 1:11.831 1:02.891 14 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:03.052 1:15.396 1:03.052 15 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:03.055 1:12.401 1:03.055 16 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:03.134 1:20.563 1:03.134 17 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:04.135 1:13.974 1:04.135 18 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:04.326 1:11.318 1:04.326

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 105 2:07:09.003 6 21 2 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 105 +0.734 8 16 3 8 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 105 +1.343 12 14 4 33 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 105 +2.597 5 12 5 4 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 105 +15.548 10 10 6 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 104 + 1 Lap 15 8 7 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 104 + 1 Lap 9 6 8 39 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 103 Contact 14 5 9 10 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 103 Contact 1 5 10 27 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 103 + 2 Laps 7 3 11 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 99 + 6 Laps 18 2 12 26 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 98 Contact 16 1 13 12 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 70 Differential 4 0 14 52 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 66 Fire 11 0 15 5 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 39 Gearbox 3 0 16 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 34 Contact 17 0 17 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 29 Suspension 13 0 18 44 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 19 Contact 2 1

Caution flags Laps Cause1-2 Servià (20) spin on course3-5 Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact19-23 Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact90-92 Franchitti (27) contact94-95 Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course99-100 Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact

Notes

Laps Leader1-23 Tony Kanaan24-41 Cristiano da Matta42-45 Paul Tracy46-61 Bruno Junqueira62-83 Cristiano da Matta84-87 Paul Tracy88-105 Cristiano da Matta Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 58Tony Kanaan 23Bruno Junqueira 16Paul Tracy 8

New Track Record Tony Kanaan 1:01.264 (Qualifying Session #1) New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:09.003 Average Speed 68.723 mph

References

External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results