2002 D1 Grand Prix series
Changes from the previous season
The 2002 season saw various formats with different cutoffs for the tsuisou (twin drift) segment, the ruleset would be finalized in round 4, with tanso (single) runs starting from top 32 and the best scoring 16 drivers advancing to the tsuisou battles.
2002 D1 Grand Prix Point Series
n.b. Winning Driver are mentioned on the right
Round 1 - February 22/23 - Bihoku Highland Circuit, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Katsuhiro Ueo (AE86)
Round 2 - April 19/20 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)
Round 3 - May 5/6 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Masatoshi Asamoto (FD3S)
Round 4 - July 7 - Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Round 5 - August 13/14 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Kouichi Yamashita (S15)
Round 6 - September 28/29 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Ken Maeda (AE86)
Round 7 - November 11 - Nikkō Circuit, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (FD3S)
Final Championship Results
| Position | Driver | Car | rd.1 | rd.2 | rd.3 | rd.4 | rd.5 | rd.6 | rd.7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Katsuhiro Ueo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 20 | - | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 70 |
| 2nd | Nobuteru Taniguchi | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 20 | 2 | - | 16 | 16 | 10 | 64 |
| 3rd | Ken Nomura | Nissan Skyline ER34 | - | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 58 |
| 4th | Nobushige Kumakubo | Nissan Silvia S15 | 14 | - | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 56 |
| 5th | Youichi Imamura | Toyota Altezza SXE10/Mazda RX-7 FD3S | - | - | - | 20 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 54 |
| 6th | Yuuki Izumida | Nissan Silvia S14 | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 12 | - | 40 |
| 7th | Gen Terasaki | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 18 | - | - | 2 | 12 | 2 | - | 34 |
| 7th | Hisashi Kamimoto | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | 12 | 14 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 34 |
| 7th | Masatoshi Asamoto | Mazda RX-7 FD3S | - | 2 | 20 | 12 | - | - | - | 34 |
| 10th | Takashi Haruyama | Nissan Cefiro A31 | - | - | 18 | 14 | - | - | - | 32 |
| 11th | Hideo Hiraoka | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 12th | Toshiki Yoshioka | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | 8 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | 24 |
| 12th | Masao Suenaga | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 14 | 24 |
| 14th | Tomoyuki Kubo | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | 8 | 22 |
| 15th | Ken Maeda | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 20 |
| 15th | Kouichi Yamashita | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 20 |
| 17th | Yoshinori Koguchi | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | 18 |
| 17th | Kazuhiro Tanaka | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | 18 |
| 17th | Yasuyuki Kazama | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| 20th | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Toyota Mark II JZX81 | 10 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 16 |
| 20th | Mitsuru Haruguchi | Mazda RX-7 FC3S | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 20th | Hiroshi Fukuda | Nissan 180SX RPS13 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 23rd | Yukinobu Okubo | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 | - | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 14 |
| 24th | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota Soarer JZZ30 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 25th | Ryota Yuasa | Toyota Corolla Levin AE86/Nissan Laurel C33 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| 25th | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia PS13 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 27th | Shunichi Tomikuda | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28th | Ryuji Miki | Nissan Silvia S14/Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 29th | Makoto Sezaki | Nissan Silvia S15 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 30th | Kusunori Tanaka | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 30th | Seigo Yamamoto | Toyota Chaser JZX100 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 30th | Hiroshi Takahashi | Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 30th | Tatsuya Sakuma | Nissan Silvia PS13 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
- Source: D1GP Official Site 2002 Championship table