2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix

2002 Monterrey
Race details
Race 1 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Fundidora Park track layout
DateMarch 10, 2002
Official name2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix
LocationParque Fundidora
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
CoursePermanent road course
2.104 mi / 3.386 km
Distance85 laps
178.840 mi / 287.810 km
Pole position
Driver Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing)
Time1:18.929
Fastest lap
Driver Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time1:15.386 (on lap 74 of 85)
Podium
First Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Third Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on March 10, 2002, at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:18.929 1:46.320 1:18.929
2 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:19.202 - 1:19.202
3 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:19.241 1:51.165 1:19.241
4 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:19.270 - 1:19.270
5 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:19.275 - 1:19.275
6 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:19.326 - 1:19.326
7 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:19.480 - 1:19.480
8 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:19.491 - 1:19.491
9 Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 1:19.682 - 1:19.682
10 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:19.832 - 1:19.832
11 Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 1:19.878 - 1:19.878
12 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:19.982 - 1:19.982
13 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 1:19.985 - 1:19.985
14 Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 1:20.224 - 1:20.224
15 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:20.400 - 1:20.400
16 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:20.473 1:49.075 1:20.473
17 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:20.712 - 1:20.712
18 Max Papis Sigma Autosport 1:21.992 - 1:21.992
19 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:22.347 - 1:22.347
20 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:20.419 - -*

* Nakano ran his backup car in the qualification 2 session (but was unable to complete a lap), thus forfeiting the qualifying time he set in his primary car on Friday.

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 85 1:58:30.642 5 21
2 27 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 85 +1.679 2 16
3 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 85 +3.244 4 14
4 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 85 +3.785 6 12
5 33 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 85 +7.261 3 10
6 7 Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 85 +9.427 14 8
7 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 85 +9.937 17 6
8 26 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 85 +10.318 19 5
9 22 Max Papis Sigma Autosport 85 +11.076 18 4
10 17 Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 85 +12.717 11 3
11 4 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 84 Off course 7 2
12 39 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 84 + 1 Lap 16 1
13 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 84 + 1 Lap 1 2
14 5 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 83 + 2 Laps 15 0
15 52 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 83 + 2 Laps 20 0
16 10 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 75 Contact 13 0
17 16 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 23 Mechanical 12 0
18 12 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Contact 8 0
19 20 Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 0 Contact 9 0
20 8 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 0 Contact 10 0

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-3 Bell (20), Vasser (8), Junqueira (4) & Bräck (12) contact
77-81 Takagi (5) & Kanaan (10) contact

Notes

Laps Leader
1-14 Adrian Fernández
15-27 Alex Tagliani
28-31 Patrick Carpentier
32-50 Cristiano da Matta
51 Dario Franchitti
52 Max Papis
53-85 Cristiano da Matta
 
Driver Laps led
Cristiano da Matta 52
Adrian Fernández 14
Alex Tagliani 13
Patrick Carpentier 4
Dario Franchitti 1
Max Papis 1


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