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2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| flag = CZE

| Grand Prix = Czech Republic

| Official_Name = Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-czech-motogp|title=2002 Czech MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/brno.html|title=Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=Progcovers.com|accessdate=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150725163743/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm|url-status=dead|title=Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002|date=25 July 2015|archivedate=25 July 2015|website=Archive.today|accessdate=29 July 2018}}

| Location = Brno Circuit

| Image = Brno (formerly Masarykův okruh).svg

| Course_mi = 3.357

| Course_km = 5.403

| Race_No = 10

| Season_No = 16

| Date = 25 August

| Year = 2002

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Yamaha

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:59.646

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Daijiro Kato

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 2:00.605 on lap 3

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Yamaha

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Daijiro Kato

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Tohru Ukawa

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Rider_250 = Fonsi Nieto

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_250 = 2:03.037

| Fast_Rider_250 = Marco Melandri

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_250 = 2:04.039 on lap 19

| First_Rider_250 = Marco Melandri

| First_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_250 = Sebastián Porto

| Second_Rider_250_Country = Argentina

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = Yamaha

| Third_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| Third_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Rider_125 = Alex de Angelis

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = San Marino

| Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_125 = 2:08.746

| Fast_Rider_125 = Lucio Cecchinello

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_125 = 2:08.903 on lap 3

| First_Rider_125 = Lucio Cecchinello

| First_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_125 = Daniel Pedrosa

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_125 = Arnaud Vincent

| Third_Rider_125_Country = France

| Third_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

}}

The 2002 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 2002 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. This event would be the last podium for Japanese MotoGP rider, Daijiro Kato; who finished in second place, before his death on 20 April 2003 following an accident at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

| Marlboro Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 22

| 44:36.498

| 1

| 25

2

| 74

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daijiro Kato

| Fortuna Honda Gresini

| Honda

| 22

| +2.755

| 2

| 20

3

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 22

| +7.598

| 8

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Telefónica Movistar Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 22

| +11.889

| 9

| 13

5

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Marlboro Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 22

| +14.029

| 6

| 11

6

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| West Honda Pons

| Honda

| 22

| +18.260

| 5

| 10

7

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 22

| +24.840

| 12

| 9

8

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Norifumi Abe

| Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín

| Yamaha

| 22

| +26.572

| 16

| 8

9

| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

| West Honda Pons

| Honda

| 22

| +28.741

| 10

| 7

10

| 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Jacque

| Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

| Yamaha

| 22

| +29.156

| 15

| 6

11

| 10

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Roberts Jr.

| Telefónica Movistar Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 22

| +32.920

| 19

| 5

12

| 17

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Jurgen van den Goorbergh

| Kanemoto Racing

| Honda

| 22

| +38.670

| 13

| 4

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Red Bull Yamaha WCM

| Yamaha

| 22

| +45.144

| 4

| 3

14

| 33

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Ryō

| Team Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 22

| +51.932

| 20

| 2

15

| 31

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuya Harada

| Pramac Honda Racing Team

| Honda

| 22

| +1:02.171

| 17

| 1

16

| 55

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Régis Laconi

| MS Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 22

| +1:02.238

| 18

|

17

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Yamaha Tech 3

| Yamaha

| 22

| +1:13.465

| 21

|

Ret (18)

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 20

| Tyre Wear

| 3

|

Ret (19)

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Red Bull Yamaha WCM

| Yamaha

| 12

| Retirement

| 7

|

Ret (20)

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 11

| Accident

| 14

|

Ret (21)

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

| Yamaha

| 0

| Accident

| 11

|

DNS

| 20

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pere Riba

| Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín

| Yamaha

| 0

| Did not start

| 22

|

colspan=9| Sources:{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-czech-motogp|title=2002 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=29 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/MotoGP/CZE/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises GP České republiky – MotoGP – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=25 August 2002|accessdate=26 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2002/CZE/MotoGP/RAC|title=CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002|website=Motogp.com|accessdate=29 July 2018}}

250 cc classification

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! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Aprilia

| 20

| 41:41.572

| 2

| 25

2

| 9

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Porto

| Yamaha

| 20

| +7.023

| 3

| 20

3

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Aprilia

| 20

| +8.135

| 7

| 16

4

| 10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fonsi Nieto

| Aprilia

| 20

| +8.307

| 1

| 13

5

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Aprilia

| 20

| +11.322

| 20

| 11

6

| 17

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Aprilia

| 20

| +11.636

| 9

| 10

7

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| Aprilia

| 20

| +16.988

| 4

| 9

8

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Matsudo

| Yamaha

| 20

| +20.984

| 8

| 8

9

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruchika Aoki

| Honda

| 20

| +21.002

| 12

| 7

10

| 84

| {{flagicon|ESP}} David García

| Honda

| 20

| +30.259

| 17

| 6

11

| 26

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Ralf Waldmann

| Aprilia

| 20

| +30.357

| 10

| 5

12

| 12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jay Vincent

| Honda

| 20

| +30.805

| 14

| 4

13

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Aprilia

| 20

| +43.592

| 11

| 3

14

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 20

| +44.141

| 22

| 2

15

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Jara

| Aprilia

| 20

| +50.513

| 16

| 1

16

| 36

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Erwan Nigon

| Aprilia

| 20

| +1:02.225

| 23

|

17

| 19

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leon Haslam

| Honda

| 20

| +1:04.058

| 19

|

18

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} David Checa

| Aprilia

| 20

| +1:15.519

| 15

|

19

| 29

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Henk vd Lagemaat

| Honda

| 20

| +2:05.290

| 25

|

20

| 63

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Rizmayer

| Honda

| 19

| +1 lap

| 27

|

Ret (21)

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Battaini

| Aprilia

| 19

| Accident

| 5

|

Ret (22)

| 32

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 19

| Accident

| 21

|

Ret (23)

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rolfo

| Honda

| 18

| Accident

| 6

|

Ret (24)

| 13

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaroslav Huleš

| Yamaha

| 15

| Retirement

| 24

|

Ret (25)

| 18

| {{flagicon|MYS}} Shahrol Yuzy

| Yamaha

| 10

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret (26)

| 64

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Častka

| Yamaha

| 4

| Retirement

| 26

|

Ret (27)

| 51

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Marchand

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 18

|

DNS

| 62

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Radomil Rous

| Honda

|

| Did not start

|

|

DNQ

| 65

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Roger Heierli

| Honda

|

| Did not qualify

|

|

colspan=8| Source:{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/250cc/CZE/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=25 August 2002|accessdate=26 May 2018}}

125 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello

| Aprilia

| 19

| 41:18.287

| 6

| 25

2

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Pedrosa

| Honda

| 19

| +0.202

| 3

| 20

3

| 21

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Vincent

| Aprilia

| 19

| +0.278

| 8

| 16

4

| 80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Barberá

| Aprilia

| 19

| +0.494

| 9

| 13

5

| 1

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| Gilera

| 19

| +0.495

| 4

| 11

6

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Steve Jenkner

| Aprilia

| 19

| +0.717

| 5

| 10

7

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Sanna

| Aprilia

| 19

| +0.901

| 2

| 9

8

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 19

| +1.309

| 1

| 8

9

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Borsoi

| Aprilia

| 19

| +5.579

| 10

| 7

10

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| Honda

| 19

| +7.091

| 14

| 6

11

| 8

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Honda

| 19

| +7.360

| 11

| 5

12

| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masao Azuma

| Honda

| 19

| +14.326

| 19

| 4

13

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Bianco

| Aprilia

| 19

| +14.345

| 15

| 3

14

| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Giansanti

| Honda

| 19

| +16.990

| 20

| 2

15

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sabbatani

| Aprilia

| 19

| +18.106

| 22

| 1

16

| 12

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Klaus Nöhles

| Honda

| 19

| +18.186

| 17

|

17

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Youichi Ui

| Derbi

| 19

| +22.341

| 13

|

18

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Perugini

| Italjet

| 19

| +22.408

| 16

|

19

| 77

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Honda

| 19

| +22.442

| 18

|

20

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Derbi

| 19

| +41.048

| 27

|

21

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 19

| +41.208

| 21

|

22

| 53

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gioele Pellino

| Aprilia

| 19

| +44.018

| 26

|

23

| 88

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Robbin Harms

| Honda

| 19

| +50.207

| 29

|

24

| 31

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Angeloni

| Gilera

| 19

| +50.372

| 34

|

25

| 84

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michel Fabrizio

| Gilera

| 19

| +50.451

| 28

|

26

| 20

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Honda

| 19

| +50.700

| 30

|

27

| 37

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Aprilia

| 19

| +50.746

| 24

|

28

| 49

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Igor Kaláb

| Honda

| 19

| +51.560

| 35

|

29

| 72

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dario Giuseppetti

| Honda

| 19

| +1:07.328

| 32

|

30

| 76

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Matěj Smrž

| Aprilia

| 19

| +1:47.385

| 33

|

Ret (31)

| 56

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Pešek

| Honda

| 15

| Accident

| 25

|

Ret (32)

| 50

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Ballerini

| Honda

| 13

| Retirement

| 23

|

Ret (33)

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

| 7

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret (34)

| 25

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Honda

| 6

| Accident

| 12

|

Ret (35)

| 42

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Christian Pistoni

| Italjet

| 5

| Retirement

| 31

|

DNS

| 57

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia

|

| Did not start

|

|

WD

| 19

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

|

| Withdrew

|

|

colspan=8| Source:{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/125cc/CZE/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=25 August 2002|accessdate=26 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/MotoGP/CZE/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780|title=Standings |date=2002|website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-22}}

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;Riders' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 220

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

|align=right| 140

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

|align=right| 134

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|SPA}} Carlos Checa

|align=right| 96

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

|align=right| 94

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 245

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 170

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 86

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|MYS}}/{{flagicon|USA}} Proton KR

|align=right| 57

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Aprilia

|align=right| 28

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2002

| Previous_race_in_season = 2002 German Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2002 Portuguese Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 Czech Republic Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2003 Czech Republic Grand Prix

}}

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