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2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| Grand Prix = South African

| flag = South Africa

| Official_Name=Africa's Grand Prix{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-south-african-motogp|title=2002 South African MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_2002_heden.htm|archive-url=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|archive-date=25 July 2015|website=Archive.today|access-date=29 July 2018}}

| Location = Phakisa Freeway

| Course_mi = 2.636

| Course_km = 4.242

| Race_No = 2

| Season_No = 16

| Date = 21 April

| Year = 2002

| Image = Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:34.660

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Tohru Ukawa

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:34.834 on lap 18

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Tohru Ukawa

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Japan

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Loris Capirossi

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Rider_250 = Franco Battaini

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_250 = 1:37.604

| Fast_Rider_250 = Fonsi Nieto

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_250 = 1:37.860 on lap 24

| First_Rider_250 = Marco Melandri

| First_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_250 = Franco Battaini

| Second_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Third_Rider_250 = Fonsi Nieto

| Third_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Rider_125 = Daniel Pedrosa

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Time_125 = 1:42.522

| Fast_Rider_125 = Manuel Poggiali

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = San Marino

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Gilera

| Fast_Time_125 = 1:42.605 on lap 23

| First_Rider_125 = Manuel Poggiali

| First_Rider_125_Country = San Marino

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Gilera

| Second_Rider_125 = Arnaud Vincent

| Second_Rider_125_Country = France

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Third_Rider_125 = Daniel Pedrosa

| Third_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Third_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

}}

The 2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 April 2002 at the Phakisa Freeway.

MotoGP classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 28

| 44:39.467

| 3

| 25

2

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 28

| +0.932

| 1

| 20

3

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| West Honda Pons

| Honda

| 28

| +8.259

| 2

| 16

4

| 74

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Daijiro Kato

| Fortuna Honda Gresini

| Honda

| 28

| +26.962

| 14

| 13

5

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Marlboro Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +27.227

| 7

| 11

6

| 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Jacque

| Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

| Yamaha

| 28

| +27.889

| 9

| 10

7

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Norifumi Abe

| Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín

| Yamaha

| 28

| +30.215

| 15

| 9

8

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

| Yamaha

| 28

| +30.781

| 8

| 8

9

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

| Marlboro Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +43.796

| 4

| 7

10

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Red Bull Yamaha WCM

| Yamaha

| 28

| +45.501

| 5

| 6

11

| 17

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

| Kanemoto Racing

| Honda

| 28

| +1:06.938

| 12

| 5

12

| 31

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuya Harada

| Pramac Honda Racing Team

| Honda

| 28

| +1:19.560

| 19

| 4

13

| 20

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pere Riba

| Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín

| Yamaha

| 28

| +1:19.857

| 20

| 3

14

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Red Bull Yamaha WCM

| Yamaha

| 28

| +1:31.519

| 17

| 2

15

| 55

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Régis Laconi

| MS Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 28

| +1:32.725

| 18

| 1

16

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Telefónica Movistar Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 27

| +1 lap

| 10

|

Ret (17)

| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

| West Honda Pons

| Honda

| 26

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret (18)

| 10

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

| Telefónica Movistar Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 9

| Retirement

| 6

|

Ret (19)

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 7

| Accident

| 11

|

Ret (20)

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 5

| Retirement

| 16

|

colspan=9| Sources: {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2002-south-african-motogp|title=2002 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=29 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/MotoGP/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Africa's Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=21 April 2002|access-date=24 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2002/RSA/MotoGP/RAC|title=MotoGP Race Classification 2002|website=Motogp.com|access-date=29 July 2018}}

250 cc classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Aprilia

| 26

| 42:52.922

| 2

| 25

2

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Battaini

| Aprilia

| 26

| +2.962

| 1

| 20

3

| 10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fonsi Nieto

| Aprilia

| 26

| +5.213

| 5

| 16

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rolfo

| Honda

| 26

| +6.290

| 3

| 13

5

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| Aprilia

| 26

| +6.675

| 7

| 11

6

| 17

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Aprilia

| 26

| +8.102

| 4

| 10

7

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Alzamora

| Honda

| 26

| +22.571

| 11

| 9

8

| 9

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Porto

| Yamaha

| 26

| +24.171

| 12

| 8

9

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Aprilia

| 26

| +28.161

| 9

| 7

10

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} David Checa

| Aprilia

| 26

| +36.261

| 14

| 6

11

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Matsudo

| Yamaha

| 26

| +47.211

| 10

| 5

12

| 12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jay Vincent

| Honda

| 26

| +47.886

| 22

| 4

13

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruchika Aoki

| Honda

| 26

| +53.106

| 13

| 3

14

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:02.767

| 20

| 2

15

| 19

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leon Haslam

| Honda

| 26

| +1:04.093

| 18

| 1

16

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:13.435

| 15

|

17

| 41

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Jarno Janssen

| Honda

| 25

| +1 lap

| 24

|

Ret (18)

| 32

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 25

| Accident

| 17

|

Ret (19)

| 18

| {{flagicon|MYS}} Shahrol Yuzy

| Yamaha

| 25

| Accident

| 16

|

Ret (20)

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Jara

| Aprilia

| 9

| Accident

| 6

|

Ret (21)

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Aprilia

| 2

| Accident

| 8

|

Ret (22)

| 51

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Marchand

| Aprilia

| 1

| Retirement

| 23

|

Ret (23)

| 25

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Philippe

| Aprilia

| 1

| Accident

| 21

|

Ret (24)

| 76

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Sekiguchi

| Yamaha

| 0

| Accident

| 19

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/250cc/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=21 April 2002|access-date=24 May 2018}}

125 cc classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 1

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| Gilera

| 24

| 41:26.120

| 2

| 25

2

| 21

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Vincent

| Aprilia

| 24

| +0.270

| 4

| 20

3

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Pedrosa

| Honda

| 24

| +0.826

| 1

| 16

4

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Steve Jenkner

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1.098

| 6

| 13

5

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1.187

| 3

| 11

6

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1.583

| 12

| 10

7

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Borsoi

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1.830

| 8

| 9

8

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Sanna

| Aprilia

| 24

| +12.839

| 16

| 8

9

| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masao Azuma

| Honda

| 24

| +13.942

| 11

| 7

10

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 24

| +19.201

| 14

| 6

11

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Noboru Ueda

| Honda

| 24

| +19.210

| 15

| 5

12

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| Honda

| 24

| +39.207

| 19

| 4

13

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sabbatani

| Aprilia

| 24

| +46.560

| 22

| 3

14

| 50

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Ballerini

| Honda

| 24

| +53.710

| 26

| 2

15

| 84

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michel Fabrizio

| Gilera

| 24

| +53.868

| 25

| 1

16

| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Giansanti

| Honda

| 24

| +54.001

| 21

|

17

| 31

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Angeloni

| Gilera

| 24

| +54.739

| 30

|

18

| 8

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Italjet

| 24

| +54.886

| 23

|

19

| 10

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Jarno Müller

| Honda

| 24

| +54.919

| 18

|

20

| 19

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:07.871

| 28

|

21

| 57

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:08.217

| 29

|

22

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Bianco

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:15.825

| 10

|

23

| 20

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Honda

| 24

| +1:36.139

| 31

|

24

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Perugini

| Italjet

| 24

| +1:43.455

| 24

|

Ret (25)

| 47

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángel Rodríguez

| Aprilia

| 11

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret (26)

| 39

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaroslav Huleš

| Aprilia

| 6

| Retirement

| 9

|

Ret (27)

| 12

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Klaus Nöhles

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 27

|

Ret (28)

| 18

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Smrž

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 20

|

Ret (29)

| 25

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret (30)

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 5

|

Ret (31)

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Youichi Ui

| Derbi

| 0

| Accident

| 17

|

DNS

| 80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Barberá

| Aprilia

|

| Did not start

|

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2002/125cc/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=21 April 2002|access-date=24 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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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| 45

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|SPA}} Carlos Checa

|align=right| 27

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

|align=right| 25

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

|align=right| 23

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Ryō

|align=right| 20

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;Constructors' Championship standings

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

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 50

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 27

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 20

align=center| 4

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

|align=right| 9

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Aprilia

|align=right| 9

{{col-end}}

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

References

{{Reflist}}

{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = South African motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2002

| Previous_race_in_season = 2002 Japanese Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2002 Spanish Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 South African Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2003 South African Grand Prix

}}

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