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2002 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2002 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/697-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2002 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2002 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26:59.698 · 53 laps · ferrari	10
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:27:00.204 · 53 laps · ferrari	6
3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:27:22.990 · 53 laps · mercedes	4
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:27:35.973 · 53 laps · bmw	3
5	Takuma Sato	Jordan	1:28:22.392 · 53 laps · honda	2
6	Jenson Button	Renault	Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	1
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Time not recorded · 52 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
8	Mika Salo	Toyota	Time not recorded · 52 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
9	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	Time not recorded · 52 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
10	Mark Webber	Minardi	Time not recorded · 51 laps · asiatech	Unknown / not applicable
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 48 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	Transmission · Time not recorded · 39 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	Engine · Time not recorded · 37 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	Mechanical · Time not recorded · 32 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	Engine · Time not recorded · 27 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alex Yoong	Minardi	Spun off · Time not recorded · 14 laps · asiatech	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Olivier Panis	BAR	Mechanical · Time not recorded · 8 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	Throttle · Time not recorded · 7 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	Accident · Time not recorded · 3 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Allan McNish	Toyota	Injury · Time not recorded · toyota	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.317 · 9 laps · ferrari
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.749 · 12 laps · ferrari
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.088 · 12 laps · mercedes
4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.197 · 10 laps · mercedes
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1:32.444 · 10 laps · bmw
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:32.507 · 10 laps · bmw
7	Takuma Sato	Jordan	1:33.090 · 12 laps · honda
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:33.276 · 12 laps · honda
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:33.349 · 11 laps · honda
10	Jenson Button	Renault	1:33.429 · 12 laps · renault
11	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:33.547 · 8 laps · renault
12	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:33.553 · 12 laps · petronas
13	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:33.742 · 11 laps · toyota
14	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:33.915 · 8 laps · cosworth
15	Felipe Massa	Sauber	1:33.979 · 11 laps · petronas
16	Olivier Panis	BAR	1:34.192 · 10 laps · honda
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	1:34.227 · 12 laps · cosworth
18	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:35.191 · 5 laps · toyota
19	Mark Webber	Minardi	1:35.958 · 11 laps · asiatech
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	1:36.267 · 12 laps · asiatech

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.317 · ferrari
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.749 · ferrari
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.088 · mercedes
4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.197 · mercedes
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1:32.444 · bmw
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:32.507 · bmw
7	Takuma Sato	Jordan	1:33.090 · honda
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:33.276 · honda
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:33.349 · honda
10	Jenson Button	Renault	1:33.429 · renault
11	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:33.547 · renault
12	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:33.553 · petronas
13	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:33.742 · toyota
14	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:33.915 · cosworth
15	Felipe Massa	Sauber	1:33.979 · petronas
16	Olivier Panis	BAR	1:34.192 · honda
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	1:34.227 · cosworth
18	Mark Webber	Minardi	1:35.958 · asiatech
19	Alex Yoong	Minardi	1:36.267 · asiatech

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	144
2	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	77
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	50
4	Ralf Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
5	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
7	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
8	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
9	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
10	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
13	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
14	Olivier Panis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Takuma Sato	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
16	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
17	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Allan McNish	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Alex Yoong	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Enrique Bernoldi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	1	1:34.232
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	2	1:34.730
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:35.402
freePractice1Results	Juan Pablo Montoya	4	1:35.742
freePractice1Results	Ralf Schumacher	5	1:35.995
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:36.109
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	7	1:36.190
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	8	1:36.490
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	9	1:36.529
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	10	1:36.744
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	11	1:36.893
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	12	1:37.014
freePractice1Results	Takuma Sato	13	1:37.196
freePractice1Results	Allan McNish	14	1:37.384
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	15	1:37.492
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	16	1:37.781
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	17	1:37.927
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	18	1:37.997
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	19	1:38.138
freePractice1Results	Alex Yoong	20	1:39.142
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	1	1:32.978
freePractice2Results	Ralf Schumacher	2	1:33.233
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:33.290
freePractice2Results	Juan Pablo Montoya	4	1:33.525
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	5	1:33.636
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	6	1:33.688
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	7	1:34.544
freePractice2Results	Takuma Sato	8	1:34.657
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	9	1:34.723
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	10	1:34.743
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	11	1:34.879
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	12	1:34.933
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	13	1:35.107
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	14	1:35.330
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	15	1:35.538
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	16	1:35.567
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	17	1:36.265
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	18	1:36.585
freePractice2Results	Allan McNish	19	1:36.640
freePractice2Results	Alex Yoong	20	1:37.972
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	1	1:36.249
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	2	1:36.650
warmingUpResults	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:36.652
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	4	1:36.930
warmingUpResults	Ralf Schumacher	5	1:37.167
warmingUpResults	Jarno Trulli	6	1:37.281
warmingUpResults	Felipe Massa	7	1:37.533
warmingUpResults	Giancarlo Fisichella	8	1:37.601
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	9	1:37.612
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	10	1:37.628
warmingUpResults	Nick Heidfeld	11	1:37.685
warmingUpResults	Takuma Sato	12	1:37.709
warmingUpResults	Allan McNish	13	1:37.734
warmingUpResults	Jenson Button	14	1:37.775
warmingUpResults	Juan Pablo Montoya	15	1:38.226
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	16	1:38.284
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	17	1:38.344
warmingUpResults	Pedro de la Rosa	18	1:38.358
warmingUpResults	Mark Webber	19	1:39.208
warmingUpResults	Alex Yoong	20	1:41.132

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Olivier Panis	1	6	56.848
Olivier Panis	2	7	6:23.085
Jarno Trulli	1	15	28.687
Jenson Button	1	16	29.270
Mika Salo	1	18	29.912
Nick Heidfeld	1	19	30.713
Jacques Villeneuve	1	19	29.868
Michael Schumacher	1	20	30.576
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	20	30.856
Rubens Barrichello	1	21	30.594
Takuma Sato	1	21	28.925
Pedro de la Rosa	1	21	29.885
Kimi Räikkönen	1	22	30.853
Eddie Irvine	1	22	29.171
Mark Webber	1	22	30.523
Ralf Schumacher	1	24	29.748
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	25	29.197
Jenson Button	2	32	32.430
Mika Salo	2	34	30.270
Nick Heidfeld	2	35	31.161
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	35	29.896
Takuma Sato	2	36	31.196
Rubens Barrichello	2	37	29.585
Michael Schumacher	2	38	29.534
Pedro de la Rosa	2	37	28.667
Eddie Irvine	2	38	28.580
Ralf Schumacher	2	39	27.910
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	40	28.381
Mark Webber	2	39	29.060
Kimi Räikkönen	2	41	28.256