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2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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2002 World Champions
Valentino Rossi became the MotoGP World Champion
Marco Melandri became the 250cc World Champion
Arnaud Vincent became the 125cc World Champion

The 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 54th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix on 7 April 2002 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 3 November.

The premier class, now renamed MotoGP, introduced new rules and regulations which allowed 990cc four-stroke bikes to race alongside the previous year's 500cc two-stroke bikes. Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his second premier class title by winning 11 races and scoring 355 points. He clinched the title at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix, with four races left in the season.[1]

The 250cc title was won by Marco Melandri who won nine races and scored 298 points. He clinched the title at the Australian Grand Prix and became the youngest ever champion in the 250cc class.[2] Arnaud Vincent won the 125cc title by 19 points difference over defending champion Manuel Poggiali. The title was decided in the last race of the season at Valencia with Vincent finishing in second place to secure the title.[3]

Season summary

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MotoGP class

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The season marked the start of a new era in the premier class with the arrival of 990cc four-stroke bikes. Four factory teams, Repsol Honda, Marlboro Yamaha, Suzuki and Aprilia, raced with the new four-stroke bikes while all the satellite teams raced with the 500cc two-stroke bike.[4] The season also marked the return of Dunlop and the entry of Bridgestone to the premier class.[5] Dunlop supplied the tyres for Suzuki, Aprilia, Yamaha WCM and Pramac Honda.[6] Bridgestone supplied the tyres for Team Roberts and Kanemoto Racing.[7][8][9] Michelin supplied the tyres for the remaining six teams. However, after only two races, Suzuki switched back to Michelin tyres for the remainder of the season.[10][11]

Valentino Rossi, riding the four-stroke Honda RC211V bike, won the first race of the season at Suzuka under wet conditions. Suzuki's test rider Akira Ryō, who raced as a wildcard entry, and Yamaha's Carlos Checa completed the all four-stroke podium.[12] Rossi's teammate, Tohru Ukawa, won the second race before Rossi went on to dominate the championship by winning seven consecutive races. Max Biaggi handed the four-stroke Yamaha YZR-M1 its first win in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, while Rossi had to retire due to tyre problems.[13] In that race, Honda also expanded their four-stroke presence by providing the RC211V bike for Honda Gresini rider Daijiro Kato.[14] Rossi then won two consecutive races in Portugal and Brazil, clinching the world championship in the latter.[1]

In the Pacific Grand Prix, Honda Pons rider Alex Barros won his first race riding the RC211V bike.[15] In that race, Kawasaki returned to the world championship after 20 years absence. Kawasaki, with their four-stroke Ninja ZX-RR, raced as wildcards in the last four races of the season as a preparation before entering the championship full-time in the following season.[16] In the following race at Sepang, Yamaha expanded their four-stroke presence by providing the YZR-M1 bikes to Tech 3 pair Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano.[17] Another Yamaha rider, Norifumi Abe, raced the fifth YZR-M1 on the grid for the last two races of the season.[18]

Rossi ended the season with 355 points from 11 wins and four second places. Biaggi finished second to Rossi with 215 points and two race wins. Ukawa and Barros completed the top four with 209 and 204 points respectively. Previous year's 250cc champion Daijiro Kato finished in seventh position with two podium finishes and was named as the Rookie of the Year.[19] All races were won by the four-stroke bikes, while the two-strokes only managed to record five podiums finishes. Honda won the constructors championship with 390 points and 14 wins, followed by Yamaha who won the other two races. Repsol Honda team won the teams championship by winning 12 races and scoring 564 points from Rossi and Ukawa. Marlboro Yamaha and Honda Pons who won two races each was second and third respectively.

250cc class

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The 250cc class was certain to have a new champion as previous year's champion Daijiro Kato and 1993 champion Tetsuya Harada, who finished second to Kato last year, both moved up to the MotoGP class. Only three riders remained from previous year's top six: Marco Melandri, Roberto Rolfo and Fonsi Nieto. Melandri was the only rider in the 250cc class who has previously won a 250cc race; he won his first and only race in the 2001 German Grand Prix.[20] The 250cc entry list also included three former 125cc World Champion: Haruchika Aoki, Roberto Locatelli and Emilio Alzamora.

The season started with a wet race at Suzuka which was won by Japanese wildcard rider Osamu Miyazaki, who was riding for Daytona Yamaha team.[21] Honda's wildcard rider Daisaku Sakai and Aprilia's Randy de Puniet completed the podium.[22] In the following race at Welkom, Aprilia's Marco Melandri took his second career 250cc win.[23] Fonsi Nieto then took his first ever race win in the Spanish Grand Prix.[24] Nieto also took the lead in the championship standings from de Puniet and Franco Battaini. Nieto then won the following race at Le Mans before Melandri won the next three races and overtook the championship lead from Nieto after the Dutch TT.[25] Melandri continued his streak to six consecutive wins and extended his lead in the standings to 37 points after the Czech Republic Grand Prix.[26]

Nieto won the Portuguese Grand Prix for Aprilia's tenth consecutive victory. Nieto, who crashed in lap 13, recovered from seventh position to win the rain-soaked race over Melandri.[27][28] Aprilia's winning streak was broken when Yamaha's Sebastián Porto won the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix under wet race condition.[29] Rookie Toni Elías won the following race at Motegi after a last-lap battle with Melandri. Melandri finished second and increase his lead over Nieto in the championship standings to 52 points.[30] With 52 points lead and three races to go, Melandri only need to finish in front of Nieto in the Malaysian Grand Prix to clinch the championship.[31] However, he suffered a mechanical failure on the first lap, while Nieto won the race to reduce the gap to 27 points.[32] Melandri finally clinched the 250cc title in the Australian Grand Prix with a close win over Nieto. They fought until the last lap and Melandri won the race with just 0.007 second gap at the finish line.[2] Melandri became the youngest 250cc world champion at the age of 20 years and 74 days.[33]

Melandri ended the season with 298 points from nine race wins, three second-place finishes and one fourth-place finish. Nieto finished second in the standings with 241 points and four wins, followed Honda's Roberto Rolfo and rookie Toni Elías with 219 and 178 points respectively. Elías, who recorded one race win and four further podium finishes, was named as the Rookie of the Year.[34] Aprilia won the constructors championship with 382 points and 14 race wins from Melandri, Nieto and Elías. Honda finished second in the standings with 244 points but failed to record any race win. Yamaha, who won two races courtesy of Miyazaki and Porto's wins in the wet, finished third with 211 points.

125cc class

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The 125cc entry list was headlined by defending champion Manuel Poggiali and two-time championship runners-up Youichi Ui and Noboru Ueda. There were five other riders who have previously won a 125cc race: Masao Azuma, Lucio Cecchinello, Stefano Perugini, Simone Sanna and Arnaud Vincent.

Arnaud Vincent, who returned to Aprilia after a year with Honda, won the opening race at Suzuka under wet condition.[35] He then extended his lead in the championship with two second places in the second and third race behind Manuel Poggiali and Lucio Cecchinello respectively.[36][37] In the following race at Le Mans, Cecchinello won his second successive race ahead of Poggiali, while Vincent finished fourth.[38] Poggiali then took over the championship lead from Vincent after winning the Italian Grand Prix.[39] Poggiali won the following race at Catalunya with a late overtake at the finish line over Spanish teenager Daniel Pedrosa.[40] Two weeks later, Pedrosa bounced back to win his first ever race in the 2002 Dutch TT, with Poggiali finishing in second place.[41]

Vincent, who led the championship in the first four races, returned to the top of the podium with two consecutive wins at Donington Park and Sachsenring.[42][43] After finishing third behind Cecchinello and Pedrosa at Brno, Vincent won the wet Portuguese Grand Prix and retook the championship lead from Poggiali.[44][45] Honda riders, Masao Azuma and Pedrosa, won the following two races at Rio de Janeiro and Motegi while Poggiali reduced Vincent's lead to just eight points courtesy of two podium finishes and Vincent's mechanical problem at Motegi.[46][47] Vincent extended his lead by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix while Poggiali finished in fourth.[48] However, Poggiali won the following race at Phillip Island while Vincent finished in fourth to reduce the lead back to eight points.[49] In the last race of the season at Valencia, Vincent finished second behind Pedrosa to clinch the 125cc title while Poggiali finished in seventh place.[3]

Vincent ended the season with 273 points and five race wins, 19 points ahead of defending champion Poggiali who scored 254 points and four race wins. Pedrosa and Cecchinello finished third and fourth in the standings with three wins each. The Rookie of the Year title was won by Finnish rider Mika Kallio who scored 78 points with the Red Devil Honda team. Aprilia won the constructors championship with 341 points and eight race wins from Vincent and Cecchinello. Honda finished second in the standings with 285 points and four wins from Pedrosa and Azuma while Gilera finished third with 254 points and three wins from Poggiali.

2002 Grand Prix season calendar

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On 18 October 2001, the FIM confirmed the 2002 calendar.[50] On 4 December 2001, the FIM confirmed that the dates of the Rio and Valencian Community Grands Prix had swapped places.[51]

The following sixteen Grands Prix were scheduled to take place:[52][53]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 7 April Japan SKYY vodka Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit
2 21 April South Africa Africa's Grand Prix Phakisa Freeway
3 5 May Spain Gran Premio Marlboro de España Circuito de Jerez
4 19 May France Polini Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit
5 2 June Italy Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia Mugello Circuit
6 16 June Catalonia Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya
7 29 June †† Netherlands Gauloises Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen
8 14 July United Kingdom Cinzano British Grand Prix Donington Park
9 21 July Germany Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring
10 25 August Czech Republic Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit
11 8 September Portugal Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril
12 21 September †† Rio de Janeiro (state) Cinzano Rio Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
13 6 October Tochigi Prefecture Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi Twin Ring Motegi
14 13 October Malaysia Gauloises Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
15 20 October Australia SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
16 3 November Valencian Community Gran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo
†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

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  • The Malaysian and Australian Grand Prix swapped places. The Malaysian round became the 14th round, while the Australian round became the 15th round on the calendar.
  • The Valencian Community Grand Prix swapped position with the Rio Grand Prix. The Valencian round became the last race of the season as the world championship returned to Europe after four flyaway races that started with Rio Grand Prix.

Regulation changes

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The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2002 season:[54][55]

Sporting regulations

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  • The name '500cc', which was already used formally since 2000 on promotional material, is now officially changed to 'MotoGP'.
  • All riders in the new MotoGP class must possess an FIM Grand Prix Super License.
  • The maximum age of new riders to participate in the 125cc class has been set at the new standard of 25 years. This also counts for wildcard riders.
  • It is now mandatory for manufacturers in all classes to own a FIM Manufacturers License.
  • If a rider has been entered for participation of a 125cc or 250cc race, the team is not allowed to replace said rider after 17:30 on the first day of the event, which is Friday. An exception is made in the case of the MotoGP class where substitutions can be made up until 12:00 on the second day of the event, which is Saturday.
  • In case of a home grand prix, each grand prix host federation (FMNR) may enter three wildcard riders for the 125cc and 250cc classes.
  • The MSMA can also nominate one wildcard entry for the 250cc and MotoGP classes at all given races.
  • The FIM may nominate two wildcard entries for the 125cc and 250cc classes as well.
  • Dorna, together with the FIM, can nominate one wildcard entry for the MotoGP class at all races.
  • The timetable for qualifying has been changed: The start time for the 125cc has gone from 13:15 to 13:45, the start time for the MotoGP has gone from 14:00 to 15:00 and the 250cc start time has gone from 15:15 to 16:00.
  • Restrictions are imposed on the practice sessions. If there is a break in the championship that lasts two or more consecutive weekends, the testing exceptions will not apply from 09:00 that Wednesday until the start of the following race. The winter testing for the 125cc and 250cc teams will either be restricted to their own continental zones or official IRTA tests.
  • Starter engines may now also be used on the grid. The number of people for each rider on the grid has been set to seven in the MotoGP class and to a maximum of two, three minutes before the start of a race.
  • Riders will only be permitted to start the race from their assigned grid position if they complete at least one sighting lap. It is forbidden for anyone, even the rider, to push the motorcycle onto the grid from the pit lane.
  • Riders are allowed to complete more than one sighting lap via the pit lane if they make any changes on their main bike, swap bikes or have to refuel.
  • Riders who fail to complete at least one sighting lap will have to start the warm-up lap at the back of the grid from the pits under instructions of a marshal who is positioned at the pitlane exit. These riders are not allowed to have any tyre warmers on and cannot change wheels after the display of the "3 minutes" board.
  • In case of two or more riders starting from the back of the grid, they will line up in the order of which they qualified during the Saturday qualification.
  • It's forbidden to communicate anything between a moving motorcycle and anyone who is connected to the motorcycle's rider. Exceptions are made for the signal from the timekeeping transponder, the on-board camera's or the voice communication between the rider and team.
  • All teams will from this season onwards compete for a MotoGP Team Championship and all teams will be consisting out of two riders. The names of the teams will consist out of multiple elements. The first one is the name of the manufacturers of the motorcycle or engines, which is mandatory. The second one is the name of the team, which is mandatory except when the team name is the same as the manufacturer name. The third is the name of the main sponsor, which is optional. All the points which are scored by both riders in the team, including the substitute or replacement riders, will count towards the team's constructors championship. If the team consists out of only one rider, the points by said rider will also count. An exception is made for wild card entries, which do not score any points.
  • In case of an entry, a rider is considered to have taken part the race weekend if he has, at least, participated in one practice session. A rider is considered to have started a race if he, at least, participates in the first lap.
  • For a rider to be classified as a finisher of the race and be included in the final results, he must cross the finish line on the circuit and not in the pitlane within five minutes of the race winner. The rider must, at all times, be in contact with his motorcycle also.
  • The white line which indicates the pole position must be painted one meter before the start/finish line.
  • From 1 January 2003 onwards, races which have changes in the climate because of rain or mixed conditions and have thus changes in adhesion of the circuit, will no longer be stopped.

Technical regulations

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  • The 500cc two-stroke machines - in use since the late 1970s - are going to be phased out this season for the new 990cc four-stroke machines.[56]
  • Helmets must now conform to one of the recognized international standards and be of the full face type. The European standards are ECE 22-04 & ECE 22-05 'p', the British standards are BS 6658 Grade A and the American standards are USA: DOT Federal Standard n? 218/SNELL M95 & M2000.
  • The use of materials has been restricted. The basic structure of the crankshaft and camshafts must be created from either steel or cast iron. It is not allowed to use composite structures which use either carbon or aramid fiber reinforcing material on components such as pistons, cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. It is mandatory to have brake calipers which are made from aluminium material with a modulus of elasticity that does not exceed the 80 GPA. None of the parts on the bike can be made from metallic materials which have a specific elasticity modus that is greater than 50 GPA.

2002 Grand Prix season results

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Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner MotoGP winner Report
1 7 April Japan Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka France Arnaud Vincent Japan Osamu Miyazaki Italy Valentino Rossi Report
2 21 April South Africa South African motorcycle Grand Prix Phakisa San Marino Manuel Poggiali Italy Marco Melandri Japan Tohru Ukawa Report
3 5 May Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Italy Lucio Cecchinello Spain Fonsi Nieto Italy Valentino Rossi Report
4 19 May France French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Italy Lucio Cecchinello Spain Fonsi Nieto Italy Valentino Rossi Report
5 2 June Italy Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello San Marino Manuel Poggiali Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
6 16 June Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya San Marino Manuel Poggiali Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
7 29 June †† Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Spain Daniel Pedrosa Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
8 14 July United Kingdom British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington France Arnaud Vincent Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
9 21 July Germany German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring France Arnaud Vincent Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
10 25 August Czech Republic Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Italy Lucio Cecchinello Italy Marco Melandri Italy Max Biaggi Report
11 8 September Portugal Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Estoril France Arnaud Vincent Spain Fonsi Nieto Italy Valentino Rossi Report
12 21 September †† Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Japan Masao Azuma Argentina Sebastián Porto Italy Valentino Rossi Report
13 6 October Tochigi Prefecture Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix Motegi Spain Daniel Pedrosa Spain Toni Elías Brazil Alex Barros Report
14 13 October Malaysia Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang France Arnaud Vincent Spain Fonsi Nieto Italy Max Biaggi Report
15 20 October Australia Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island San Marino Manuel Poggiali Italy Marco Melandri Italy Valentino Rossi Report
16 3 November Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencia Spain Daniel Pedrosa Italy Marco Melandri Brazil Alex Barros Report
†† = Saturday Race

Participants

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MotoGP participants

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FIM released a 20-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.[57] Àlex Crivillé, who was listed on the entry list, was replaced by Pere Riba at the Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín team before the start of the season.[58] For 2002 Michelin and Dunlop entered the sport as tire manufacturers beginning a 6 year Tyre war.

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds
Italy MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS Cube D 55 France Régis Laconi All
Japan Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V M 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa All
46 Italy Valentino Rossi All
Japan Team HRC 72 Japan Shinichi Ito 1
Spain West Honda Pons 4 Brazil Alex Barros 13–16
NSR500 1–12
65 Italy Loris Capirossi 1–7, 10–16
66 Germany Alex Hofmann 8–9
Italy Fortuna Honda Gresini 74 Japan Daijiro Kato 1–9
RC211V 10–16
Italy Pramac Honda Racing Team NSR500 D 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada All
Japan Kanemoto Racing B 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh All
72 Japan Shinichi Ito 15
Japan Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR D 48 Japan Akira Yanagawa 13
84 Australia Andrew Pitt 14–16
Malaysia/United States Proton Team KR Proton KR KR3 B 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki All
99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams All
29 Spain David García 16
Japan Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R D 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. 1–2
M 3–8, 10–16
51 Japan Yukio Kagayama 9
15 Spain Sete Gibernau 3–16
D 1–2
Japan Telefónica Movistar Suzuki
Japan Team Suzuki
33 Japan Akira Ryō 1
M 6–10, 14
Japan Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 3 Italy Max Biaggi All
7 Spain Carlos Checa All
Japan Yamaha Racing Team 45 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa 13
France Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 19 France Olivier Jacque 14–16
56 Japan Shinya Nakano 14–16
YZR500 19 France Olivier Jacque 1–13
56 Japan Shinya Nakano 1–13
France Yamaha Tech 3 50 France Sylvain Guintoli 10
Spain Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín YZR-M1 6 Japan Norifumi Abe 15–16
YZR500 1–14
20 Spain Pere Riba 1–3, 5–8, 10–11, 13
30 Spain José Luis Cardoso 4, 9, 12, 14–16
United Kingdom Red Bull Yamaha WCM D 8 Australia Garry McCoy 1–3, 8–16
18 France Jean-Michel Bayle 4–5
66 Germany Alex Hofmann 6–7
21 United States John Hopkins All
Source: [59]
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

250cc participants

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The FIM released a 25-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.[57] Alex Hofmann, who was listed on the entry list, withdrew before the start of the season.[58]

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds
MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 3 Italy Marco Melandri All
Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda Honda NSR250 D 4 Italy Roberto Rolfo All
7 Spain Emilio Alzamora 1–9, 11–16
84 Spain David García 10
Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 6 Spain Alex Debón All
17 France Randy de Puniet All
Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo All
76 Japan Taro Sekiguchi 1–9
13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš 10–16
Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto All
18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy All
Telefónica Movistar – Repsol YPF Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto All
24 Spain Toni Elías All
DeGraaf Grand Prix Team Honda Honda NSR250 D 11 Japan Haruchika Aoki All
41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen 1–9
29 Netherlands Henk van de Lagemaat 10
30 Netherlands Rob Filart 11
96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž 12–16
Cibertel Honda BQR Honda Honda RS250R D 12 United Kingdom Jay Vincent All
19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam All
34 Andorra Eric Bataille 3, 6, 11–12, 16
Motoracing / TU Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli All
Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 21 Italy Franco Battaini All
RFME Equipo Nacional Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 22 Spain Raúl Jara All
32 Spain Héctor Faubel All
Equipe de France – Scrab GP Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 25 France Vincent Philippe 1–9
36 France Erwan Nigon 10–16
51 France Hugo Marchand 1–10, 12–16
57 France Grégory Lefort 11
Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 27 Australia Casey Stoner All
42 Spain David Checa All
Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf All
UGT 3000 – Abruzzo Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 26 Germany Ralf Waldmann 7, 9–10
Ipone Tecmas Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 35 France Thierry van den Bosch 4
77 7, 9
Edf Espoir Honda Honda RS250R D 36 France Erwan Nigon 4
Aspi Honda Honda RS250R D 37 France Yann Lussiana 4
Cordoba Patrimonio Hum. Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 39 Spain Luis Castro 3, 16
Faster by Fuller Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 43 United Kingdom Christopher Sansome 8
Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 United Kingdom Andrew Whittley 8
Team Racer Bike Honda Honda RS250R D 45 France Samuel Aubry 4
RM Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 47 United Kingdom Jason Boyce 8
Team Kotake RSC Honda Honda RS250R D 48 Japan Shinichi Nakatomi 1
Burning Blood R.T. Honda Honda RS250R D 49 Japan Chojun Kameya 1
Endurance Honda Honda NSR250 D 50 Japan Daisaku Sakai 1
Kiefer Castrol Honda Honda Honda RS250R D 52 Germany Christian Gemmel 9
Neukirchner Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R D 53 Germany Max Neukirchner 9
Kehrer Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R D 54 Germany Nico Kehrer 9
MRTT – Hugen Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 58 Netherlands Jan Blok 7
59 Netherlands Peter Politiek 7
Sierhekwerk W v/d Pol Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 60 Netherlands Gert Pieper 7
Jovink Raps Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 61 Netherlands Jarno Boesveld 7
Klub Racing Team Znojmo Honda Honda RS250R D 62 Czech Republic Radomil Rous 10
Bird Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R D 63 Hungary Gábor Rizmayer 10
Slovnaft Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 64 Slovakia Vladimir Častka 10
Heierli Racing Pvm Team Honda Honda RS250R D 65 Switzerland Roger Heierli 10
Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 68 Japan Tekkyu Kayo 13
SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 69 Japan Nobuyuki Osaki 13
Morinokumasan Miztec RT Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 70 Japan Ryuji Yokoe 13
Technospeed Nakasuga Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 71 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga 13
Team HRC Honda Honda NSR250 D 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi 13
Racing Damas Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 74 Spain Ángel Rodríguez 16
EMS Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 78 Australia Peter Taplin 15
RGV Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 79 Australia Russell Holland 15
Impact Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 80 Australia Earl Lynch 15
STU Avant – Msr – Elf Honda Honda RS250R D 81 Australia Mark Stanley 15
Motorex Daytona Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 D 89 Japan Osamu Miyazaki 1
Team Stargel Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 90 United States Chuck Sorensen 16
Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS250R D 92 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama 1, 13
Ferro Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 93 France Hervé Mora 4
Source: [60]
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

125cc participants

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FIM released a 33-rider entry list on 13 March 2002.[57]

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds
Gilera Racing Gilera Gilera 125 GP D 1 San Marino Manuel Poggiali All
Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello All
15 San Marino Alex de Angelis All
Tribe by Breil Honda Honda RS125R B 5 Japan Masao Azuma All
Scot Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti All
34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso All
Italjet Racing Service Italjet Italjet F125 D 7 Italy Stefano Perugini All
8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi 1–5
42 Italy Christian Pistoni 9–16
B 24 United Kingdom Leon Camier 6–8
PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda RS125R B 10 Germany Jarno Müller 1–3
30 Italy Gaspare Caffiero 5
8 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi 7–16
12 Germany Klaus Nöhles 1–5, 9–16
66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama 7–8
Semprucci Angaia Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 9 Japan Noboru Ueda 1–5, 11–16
44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti 6
75 Italy Fabrizio Lai 7–8
76 Czech Republic Matej Smrž 9
72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti 10
20 Hungary Imre Tóth All
76 Czech Republic Matej Smrž 10
Motoracing / TU Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 11 Italy Max Sabbatani 13–16
16 Italy Simone Sanna All
Bossini Sterilgarda Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 11 Italy Max Sabbatani 1–5, 8–11
32 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini 6–7
33 Italy Stefano Bianco 1–8, 10–16
B 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini 12–16
UGT 3000 – Abruzzo Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 17 Germany Steve Jenkner All
19 Italy Alex Baldolini All
23 Italy Gino Borsoi All
Elit Grand Prix Honda Honda RS125R D 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž 1–7
B 77 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi 9–12, 14–16
97 Japan Hideyuki Nakajo 13
Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 21 France Arnaud Vincent All
Master – Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 22 Spain Pablo Nieto All
47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez 1–9
80 Spain Héctor Barberá All
Telefónica Movistar jnr Team Honda Honda RS125R D 25 Spain Joan Olivé All
26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa All
52 Spain Julián Simón 3, 6, 11, 16
CWF – Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš 1–7
28 Italy Ivan Goi 8–9
37 Italy Marco Simoncelli 10–12, 14–16
57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies All
Team Italia Gilera Gilera 125 GP D 31 Italy Mattia Angeloni All
84 Italy Michel Fabrizio All
Red Devil Honda Honda Honda RS125R D 36 Finland Mika Kallio All
88 Denmark Robbin Harms 10
Caja Madrid Derbi Racing Derbi Derbi 125 GP D 41 Japan Youichi Ui All
48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 3–16
Sutthisam Vaewsamana Honda Honda RS125R D 46 Thailand Suhathai Chaemsap 1
OMV Team Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R D 49 Czech Republic Igor Kalab 10
FCC – TSR Honda Honda RS125R B 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini 1–11
72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti 12–16
83 Australia Josh Waters 14–15
Atletico de Madrid Aprilia Aprilia RS125R B 51 Spain Álvaro Bautista 3, 6, 16
Team Gabrielli Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 53 Italy Gioele Pellino 5, 10
RCGM – Rubincone Corse Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 54 Italy Marco Petrini 5
Team Machado Honda Honda RS125R D 55 Spain Javier Machado 6
Kart Centrum Honda Honda RS125R D 56 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek 10
Team Technimoto Cavaillon Honda Honda RS125R D 58 France Yohann Tiberio 4
Team Philippe Coulon Honda Honda RS125R D 59 Switzerland Vincent Braillard 4, 16
MG Parts – RG Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 60 Netherlands Randy Gevers 7
De Graaf Junior Team Honda Honda RS125R D 61 Netherlands Raymond Schouten 7
Roteg Racing Honda Honda RS125R B 62 Netherlands Gerald Perdon 7
Racing Moto Sport Honda Honda RS125R D 63 France Jimmy Petit 4
Holmes Earth Moving Honda Honda RS125R D 64 Australia Peter Holmes 15
Honda Kumamoto Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 65 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara 1, 13
Showa Denki Honda Honda RS125R D 66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama 1, 13
Team Plus One Honda Honda RS125R D 67 Japan Hideyuki Ogata 1, 13
Dinky Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 68 Japan Akira Komuro 1, 13
UK Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 69 United Kingdom Christian Elkin 8
Wilson Racing Honda Honda RS125R B 70 United Kingdom Chris Martin 8
MIR Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R B 71 Spain Ruben Catalan 3, 16
Giuseppetti Viba Team Honda Honda RS125R D 72 Germany Dario Giuseppetti 9
Kiefer Castrol Honda Honda Honda RS125R D 73 Germany Claudius Klein 9
RPS Racing Saalfeld Honda Honda RS125R D 74 Germany Jascha Büsch 9
TZM Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 78 Portugal Pedro Monteiro 11
International Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 79 Portugal João Pinto 11
CMSA Protectaprint Honda Honda RS125R D 81 Australia Tim Inkster 15
Ruffnuts/Gulf Western Honda Honda RS125R D 82 Australia Jeremy Crowe 15
RMS Honda Honda RS125R D 85 France Gregory Leblanc 4
Provence Motor Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R D 86 France Gregory Lefort 4
Polini Honda Honda RS125R D 87 Italy Simone Corsi 5
DB Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 89 Netherlands Adri den Bekker 7
Red Bull Rookies Honda Honda RS125R D 90 United Kingdom Guy Farbrother 8
91 New Zealand Midge Smart 8
ADAC Sashsen Motorrad Unger Honda Honda RS125R D 92 Germany Patrick Unger 9
ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda RS125R D 93 Germany Manuel Mickan 9
Sergi Motos Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 D 94 Portugal Filipe Costa 11
Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS125R D 95 Japan Takashi Yasuda 13
Bikecards.com Honda Honda RS125R D 98 Canada Chris Peris 16
Source: [61]
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Standings

[edit]

MotoGP standings

[edit]
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' standings

[edit]
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos Rider Bike Team JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda Repsol Honda Team 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 2 355
2 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team Ret 9 DSQ 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Ret 1 6 3 215
3 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda Repsol Honda Team Ret 1 3 2 3 2 5 WD 3 3 3 Ret 4 4 3 5 209
4 Brazil Alex Barros Honda West Honda Pons 6 Ret 5 8 5 5 2 3 Ret 9 5 4 1 3 2 1 204
5 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team 3 5 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 4 5 2 Ret 5 7 11 Ret 141
6 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín 5 7 6 4 7 16 9 4 6 8 7 6 8 10 DNS 10 129
7 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini 10 4 2 Ret Ret 8 12 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 4 117
8 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda West Honda Pons 9 3 4 7 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 9 Ret Ret 109
9 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 7 6 14 11 4 3 6 8 9 Ret 99
10 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Ret 6 11 Ret 9 9 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 9 81
11 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Ret 8 17 13 11 Ret 8 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 13 6 68
12 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR Proton Team KR 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 12 9 Ret 7 Ret 63
13 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda Kanemoto Racing Ret 11 12 15 14 Ret 10 15 12 12 Ret 9 13 13 5 7 60
14 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton KR Proton Team KR Ret Ret 16 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 7 9 Ret 10 12 10 8 59
15 United States John Hopkins Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 12 14 13 11 12 10 7 8 DNS Ret 8 14 14 18 16 11 58
16 Spain Sete Gibernau Suzuki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Ret 16 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 Ret 14 12 13 51
17 Japan Tetsuya Harada Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team 11 12 10 Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret 14 14 47
18 Japan Akira Ryō Suzuki Team Suzuki 2 11 15 13 11 14 11 41
19 France Régis Laconi Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33
20 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM Ret 10 15 12 9 13 11 10 17 15 18 Ret 33
21 Japan Shinichi Ito Honda Team HRC 4 13
Kanemoto Racing Ret
22 Germany Alex Hofmann Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM Ret 11 11
Honda West Honda Pons 17 10
23 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín 16 13 11 16 15 Ret 9
24 France Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 14 13 5
25 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team 12 4
26 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 19 17 12 4
27 Spain Pere Riba Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín DNQ 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 4
France Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha Yamaha Tech 3 17 0
Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Ret 0
Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team Ret 0
Spain David García Proton KR Proton Team KR Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike Team JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' standings

[edit]
  • Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Honda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 390
2 Japan Yamaha 3 5 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 6 3 272
3 Japan Suzuki 2 16 8 5 Ret 7 6 6 11 4 4 3 6 8 9 13 143
4 Malaysia/United States Proton KR 7 Ret 7 6 Ret 12 Ret 9 7 7 9 12 9 12 7 8 96
5 Italy Aprilia 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33
6 Japan Kawasaki Ret 19 17 12 4
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

Teams' standings

[edit]
  • Each team got the total points scored by their two riders, including replacement riders. In one rider team, only the points scored by that rider was counted. Wildcard riders did not score points.
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Pos Team Bike
No.
JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Repsol Honda Team 11 Ret 1 3 2 3 2 5 DNS 3 3 3 Ret 4 4 3 5 564
46 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 2
2 Japan Marlboro Yamaha Team 3 Ret 9 DSQ 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Ret 1 6 3 356
7 3 5 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 4 5 2 Ret 5 7 11 Ret
3 Spain West Honda Pons 4 6 Ret 5 8 5 5 2 3 Ret 9 5 4 1 3 2 1 319
65 9 3 4 7 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 9 Ret Ret
66 17 10
4 Japan Telefónica Movistar Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 7 6 14 11 4 3 6 8 9 Ret 150
15 Ret 16 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 Ret 14 12 13
51 Ret
5 France Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 19 Ret 6 11 Ret 9 9 14 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 9 149
56 Ret 8 17 13 11 Ret 8 10 5 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 13 6
6 Spain Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín 6 5 7 6 4 7 16 9 4 6 8 7 6 8 10 DNS 10 142
20 DNS 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS
30 16 13 11 16 15 Ret
7 Malaysia/United States Proton Team KR 9 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 12 9 Ret 7 Ret 122
99 Ret Ret 16 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 7 9 Ret 10 12 10 8
8 Italy Fortuna Honda Gresini 74 10 4 2 Ret Ret 8 12 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 4 117
9 United Kingdom Red Bull Yamaha WCM 8 Ret 10 15 12 9 13 11 10 17 15 18 Ret 101
18 14 13
21 12 14 13 11 12 10 7 8 DNS Ret 8 14 14 18 16 11
66 Ret 11
10 Japan Kanemoto Racing 17 Ret 11 12 15 14 Ret 10 15 12 12 Ret 9 13 13 5 7 60
11 Italy Pramac Honda Racing Team 31 11 12 10 Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret 14 14 47
12 Italy MS Aprilia Racing 55 8 15 14 9 8 14 Ret 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 33
Pos Team Bike
No.
JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

250cc standings

[edit]
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' standings

[edit]
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos Rider Bike JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia Ret 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 Ret 1 1 298
2 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 13 3 1 1 3 3 5 2 4 4 1 Ret 4 1 2 Ret 241
3 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 8 4 2 5 8 2 3 5 2 Ret 4 2 6 3 4 2 219
4 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 11 16 10 6 4 10 2 3 6 3 13 5 1 2 5 10 178
5 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 5 8 7 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 3 1 8 4 3 Ret 172
6 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 10 2 4 Ret 6 5 9 4 8 Ret Ret 3 7 5 7 7 142
7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 4 7 3 7 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 6 7 5 8 13 3 120
8 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 16 5 5 4 2 Ret 7 13 5 7 5 Ret 9 13 Ret 5 119
9 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 6 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 4 119
10 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 6 11 9 11 14 7 14 8 7 8 Ret 8 16 7 14 8 92
11 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 9 9 8 9 Ret 13 12 9 10 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 72
12 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia Ret Ret 6 Ret DNS 6 8 11 Ret 5 Ret 6 17 11 10 13 68
13 Spain David Checa Aprilia DNS 10 Ret 10 10 12 16 15 15 18 8 12 21 10 8 6 60
14 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda Ret 13 12 Ret 12 11 6 7 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 12 11 12 58
15 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha Ret Ret 13 13 9 8 10 10 11 Ret Ret 9 18 9 15 11 58
16 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 1 25
17 Japan Daisaku Sakai Honda 2 20
18 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda Ret 15 19 Ret 18 18 Ret 17 13 17 7 10 Ret 17 18 17 19
19 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 11 9 11 17
20 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia DNQ 14 Ret 18 Ret 21 20 18 12 14 9 14 20 18 16 19 17
21 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 3 16
22 United Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda Ret 12 17 15 15 19 19 16 14 12 Ret Ret 19 14 Ret 14 16
23 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia Ret Ret 11 14 16 20 Ret 20 18 Ret 10 17 22 Ret 19 15 14
24 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha Ret Ret 11 15 15 12 16 11
25 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 15 Ret 16 19 17 15 13 Ret 17 15 11 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11
26 Japan Chojun Kameya Honda 7 9
27 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 12 11 9
28 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 16 12 13 23 Ret Ret 20 7
Honda 20
29 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 16 17 14 16 7
30 Spain David García Honda 10 6
31 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 12 4
32 France Vincent Philippe Aprilia Ret Ret 18 16 13 17 15 Ret Ret 4
33 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret 4
34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2
35 Japan Ryuji Yokoe Yamaha 14 2
36 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 15 24 16 17 Ret 1
Netherlands Jarno Janssen Honda Ret 17 20 17 Ret 22 18 19 Ret 0
Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 18 0
Germany Max Neukirchner Honda 19 0
Netherlands Henk van de Lagemaat Honda 19 0
Hungary Gábor Rizmayer Honda 20 0
Australia Russell Holland Yamaha 20 0
Netherlands Peter Politiek Honda 21 0
United Kingdom Andrew Whittley Aprilia 21 0
United States Chuck Sorensen Aprilia 21 0
Netherlands Jarno Boesveld Aprilia 22 0
Netherlands Gert Pieper Aprilia 23 0
France Thierry van den Bosch Honda Ret DNQ Ret 0
Japan Shinichi Nakatomi Honda Ret 0
Germany Christian Gemmel Honda Ret 0
Germany Nico Kehrer Honda Ret 0
Slovakia Vladimir Častka Yamaha Ret 0
France Grégory Lefort Aprilia Ret 0
Japan Tekkyu Kayo Yamaha Ret 0
Japan Noboyuki Osaki Yamaha Ret 0
Czech Republic Radomil Rous Honda DNS 0
France Yann Lussiana Honda DNQ 0
France Samuel Aubry Honda DNQ 0
France Hervé Mora Aprilia DNQ 0
Netherlands Jan Blok Honda DNQ 0
United Kingdom Christopher Sansome Honda DNQ 0
United Kingdom Jason Boyce Honda WD 0
Switzerland Roger Heierli Honda DNQ 0
Netherlands Rob Filart Honda DNQ 0
Australia Peter Taplin Honda DNQ 0
Australia Earl Lynch Yamaha DNQ 0
Australia Mark Stanley Honda DNQ 0
Spain Luis Castro Yamaha DNQ 0
Pos Rider Bike JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' standings

[edit]
  • Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Italy Aprilia 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 382
2 Japan Honda 2 4 2 5 8 2 3 5 2 9 4 2 3 3 4 2 244
3 Japan Yamaha 1 8 7 8 7 7 4 8 3 2 3 1 8 4 3 8 211
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

125cc standings

[edit]
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' standings

[edit]
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
  • Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
Pos Rider Bike JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 1 2 2 4 9 11 4 1 1 3 1 2 15 1 4 2 273
2 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 3 1 DSQ 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 1 7 254
3 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 8 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 7 2 10 Ret 1 3 5 1 243
4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 9 Ret 1 1 6 4 5 Ret Ret 1 6 10 Ret 2 2 8 180
5 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 15 4 3 11 8 3 6 5 3 6 3 18 3 6 7 5 168
6 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia Ret 5 Ret 6 3 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 4 5 4 5 3 3 145
7 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 5 8 7 Ret 11 5 12 17 6 7 2 14 Ret 11 6 14 106
8 Japan Masao Azuma Honda Ret 9 8 5 13 15 14 4 15 12 5 1 18 9 8 18 101
9 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 7 2 8 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 4 87
10 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 7 10 10 5 Ret 13 Ret 10 9 7 12 7 19 Ret 10 82
11 Finland Mika Kallio Honda Ret 12 5 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 10 8 8 6 7 Ret 17 78
12 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 13 Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 3 6 11 Ret Ret 22 8 13 9 9 76
13 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 Ret 8 8 8 17 Ret Ret 12 12 13 Ret 65
14 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 16 DNS 12 15 Ret 18 20 Ret 21 4 Ret 15 5 8 14 6 50
15 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 16 14 12 Ret 10 19 15 12 14 Ret 20 14 16 15 19 42
16 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda Ret 10 Ret 9 12 Ret 11 9 13 21 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 16 42
17 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 11 24 16 Ret 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 18 Ret 6 20 Ret 12 Ret 28
18 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda Ret 14 15 16 10 12 18 12 Ret Ret Ret 26
Aprilia 16 22 Ret 11 12
19 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia Ret 22 19 7 Ret 7 29 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 Ret Ret 13 24
20 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 6 25 10 11 21
21 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 22 19 20 14 16 13 17 20 Ret 7 9 20 Ret 22 21
22 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Italjet Ret 18 20 Ret Ret 20
Honda 15 Ret 18 11 Ret 4 21 Ret 16 15
23 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 4 11 17 Ret DNS Ret 25 27 18 21 Ret 18
24 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 17
25 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia Ret 13 11 13 DNS Ret 22 15 Ret 19 Ret 17 11 17
26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 12 Ret Ret 14 DNS 16 16 Ret 9 25 14 18 21 15
27 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 26 19 9 24 21 Ret 24 7
28 Japan Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 10 6
29 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia Ret 21 24 18 18 Ret 24 16 20 Ret 11 29 24 25 22 28 5
30 Italy Christian Pistoni Italjet Ret Ret 12 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4
31 Italy Michel Fabrizio Gilera Ret 15 18 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 23 25 Ret 23 13 26 Ret 20 4
32 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 22 3
33 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 27 13 21 Ret Ret Ret 3
34 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 14 20 21 Ret 19 20 21 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 26 23 20 Ret 2
35 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 14 22 2
36 Spain Julián Simón Honda Ret 22 14 Ret 2
37 Italy Fabrizio Lai Honda 23 14 2
Japan Takashi Yasuda Honda 16 0
Italy Mattia Angeloni Gilera 17 17 23 21 Ret 19 26 23 27 24 Ret 27 28 17 19 Ret 0
Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 17 0
Italy Gaspare Caffiero Honda 17 0
Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 17 Ret 0
Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 18 23 27 22 21 23 27 20 25 26 Ret 28 23 22 23 25 0
Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia 19 24 0
Germany Jarno Müller Honda Ret 19 26 0
Thailand Suhathai Chaemsap Honda 19 0
France Gregory Lefort Aprilia 20 0
United Kingdom Christian Elkin Honda 21 0
Italy Simone Corsi Honda 22 0
United Kingdom Chris Martin Honda 22 0
Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 Ret 23 0
France Jimmy Petit Honda 23 0
Denmark Robbin Harms Honda 23 0
Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 28 29 26 Ret 24 24 27 0
United Kingdom Leon Camier Italjet 24 28 24 0
France Gregory Leblanc Honda 24 0
France Yohann Tiberio Honda 25 0
Australia Josh Waters Honda Ret 25 0
Spain Ruben Catalan Aprilia DNS 26 0
Australia Peter Holmes Honda 26 0
Australia Jeremy Crowe Honda 27 0
Czech Republic Igor Kalab Honda 28 0
Switzerland Vincent Braillard Honda Ret 29 0
Germany Claudius Klein Honda 29 0
Czech Republic Matej Smrž Honda 32 30 0
Netherlands Adri den Bekker Honda 30 0
Germany Patrick Unger Honda 30 0
Netherlands Randy Gevers Honda 31 0
Germany Jascha Büsch Honda 31 0
Netherlands Gerald Perdon Honda 32 0
Germany Manuel Mickan Honda 33 0
Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda Ret Ret 0
Japan Hideyuki Ogata Honda Ret Ret 0
Japan Akira Komuro Honda Ret Ret 0
Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia Ret 0
Italy Alessandro Brannetti Honda Ret 0
Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda Ret 0
United Kingdom Guy Farbrother Honda Ret 0
New Zealand Midge Smart Honda Ret 0
Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda Ret 0
Canada Chris Peris Honda Ret 0
Spain Javier Machado Honda DNQ 0
Portugal Pedro Monteiro Honda DNQ 0
Portugal João Pinto Honda DNQ 0
Portugal Filipe Costa Yamaha DNQ 0
Australia Tim Inkster Honda DNQ 0
Pos Rider Bike JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' standings

[edit]
  • Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
  • Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by frain.
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Italy Aprilia 1 2 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 341
2 Japan Honda 2 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 7 2 5 1 1 3 5 1 285
3 Italy Gilera 3 1 18 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 1 7 254
4 Spain Derbi Ret Ret 6 19 2 14 8 8 8 17 Ret 7 9 12 13 22 79
5 Italy Italjet 11 18 16 Ret 15 13 28 11 Ret 18 12 6 20 Ret 12 Ret 32
Pos Constructor JPN
Japan
RSA
South Africa
SPA
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
CZE
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
RIO
Rio de Janeiro (state)
PAC
Tochigi Prefecture
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

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