2002 Molson Indy Vancouver

2002 Vancouver

Race details
Race 10 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Date	July 28, 2002
Official name	2002 Molson Indy Vancouver
Location	Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Course	Temporary street course 1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance	100 laps 178.100 mi / 286.600 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures rising to 22.7 °C (72.9 °F); dropping down to 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) by the end of the event
Pole position
Driver	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:00.339
Fastest lap
Driver	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:01.633 (on lap 25 of 100)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Second	Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green)
Third	Tony Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)

The 2002 Molson Indy Vancouver was the tenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 28, 2002 on the streets of Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:03.020	1:00.339	1:00.339
2		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:01.888	1:00.502	1:00.502
3		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:01.990	1:00.559	1:00.559
4		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.939	1:00.650	1:00.650
5		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:02.195	1:00.749	1:00.749
6		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:02.509	1:00.763	1:00.763
7		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.179	1:00.779	1:00.779
8		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:02.217	1:00.869	1:00.869
9		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:02.754	1:00.942	1:00.942
10		Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.948	1:00.979	1:00.979
11		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:03.407	1:01.050	1:01.050
12		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.602	1:01.194	1:01.194
13		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:02.470	1:01.249	1:01.249
14		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:02.340	1:01.411	1:01.411
15		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:02.912	1:01.431	1:01.431
16		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:02.323	1:01.471	1:01.471
17		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:03.081	1:01.499	1:01.499
18		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	1:02.195	1:01.740	1:01.740

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	100	1:59:25.063	3	20
2	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	100	+1.239 secs	2	18
3	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	100	+2.363 secs	6	14
4	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	100	+2.709 secs	18	12
5	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	100	+3.319 secs	16	10
6	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	94	+ 6 Laps	5	8
7	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	91	Contact	8	6
8	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	91	Contact	11	5
9	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	90	Contact	12	4
10	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	90	+ 10 Laps	17	3
11	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	87	Contact	13	2
12	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	64	Gearbox	1	2
13	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	64	Gearbox	7	0
14	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	58	Gearbox	15	0
15	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	34	Contact	14	0
16	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	9	Suspension	4	0
17	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	2	Contact	9	0
18	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	2	Contact	10	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
0-1	Yellow start
3-5	Vasser (8), Bräck (12) & Andretti (39) contact
10-12	Dixon (44) stopped on course
35-38	Takagi (5) & Andretti (39) contact
88-90	Debris
92-94	Junqueira (4), Tagliani (33) & Fernández (51) contact (red flag for 16:40)

Notes

Laps Leader 1-35 Cristiano da Matta 36-63 Paul Tracy 64 Cristiano da Matta 65-68 Dario Franchitti 69-85 Paul Tracy 86-100 Dario Franchitti

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 45 Cristiano da Matta 36 Dario Franchitti 19

• New Track Record Cristiano da Matta 1:00.339 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Record Dario Franchitti 1:59:25.063
• Average Speed 89.484 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results
• Weather Information