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2002 Americas Grand Prix in CART at the Bayfront Park circuit. Full information

2002 Americas Grand Prix

2002 Americas Grand Prix is 382nd CART race. Passed at the Bayfront Park circuit. Tony Kanaan won the pole position, Cristiano Da Matta won this race. Christian Fittipaldi and Jimmy Vasser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 105 laps (234 km).

Previous race: 2002 Rockingham Champ Cars
Next race: 2002 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars
Race Start: 6th October 2002

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2002 Americas Grand Prix

68th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
11th victory for the Cristiano Da Matta
17th podium for the Cristiano Da Matta
20th podium for the Christian Fittipaldi
28th podium for the Jimmy Vasser

Lola B2/00 - 2002 Americas Grand Prix winner

Lola B2/00 #6 - 2002 Americas Grand Prix winner

2002 Americas Grand Prix results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Cristiano Da Matta Lola B2/00, #6 21 2h 7m 9.003s 0 Newman-Haas Racing
2 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B2/00, #11 16 2h 7m 9.737s 0 Newman-Haas Racing
3 Jimmy Vasser Lola B2/00, #8 14 2h 7m 10.346s 0 Team Rahal
4 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 02I, #33 12 2h 7m 11.6s 0 Forsythe Racing
5 Bruno Junqueira Lola B2/00, #4 10 2h 7m 24.551s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B2/00, #9 8 104 laps 0 Team Rahal
7 Adrian Fernandez Lola B2/00, #51 6 104 laps 0 Fernandez Racing
8 Michael Andretti Lola B2/00, #39 5 103 laps Accident 0 Team Green
9 Tony Kanaan Lola B2/00, #10 5 103 laps Accident 0 Mo Nunn Racing
10 Dario Franchitti Lola B2/00, #27 3 103 laps 0 Team Green
11 Mario Dominguez Lola B2/00, #55 2 99 laps 0 Bettenhausen Motorsports
12 Paul Tracy Lola B2/00, #26 1 98 laps Accident 0 Team Green
13 Kenny Brack Lola B2/00, #12 0 70 laps Mechanical 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
14 Shinji Nakano Lola B2/00, #52 0 66 laps Mechanical 0 Fernandez Racing
15 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 02I, #5 0 39 laps Mechanical 0 Walker Racing
16 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 02I, #32 0 34 laps Accident 0 Forsythe Racing
17 Oriol Servia Reynard 02I, #20 0 29 laps Mechanical 0 Patrick Racing
18 Scott Dixon Lola B2/00, #44 1 19 laps Accident 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team

Qualifying Results for the 2002 Americas Grand Prix on the Bayfront Park circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Tony Kanaan Lola B2/00, #10 1m 1.264s Mo Nunn Racing
2 Scott Dixon Lola B2/00, #44 1m 1.444s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 02I, #5 1m 2.039s Walker Racing
4 Kenny Brack Lola B2/00, #12 1m 2.165s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 02I, #33 1m 2.304s Forsythe Racing
6 Cristiano Da Matta Lola B2/00, #6 1m 2.348s Newman-Haas Racing
7 Dario Franchitti Lola B2/00, #27 1m 2.369s Team Green
8 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B2/00, #11 1m 2.523s Newman-Haas Racing
9 Adrian Fernandez Lola B2/00, #51 1m 2.543s Fernandez Racing
10 Bruno Junqueira Lola B2/00, #4 1m 2.607s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
11 Shinji Nakano Lola B2/00, #52 1m 2.75s Fernandez Racing
12 Jimmy Vasser Lola B2/00, #8 1m 2.86s Team Rahal
13 Oriol Servia Reynard 02I, #20 1m 2.891s Patrick Racing
14 Michael Andretti Lola B2/00, #39 1m 3.052s Team Green
15 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B2/00, #9 1m 3.055s Team Rahal
16 Paul Tracy Lola B2/00, #26 1m 3.134s Team Green
17 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 02I, #32 1m 4.135s Forsythe Racing
18 Mario Dominguez Lola B2/00, #55 1m 4.326s Bettenhausen Motorsports

List of all cars for the 2002 Americas Grand Prix on the Bayfront Park circuit

Lola B2/00

Toyota

Lola B2/00

Ford

Reynard 02I

Ford

Lola B2/00

Honda

Reynard 02I

Toyota