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2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	AUS
Grand Prix	Australian
Official_Name	SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	15
Season_No	16
Date	20 October
Year	2002
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Jeremy McWilliams
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Proton KR
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:31.919
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:32.233 on lap 11
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Alex Barros
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Brazil
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Tohru Ukawa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:33.904
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:34.072 on lap 22
First_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
Third_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Pole_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Pole_Time_125	1:38.632
Fast_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:37.983 on lap 23
First_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
First_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
First_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Second_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Pablo Nieto
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 October 2002 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	42:02.041	7	25
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+9.782	5	20
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+11.134	6	16
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+11.327	10	13
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	27	+11.414	4	11
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+20.937	8	10
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+22.505	3	9
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+26.642	17	8
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+26.692	12	7
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+31.994	1	6
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+34.563	20	5
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+38.827	15	4
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+45.418	16	3
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	27	+52.542	18	2
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	27	+52.765	21	1
21	USA John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+1:12.169	14
84	AUS Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:12.196	19
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	2
72	JPN Shinichi Ito	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	11	Retirement	13
55	FRA Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	Retirement	11
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	2	Retirement	9
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	25	39:44.293	2	25
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+0.007	1	20
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	25	+5.766	3	16
4	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	25	+16.042	9	13
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	25	+18.917	4	11
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+18.985	5	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+21.349	6	9
42	ESP David Checa	Aprilia	25	+39.582	12	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+46.230	8	7
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	25	+50.645	13	6
11	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	25	+55.268	15	5
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	25	+55.288	7	4
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+1:07.391	11	3
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+1:09.565	16	2
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	25	+1:09.973	18	1
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	25	+1:10.270	21
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	+1:10.368	22
19	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	25	+1:10.966	10
32	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+1:25.241	19
79	AUS Russell Holland	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	25
22	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	19	Retirement	24
12	GBR Jay Vincent	Honda	16	Accident	17
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	5	Accident	14
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	3	Retirement	20
51	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	0	Did not start	23
81	AUS Mark Stanley	Honda		Did not qualify
80	AUS Earl Lynch	Yamaha		Did not qualify
78	AUS Peter Taplin	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	23	38:08.028	1	25
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	23	+1.252	5	20
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	23	+1.310	6	16
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+1.414	2	13
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+1.575	10	11
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	23	+5.615	7	10
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+16.861	4	9
5	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+21.544	17	8
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	23	+21.833	16	7
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+22.168	9	6
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	23	+28.012	12	5
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	23	+32.645	13	4
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	23	+33.386	14	3
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+39.047	19	2
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+39.117	24	1
8	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	23	+39.282	20
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	23	+55.604	21
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	23	+57.689	25
31	ITA Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	23	+57.861	27
19	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+58.141	28
9	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+58.148	26
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	23	+1:28.678	29
20	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	23	+1:32.597	30
72	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	23	+1:32.853	33
83	AUS Joshua Waters	Honda	22	+1 lap	32
64	AUS Peter Holmes	Honda	22	+1 lap	35
82	AUS Jeremy Crowe	Honda	22	+1 lap	36
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	18	Accident	22
84	ITA Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	18	Retirement	23
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	15	Retirement	3
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	14	Accident	11
77	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	7	Accident	31
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	6	Retirement	15
42	ITA Christian Pistoni	Italjet	6	Retirement	34
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	0	Retirement	8
37	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	0	Accident	18
81	AUS Tim Inkster	Honda		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	335
2	ITA Max Biaggi	199
3	JPN Tohru Ukawa	198
4	BRA Alex Barros	179
5	SPA Carlos Checa	141

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	365
2	JPN Yamaha	256
3	JPN Suzuki	140
4	MYS/USA Proton KR	88
5	ITA Aprilia	33

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2003 Australian Grand Prix

References

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(20 October 2002). "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
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(20 October 2002). "SKYY Vodka Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(20 October 2002). "Skyy Vodka Australian Grand Prix - World Championship Classification".

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