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2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

12th round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship

Field	Value
flag	Rio de Janeiro
Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro
Official Name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Image	Jacarepaguá.svg
Course_mi	3.065
Course_km	4.933
Race_No	12
Season_No	16
Date	22 September
Year	2002
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Max Biaggi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:50.568
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Carlos Checa
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Yamaha
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:59.827 on lap 11
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Max Biaggi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Yamaha
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Suzuki
Pole_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:53.939
Fast_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Fast_Time_250	2:04.661 on lap 10
First_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
First_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
First_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Second_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_250	Franco Battaini
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Pole_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Pole_Time_125	1:57.888
Fast_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	2:10.065 on lap 17
First_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Arnaud Vincent
Second_Rider_125_Country	France
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Third_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera

The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 September 2002 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	49:09.516	2	25
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1.674	1	20
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	+18.764	16	16
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	24	+24.759	15	13
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	24	+32.354	12	11
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	24	+34.360	11	10
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+44.250	7	9
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	+57.150	18	8
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	24	+1:09.987	8	7
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+1:17.611	4	6
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	24	+1:20.837	20	5
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	24	+1:50.774	10	4
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	23	+1 lap	19	3
21	USA John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	23	+1 lap	14	2
55	FRA Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	Accident	17
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	16	Accident	5
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	4	Accident	3
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	3	Accident	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1	Accident	9
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Accident	6

250cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	22	47:01.307	2	25
4	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	22	+14.114	9	20
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	22	+15.812	10	16
3	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	22	+26.998	4	13
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	22	+29.533	3	11
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	22	+31.868	12	10
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	22	+45.373	11	9
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	22	+1:11.324	7	8
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	22	+1:13.787	13	7
19	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	22	+1:15.478	17	6
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	22	+1:16.715	14	5
42	ESP David Checa	Aprilia	22	+1:50.844	18	4
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	22	+1:58.717	15	3
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	22	+2:12.040	24	2
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	21	+1 lap	23	1
22	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	25
32	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	22
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	15	Accident	5
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	14	Accident	1
51	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	14	Accident	20
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	12	Accident	8
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	12	Retirement	6
12	GBR Jay Vincent	Honda	4	Accident	16
34	FRA Eric Bataille	Honda	1	Retirement	21
11	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	1	Retirement	19

125cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
5	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	46:28.675	18	25
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+1.705	2	20
1	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	21	+1.760	1	16
8	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	21	+9.177	3	13
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	21	+26.596	7	11
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	21	+32.745	19	10
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	21	+34.150	14	9
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	21	+34.488	9	8
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	21	+36.641	21	7
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	21	+40.381	5	6
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	21	+40.615	4	5
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+41.428	11	4
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+41.608	17	3
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	21	+41.630	15	2
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	+45.147	10	1
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	21	+49.885	23
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	21	+57.060	20
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+1:13.948	6
42	ITA Christian Pistoni	Italjet	21	+1:14.061	30
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	21	+1:17.495	13
37	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	21	+1:23.540	25
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	21	+1:24.059	16
84	ITA Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	21	+1:26.189	26
77	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	21	+1:29.225	24
9	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	+1:32.402	22
72	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	21	+1:45.091	31
31	ITA Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	21	+1:52.619	29
20	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	21	+2:01.551	27
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	21	+2:04.263	28
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	12	Accident	12
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	2	Accident	8
19	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	1	Accident	32

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	270
2	ITA Max Biaggi	164
3	JPN Tohru Ukawa	156
4	BRA Alex Barros	118
5	SPA Carlos Checa	116

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	295
2	JPN Yamaha	210
3	JPN Suzuki	115
4	MYS/USA Proton KR	68
5	ITA Aprilia	28

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2003 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2002 Brazilian MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2002 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(21 September 2002). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"RIO GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002".
(21 September 2002). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(21 September 2002). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2002). "Standings".

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