2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  2002 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 16 races in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	June 16, 2002
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.875 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:44.523
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:45.594
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Tohru Ukawa
Third	Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	1:47.315
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Battaini
Time	1:48.063
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:51.216
Fastest lap
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:51.443
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Steve Jenkner

The 2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14 -June 16, 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	25	44:20.679	4	25
2	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+0.880	2	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	25	+8.531	7	16
4	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	25	+11.918	1	13
5	4	Alex Barros	Honda	25	+22.382	9	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	25	+30.096	5	10
7	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	25	+31.525	8	9
8	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	25	+33.912	15	8
9	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	25	+36.847	11	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Yamaha	25	+51.580	6	6
11	33	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	25	+53.303	14	5
12	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton KR	25	+57.585	12	4
13	31	Tetsuya Harada	Honda	25	+1:01.823	20	3
14	55	Régis Laconi	Aprilia	25	+1:03.002	16	2
15	20	Pere Riba	Yamaha	25	+1:04.723	21	1
16	6	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	23	+2 laps	18
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	Yamaha	24	Retirement	19
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	6	Accident	3
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton KR	2	Retirement	17
Ret	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	0	Accident	14
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	0	Accident	10

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	25	41:40.377	2	25
2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	25	+2.193	6	20
3	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+2.689	1	16
4	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+2.950	4	13
5	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+4.538	5	11
6	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	25	+23.101	18	10
7	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+23.215	11	9
8	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	25	+23.374	12	8
9	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+24.586	7	7
10	Toni Elías	Aprilia	25	+30.721	9	6
11	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	25	+37.908	13	5
12	David Checa	Aprilia	25	+38.456	14	4
13	Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+40.607	10	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	25	+1:00.034	19	2
15	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	25	+1:02.087	16	1
16	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	25	+1:02.410	15
17	Vincent Philippe	Aprilia	25	+1:02.643	17
18	Leon Haslam	Honda	25	+1:09.785	20
19	Jay Vincent	Honda	25	+1:17.851	21
20	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+1:30.113	22
21	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	25	+1:31.937	25
22	Jarno Janssen	Honda	25	+1:47.797	23
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	7	Retirement	24
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	5	Accident	3
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	4	Retirement	8

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	25	41:18.211	1	25
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	25	+0.019	4	20
3	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	25	+9.888	3	16
4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	25	+15.397	5	13
5	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	25	+15.452	8	11
6	Joan Olivé	Honda	25	+15.486	20	10
7	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	25	+15.549	11	9
8	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	25	+16.218	2	8
9	Mika Kallio	Honda	25	+22.762	10	7
10	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	25	+22.839	16	6
11	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	25	+23.067	23	5
12	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	25	+23.134	18	4
13	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	25	+43.345	17	3
14	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	25	+43.973	7	2
15	Masao Azuma	Honda	25	+47.189	13	1
16	Jakub Smrž	Honda	25	+47.333	24
17	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	25	+52.000	22
18	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	25	+1:11.358	27
19	Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	25	+1:11.488	29
20	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	25	+1:21.603	32
21	Jaroslav Huleš	Aprilia	25	+1:21.681	15
22	Julian Simon	Honda	25	+1:31.723	26
23	Imre Tóth	Honda	25	+1:31.794	31
24	Leon Camier	Italjet	24	+1 Lap	33
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	18	Retirement	21
Ret	Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	14	Accident	19
Ret	Youichi Ui	Derbi	13	Accident	6
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	13	Accident	12
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	4	Retirement	25
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	0	Accident	9
Ret	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	0	Accident	14
Ret	Alessandro Brannetti	Honda	0	Accident	30
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	0	Accident	28
DNQ	Javier Machado	Honda