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 Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 49:09.516 2 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1.674 1 20 3 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +18.764 16 16 4 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 +24.759 15 13 5 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +32.354 12 11 6 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +34.360 11 10 7 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +44.250 7 9 8 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +57.150 18 8 9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 24 +1:09.987 8 7 10 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1:17.611 4 6 11 30 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 24 +1:20.837 20 5 12 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:50.774 10 4 13 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 23 +1 lap 19 3 14 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1 lap 14 2 Ret (15) 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Accident 17 Ret (16) 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 16 Accident 5 Ret (17) 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 4 Accident 3 Ret (18) 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 3 Accident 13 Ret (19) 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 1 Accident 9 Ret (20) 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 0 Accident 6 Sources:
250cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 47:01.307 2 25 2 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 22 +14.114 9 20 3 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +15.812 10 16 4 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +26.998 4 13 5 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 22 +29.533 3 11 6 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 22 +31.868 12 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 22 +45.373 11 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +1:11.324 7 8 9 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 22 +1:13.787 13 7 10 19 Leon Haslam Honda 22 +1:15.478 17 6 11 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 22 +1:16.715 14 5 12 42 David Checa Aprilia 22 +1:50.844 18 4 13 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 22 +1:58.717 15 3 14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 22 +2:12.040 24 2 15 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 +1 lap 23 1 16 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +1 lap 25 17 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +1 lap 22 Ret (18) 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 15 Accident 5 Ret (19) 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 14 Accident 1 Ret (20) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Accident 20 Ret (21) 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 12 Accident 8 Ret (22) 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 12 Retirement 6 Ret (23) 12 Jay Vincent Honda 4 Accident 16 Ret (24) 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 21 Ret (25) 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 1 Retirement 19 Source:
125cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Masao Azuma Honda 21 46:28.675 18 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +1.705 2 20 3 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +1.760 1 16 4 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +9.177 3 13 5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +26.596 7 11 6 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 21 +32.745 19 10 7 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 21 +34.150 14 9 8 36 Mika Kallio Honda 21 +34.488 9 8 9 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 21 +36.641 21 7 10 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 21 +40.381 5 6 11 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +40.615 4 5 12 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +41.428 11 4 13 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +41.608 17 3 14 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +41.630 15 2 15 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +45.147 10 1 16 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +49.885 23 17 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 21 +57.060 20 18 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:13.948 6 19 42 Christian Pistoni Italjet 21 +1:14.061 30 20 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +1:17.495 13 21 37 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 21 +1:23.540 25 22 25 Joan Olivé Honda 21 +1:24.059 16 23 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 21 +1:26.189 26 24 77 Thomas Lüthi Honda 21 +1:29.225 24 25 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +1:32.402 22 26 72 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 21 +1:45.091 31 27 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 21 +1:52.619 29 28 20 Imre Tóth Honda 21 +2:01.551 27 29 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 21 +2:04.263 28 Ret (30) 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 12 Accident 12 Ret (31) 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 2 Accident 8 Ret (32) 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1 Accident 32 Source:
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 Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 270 2 Max Biaggi 164 3 Tohru Ukawa 156 4 Alex Barros 118 5 Carlos Checa 116
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 295 2 Yamaha 210 3 Suzuki 115 4 / Proton KR 68 5 Aprilia 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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