Race · Round 17 of 17 · 13 October 2002

2002 Japanese Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 8 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Michael Schumacher set a new record of 64 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 25 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2011 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	—	1	53	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	—	2	53	Finished	6
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-17	4	53	Finished	4
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW24	6	53	Finished	3
5	Takuma Sato	Jordan	EJ12	7	53	Finished	2
6	Jenson Button	Renault	R202	10	52	Finished	1
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C21	12	52	Finished	0
8	Mika Salo	Toyota	TF102	13	52	Finished	0
9	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	—	14	52	Finished	0
10	Mark Webber	Minardi	PS02	18	51	Finished	0
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW24	5	48	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	—	17	39	Transmission	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	EJ12	8	37	Engine	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	R202	11	32	Mechanical	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	4	9	27	Engine	0
DNF	Alex Yoong	Minardi	PS02	19	14	Spun off	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	4	16	8	Mechanical	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-17	3	7	Throttle	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C21	15	3	Accident	0
DNS	Allan McNish	Toyota	TF102	—	—	Injury	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	1	1	53
Rubens Barrichello	2	2	53
Kimi Raikkonen	4	3	53
Juan Pablo Montoya	6	4	53
Takuma Sato	7	5	53
Jenson Button	10	6	52
Nick Heidfeld	12	7	52
Mika Salo	13	8	52
Eddie Irvine	14	9	52
Mark Webber	18	10	51
Ralf Schumacher	5	11	48
Pedro de la Rosa	17	DNF	39
Giancarlo Fisichella	8	DNF	37
Jarno Trulli	11	DNF	32
Jacques Villeneuve	9	DNF	27
Alex Yoong	19	DNF	14
Olivier Panis	16	DNF	8
David Coulthard	3	DNF	7
Felipe Massa	15	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:31.317	—	0 m	—
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:31.749	+0.432	28 m	+0.432
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:32.088	+0.771	49 m	+0.339
4	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:32.197	+0.880	56 m	+0.109
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:32.444	+1.127	72 m	+0.247
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:32.507	+1.190	76 m	+0.063
7	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:33.090	+1.773	114 m	+0.583
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:33.276	+1.959	126 m	+0.186
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:33.349	+2.032	130 m	+0.073
10	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:33.429	+2.112	136 m	+0.080
11	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:33.547	+2.230	143 m	+0.118
12	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:33.553	+2.236	143 m	+0.006
13	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:33.742	+2.425	156 m	+0.189
14	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:33.915	+2.598	167 m	+0.173
15	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:33.979	+2.662	171 m	+0.064
16	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:34.192	+2.875	184 m	+0.213
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:34.227	+2.910	187 m	+0.035
18	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:35.191	+3.874	249 m	+0.964
19	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:35.958	+4.641	298 m	+0.767
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:36.267	+4.950	318 m	+0.309

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Michael Schumacher	1	53	2	20, 38	30.6, 29.5
Rubens Barrichello	2	53	2	21, 37	30.6, 29.6
Kimi Raikkonen	3	53	2	22, 41	30.9, 28.3
Juan Pablo Montoya	4	53	2	25, 40	29.2, 28.4
Takuma Sato	5	53	2	21, 36	28.9, 31.2
Jenson Button	6	52	2	16, 32	29.3, 32.4
Nick Heidfeld	7	52	2	19, 35	30.7, 31.2
Mika Salo	8	52	2	18, 34	29.9, 30.3
Eddie Irvine	9	52	2	22, 38	29.2, 28.6
Mark Webber	10	51	2	22, 39	30.5, 29.1
Ralf Schumacher	11	48	2	24, 39	29.7, 27.9
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	39	2	21, 37	29.9, 28.7
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	37	2	20, 35	30.9, 29.9
Jarno Trulli	DNF	32	1	15	28.7
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	27	1	19	29.9
Alex Yoong	DNF	14	0	None recorded	—
Olivier Panis	DNF	8	2	6, 7	56.8, 383.1
David Coulthard	DNF	7	0	None recorded	—
Felipe Massa	DNF	3	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 2	1 · 2	20 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 4	2 · 3	21 · 22	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Juan Pablo Montoya	4 · 6	3 · 4	22 · 25	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Ralf Schumacher	4 · 5	3 · 11	22 · 24	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Juan Pablo Montoya	5 · 6	11 · 4	24 · 25	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Juan Pablo Montoya · Takuma Sato	6 · 7	4 · 5	25 · 21	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Takuma Sato · Jenson Button	7 · 10	5 · 6	21 · 16	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nick Heidfeld	10 · 12	6 · 7	16 · 19	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Mika Salo	12 · 13	7 · 8	19 · 18	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Eddie Irvine	13 · 14	8 · 9	18 · 22	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Mark Webber	14 · 18	9 · 10	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Mark Webber	5 · 18	11 · 10	24 · 22	Mark Webber	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:34.232	—	0 m	—	33
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:34.730	+0.498	31 m	+0.498	29
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:35.402	+1.170	73 m	+0.672	34
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:35.742	+1.510	94 m	+0.340	38
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:35.995	+1.763	110 m	+0.253	44
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:36.109	+1.877	117 m	+0.114	19
7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:36.190	+1.958	122 m	+0.081	25
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:36.490	+2.258	140 m	+0.300	37
9	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:36.529	+2.297	143 m	+0.039	37
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:36.744	+2.512	156 m	+0.215	37
11	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:36.893	+2.661	165 m	+0.149	43
12	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:37.014	+2.782	173 m	+0.121	37
13	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:37.196	+2.964	184 m	+0.182	45
14	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:37.384	+3.152	196 m	+0.188	43
15	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:37.492	+3.260	203 m	+0.108	31
16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:37.781	+3.549	221 m	+0.289	39
17	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:37.927	+3.695	230 m	+0.146	23
18	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:37.997	+3.765	234 m	+0.070	33
19	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:38.138	+3.906	243 m	+0.141	11
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:39.142	+4.910	305 m	+1.004	30

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:32.978	—	0 m	—	21
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:33.233	+0.255	16 m	+0.255	22
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:33.290	+0.312	20 m	+0.057	22
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:33.525	+0.547	34 m	+0.235	20
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:33.636	+0.658	41 m	+0.111	22
6	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:33.688	+0.710	45 m	+0.052	18
7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:34.544	+1.566	99 m	+0.856	20
8	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:34.657	+1.679	106 m	+0.113	22
9	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:34.723	+1.745	110 m	+0.066	21
10	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:34.743	+1.765	111 m	+0.020	17
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:34.879	+1.901	120 m	+0.136	19
12	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:34.933	+1.955	123 m	+0.054	20
13	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:35.107	+2.129	134 m	+0.174	22
14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:35.330	+2.352	148 m	+0.223	20
15	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:35.538	+2.560	161 m	+0.208	18
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:35.567	+2.589	163 m	+0.029	18
17	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:36.265	+3.287	207 m	+0.698	21
18	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:36.585	+3.607	227 m	+0.320	19
19	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:36.640	+3.662	231 m	+0.055	19
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:37.972	+4.994	315 m	+1.332	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:36.249	—	0 m	—	15
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:36.650	+0.401	24 m	+0.401	11
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:36.652	+0.403	25 m	+0.002	10
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:36.930	+0.681	41 m	+0.278	11
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:37.167	+0.918	56 m	+0.237	11
6	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:37.281	+1.032	63 m	+0.114	7
7	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:37.533	+1.284	78 m	+0.252	10
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:37.601	+1.352	82 m	+0.068	7
9	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:37.612	+1.363	83 m	+0.011	13
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:37.628	+1.379	84 m	+0.016	13
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:37.685	+1.436	87 m	+0.057	11
12	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:37.709	+1.460	89 m	+0.024	13
13	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:37.734	+1.485	90 m	+0.025	10
14	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:37.775	+1.526	93 m	+0.041	11
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:38.226	+1.977	120 m	+0.451	8
16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:38.284	+2.035	124 m	+0.058	9
17	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:38.344	+2.095	128 m	+0.060	9
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:38.358	+2.109	128 m	+0.014	9
19	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:39.208	+2.959	180 m	+0.850	12
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:41.132	+4.883	297 m	+1.924	7

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Minardi PS02
Webber 2002 · Mathieu Felten · CC BY 2.5 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 17 of 2002
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Oct 2002
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.