Race · Round 3 of 17 · 31 March 2002

2002 Brazilian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 9 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Michael Schumacher set a new record of 55 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 29 °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: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Juan Pablo Montoya
Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya
Entries: 2213 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	—	2	71	Finished	10
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW24	3	71	Finished	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-17	4	71	Finished	4
4	Jenson Button	Renault	R202	7	71	Finished	3
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW24	1	71	Finished	2	fastest lap
6	Mika Salo	Toyota	TF102	10	70	Finished	1
7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	—	13	70	Finished	0
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	—	11	70	Finished	0
9	Takuma Sato	Jordan	EJ12	19	69	Finished	0
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	4	15	68	Engine	0
11	Mark Webber	Minardi	PS02	20	68	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-17	5	67	Wheel rim	0
13	Alex Yoong	Minardi	PS02	22	67	Finished	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C21	9	61	Brakes	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	R202	6	60	Engine	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C21	12	41	Collision	0
DNF	Allan McNish	Toyota	TF102	16	40	Spin	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	4	17	25	Gearbox	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	A23	18	25	Suspension	0
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A23	21	19	Suspension	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	—	8	16	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	EJ12	14	6	Engine	0

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

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 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	2	1	71
Ralf Schumacher	3	2	71
David Coulthard	4	3	71
Jenson Button	7	4	71
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	5	71
Mika Salo	10	6	70
Eddie Irvine	13	7	70
Pedro de la Rosa	11	8	70
Takuma Sato	19	9	69
Jacques Villeneuve	15	10	68
Mark Webber	20	11	68
Kimi Raikkonen	5	12	67
Alex Yoong	22	13	67
Nick Heidfeld	9	DNF	61
Jarno Trulli	6	DNF	60
Felipe Massa	12	DNF	41
Allan McNish	16	DNF	40
Olivier Panis	17	DNF	25
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	18	DNF	25
Enrique Bernoldi	21	DNF	19
Rubens Barrichello	8	DNF	16
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:13.114	—	0 m	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:13.241	+0.127	7 m	+0.127
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:13.328	+0.214	13 m	+0.087
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:13.565	+0.451	27 m	+0.237
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:13.595	+0.481	28 m	+0.030
6	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:13.611	+0.497	29 m	+0.016
7	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:13.665	+0.551	32 m	+0.054
8	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:13.935	+0.821	48 m	+0.270
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:14.233	+1.119	66 m	+0.298
10	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:14.443	+1.329	78 m	+0.210
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:14.464	+1.350	80 m	+0.021
12	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:14.533	+1.419	84 m	+0.069
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:14.537	+1.423	84 m	+0.004
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:14.748	+1.634	96 m	+0.211
15	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:14.760	+1.646	97 m	+0.012
16	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:14.990	+1.876	111 m	+0.230
17	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:14.996	+1.882	111 m	+0.006
18	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	20	1:15.112	+1.998	118 m	+0.116
19	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:15.296	+2.182	129 m	+0.184
20	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:15.340	+2.226	131 m	+0.044
21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	21	1:15.355	+2.241	132 m	+0.015
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:16.728	+3.614	213 m	+1.373

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	71	1	39	39.9
Ralf Schumacher	2	71	1	44	37.2
David Coulthard	3	71	1	45	37.6
Jenson Button	4	71	1	44	37.0
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	71	2	1, 42	49.0, 37.5
Mika Salo	6	70	1	38	44.2
Eddie Irvine	7	70	1	44	36.7
Pedro de la Rosa	8	70	1	42	39.1
Takuma Sato	9	69	2	27, 48	39.4, 41.5
Jacques Villeneuve	10	68	2	24, 46	43.7, 37.3
Mark Webber	11	68	3	33, 42, 63	39.8, 68.0, 33.9
Kimi Raikkonen	12	67	1	46	37.0
Alex Yoong	13	67	2	23, 45	39.1, 37.7
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	61	2	41, 56	37.8, 37.5
Jarno Trulli	DNF	60	1	43	38.5
Felipe Massa	DNF	41	1	25	38.5
Allan McNish	DNF	40	2	1, 24	65.2, 38.1
Olivier Panis	DNF	25	0	None recorded	—
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	25	0	None recorded	—
Enrique Bernoldi	DNF	19	1	12	573.5
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	16	0	None recorded	—
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	6	1	1	59.1

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
Juan Pablo Montoya · Michael Schumacher	1 · 2	5 · 1	1 · 39	Juan Pablo Montoya	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Ralf Schumacher	2 · 3	1 · 2	39 · 44	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · David Coulthard	3 · 4	2 · 3	44 · 45	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Jenson Button	4 · 7	3 · 4	45 · 44	Jenson Button	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	3 · 12	45 · 46	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Jenson Button	1 · 7	5 · 4	1 · 44	Juan Pablo Montoya	Swapped places
Juan Pablo Montoya · Mika Salo	1 · 10	5 · 6	1 · 38	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Eddie Irvine	10 · 13	6 · 7	38 · 44	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Pedro de la Rosa	10 · 11	6 · 8	38 · 42	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Eddie Irvine	11 · 13	8 · 7	42 · 44	Pedro de la Rosa	Swapped places
Pedro de la Rosa · Takuma Sato	11 · 19	8 · 9	42 · 27	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Takuma Sato	15 · 19	10 · 9	24 · 27	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Mark Webber	19 · 20	9 · 11	27 · 33	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Mark Webber	15 · 20	10 · 11	24 · 33	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Mark Webber	5 · 20	12 · 11	46 · 33	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Alex Yoong	5 · 22	12 · 13	46 · 23	Alex Yoong	Kept their order

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	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:15.075	—	0 m	—	34
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:15.345	+0.270	15 m	+0.270	40
3	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:15.450	+0.375	22 m	+0.105	46
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:15.477	+0.402	23 m	+0.027	46
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.627	+0.552	32 m	+0.150	35
6	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:15.883	+0.808	46 m	+0.256	26
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.933	+0.858	49 m	+0.050	26
8	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:16.054	+0.979	56 m	+0.121	36
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:16.183	+1.108	64 m	+0.129	45
10	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:16.289	+1.214	70 m	+0.106	33
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	20	1:16.375	+1.300	75 m	+0.086	30
12	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	21	1:16.379	+1.304	75 m	+0.004	34
13	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:16.391	+1.316	76 m	+0.012	44
14	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:16.424	+1.349	77 m	+0.033	32
15	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:16.529	+1.454	83 m	+0.105	33
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:16.539	+1.464	84 m	+0.010	46
17	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:16.548	+1.473	85 m	+0.009	41
18	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:16.573	+1.498	86 m	+0.025	37
19	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:17.432	+2.357	135 m	+0.859	43
20	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:17.714	+2.639	151 m	+0.282	47
21	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:17.979	+2.904	167 m	+0.265	22
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:18.426	+3.351	192 m	+0.447	38

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	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:13.543	—	0 m	—	28
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:13.563	+0.020	1 m	+0.020	32
3	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:13.686	+0.143	8 m	+0.123	22
4	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:13.714	+0.171	10 m	+0.028	29
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:13.837	+0.294	17 m	+0.123	24
6	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:13.882	+0.339	20 m	+0.045	21
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:14.141	+0.598	35 m	+0.259	24
8	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.189	+0.646	38 m	+0.048	17
9	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:14.484	+0.941	55 m	+0.295	30
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:14.508	+0.965	57 m	+0.024	26
11	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:15.131	+1.588	93 m	+0.623	35
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:15.246	+1.703	100 m	+0.115	30
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:15.270	+1.727	101 m	+0.024	19
14	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:15.298	+1.755	103 m	+0.028	35
15	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:15.305	+1.762	103 m	+0.007	30
16	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	21	1:15.415	+1.872	110 m	+0.110	28
17	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:15.534	+1.991	117 m	+0.119	22
18	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:15.641	+2.098	123 m	+0.107	22
19	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:15.892	+2.349	138 m	+0.251	33
20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	20	1:15.933	+2.390	140 m	+0.041	13
21	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:16.294	+2.751	161 m	+0.361	34
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:16.727	+3.184	187 m	+0.433	35

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	1:15.866	—	0 m	—	15
2	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	17	1:16.391	+0.525	30 m	+0.525	13
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	4	1:16.543	+0.677	38 m	+0.152	11
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:16.558	+0.692	39 m	+0.015	5
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:16.608	+0.742	42 m	+0.050	11
6	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.666	+0.800	45 m	+0.058	13
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	1:16.679	+0.813	46 m	+0.013	14
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	20	1:17.007	+1.141	65 m	+0.328	14
9	Allan McNish	Toyota	25	1:17.222	+1.356	77 m	+0.215	12
10	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	21	1:17.290	+1.424	81 m	+0.068	11
11	Jenson Button	Renault	15	1:17.361	+1.495	85 m	+0.071	10
12	Felipe Massa	Sauber	8	1:17.371	+1.505	85 m	+0.010	12
13	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	7	1:17.412	+1.546	88 m	+0.041	12
14	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	12	1:17.482	+1.616	92 m	+0.070	12
15	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	16	1:17.496	+1.630	93 m	+0.014	12
16	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	11	1:17.676	+1.810	103 m	+0.180	14
17	Jarno Trulli	Renault	14	1:17.676	+1.810	103 m	+0.000	10
18	Mika Salo	Toyota	24	1:17.994	+2.128	121 m	+0.318	10
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	1:18.007	+2.141	122 m	+0.013	17
20	Alex Yoong	Minardi	22	1:18.569	+2.703	154 m	+0.562	9
21	Mark Webber	Minardi	23	1:19.034	+3.168	180 m	+0.465	10
22	Takuma Sato	Jordan	10	1:19.071	+3.205	182 m	+0.037	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.

3 more photographs

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

Arrows A23
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2002 French Gran Prix · Original: Mathieu Felten Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 2.5 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2002
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 31 Mar 2002
Layout raced: Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.