2002 Grand Prix Americas
Introduction The '''2002 Grand Prix Americas''' was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship.
Qualifying results  Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1  Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing ''1:01.264'' '''1:01.264''' 2  Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.444 ''1:09.786'' '''1:01.444''' 3  Tora Takagi Walker Racing 1:02.039 1:12.188 '''1:02.039''' 4  Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.165 1:11.397 '''1:02.165''' 5  Alex Tagliani Team Player's 1:02.304 1:13.479 '''1:02.304''' 6  Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.348  1:11.346 '''1:02.348''' 7  Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 1:02.369 1:20.566 '''1:02.369''' 8  Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 1:02.523 1:10.497 '''1:02.523''' 9  Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 1:02.543 1:12.526 '''1:02.543''' 10  Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.607 1:13.579 '''1:02.607''' 11  Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 1:02.750 1:14.896 '''1:02.750''' 12  Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 1:02.860 1:11.460 '''1:02.860''' 13  Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 1:02.891 1:11.831 '''1:02.891''' 14  Michael Andretti Team Motorola 1:03.052 1:15.396 '''1:03.052''' 15  Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 1:03.055 1:12.401 '''1:03.055''' 16  Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 1:03.134 1:20.563 '''1:03.134''' 17  Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:04.135 1:13.974 '''1:04.135''' 18  Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:04.326 1:11.318 '''1:04.326'''
Race  Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 6  Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 105 2:07:09.003 6 '''21''' 2 11  Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 105 +0.734 8 '''16''' 3 8  Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 105 +1.343 12 '''14''' 4 33  Alex Tagliani Team Player's 105 +2.597 5 '''12''' 5 4  Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 105 +15.548 10 '''10''' 6 9  Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 104 + 1 Lap 15 '''8''' 7 51  Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 104 + 1 Lap 9 '''6''' 8 39  Michael Andretti Team Motorola 103 Contact 14 '''5''' 9 10  Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 103 Contact 1 '''5''' 10 27  Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 103 + 2 Laps 7 '''3''' 11 55  Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 99 + 6 Laps 18 '''2''' 12 26  Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 98 Contact 16 '''1''' 13 12  Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 70 Differential 4 '''0''' 14 52  Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 66 Fire 11 '''0''' 15 5  Tora Takagi Walker Racing 39 Gearbox 3 '''0''' 16 32  Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 34 Contact 17 '''0''' 17 20  Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 29 Suspension 13 '''0''' 18 44  Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 19 Contact 2 '''1'''
Caution flags Laps Cause1-2  Servià (20) spin on course3-5  Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact19-23  Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact90-92  Franchitti (27) contact94-95  Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course99-100  Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact
Notes Laps Leader1-23  Tony Kanaan24-41  Cristiano da Matta42-45  Paul Tracy46-61  Bruno Junqueira62-83  Cristiano da Matta84-87  Paul Tracy88-105  Cristiano da Matta Driver  Laps ledCristiano da Matta  58Tony Kanaan  23Bruno Junqueira  16Paul Tracy  8* '''New Track Record''' Tony Kanaan 1:01.264 (Qualifying Session #1)* '''New Race Record''' Cristiano da Matta 2:07:09.003* '''Average Speed''' 68.723 mph
References
External links *  Friday Qualifying Results*  Saturday Qualifying Results*  Race Results