2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland
Introduction The '''2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland''' was the ninth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 14, 2002 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.The major story coming into the race weekend was Cristiano da Matta going for a CART record 5th consecutive win. However, engine failure on lap 20 ended his race. After Dario Franchitti suffered similar engine woes, the lead was turned over to Patrick Carpentier who led all but one of the remaining laps en route to victory.
Qualifying results  Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1  Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing ''57.641''  ''57.040'' '''57.040''' 2  Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 58.688 57.470 '''57.470''' 3  Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 58.515 57.482 '''57.482''' 4  Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 58.211 57.499 '''57.499''' 5  Michael Andretti Team Motorola 58.111 57.645 '''57.645''' 6  Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 58.092 57.713 '''57.713''' 7  Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 58.477 57.731 '''57.731''' 8  Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.550 57.751 '''57.751''' 9  Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.713 57.797 '''57.797''' 10  Tora Takagi Walker Racing 58.804 57.798 '''57.798''' 11  Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 58.648 57.827 '''57.827''' 12  Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 58.094 57.913 '''57.913''' 13  Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 59.376 58.050 '''58.050''' 14  Alex Tagliani Team Player's 58.757 58.058 '''58.058''' 15  Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 58.758 58.304 '''58.304''' 16  Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 58.873 58.326 '''58.326''' 17  Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.297 58.546 '''58.546''' 18  Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 59.660 58.559 '''58.559'''
Race  Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 32  Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 115 2:00:05.785 2 '''21''' 2 39  Michael Andretti Team Motorola 115 +17.059 5 '''16''' 3 26  Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 115 +28.295 11 '''14''' 4 12  Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 115 +32.526 9 '''12''' 5 33  Alex Tagliani Team Player's 115 +37.152 14 '''10''' 6 8  Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 115 +50.604 7 '''8''' 7 5  Tora Takagi Walker Racing 115 +51.896 10 '''6''' 8 10  Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 115 +57.236 6 '''5''' 9 9  Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 114 + 1 Lap 16 '''4''' 10 52  Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 114 + 1 Lap 18 '''3''' 11 51  Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 111 + 4 Laps 17 '''2''' 12 11  Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 96 Out of fuel 4 '''1''' 13 4  Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 87 Engine 8 '''0''' 14 27  Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 69 Engine 3 '''0''' 15 44  Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 27 Drive shaft 12 '''0''' 16 6  Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 21 Engine 1 '''2''' 17 55  Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1 Contact 13 '''0''' 18 20  Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 1 Contact 15 '''0'''
Caution flags Laps Cause0-1  Yellow start2-4  Vasser (8), Takagi (8), Bell (20) & Domínguez (55) contact
Notes Laps Leader1-19  Cristiano da Matta20-48  Dario Franchitti49-74  Patrick Carpentier75  Michael Andretti76-115  Patrick Carpentier Driver  Laps ledPatrick Carpentier  66Dario Franchitti  29Cristiano da Matta  19Michael Andretti  1* '''New race lap record''' Paul Tracy 58.473* '''New race record''' Patrick Carpentier 2:00:05.785* '''Average speed''' 120.998 mph
External links *  Friday qualifying rResults*  Saturday qualifying results*  Race Results