2002 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 1

SKYY VODKA Grand Prix of Japan
Suzuka 05 - 07 Apr. 2002
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  2'15.285 *2'13.957        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 2 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  2'16.204 *2'14.424      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 3  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  2'15.440 *2'14.471      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 4 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'15.371 *2'14.577      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
 5  5 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'15.952 *2'14.659        Honda Tribe by Breil
 6 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA  2'17.097 *2'14.693      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
 7  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM *2'14.993  3'02.910       Gilera Gilera Racing
 8 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'16.485 *2'15.063      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
 9 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  2'15.389 *2'15.064      Aprilia CWF - Mateoni Racing
10 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  2'16.302 *2'15.092      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
11  9 Noboru UEDA              JPN  2'16.185 *2'15.159        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
12 41 Youichi UI               JPN  2'16.585 *2'15.170        Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
13 47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  2'16.506 *2'15.336      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
14 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *2'15.422  2'15.475      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'16.202 *2'15.736      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
16 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN  2'19.973 *2'15.957        Honda Red Devil Honda
17 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  2'18.809 *2'16.124      Aprilia Tu Racing Team
18 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  2'18.189 *2'16.281        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
19  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  2'17.993 *2'16.343        Honda Scot Racing Team
20 66 Shuhei AOYAMA            JPN *2'16.696  2'19.730        Honda Showa Denki
21 46 Suhathai CHAEMSAP        THA  2'18.619 *2'16.808        Honda Thai Honda Castrol
22 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  2'18.442 *2'17.044        Honda Elit Grand Prix
23 67 Hideyuki OGATA           JPN *2'17.053  2'19.937        Honda Team Plus One
24 10 Jarno MÜLLER             GER  2'17.965 *2'17.370        Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
25 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA  2'18.685 *2'17.403        Honda Scot Racing Team
26 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  2'20.547 *2'17.486        Honda Technical Sports Racing
27  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'17.779 *2'17.592      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
28 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA  2'18.506 *2'17.745      Aprilia Master Aspar Team
29 68 Akira KOMURO             JPN  2'19.051 *2'18.042        Honda Dinky Racing
30 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER *2'18.152  2'19.346        Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
31  8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  2'18.886 *2'18.153      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
32 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  2'53.082 *2'18.231      Aprilia CWF - Mateoni Racing
33 19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA  2'18.951 *2'18.445      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
34 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA  2'20.606 *2'18.762       Gilera Team Italia
35 20 Imre TOTH                HUN  2'20.177 *2'18.814        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
36 65 Toshihisa KUZUHARA       JPN  2'45.177 *2'20.847        Honda Kumamoto Racing
37 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA  2'22.766 *2'21.550       Gilera Team Italia

Qualification Time 107% 2'23.334

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  2'08.754 *2'08.049      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol YPF
 2 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  2'09.592 *2'08.168      Aprilia Campetella Racing
 3  3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  2'08.896 *2'08.579      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 4 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *2'08.627  2'08.660      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 5  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  2'09.438 *2'08.723      Aprilia Campetella Racing
 6  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  2'10.930 *2'08.845        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 7  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  2'10.106 *2'09.024       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 8 89 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  2'10.444 *2'09.177       Yamaha Motorex Daytona
 9 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'11.042 *2'09.205      Aprilia Tu Racing Team
10  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  2'11.081 *2'09.692       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
11 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  2'10.775 *2'09.930      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol YPF
12 50 Daisaku SAKAI            JPN  2'11.896 *2'09.996        Honda Endurance
13 92 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN  2'11.530 *2'10.470        Honda Team Harc-Pro
14  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'10.785 *2'10.636        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
15 27 Casey STONER             AUS  2'11.735 *2'10.675      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
16 42 David CHECA              SPA  2'14.271 *2'10.837      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
17 11 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  2'12.358 *2'10.916        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
18 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  2'12.283 *2'11.040       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
19 48 Shinichi NAKATOMI        JPN  2'12.517 *2'11.084        Honda Team Kotake RSC
20 22 Raul JARA                SPA  2'14.903 *2'11.127      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
21 76 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  2'11.852 *2'11.281       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
22 49 Choujun KAMEYA           JPN *2'11.306  2'11.453        Honda Burning Blood R.T.
23 25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA  2'12.537 *2'11.601      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
24 12 Jay VINCENT              GBR *2'11.973  2'12.200        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
25 19 Leon HASLAM              GBR  2'12.265 *2'12.212        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
26 51 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  2'13.890 *2'12.389      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
27 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  2'14.963 *2'12.492        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
28 32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  2'16.151 *2'13.455      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER *2'31.840 *2'38.232      Aprilia Aprilia Germany

Qualification Time 107% 2'17.012

MotoGP Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'05.096 *2'04.226        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  2'05.052 *2'04.409        Honda West Honda Pons
 3 72 Shinichi ITOH            JPN  2'05.650 *2'04.435        Honda Team HRC
 4  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  2'05.846 *2'04.450       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 5  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  2'05.910 *2'04.456       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 6 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  2'05.858 *2'04.491        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 7 33 Akira RYO                JPN  2'06.378 *2'04.746       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 8 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  2'06.253 *2'04.953       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 9 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  2'06.339 *2'05.098       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  2'05.630 *2'05.122       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
11 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  2'05.561 *2'05.141        Honda Repsol Honda Team
12  6 Norick ABE               JPN  2'06.567 *2'05.145       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
13  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  2'07.015 *2'05.387        Honda West Honda Pons
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  2'06.964 *2'05.977       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
15  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  2'07.822 *2'06.094    Proton KR Proton Team KR
16 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  2'08.168 *2'06.112        Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
17  8 Garry McCOY              AUS  2'07.976 *2'06.193       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
18 21 John HOPKINS             USA  2'07.686 *2'06.302       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
19 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  2'07.916 *2'06.379      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
20 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED *2'06.731  2'07.308        Honda Kanemoto Racing
21 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  2'08.294 *2'07.130    Proton KR Proton Team KR

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   20 Pere RIBA                SPA *2'15.140                 Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin

Qualification Time 107% 2'12.921

125cc Race Classification (18 Laps = 104.778 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 46'22.971 135.538              Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 2  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 46'24.135 135.482    1.164       Honda Scot Racing Team
 3  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 46'25.529 135.414    2.558      Gilera Gilera Racing
 4  9 Noboru UEDA              JPN 46'26.450 135.369    3.479       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
 5 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 46'33.159 135.044   10.188     Aprilia Tu Racing Team
 6 66 Shuhei AOYAMA            JPN 46'46.027 134.425   23.056       Honda Showa Denki
 7 47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA 46'46.624 134.396   23.653     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 8 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 46'56.459 133.927   33.488       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 9  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 46'57.256 133.889   34.285     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 47'10.275 133.273   47.304     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
11  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 47'24.741 132.595 1'01.770     Italjet Italjet Racing Service
12 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 47'29.035 132.395 1'06.064       Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
13 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 47'51.907 131.341 1'28.936       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
14 19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 47'59.235 131.007 1'36.264     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
15 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 48'19.830 130.076 1'56.859     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
16 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA 48'34.565 129.419 2'11.594     Aprilia Master Aspar Team
17 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA 48'37.135 129.305 2'14.164      Gilera Team Italia
18 20 Imre TOTH                HUN 48'40.075 129.175 2'17.104       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
19 46 Suhathai CHAEMSAP        THA 48'58.612 128.360 2'35.641       Honda Thai Honda Castrol

Not Classified
   33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA 39'51.085 131.460   3 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
   65 Toshihisa KUZUHARA       JPN 37'23.397 130.774   4 Laps       Honda Kumamoto Racing
   18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 33'53.748 133.951   5 Laps       Honda Elit Grand Prix
   41 Youichi UI               JPN 31'26.735 133.281   6 Laps       Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
   57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 32'45.276 127.955   6 Laps     Aprilia CWF - Mateoni Racing
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 18'03.004 135.446  11 Laps     Aprilia CWF - Mateoni Racing
   50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 18'23.560 132.923  11 Laps       Honda FCC - TSR
   36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 18'59.868 128.689  11 Laps       Honda Red Devil Honda
    5 Masao AZUMA              JPN 15'42.223 133.443  12 Laps       Honda Tribe by Breil
   34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 15'58.330 131.200  12 Laps       Honda Scot Racing Team
    8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 14'17.073 122.250  13 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Service
   84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA 14'34.572 119.804  13 Laps      Gilera Team Italia
   10 Jarno MÜLLER             GER 15'08.262 115.360  13 Laps       Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
   67 Hideyuki OGATA           JPN 10'46.171 129.721  14 Laps       Honda Team Plus One
   22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  8'15.617 126.845  15 Laps     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
   15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'50.468 122.929  17 Laps     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR

Not finished first lap
   11 Max SABBATANI            ITA                                Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
   68 Akira KOMURO             JPN                                  Honda Dinky Racing

250cc Race Classification (19 Laps = 110.599 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 89 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 47'09.454 140.718               Yamaha Motorex Daytona
 2 50 Daisaku SAKAI            JPN 47'16.395 140.374    6.941       Honda Endurance
 3 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 47'38.474 139.289   29.020     Aprilia Campetella Racing
 4  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 47'54.754 138.501   45.300       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 5  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 47'54.949 138.491   45.495      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 6  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 48'04.179 138.048   54.725      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
 7 49 Choujun KAMEYA           JPN 48'10.026 137.769 1'00.572       Honda Burning Blood R.T.
 8  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 48'11.741 137.687 1'02.287       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 9  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 48'27.736 136.930 1'18.282     Aprilia Campetella Racing
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 48'28.831 136.878 1'19.377     Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
11 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 48'40.935 136.311 1'31.481     Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
12 92 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN 48'59.723 135.440 1'50.269       Honda Team Harc-Pro
13 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 49'05.459 135.176 1'56.005     Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
14 51 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 49'16.124 134.688 2'06.670     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
15 22 Raul JARA                SPA 47'13.919 133.102    1 Lap     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
16 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 47'52.510 131.314    1 Lap     Aprilia Tu Racing Team

Not Classified
   11 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 45'09.760 139.200    1 Lap       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
   19 Leon HASLAM              GBR 44'34.836 125.349   3 Laps       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
   25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA 36'20.512 134.545   5 Laps     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
    3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 33'56.328 133.781   6 Laps     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
   41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 23'16.365 135.065  10 Laps       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
   18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 18'28.611 132.318  12 Laps      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
   12 Jay VINCENT              GBR 10'39.830 131.007  15 Laps       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
   76 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  5'19.751 131.074  17 Laps      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
   48 Shinichi NAKATOMI        JPN  2'48.542 124.334  18 Laps       Honda Team Kotake RSC
   32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  2'55.587 119.345  18 Laps     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional

Not starting
   42 David CHECA              SPA                                Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR

Not finished first lap
   27 Casey STONER             AUS                                Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR

MotoGP Race Classification (21 Laps = 122.241 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 49'32.766 148.033                Honda Repsol Honda Team
 2 33 Akira RYO                JPN 49'34.316 147.955    1.550      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 3  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 49'41.119 147.618    8.353      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4 72 Shinichi ITOH            JPN 49'43.595 147.495   10.829       Honda Team HRC
 5  6 Norick ABE               JPN 49'53.189 147.022   20.423      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
 6  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 50'05.025 146.443   32.259       Honda West Honda Pons
 7  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 50'12.399 146.085   39.633   Proton KR Proton Team KR
 8 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 49'40.232 140.630    1 Lap     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 49'44.518 140.428    1 Lap       Honda West Honda Pons
10 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 49'48.895 140.223    1 Lap       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
11 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 50'07.870 139.338    1 Lap       Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
12 21 John HOPKINS             USA 51'42.424 108.073   5 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM

Not Classified
   11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 42'42.787 147.183   3 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda Team
   56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 40'37.832 146.131   4 Laps      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
   99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 38'06.619 146.631   5 Laps   Proton KR Proton Team KR
   15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 28'31.644 146.915   9 Laps      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 29'31.616 141.942   9 Laps      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
   10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 14'35.560 143.603  15 Laps      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
    3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 14'35.858 143.554  15 Laps      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
   17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 11'03.858 126.265  17 Laps       Honda Kanemoto Racing
    8 Garry McCOY              AUS  5'04.167 137.790  19 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM

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