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2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Polini Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.597
Course_km	4.180
Race_No	4
Season_No	16
Date	19 May
Year	2002
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:36.046
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:36.846 on lap 7
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Tohru Ukawa
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:38.903
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:39.648 on lap 24
First_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Randy de Puniet
Third_Rider_250_Country	France
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Pole_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Pole_Time_125	1:44.002
Fast_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:44.259 on lap 17
First_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
First_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Second_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Third_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Honda

The 2002 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 2002 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

Jean-Michel Bayle replaced Garry McCoy from the second practice session.

The race was stopped for rain after 21 of the 28 scheduled laps; however sufficient distance was covered in order for full points to be awarded.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	34:22.335	1	25
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+0.217	4	20
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+0.604	3	16
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	21	+1.701	12	13
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+8.464	9	11
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+10.212	11	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+12.437	7	9
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+15.231	15	8
55	FRA Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+17.155	14	7
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+21.847	6	6
21	USA John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+25.121	19	5
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+25.919	16	4
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+26.227	10	3
18	FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+27.011	18	2
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	21	+30.342	17	1
30	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	21	+36.574	20
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	11	Accident	5
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	10	Retirement	13
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	10	Retirement	8
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	8	Accident	2

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	43:41.140	1	25
3	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+0.252	4	20
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+6.431	2	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+6.604	3	13
4	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+11.527	12	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	+13.157	5	10
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+13.870	15	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+20.077	9	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+28.557	11	7
42	ESP David Checa	Aprilia	26	+28.684	17	6
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+28.892	10	5
76	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	26	+35.148	13	4
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	26	+35.344	14	3
32	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+56.484	19	2
12	GBR Jay Vincent	Honda	26	+56.894	16	1
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	Aprilia	26	+1:08.156	20
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	Honda	26	+1:08.390	22
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:16.135	23
22	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	26	+1:18.040	21
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Honda	25	+1 lap	24
35	FRA Thierry Van Den Bosch	Aprilia	13	Retirement	18
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	9	Accident	7
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	9	Accident	6
11	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	4	Retirement	8
19	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	2	Retirement	25
37	FRA Yann Lussiana	Honda		Did not qualify
45	FRA Samuel Aubry	Honda		Did not qualify
93	FRA Hervé Mora	Aprilia		Did not qualify
51	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	42:09.029	4	25
1	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	+0.076	1	20
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+0.604	3	16
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	+0.865	5	13
5	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+0.943	2	11
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+1.618	7	10
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	24	+3.769	20	9
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	24	+8.680	21	8
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+8.915	11	7
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+9.534	8	6
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+11.749	16	5
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+20.252	13	4
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+32.082	19	3
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	24	+35.206	27	2
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	24	+49.526	22	1
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	24	+1:02.359	24
84	ITA Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	24	+1:07.571	26
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	24	+1:10.303	23
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	24	+1:10.998	29
86	FRA Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	24	+1:11.479	31
31	ITA Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	24	+1:36.333	32
20	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	24	+1:41.034	35
63	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda	24	+1:42.517	33
85	FRA Grégory Leblanc	Honda	23	+1 lap	37
58	FRA Yoann Tiberio	Honda	23	+1 lap	36
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	11	Accident	6
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Aprilia	11	Accident	15
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	10	Accident	12
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	10	Accident	14
19	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	10	Accident	30
47	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	8	Accident	9
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	8	Accident	10
8	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Italjet	5	Accident	18
9	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	5	Accident	17
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	4	Retirement	28
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Retirement	25
59	CHE Vincent Braillard	Honda	0	Accident	34

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	95
2	JPN Tohru Ukawa	61
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	45
4	JPN Norifumi Abe	43
5	JPN Daijiro Kato	39

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	100
2	JPN Yamaha	53
3	JPN Suzuki	39
4	MYS/USA Proton KR	28
5	ITA Aprilia	18

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2003 French Grand Prix

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(25 July 2015). "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002".
(18 May 2002). "McCoy reluctantly makes way for Bayle in Le Mans". [[Dorna Sports]].
(13 June 2017). "2002 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(19 May 2002). "Polini Grand Prix de France – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002".
(19 May 2002). "Polini Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(19 May 2002). "Polini Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2002). "Standings".

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