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2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	Tochigi
Grand Prix	Pacific
Official Name	Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	13
Season_No	16
Date	6 October
Year	2002
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:49.052
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Alex Barros
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Brazil
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:49.947 on lap 24
First_Rider_MotoGP	Alex Barros
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Brazil
First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:52.389
Fast_Rider_250	Toni Elías
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:53.392 on lap 22
First_Rider_250	Toni Elías
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	Yuki Takahashi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_125	1:58.026
Fast_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:58.354 on lap 12
First_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
First_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Second_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Third_Rider_125	Steve Jenkner
Third_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia

The 2002 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 October 2002 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	24	44:18.913	5	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+1.641	6	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	24	+7.672	3	16
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+18.120	7	13
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+25.036	4	11
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	+29.201	8	10
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+32.902	9	9
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	24	+33.287	14	8
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	24	+35.949	13	7
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	24	+37.355	10	6
55	FRA Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+49.039	12	5
45	JPN Wataru Yoshikawa	Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	24	+49.181	19	4
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	24	+49.589	20	3
21	USA John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+52.071	16	2
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	24	+52.180	21	1
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+1:00.485	17
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+1:02.232	15
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	15	Retirement	2
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	8	Retirement	1
48	JPN Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	6	Accident	18
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	5	Retirement	11
20	ESP Pere Riba	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	0	Did not start	22

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	23	43:52.991	5	25
3	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	23	+0.175	2	20
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+4.431	4	16
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+8.200	1	13
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+8.812	7	11
4	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	23	+9.826	8	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+11.828	9	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	+12.726	6	8
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+26.167	17	7
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+32.236	10	6
92	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+32.378	13	5
71	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	23	+39.383	19	4
11	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	23	+39.647	20	3
70	JPN Ryuji Yokoe	Yamaha	23	+41.386	16	2
13	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	23	+46.952	18	1
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+52.179	12
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	23	+52.663	21
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	23	+54.119	11
12	GBR Jay Vincent	Honda	23	+54.765	22
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	23	+59.082	25
42	ESP David Checa	Aprilia	23	+59.500	24
32	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+1:21.658	27
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	23	+1:34.406	29
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	23	+1:49.925	28
68	JPN Tekkyu Kayo	Yamaha	19	Retirement	15
51	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	12	Retirement	23
19	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	12	Retirement	26
22	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	9	Retirement	30
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	3	Retirement	3
69	JPN Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	0	Retirement	14

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	21	41:43.377	1	25
1	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	21	+8.071	2	20
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+8.701	3	16
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	21	+15.425	7	13
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	+24.565	8	11
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	21	+29.584	17	10
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+33.107	9	9
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	21	+34.920	22	8
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	21	+36.050	12	7
97	JPN Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	21	+36.447	26	6
66	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	21	+40.056	21	5
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	+44.663	13	4
84	ITA Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	21	+49.699	14	3
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	21	+50.072	18	2
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+52.708	4	1
95	JPN Takashi Yasuda	Honda	21	+1:00.232	24
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	21	+1:00.548	15
5	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+1:01.741	11
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	21	+1:04.115	20
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	21	+1:07.131	30
8	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	21	+1:07.170	25
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	21	+1:07.781	32
20	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	21	+1:11.559	34
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	21	+1:21.111	35
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	21	+1:27.070	29
19	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	21	+1:33.030	37
9	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	+1:48.799	23
31	ITA Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	19	+2 laps	31
65	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	20	Accident	27
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	18	Retirement	6
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	13	Retirement	16
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	10	Accident	19
68	JPN Akira Komuro	Honda	6	Accident	33
72	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	6	Accident	28
42	ITA Christian Pistoni	Italjet	4	Retirement	36
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	1	Accident	5
67	JPN Hideyuki Ogata	Honda	0	Accident	10

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	290
2	JPN Tohru Ukawa	169
3	ITA Max Biaggi	164
4	BRA Alex Barros	143
5	SPA Carlos Checa	127

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	320
2	JPN Yamaha	221
3	JPN Suzuki	125
4	MYS/USA Proton KR	75
5	ITA Aprilia	33

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

References

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

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
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(13 June 2017). "2002 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(6 October 2002). "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2002".
(6 October 2002). "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(6 October 2002). "Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2002). "Standings".

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