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2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	South African
flag	South Africa
Official_Name	Africa's Grand Prix
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course_mi	2.636
Course_km	4.242
Race_No	2
Season_No	16
Date	21 April
Year	2002
Image	Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:34.660
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Tohru Ukawa
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:34.834 on lap 18
First_Rider_MotoGP	Tohru Ukawa
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Japan
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	Franco Battaini
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:37.604
Fast_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:37.860 on lap 24
First_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Franco Battaini
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_125	1:42.522
Fast_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Fast_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Fast_Time_125	1:42.605 on lap 23
First_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
First_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
First_Rider_125_Bike	Gilera
Second_Rider_125	Arnaud Vincent
Second_Rider_125_Country	France
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_125	Daniel Pedrosa
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Honda

The 2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 April 2002 at the Phakisa Freeway.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	44:39.467	3	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+0.932	1	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+8.259	2	16
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Fortuna Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+26.962	14	13
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+27.227	7	11
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+27.889	9	10
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	28	+30.215	15	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+30.781	8	8
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+43.796	4	7
8	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+45.501	5	6
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Kanemoto Racing	Honda	28	+1:06.938	12	5
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Pramac Honda Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:19.560	19	4
20	ESP Pere Riba	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín	Yamaha	28	+1:19.857	20	3
21	USA John Hopkins	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+1:31.519	17	2
55	FRA Régis Laconi	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	28	+1:32.725	18	1
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	10
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	26	Accident	13
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	9	Retirement	6
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	7	Accident	11
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	5	Retirement	16

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	42:52.922	2	25
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+2.962	1	20
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+5.213	5	16
4	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+6.290	3	13
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+6.675	7	11
17	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+8.102	4	10
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+22.571	11	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+24.171	12	8
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+28.161	9	7
42	ESP David Checa	Aprilia	26	+36.261	14	6
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+47.211	10	5
12	GBR Jay Vincent	Honda	26	+47.886	22	4
11	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	26	+53.106	13	3
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:02.767	20	2
19	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	26	+1:04.093	18	1
24	ESP Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	+1:13.435	15
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	Honda	25	+1 lap	24
32	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	Accident	17
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	25	Accident	16
22	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	9	Accident	6
27	AUS Casey Stoner	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
51	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	1	Retirement	23
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	Aprilia	1	Accident	21
76	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	0	Accident	19

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	41:26.120	2	25
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	+0.270	4	20
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+0.826	1	16
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+1.098	6	13
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+1.187	3	11
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	24	+1.583	12	10
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+1.830	8	9
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	24	+12.839	16	8
5	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+13.942	11	7
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+19.201	14	6
9	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	24	+19.210	15	5
36	FIN Mika Kallio	Honda	24	+39.207	19	4
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+46.560	22	3
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	24	+53.710	26	2
84	ITA Michel Fabrizio	Gilera	24	+53.868	25	1
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+54.001	21
31	ITA Mattia Angeloni	Gilera	24	+54.739	30
8	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Italjet	24	+54.886	23
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	24	+54.919	18
19	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	24	+1:07.871	28
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	24	+1:08.217	29
33	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	24	+1:15.825	10
20	HUN Imre Tóth	Honda	24	+1:36.139	31
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	24	+1:43.455	24
47	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	11	Accident	7
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Aprilia	6	Retirement	9
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	0	Accident	27
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	20
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	0	Accident	13
4	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	0	Accident	5
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	0	Accident	17
80	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	45
2	SPA Carlos Checa	27
3	JPN Tohru Ukawa	25
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	23
5	JPN Akira Ryō	20

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	50
2	JPN Yamaha	27
3	JPN Suzuki	20
4	MYS/USA Proton KR	9
5	ITA Aprilia	9

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2001 South African Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2003 South African Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2002 South African MotoGP".
(25 July 2015). "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2002".
(13 June 2017). "2002 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(21 April 2002). "Africa's Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"MotoGP Race Classification 2002".
(21 April 2002). "Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(21 April 2002). "Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2002). "Standings".

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