2002 Grand Prix Americas

2002 Miami

Race details
Race 16 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Date	October 6, 2002
Official name	2002 Grand Prix Americas
Location	Bayfront Park Miami, Florida, United States
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 1.387 mi / 2.232 km
Distance	105 laps 145.635 mi / 234.360 km
Weather	Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 88 °F (31 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Tony Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)
Time	1:01.264
Fastest lap
Driver	Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:02.906 (on lap 34 of 105)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Jimmy Vasser (Team Rahal)

The 2002 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:01.264	-	1:01.264
2		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.444	1:09.786	1:01.444
3		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:02.039	1:12.188	1:02.039
4		Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.165	1:11.397	1:02.165
5		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:02.304	1:13.479	1:02.304
6		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.348	1:11.346	1:02.348
7		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:02.369	1:20.566	1:02.369
8		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.523	1:10.497	1:02.523
9		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:02.543	1:12.526	1:02.543
10		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.607	1:13.579	1:02.607
11		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:02.750	1:14.896	1:02.750
12		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:02.860	1:11.460	1:02.860
13		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:02.891	1:11.831	1:02.891
14		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:03.052	1:15.396	1:03.052
15		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:03.055	1:12.401	1:03.055
16		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:03.134	1:20.563	1:03.134
17		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:04.135	1:13.974	1:04.135
18		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:04.326	1:11.318	1:04.326

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	105	2:07:09.003	6	21
2	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+0.734	8	16
3	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	105	+1.343	12	14
4	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	105	+2.597	5	12
5	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	105	+15.548	10	10
6	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	104	+ 1 Lap	15	8
7	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	9	6
8	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	103	Contact	14	5
9	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	103	Contact	1	5
10	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	103	+ 2 Laps	7	3
11	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	99	+ 6 Laps	18	2
12	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	98	Contact	16	1
13	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	70	Differential	4	0
14	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	66	Fire	11	0
15	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	39	Gearbox	3	0
16	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	34	Contact	17	0
17	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	29	Suspension	13	0
18	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	19	Contact	2	1

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-2	Servià (20) spin on course
3-5	Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact
19-23	Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact
90-92	Franchitti (27) contact
94-95	Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course
99-100	Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-23 Tony Kanaan 24-41 Cristiano da Matta 42-45 Paul Tracy 46-61 Bruno Junqueira 62-83 Cristiano da Matta 84-87 Paul Tracy 88-105 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led Cristiano da Matta 58 Tony Kanaan 23 Bruno Junqueira 16 Paul Tracy 8

• New Track Record Tony Kanaan 1:01.264 (Qualifying Session #1)
• New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:09.003
• Average Speed 68.723 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results