France 2002: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Montoya	Williams	1:11.985
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:12.008	+0.023
3	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:12.197	+0.212
4	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:12.244	+0.259
5	Schumacher	Williams	1:12.424	+0.439
6	Coulthard	McLaren	1:12.498	+0.513
7	Button	Renault	1:12.761	+0.776
8	Trulli	Renault	1:13.030	+1.045
9	Irvine	Jaguar	1:13.188	+1.203
10	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:13.370	+1.385
11	Panis	BAR	1:13.457	+1.472
12	Massa	Sauber	1:13.501	+1.516
13	Villeneuve	BAR	1:13.506	+1.521
14	Sato	Jordan	1:13.542	+1.557
15	De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:13.656	+1.671
16	Salo	Toyota	1:13.837	+1.852
17	McNish	Toyota	1:13.949	+1.964
18	Webber	Minardi	1:14.800	+2.815
19	Yoong	Minardi	1:16.798	+4.813
20	Frentzen	Arrows	1:18.497	+6.512
21	Bernoldi	Arrows	1:19.843	+7.858

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	72	1:32:09.837	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	4	72	+1.105	2	Mercedes	Michelin
3	David CoulthardFastest lap	McLaren	6	72	+31.976	3	Mercedes	Michelin
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1	72	+40.676	2	BMW	Michelin
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	72	+41.773	3	BMW	Michelin
6	Jenson Button	Renault	7	71	+1 lap	3	Renault	Michelin
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	10	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
8	Mark Webber	Minardi	18	71	+1 lap	2	Asiatech	Michelin
9	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	15	70	+2 laps	3	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Alex Yoong	Minardi	19	68	+4 laps	2	Asiatech	Michelin
11	Allan McNish	Toyota	17	65	Engine	2	Toyota	Michelin
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	9	52	Rear wing	2	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	8	49	Engine	2	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	48	Transmission	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Toyota	16	48	Engine	2	Toyota	Michelin
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	13	35	Engine	1	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Olivier Panis	BAR	11	29	Collision damage	2	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Takuma Sato	Jordan	14	23	Spin	0	Honda	Bridgestone
DNS	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	3		Ignition	0	Ferrari	Bridgestone
DNQ	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows	-			0	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNQ	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	-			0	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNQ	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	-		Injury	0	Honda	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Webber18→8+10
Yoong19→10+9
De la Rosa15→9+6
McNish17→11+6
Coulthard6→3+3
Heidfeld10→7+3
Räikkönen4→2+2
Schumacher2→1+1
Button7→6+1
Schumacher5→50
Montoya1→4-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Coulthard14.159R59
2Massa14.368R7
3Schumacher14.399R48
4Schumacher14.415R35
5Massa14.438R10
6Coulthard24.069R54
7Schumacher24.312R22
8Irvine24.400R43
9Villeneuve24.580R20
10Button24.850R59

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher26913243 stops
Räikkönen2722232 stops
Coulthard28265133 stops
Montoya2419292 stops
Schumacher22224243 stops
Button202415123 stops · +1 lap
Heidfeld2821222 stops · +1 lap
Webber2423242 stops · +1 lap
De la Rosa241517143 stops · +2 laps
Yoong2023252 stops · +4 laps

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

McNishEngine, classified P11Toyota
IrvineRear wingJaguar
TrulliEngineRenault
MassaTransmissionSauber
SaloEngineToyota
VilleneuveEngineBAR
PanisCollision damageBAR
SatoSpinJordan
BarrichelloIgnitionFerrari
FisichellaInjuryJordan

This race in history

11 races here since 1991Won from pole: 2 of 11

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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