Japan 2002: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.317
2	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.749	+0.432
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.088	+0.771
4	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:32.197	+0.880
5	Schumacher	Williams	1:32.444	+1.127
6	Montoya	Williams	1:32.507	+1.190
7	Sato	Jordan	1:33.090	+1.773
8	Fisichella	Jordan	1:33.276	+1.959
9	Villeneuve	BAR	1:33.349	+2.032
10	Button	Renault	1:33.429	+2.112
11	Trulli	Renault	1:33.547	+2.230
12	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:33.553	+2.236
13	Salo	Toyota	1:33.742	+2.425
14	Irvine	Jaguar	1:33.915	+2.598
15	Massa	Sauber	1:33.979	+2.662
16	Panis	BAR	1:34.192	+2.875
17	De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:34.227	+2.910
18	McNish	Toyota	1:35.191	+3.874
19	Webber	Minardi	1:35.958	+4.641
20	Yoong	Minardi	1:36.267	+4.950

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 SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	53	1:26:59.698	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	53	+0.506	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	4	53	+23.292	2	Mercedes	Michelin
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	53	+36.275	2	BMW	Michelin
5	Takuma Sato	Jordan	7	53	+1:22.694	2	Honda	Bridgestone
6	Jenson Button	Renault	10	52	+1 lap	2	Renault	Michelin
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	12	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
8	Mika Salo	Toyota	13	52	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Michelin
9	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	14	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Mark Webber	Minardi	18	51	+2 laps	2	Asiatech	Michelin
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	48	Engine	2	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	17	39	Transmission	2	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	8	37	Engine	2	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Renault	11	32	Mechanical	1	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	9	27	Engine	1	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Alex Yoong	Minardi	19	14	Spun off	0	Asiatech	Michelin
DNF	Olivier Panis	BAR	16	8	Mechanical	2	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	7	Throttle	0	Mercedes	Michelin
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	15	3	Accident	0	Petronas	Bridgestone
DNS	Allan McNish	Toyota	-		Injury	0	Toyota	Michelin

Race

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Places gained

Webber18→10+8
Heidfeld12→7+5
Salo13→8+5
Irvine14→9+5
Button10→6+4
Montoya6→4+2
Sato7→5+2
Räikkönen4→3+1
Schumacher1→10
Barrichello2→20
Schumacher5→11-6

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

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher27.910R39
2Räikkönen28.256R41
3Montoya28.381R40
4Irvine28.580R38
5De la Rosa28.667R37
6Trulli28.687R15
7Sato28.925R21
8Webber29.060R39
9Irvine29.171R22
10Montoya29.197R25

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher2018152 stops
Barrichello2116162 stops
Räikkönen2219122 stops
Montoya2515132 stops
Sato2115172 stops
Button1616202 stops · +1 lap
Heidfeld1916172 stops · +1 lap
Salo1816182 stops · +1 lap
Irvine2216142 stops · +1 lap
Webber2217122 stops · +2 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

SchumacherEngine, classified P11Williams
De la RosaTransmissionJaguar
FisichellaEngineJordan
TrulliMechanicalRenault
VilleneuveEngineBAR
YoongSpun offMinardi
PanisMechanicalBAR
CoulthardThrottleMcLaren
MassaAccidentSauber
McNishInjuryToyota

This race in history

15 races here since 1987Won from pole: 6 of 15

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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

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