The 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix was Round 2 of the 2002 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia on Sunday, 17 March 2002. Michael Schumacher started on pole position for Ferrari and Ralf Schumacher was the race winner in the Williams BMW.
2002 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Entrant | Constructor | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Germany | BMW WilliamsF1 Team | Williams | 56 | 1:34:12.912 | - | - | 1:38.369 | 29 | 197.680 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | BMW WilliamsF1 Team | Williams | 56 | 1:34:52.611 | +39.699 | +39.699 | 1:38.049 | 38 | 196.301 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | 56 | 1:35:14.706 | +1:01.794 | +22.095 | 1:38.754 | 53 | 195.542 | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | Jenson Button | Great Britain | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault | 56 | 1:35:22.678 | +1:09.766 | +7.972 | 1:40.011 | 28 | 195.270 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | Sauber Petronas | Sauber | 55 | 1:34:13.608 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:40.575 | 18 | 194.126 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Sauber Petronas | Sauber | 55 | 1:35:21.343 | 1 lap | +1:07.735 | 1:41.324 | 25 | 191.828 | 1 |
| 7 | 25 | Allan McNish | Great Britain | Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota | 55 | 1:35:38.086 | 1 lap | +16.743 | 1:41.321 | 38 | 191.268 | |
| 8 | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | Canada | Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR | 55 | 1:35:52.238 | 1 lap | +14.152 | 1:42.373 | 45 | 190.797 | |
| 9 | 10 | Takuma Sato | Japan | DHL Jordan Honda | Jordan | 54 | 1:34:38.730 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:41.181 | 51 | 189.753 | |
| 10 | 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Spain | Jaguar Racing | Jaguar | 54 | 1:34:40.393 | 2 laps | +1.663 | 1:40.675 | 52 | 189.698 | |
| 11 | 20 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Germany | Orange Arrows | Arrows Cosworth | 54 | 1:35:43.490 | 2 laps | +1:03.097 | 1:40.267 | 54 | 187.614 | |
| 12 | 24 | Mika Salo | Finland | Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota | 53 | 1:35:39.091 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:39.649 | 47 | 184.280 | |
| 13 | 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | DHL Jordan Honda | Jordan | 53 | 1:35:52.699 | 3 laps | +13.608 | 1:41.410 | 49 | 183.844 | |
| DNF | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | 39 | 1:06:12.158 | 1:38.931 | 20 | 195.923 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Mark Webber | Australia | KL Minardi Asiatech | Minardi | 34 | 1:00:28.720 | 1:43.125 | 20 | 186.970 | |||
| DNF | 16 | Eddie Irvine | Great Britain | Jaguar Racing | Jaguar | 30 | 53:38.552 | 1:42.323 | 20 | 185.997 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Alex Yoong | Malaysia | KL Minardi Asiatech | Minardi | 29 | 52:33.790 | 1:43.190 | 18 | 183.490 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Finland | West McLaren Mercedes | McLaren | 24 | 40:55.900 | 1:39.800 | 21 | 195.005 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Brazil | Orange Arrows | Arrows | 20 | 34:37.673 | 1:41.891 | 19 | 192.087 | |||
| DNF | 3 | David Coulthard | Great Britain | West McLaren Mercedes | McLaren | 15 | 26:05.350 | 1:41.455 | 10 | 191.217 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Olivier Panis | France | Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR | 9 | 15:53.842 | 1:43.567 | 9 | 188.284 | |||
| DNF | 14 | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault | 9 | 16:27.198 | 1:43.702 | 6 | 181.922 |