2002 Macau Grand Prix

The 2002 Macau Grand Prix was the 49th running of the annual race and the 20th time it was headlined by Formula 3. The FIA sanctioned event was held on the Guia circuit in Macau on 17 November 2002. Paolo Montin started on pole position and Tristan Gommendy was the race winner. Future Formula 1 winner Heikki Kovalainen made his second appearance at Macau and finished 2nd overall.

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Speed
1	12	Tristan Gommendy	France	ASM	30	1:18:43.202	-	-	2:14.036	139.938
2	21	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	Fortec Motorsports	30	1:18:45.306	+2.104	+2.104	2:14.494	139.876
3	15	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Mugen-Dome Project	30	1:18:46.300	+3.098	+0.994	2:14.443	139.847
4	19	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	TOM'S Team	30	1:18:48.815	+5.613	+2.515	2:15.269	139.772
5	20	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Now Motorsports	30	1:18:56.318	+13.116	+7.503	2:15.612	139.551
6	30	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Team Ghinzani	30	1:18:58.333	+15.131	+2.015	2:14.726	139.492
7	38	Marchy Lee	Hong Kong		30	1:19:09.314	+26.112	+10.981	2:18.192	139.169
8	16	Cristiano Citron	Italy	Target Racing	30	1:19:20.844	+37.642	+11.530	2:17.020	138.832
9	29	Michael Ho	Macau	Team Kolles Racing	30	1:19:21.351	+38.149	+0.507	2:19.488	138.817
10	5	César Campaniço	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	30	1:19:21.903	+38.701	+0.552	2:15.599	138.801
11	32	Shinya Sato	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	28		2 laps	2 laps	2:16.374
12	35	Kit Meng Lei	China		27		3 laps	1 lap	2:20.999
DNF	8	Yuji Ide	Japan	Arta Signature Elf	26				2:14.709
DNF	18	Paolo Montin	Italy	TOM'S Team	26				2:14.144
DNF	27	Richard Antinucci	United States		26				2:15.099
DNF	31	Marcel Costa	Spain	Team Ghinzani	26				2:15.118
DNF	28	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italy	Team Kolles Racing	23				2:15.607
DNF	6	Kosuke Matsuura	Japan	Prema Powerteam	23				2:14.558
DNF	1	Narain Karthikeyan	India	Carlin Motorsport	18				2:14.058
DNF	2	James Courtney	Australia	Carlin Motorsport	15				2:14.832
DNF	3	Alan van der Merwe	South Africa	Carlin Motorsport	15				2:16.886
DNF	10	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing	15				2:29.075
DNF	11	Olivier Pla	France	ASM	15				2:15.091
DNF	17	Miloš Pavlovic	Serbia	Target Racing	15				2:15.282
DNF	33	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	15				2:16.464
DNF	36	Ronnie Bremer	Denmark		15				2:15.803
DNF	9	Robbie Kerr	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing	1				2:15.041
DNF	22	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Fortec Motorsports	1				2:16.564
DNF	26	Bruce Jouanny	France		1				2:15.241

Heat 2 Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Lap	Speed
1	12	Tristan Gommendy	France	ASM	15	38:56.415	-	-	2:14.036	8	141.447
2	21	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	Fortec Motorsports	15	38:58.519	+2.104	+2.104	2:14.494	9	141.320
3	15	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Mugen-Dome Project	15	38:59.513	+3.098	+0.994	2:14.443	8	141.260
4	19	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	TOM'S Team	15	39:02.028	+5.613	+2.515	2:15.269	8	141.108
5	2	James Courtney	Australia	Carlin Motorsport	15	39:06.548	+10.133	+4.520	2:14.832	14	140.836
6	17	Miloš Pavlovic	Serbia	Target Racing	15	39:07.479	+11.064	+0.931	2:15.282	14	140.780
7	20	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Now Motorsports	15	39:09.531	+13.116	+2.052	2:15.612	14	140.657
8	28	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italy	Team Kolles Racing	15	39:10.486	+14.071	+0.955	2:15.607	14	140.600
9	11	Olivier Pla	France	ASM	15	39:11.410	+14.995	+0.924	2:15.091	14	140.545
10	30	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Team Ghinzani	15	39:11.546	+15.131	+0.136	2:15.002	7	140.537
11	33	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	15	39:16.341	+19.926	+4.795	2:16.464	14	140.251
12	38	Marchy Lee	Hong Kong		15	39:22.527	+26.112	+6.186	2:18.192	14	139.884
13	3	Alan van der Merwe	South Africa	Carlin Motorsport	15	39:24.133	+27.718	+1.606	2:16.886	14	139.789
14	16	Cristiano Citron	Italy	Target Racing	15	39:34.057	+37.642	+9.924	2:17.020	8	139.204
15	29	Michael Ho	Macau	Team Kolles Racing	15	39:34.564	+38.149	+0.507	2:19.779	13	139.175
16	5	César Campaniço	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	15	39:35.116	+38.701	+0.552	2:16.406	13	139.142
17	10	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing	15	40:31.905	+1:35.490	+56.789	2:29.075	13	135.893
18	35	Kit Meng Lei	China		14	39:42.884	+46.469	1 lap	2:20.999	12	129.443
19	32	Shinya Sato	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	13	34:40.750	2 laps	1 lap	2:16.374	6	137.650
DNF	31	Marcel Costa	Spain	Team Ghinzani	11	30:41.578			2:15.118	8	131.600
DNF	8	Yuji Ide	Japan	Arta Signature Elf	11	29:56.031			2:15.091	7	134.937
DNF	27	Richard Antinucci	United States		11	29:54.839			2:15.099	8	135.027
DNF	18	Paolo Montin	Italy	TOM'S Team	11	29:54.542			2:14.144	7	135.049
DNF	6	Kosuke Matsuura	Japan	Prema Powerteam	8	20:26.585			2:14.558	7	143.696
DNF	36	Ronnie Bremer	Denmark		7	18:22.337			2:15.810	7	139.906
DNF	1	Narain Karthikeyan	India	Carlin Motorsport	3	9:08.785			2:18.486	3	120.440
DNF	9	Robbie Kerr	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing
DNF	22	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Fortec Motorsports
DNF	26	Bruce Jouanny	France

Heat 1 Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Race Time	Gap	Interval	Best Lap	Lap	Speed
1	18	Paolo Montin	Italy	TOM'S Team	15	39:45.976	-	-	2:14.504	11	138.509
2	12	Tristan Gommendy	France	ASM	15	39:46.787	+0.811	+0.811	2:14.654	15	138.462
3	1	Narain Karthikeyan	India	Carlin Motorsport	15	39:47.399	+1.423	+0.612	2:14.058	11	138.426
4	21	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	Fortec Motorsports	15	39:50.935	+4.959	+3.536	2:14.613	15	138.222
5	8	Yuji Ide	Japan	Arta Signature Elf	15	39:51.898	+5.922	+0.963	2:14.709	13	138.166
6	6	Kosuke Matsuura	Japan	Prema Powerteam	15	39:52.510	+6.534	+0.612	2:14.572	13	138.131
7	30	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Team Ghinzani	15	39:53.725	+7.749	+1.215	2:14.726	13	138.060
8	26	Bruce Jouanny	France		15	39:57.486	+11.510	+3.761	2:15.241	14	137.844
9	27	Richard Antinucci	United States		15	39:58.256	+12.280	+0.770	2:15.372	14	137.800
10	9	Robbie Kerr	Great Britain	Alan Docking Racing	15	39:59.540	+13.564	+1.284	2:15.041	8	137.726
11	15	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Mugen-Dome Project	15	40:00.171	+14.195	+0.631	2:15.182	9	137.690
12	5	César Campaniço	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	15	40:07.304	+21.328	+7.133	2:15.599	11	137.282
13	22	Fabio Carbone	Brazil	Fortec Motorsports	15	40:14.069	+28.093	+6.765	2:16.564	12	136.897
14	31	Marcel Costa	Spain	Team Ghinzani	15	40:19.876	+33.900	+5.807	2:16.215	15	136.568
15	20	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan	Now Motorsports	15	40:44.689	+58.713	+24.813	2:18.356	7	135.182
16	38	Marchy Lee	Hong Kong		15	40:45.482	+59.506	+0.793	2:18.384	8	135.139
17	19	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	TOM'S Team	15	40:46.635	+1:00.659	+1.153	2:15.453	8	135.075
18	16	Cristiano Citron	Italy	Target Racing	15	40:52.282	+1:06.306	+5.647	2:18.974	14	134.764
19	32	Shinya Sato	Japan	Swiss Racing Team	15	41:13.700	+1:27.724	+21.418	2:16.477	8	133.597
20	29	Michael Ho	Macau	Team Kolles Racing	15	41:33.917	+1:47.941	+20.217	2:19.488	12	132.514
21	35	Kit Meng Lei	China		13	40:21.756	+35.780	2 laps	2:22.987	6	118.267
DNF	28	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italy	Team Kolles Racing	8	41:20.515			2:18.148	7	71.056
DNF	36	Ronnie Bremer	Denmark		8	24:07.947			2:15.803	8	121.728
DNF	33	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Swiss Racing Team
DNF	2	James Courtney	Australia	Carlin Motorsport
DNF	3	Alan van der Merwe	South Africa	Carlin Motorsport
DNF	10	Jo Merszei	China	Alan Docking Racing
DNF	11	Olivier Pla	France	ASM
DNF	7	Renaud Derlot	France	Arta Signature Elf
DNF	17	Miloš Pavlovic	Serbia	Target Racing

2002 Macau Grand Prix

Winner

After 30 Laps

12

Tristan Gommendy

ASM

1:18:43.202

139.938 Km/h

183.6 Km

fastest lap

12

Tristan Gommendy

ASM

2:14.036

164.373 Km/h

Pole Position

18

Paolo Montin

TOM'S Team

2:14.995

163.206 Km/h

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