2002 Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300

Race 5 of 19

Laguna Seca
87 laps
Time of race: 1:55:28.745
Average speed of winner: 101.164 mph
Margin of victory: 19.087 sec.
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
Fastest lap: Cristiano da Matta 112.889
Lap leaders: da Matta 1-61, Bräck 62, Fittipaldi 63-66, da Matta 67-87

Race notes: First pole for Cristiano da Matta. Cristiano da Matta took the points lead from Michel Jourdain, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Cristiano da Matta	6	Chevron	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Newman-Haas	115.970	87	2	82	flagged	22
2	5	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Eli Lilly	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Newman-Haas	114.795	87	1	4	flagged	16
3	2	Kenny Bräck	12	Target	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Ganassi	115.800	87	1	1	flagged	15
4	3	Bruno Junqueira	4	Target	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Ganassi	115.495	87	0	0	flagged	12
5	6	Patrick Carpentier	32	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Bridgestone	Forsythe	114.740	87	0	0	flagged	10
6	9	Scott Dixon	44	Target	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Ganassi	114.622	87	0	0	flagged	8
7	10	Townsend Bell	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Bridgestone	Patrick	114.513	87	0	0	flagged	6
8	15	Jimmy Vasser	8	Shell	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Rahal	114.100	86	0	0	flagged	5
9	11	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	9	Gigante	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Rahal	114.461	86	0	0	flagged	4
10	7	Alex Tagliani	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Bridgestone	Forsythe	114.657	86	0	0	flagged	3
11	19	Michael Andretti	39	Motorola	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	112.687	86	0	0	flagged	2
12	4	Tony Kanaan	10	Pioneer/WorldCom	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Nunn	115.026	86	0	0	flagged	1
13	17	Max Papis	22	Rockwell FirstPoint	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Sigma (2000s)	113.988	86	0	0	flagged	0
14	18	Shinji Nakano	52	Alpine/Mitsuba	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Fernandez	112.968	86	0	0	flagged	0
15	12	Mario Domínguez	55	Herdez	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Herdez	113.280	84	0	0	flagged	0
16	8	Tora Takagi	5	Pioneer/Denso Special	Reynard	Toyota	Bridgestone	Walker	114.626	83	0	0	off course	0
17	16	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	114.093	15	0	0	contact	0
18	13	Adrián Fernández	51	Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Fernandez	114.364	0	0	0	contact	0
19	14	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	114.125	0	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Cristiano da Matta	51	5	1	2	2
2	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	46	5	0	0	0
3	Christian Fittipaldi	43	5	0	0	2
4	Bruno Junqueira	38	5	1	1	1
5	Dario Franchitti	35	5	0	0	2
6	Paul Tracy	32	5	0	1	1
7	Max Papis	32	5	0	0	2
8	Kenny Bräck	32	5	0	0	1
9	Michael Andretti	30	5	0	1	1
10	Alex Tagliani	29	5	0	0	1
11	Adrián Fernández	28	5	2	0	1
12	Patrick Carpentier	28	5	0	0	0
13	Scott Dixon	28	5	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Vasser	26	5	1	0	1
15	Oriol Servià	13	3	0	0	0
16	Tora Takagi	13	5	0	0	0
17	Townsend Bell	6	5	0	0	0
18	Shinji Nakano	4	5	0	0	0
19	Mario Domínguez	2	5	0	0	0
20	Tony Kanaan	2	5	0	0	0