2002 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2002 mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport was a sports car racing event held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 16 to the 18, 2002. The race was the seventh round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season, and was the 17th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.
Race
[edit]The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello for their third win of the season. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson brought the Champion Racing Audi R8 home for second, while Max Angelelli and JJ Lehto produced Team Cadillac's first podium since 2001 in the Cadillac Northstar LMP02.
The LMP 675 class was won by Team Bucknum Racing's Pilbeam MP84 driven by Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman. Ontario native and Mosport veteran Ron Fellows along with Corvette Racing teammate Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to victory in the GTS class. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RS driven by Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham took the GT class win.[1]
The race attracted a crowd of 30,000[2] and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.
Official results
[edit]Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP900 | 2 |  Audi Sport North America
|
 Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello
|
Audi R8 | M | 121 |
| Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP900 | 38 |  Champion Racing
|
 Johnny Herbert Stefan Johansson
|
Audi R8 | M | 120 |
| Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 3 | LMP900 | 8 | Team Cadillac
|
Max Angelelli JJ Lehto
|
Cadillac Northstar LMP02 | M | 119 |
| Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP900 | 50 | Panoz Motor Sports
|
 David Brabham Jan Magnussen
|
Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 118 |
| Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP900 | 51 | Panoz Motor Sports
|
Bryan Herta Bill Auberlen
|
Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 118 |
| Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP900 | 7 | Team Cadillac
|
 Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard
|
Cadillac Northstar LMP02 | M | 118 |
| Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 7 | GTS | 3 | Corvette Racing
|
 Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell
|
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 113 |
| Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | GTS | 4 | Corvette Racing
|
Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins
|
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 112 |
| Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | GTS | 26 | Konrad Motorsport
|
 Franz Konrad Terry Borcheller
|
Saleen S7-R | P | 110 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP900 | 30 | Intersport
|
Clint Field Mike Neuhaus
|
Lola B2K/10B | G | 108 |
| Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP675 | 56 | Team Bucknum Racing
|
Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman
|
Pilbeam MP84 | A | 107 |
| Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 | |||||||
| 12 | GTS | 45 | American Viperacing
|
Marino Franchitti Marc Bunting
|
Dodge Viper GTS-R | P | 107 |
| Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 13 | GT | 66 | The Racer's Group
|
Kevin Buckler Brian Cunningham
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 106 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 14 | GTS | 44 | American Viperacing
|
Kevin Allen Tom Weickardt
|
Dodge Viper GTS-R | P | 104 |
| Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 15 | GT | 43 | Orbit
|
Leo Hindery Peter Baron
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 103 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 16 | LMP675 | 19 | Essex Racing
|
Melanie Paterson Ross Bentley
|
Lola B2K/40 | D | 103 |
| Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | |||||||
| 17 | GT | 23 | Alex Job Racing
|
Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 103 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | GTS | 0 | Team Olive Garden
|
Mimmo Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | M | 99 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 19 DNF |
GT | 52 | Seikel Motorsport
|
Hugh Plumb Jeffrey Pabst Tony Burgess
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 93 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 DNF |
LMP675 | 13 | Archangel Motorsports
|
Marc-Antoine Camirand Ben Devlin David Sterenberg
|
Lola B2K/40 | D | 91 |
| Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 21 DNF |
GT | 67 | The Racer's Group
|
Michael Schrom Darren Law
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 91 |
| Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
| 22 DNF |
LMP900 | 1 | Audi Sport North America
|
Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela
|
Audi R8 | M | 88 |
| Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 23 | GT | 22 | Alex Job Racing
|
Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 85 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 DNF |
GT | 89 | Porschehaus Racing
|
Robert Julien Adam Merzon
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 25 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 DNF |
LMP675 | 11 | KnightHawk Racing
|
Claudia Hürtgen Steven Knight
|
MG-Lola EX257 | A | 59 |
| MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 26 DNF |
LMP675 | 16 | Dyson Racing Team
|
Butch Leitzinger James Weaver
|
MG-Lola EX257 | G | 28 |
| MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 27 DNF |
LMP675 | 37 | Intersport
|
Jon Field Mike Durand
|
MG-Lola EX257 | G | 12 |
| MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 |
Statistics
[edit]- Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:07.169
- Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.568
- Distance - 478.843 km
- Average Speed - 173.898 km/h
Photo Gallery
[edit]-
Pre-race grid -
Audi's on the grid -
Corner 1 action -
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - GTS Winner -
Prototype leaders -
Field approaching Corner 2
References
[edit]- ^ "Audi in charge again as Capello, Kristensen take Grand Prix of Mosport". Autoweek.com. August 17, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ Ingram, Jonathan (August 22, 2002). "On Top Of Their Game - Mosport Park ALMS Report". Autosport. London: Haymarket Media Group. pp. 78–79.
- "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-03-17. Retrieved 2007-10-24. (31.7 KiB)
- World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results