2002 Austrian Grand Prix

  2002 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season
Date	12 May 2002
Official name	Grosser A1 Preis von Österreich[1]
Location	A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.326 km (2.684 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 307.146 km (190.564 mi)
Weather	Clear, Air Temp: 20°C
Attendance	81,000[2]
Pole position
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1:08.082
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:09.298 on lap 68
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Lap leaders

Barrichello makes way for Schumacher

The lighter side of Ferrari at the Grand Prix

The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as Grosser A1 Preis von Österreich) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 May 2002 at the A1-Ring. It was the sixth round of the 2002 Formula One season. This race saw a staged finish, in which race leader Rubens Barrichello was ordered to allow Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher to overtake him and win the Grand Prix. Ferrari wanted their number one driver Schumacher to win the race and collect the maximum points for the Drivers' Championship.^[3] Barrichello let him pass on the last lap at the finish line which greatly upset the spectators. Barrichello had also yielded second place to Schumacher at the line in the previous year's event.

On the podium, in response to the jeers of the crowd, Schumacher insisted that Barrichello take the top spot on the podium. Schumacher took the trophy for first place from the Austrian chancellor and gave it to Barrichello, who then took the second-place trophy. Barrichello, Schumacher and Ferrari were fined one million U.S. dollars for the failure to observe Article 170 of the Formula One Sporting Regulations concerning the podium ceremony.^[4] As a result of this, and another incident at the United States Grand Prix, the FIA declared new rules against team orders which would artificially affect race results.

The race also featured a huge accident between Takuma Sato and Nick Heidfeld. Heidfeld lost control over his car due to a rear suspension failure on the way into a corner, causing it to spin across the infield and back across the circuit, spinning backwards into the side of Sato's car. Sato suffered minor injuries but got stuck in the wreckage and it took several minutes for the track marshals to cut him out from the vehicle.

Reports

Qualifying

Rubens Barrichello grabbed his second pole position of the season by beating last year's pole time by 1.5 seconds, and beating his team-mate Michael Schumacher by over 0.6 seconds. Ralf Schumacher split the two Ferraris and Juan Pablo Montoya qualified 4th despite having to use the spare car. Nick Heidfeld in the improved Sauber managed to qualify in 5th ahead of Kimi Räikkönen in the McLaren. Felipe Massa took 7th ahead of David Coulthard. Olivier Panis and Mika Salo completed the top 10.

Michael Schumacher, Heinz Harald Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Yoong set times slower than their best times from the morning practice. The first three were Bridgestone runners, possibly indicating a degraded performance under warmer conditions.

Fourth to eighteen positions were covered by a gap of only 0.94 seconds.

Ralf Schumacher, Nick Heidfeld, Felipe Massa, Olivier Panis, Enrique Bernoldi and Allan McNish had their best qualifying positions so far in the season. Rubens Barrichello and Mika Salo equalled their best positions. While Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli and Jacques Villeneuve had their worst qualifying positions so far in the season. Giancarlo Fisichella, Mark Webber and Alex Yoong equalled their worst positions.^[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:08.082	—
2	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:08.364	+0.282
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:08.704	+0.622
4	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:09.118	+1.036
5	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:09.129	+1.047
6	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:09.154	+1.072
7	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:09.228	+1.146
8	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:09.335	+1.253
9	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:09.561	+1.479
10	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:09.661	+1.579
11	20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	1:09.671	+1.589
12	21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	1:09.723	+1.641
13	15	Jenson Button	Renault	1:09.780	+1.698
14	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:09.818	+1.736
15	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	1:09.901	+1.819
16	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:09.980	+1.898
17	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:10.051	+1.969
18	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	1:10.058	+1.976
19	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:10.553	+2.471
20	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:10.741	+2.659
21	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1:11.388	+3.306
22	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1:12.336	+4.254
Sources:[6][7][8]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	1:33:51.562	3	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	+0.182	1	6
3	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	71	+17.730	4	4
4	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	71	+18.448	2	3
5	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	71	+49.965	15	2
6	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+50.672	8	1
7	15	Jenson Button	Renault	71	+51.229	13
8	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	71	+1:09.425	10
9	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	71	+1:09.718	14
10	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	70	Engine	17
11	20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	11
12	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	69	+2 Laps	21
Ret	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	44	Fuel pressure	16
Ret	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	42	Engine	22
Ret	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	38	Hydraulics	20
Ret	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	27	Collision	5
Ret	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	26	Collision	18
Ret	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	22	Engine	9
Ret	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	7	Suspension	7
Ret	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	5	Engine	6
Ret	21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	2	Collision	12
Ret	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	Throttle	19
Sources:[7][9][10]

Notes

• Jacques Villeneuve received a drive-through penalty for causing an accident while Mark Webber received the same penalty for ignoring blue flags.^[11]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 54 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 27 3 Ralf Schumacher 23 4 Rubens Barrichello 12 5 David Coulthard 10

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 66 2 Williams-BMW 50 3 McLaren-Mercedes 14 4 Renault 8 5 Sauber-Petronas 8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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Coordinates: 47°13′11″N 14°45′53″E / 47.21972°N 14.76472°E