2002 Italian Grand Prix

2002 Italian Grand Prix
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (last modified in 2000)
Race details[1][2]
Date	15 September 2002
Official name	Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2002
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 306.719 km (190.586 miles)
Weather	Sunny, hot, dry 23°C
Attendance	90,000[3]
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:20.264
Fastest lap
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1:23.297 on lap 36
Podium
First	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth
Lap leaders

The 2002 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2002)^[4] was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 15 September 2002. It was the fifteenth race of the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Rubens Barrichello, driving a Ferrari. Teammate Michael Schumacher finished second, 0.25 seconds behind, to complete a Ferrari 1–2 on the team's home soil. Eddie Irvine finished third in a Jaguar-Cosworth, achieving both his and the Jaguar team's last F1 podium finish. It was also the only time in 2002 where a driver from outside the top three teams in the constructors' championship finished on the podium.

This was the first Formula 1 race at Monza with the new podium, built on the pit lane wall and connected to the pits by a walkway, with the drivers and dignitaries being closer to the public (until the previous year, the Monza podium was next to the pits).

Background

The 2002 Italian Grand Prix was the 15th out of 17 rounds in the 2002 Formula One World Championship and was held at the 5.793 km (3.600 mi), 11-turn Autodromo Nazionale di Monza near Monza, Lombardy, Italy.^[1][2][5] It was the 73rd Italian Grand Prix,^[6] the second of two Grands Prix in Italy during the season after the San Marino Grand Prix,^[7] and the final European race of the season.^[8] Heading into the race, both the World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship were already won, with Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher having secured the World Drivers' Championship four rounds earlier at the French Grand Prix and Ferrari took the World Constructors' Championship two races after that at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Williams too many championship points behind to be able to catch them.^[9] Michael Schumacher could surpass his own record for the most points in a season if he finished fifth or higher at Monza.^[10]

After the Belgian Grand Prix on 1 September,^[11] ten teams (except Arrows) conducted a four-day test session with their race and test drivers at Monza from 3 to 6 September to test car components and gather data for the upcoming race at the circuit.^[12] Michael Schumacher was fastest on the first day, ahead of British American Racing (BAR) test driver Anthony Davidson which was held in wet weather conditions, with intermittent dry spells.^[11][13] Williams' Ralf Schumacher lapped faster on the second day where the rain continued into the morning before stopping meaning the track dried up as the session progressed.^[14] The first full day of dry weather was held on the third day where Jaguar's Pedro de la Rosa was the fastest driver.^[15] Rubens Barrichello was fastest on testing's final day. Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya caused a red flag to be shown when he lost control of his car at the Lesmo corners, and removed his front wing after colliding with the barrier.^[16][17] Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer tested Bridgestone tyres and racing setups for three days at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France.^[18][19] Badoer then shook down three F2002 cars at the Fiorano Circuit before they were transported to Monza and performed launch control starts.^[20][21]

Barrichello said he was looking forward to the race considering the previous year's race took place in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States, adding, "It is a special place for me and I usually go well here so there is plenty to look forward to."^[22] Michael Schumacher said that he would be able to celebrate both championships at Monza after not being able to do so the year before because of the attacks in America.^[8] However, he said the running order would be closer than it was in Belgium, adding it would be "presumptuous" to expect Ferrari to achieve a 1–2 finish.^[23] Montoya thought Williams could realistically achieve a third-place result at Monza with the equipment his team had.^[24] However, following testing, he revised his prediction to a race victory, "I think the best chance we've got this year to win a race is this next one."^[25]

For the event, speed bumps were added at the first and second chicanes after it became apparent a driver would be able to gain time by going across the tight opening chicane or by using the flat run-off area adjacent to the apex of both chicanes and driving on without being penalised unless they gained a place by doing so.^[26][27] Gaps were built between the speed bumps to enable drivers that had outbraked themselves to manoeuvre between them.^[26] The bumps received mixed reviews from the drivers.^[27] Barrichello thought them to be very useful because it had been difficult for drivers a year earlier to know if cars running through had either gained or lost time.^[27] Renault's Jarno Trulli stated the bumps were excessively high and added some drivers would request their removal to the race organisers as they could damage their vehicles.^[27] Montoya claimed running over one of them would put a driver into the wall while McLaren's David Coulthard said they appeared to be overly close together.^[26]

Ten constructors represented by a racing team entered two drivers each for the event.^[28] Alex Yoong returned to his race seat at Minardi after being replaced by Davidson for the previous two races because he had failed to qualify for three events earlier in the season.^[29] Arrows continued to be affected by financial trouble as chairman Tom Walkinshaw attempted to negotiate the sale of the team, which also owned money to four creditors.^[30] The team did not present their cars before the preliminary scrutineering deadline on Thursday afternoon and missed the Grand Prix.^[31] Sauber were the first team to test the HANS device at a Formula One race with drivers Nick Heidfeld and Felipe Massa.^[32] Teams focused on locating a set-up with a very low aerodynamic load produce the minimum amount of downforce possible that would not penalise the cars too much in the heavy braking that characterises the Monza circuit. Each team brought rear wings with reduced profiles and some teams such as Renault introduced new front wing specification.^[33] Ferrari introduced a new qualifying-specification engine but the team installed a previous engine specification for the race on Sunday.^[34] Williams and BAR introduced revised engine specifications for qualifying.^[35][36]

Practice

Preceding the race were two one-hour practice sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday.^[37] The first practice session on Friday morning was held in overcast conditions with the circuit damp in places early in the session following overnight rain, meaning some drivers used intermediate tyres. The track later dried up and lap times got faster.^[38][39] Michael Schumacher was fastest with a time of 1:22.869, almost eight-tenths of a second quicker than Montoya. Ralf Schumacher, De La Rosa, Trulli, Jaguar's Eddie Irvine, Massa, the McLaren duo of Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen and BAR's Olivier Panis followed in the top ten.^[40][41] There were no major incidents during the session,^[38] although Irvine twice ran into the gravel traps.^[41] Barrichello had a soft brake pedal and the system had to be bled by mechanics in order to allow him to continue.^[35][38]

The second practice session held later in the afternoon took place in cloudy weather.^[42][43] Michael Schumacher lapped four-tenths of a second quicker than in the first session and was fastest with a 1:22.433 lap. He was 0.225 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second. Räikkönen, Irvine, Montoya, Toyota's Mika Salo, Ralf Schumacher, De La Rosa, Trulli and his teammate Jenson Button rounded out the top ten.^[44][45] Some drivers ran off the circuit during the session.^[43] Five minutes into the session, spun off into the tyre barrier at the Curva del Serraglio corner after putting a wheel onto the grass.^[44][45] Yoong spun his car at the exit to the Ascari chicane midway through the session.^[42][43] He abandoned his car there.^[35] The Toyota of Allan McNish stopped at the end of the pit lane when it got stuck in first gear and pushed the car back into the garage.^[35][44]

In the third practice session, held in sunny weather on Saturday morning,^[46] Michael Schumacher was again quickest with a lap time of 1:22.110, 0.025 seconds faster than Montoya.^[47] The McLaren duo of Coulthard and Räikkönen, Ralf Schumacher, the Jaguar pairing of Irvine and De La Rosa, Massa, McNish and BAR's Jacques Villeneuve completed the top ten.^[48] The session was stopped halfway through when Barrichello's car began billowing smoke because of an engine failure at the exit of the Curva Grande turn.^[46][49] Marshals moved the Ferrari off the track before practice could resume.^[47] Barrichello's team installed a new engine in his Ferrari.^[50]

The final practice session took place later in the morning.^[51] Montoya set the fastest time of 1:21.319 late in the session that was well inside the 2001 pole lap, 0.009 seconds quicker than Michael Schumacher.^[50] Positions three through ten were occupied by Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, the McLaren pairing of Räikkönen and Coulthard. the Jaguar duo of De La Rosa and Irvine, McNish and Villeneuve.^[52] Button lost control of his Renault at high-speed at the Parabolica corner, ending his running early in the gravel trap.^[51][52]

Qualifying

Each driver was allowed twelve laps during Saturday's one-hour qualifying session, with starting positions determined by the drivers' quickest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107% of the quickest lap time in order to qualify for the race.^[37] Qualifying took place in clear and sunny weather conditions.^[53] The Williams and Ferrari teams opted to experiment with tyre set-ups by using hard compound tyres with the aim of gaining better race performance.^[54] On his third run.^[55] Montoya surpassed the record for the fastest average qualifying speed set by Keke Rosberg during qualifying for the 1985 British Grand Prix at 259.827 km/h (161.449 mph), securing his seventh pole position of the season and 10th of his career with a time of 1:20.264.^[56][57] He gained a large amount of time through the Lesmo corners, giving him a fast second sector time.^[58] Michael Schumacher was 0.257 seconds slower than Montoya in second after overdriving through the two Lesmo turns;^[53][59] he set a quick lap followed by one to cool the tyres and then another fast timed lap despite it taking multiple laps to generate heat into his tyres.^[36][58] Ralf Schumacher was the early pace setter but dropped to third at the conclusion of qualifying after making an error at the Lesmo corner that saw him mount the kerbing during his third run, preventing him from improving his time.^[36][58][60] Barrichello set his best time on his second run to qualify fourth after braking too late for the first chicane.^[53][61] With five minutes to go,^[62] and during his warming up for his final quick lap,^[63] Räikkönen put Jordan's Takuma Sato off the circuit after and onto the grass under braking for the Variante della Roggia chicane after failing to notice him, causing Sato to lose control of his car.^[36][53] Sato's front left-wheel struck the rear of Räikkonen's car,^[62] sending both drivers into the gravel trap and Sato hit the tyre barrier.^[53][64] Both drivers were unhurt,^[65] but qualifying was stopped for seven minutes.^[53] Räikkönen was provisionally fifth.^[54]

Irvine, sixth, had his opening two runs affected by a gear change glitch, made an error on his third run and was baulked by traffic on his fourth. Coulthard was frustrated as his tyres were taking time to generate heat and lost a large amount of time sliding over the second chicane kerbing on his first run.^[36] His last run was aborted because of the stoppage, leaving him seventh.^[61] De La Rosa drove the spare Jaguar for qualifying and took eighth, suffering a differential fault and a misfire on some of his runs.^[36] Villeneuve made some driver errors under braking for Ascari chicane and the final turn during his second run and was ninth.^[57][61] Salo completed the top ten qualifiers.^[56] Trulli improved on each of his runs and slipstreamed his teammate Button on his final run to secure 11th but lost time heading into Parabolica corner. Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella in 12th after running a strategy to do two runs but his second quick run was affected by the stoppage. McNish's crew used a four-lap strategy after discovering Toyota could run faster on the second run but traffic on his second run meant he was 13th.^[36][61] The Sauber duo of Massa and Heidfeld were 14th and 15th.^[56] Massa ran scrubbed tyres to give him more frontal grip for his first run but had excess understeer on a new set of tyres during his second run. He added downforce to his car for his last run that proved to be his fastest lap. Heidfeld ran wide exiting the second Lesmo corner and failed to improve on his fastest lap time from his first run.^[36][61] Panis was unhappy with his car's handling balance and was 16th. Button was unhappy with the Renault's balance and came 17th.^[36] Sato was unable to complete an entire flying lap due to driver errors and the collision with Räikkönen and qualified 18th.^[61] The two Minardi drivers completed the starting order in 19th and 20th.^[60] Mark Webber had his aerodynamic setup changed for qualifying while his teammate Yoong had his final run affected by the stoppage, losing him his final two timed laps despite dialling out excess understeer from his car.^[36][61]

Post-qualifying

Sato confronted McLaren CEO Ron Dennis in the garage over the collision between himself and Räikkönen, who was clutching an ice pack onto his left elbow.^[64] Both Räikkönen and Sato were summoned by the race stewards to solicit their perceptions of the incident.^[66] The stewards judged Räikkönen to be at fault for the collision and decided to cancel his fastest qualifying lap time. This demoted Räikkönen to sixth and promoted Irvine to fifth.^[60][67]

Qualifying classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:20.264	—
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.521	+0.257
3	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:20.542	+0.278
4	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:20.705	+0.442
5	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.606	+1.342
6	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.712^1	+1.448
7	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.803	+1.539
8	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.960	+1.696
9	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:22.126	+1.862
10	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	1:22.318	+2.054
11	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:22.383	+2.119
12	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	1:22.515	+2.251
13	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	1:22.521	+2.257
14	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.565	+2.301
15	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.601	+2.337
16	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:22.645	+2.381
17	15	Jenson Button	Renault	1:22.714	+2.450
18	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	1:23.166	+2.902
19	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	1:23.794	+3.530
20	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	1:25.111	+4.847
107% time: 1:25.882
Sources:[2][68]

Notes

• ^1 – Kimi Räikkönen's fastest time (1:21.163) was cancelled following a collision with Takuma Sato during qualifying, this dropped him one place from fifth to sixth.^[69]

Warm-up

A half-hour warm-up session was held on the morning of the race in warm and sunny conditions.^[70][71] Ralf Schumacher set the pace during the session with a lap time of 1:24.480. He was followed by Barrichello, Montoya, Michael Schumacher, Räikkönen, Panis, Massa, Coulthard, Salo and Heidfeld in positions two to ten.^[72] There were no major incidents during the session.^[70] Sato made a minor driver error and went off the circuit at Parabolica corner while Barrichello outbraked himself and ran into the gravel trap at Curva del Vialone turn.^[72] Villeneuve stalled after leaving the pit lane that necessitated him pushing his car into the pit lane to allow his mechanics to retrieve it and Salo had a possible gearbox issue.^[71]

Race

The race started at 14:00 local time.^[73] The weather conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the track temperature ranged between 33–34 °C (91–93 °F).^[74] Ralf Schumacher switched to the spare Williams because his regular car developed a fuel pressure problem.^[75] At the start, Montoya drove to the right to block Michael Schumacher, allowing teammate Ralf Schumacher to run alongside him heading into the Rettifilo chicane. Montoya ran wide to prevent a collision with Ralf, who drove over the chicane and thus took the lead illegally.^[75][76] Williams contacted FIA race director Charlie Whiting who replied that Ralf was required to cede the lead back to Montoya.^[76] McNish made the best start in the field, moving from thirteenth to seventh by the end of the first lap, while Panis made up four positions over the same distance.^[77] At the end of the first lap, the order of the top ten drivers was Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Räikkönen, Irvine, McNish, Salo, Panis and Villeneuve.^[78]

Ralf Schumacher began to pull away from Montoya. Further down the field, Villeneuve got ahead of Heidfeld to take over tenth, while Button passed Massa to move into thirteenth position and Yoong overtook teammate Webber for eighteenth. Ralf Schumacher set a new fastest lap, a 1:26.230 on lap three, but was later eclipsed by Barrichello. Villeneuve was overtaken by Trulli on the same lap and Webber reclaimed eighteenth from Yoong.^[74][77] Williams received a reply to order Ralf Schumacher to cede first position to Montoya which was relayed to Schumacher by the Senior Operations Engineer of Williams Sam Michael at the end of lap four.^[75][76] Afterwards, Ralf Schumacher pulled over to the side of the track at the Rettifilo with smoke billowing from his engine and became the first retirement of the race at the start of lap five.^[74] His teammate Montoya thus temporarily inherited the lead but was blinded by the smoke, allowing Barrichello to move into the inside line, and after running in Montoya's slipstream, he passed the Williams driver for the lead under braking going into the Rettifilo.^[76] On lap fifteen, Felipe Massa and Pedro de la Rosa collided at the Ascari chicane. In accordance with the new regulations that season, Massa became the first driver to receive a 10-place grid penalty for causing a collision.^[79] Kimi Räikkönen retired during the 30th lap due to engine failure, for the fifth time of the season.

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	1:16:19.982	4	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+ 0.255	2	6
3	16	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+ 52.579	5	4
4	14	Jarno Trulli	Renault	53	+ 58.219	11^2	3
5	15	Jenson Button	Renault	53	+ 1:07.770	17	2
6	12	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	53	+ 1:08.491	16	1
7	3	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 1:09.047	7
8	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	53	+ 1:10.891	12
9	11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	53	+ 1:21.068	9
10	7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	53	+ 1:22.046	15
11	24	Mika Salo	Toyota	52	+ 1 Lap	10
12	10	Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	52	+ 1 Lap	18
13	22	Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	47	+ 6 Laps	20
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	33	Chassis	1
Ret	4	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	29	Engine	6
Ret	23	Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	20	Engine	19
Ret	8	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	16	Collision damage	14
Ret	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	15	Collision	8
Ret	25	Allan McNish	Toyota	12	Suspension	13
Ret	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	4	Engine	3
Sources:[68][80]

Notes

• ^2 – Jarno Trulli started the race from the back of the grid after stalling on the formation lap.

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 128 2 Rubens Barrichello 61 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 44 4 Ralf Schumacher 42 5 David Coulthard 37 Source:[81]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 189 2 Williams-BMW 86 3 McLaren-Mercedes 57 4 Renault 20 5 Sauber-Petronas 11 Source:[81]

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

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