2002 Grand Prix of Mosport
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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.
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Official results
[edit]Class winners in bold.
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP900 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 | M | 121 |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
2 | LMP900 | 38 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 | M | 120 |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
3 | LMP900 | 8 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Cadillac Northstar LMP02 | M | 119 |
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
4 | LMP900 | 50 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 118 |
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | |||||||
5 | LMP900 | 51 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 118 |
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | |||||||
6 | LMP900 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Cadillac Northstar LMP02 | M | 118 |
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 | |||||||
7 | GTS | 3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 113 |
Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
8 | GTS | 4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 112 |
Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
9 | GTS | 26 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Saleen S7-R | P | 110 |
Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
10 | LMP900 | 30 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lola B2K/10B | G | 108 |
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | |||||||
11 | LMP675 | 56 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Pilbeam MP84 | A | 107 |
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 | |||||||
12 | GTS | 45 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Dodge Viper GTS-R | P | 107 |
Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
13 | GT | 66 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 106 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | GTS | 44 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Dodge Viper GTS-R | P | 104 |
Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
15 | GT | 43 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 103 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | LMP675 | 19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lola B2K/40 | D | 103 |
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | |||||||
17 | GT | 23 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 103 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
18 | GTS | 0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 550 Maranello | M | 99 |
Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
19 DNF | GT | 52 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 93 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
20 DNF | LMP675 | 13 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Lola B2K/40 | D | 91 |
Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
21 DNF | GT | 67 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 91 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
22 DNF | LMP900 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 | M | 88 |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
23 | GT | 22 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 85 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
24 DNF | GT | 89 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 25 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
25 DNF | LMP675 | 11 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG-Lola EX257 | A | 59 |
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
26 DNF | LMP675 | 16 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG-Lola EX257 | G | 28 |
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
27 DNF | LMP675 | 37 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 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.
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