French MotoGP Results

f1manoz · 20 May 2002, 11:27 (Ref:290159)

All results sourced from MotoGp-Live.com

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MotoGP Results:
01 46 ROSSI Honda HRC 0'00"000
02 11 UKAWA Honda HRC 0'00"217 + 0'00"217
03 3 BIAGGI Yamaha MYT 0'00"604 + 0'00"604
04 6 ABE Yamaha D'Antin 0'01"701 + 0'01"701
05 10 ROBERTS Jr Suzuki 0'08"464 + 0'08"464
06 9 AOKI Proton 0'10"212 + 0'10"212
07 65 CAPIROSSI Honda Pons 0'12"437 + 0'12"437
08 4 BARROS Honda Pons 0'15"231 + 0'15"231
09 55 LACONI Aprilia 0'17"155 + 0'17"155
10 99 McWILLIAMS Proton 0'21"847 + 0'21"847
11 21 HOPKINS Yamaha Red Bull 0'25"121 + 0'25"121
12 15 GIBERNAU Suzuki 0'25"919 + 0'25"919
13 56 NAKANO Yamaha Tech3 0'26"227 + 0'26"227
14 18 BAYLE Yamaha Red Bull 0'27"011 + 0'27"011
15 17 VD GOORBERGH Honda Kanemoto 0'30"342 + 0'30"342
16 30 CARDOSO Yamaha D'Antin 0'36"574 + 0'36"574
17 74 KATOH Honda Gresini 10 lap(s)
18 19 JACQUE Yamaha Tech3 11 lap(s)
19 31 HARADA Honda Pramac 11 lap(s)
20 7 CHECA Yamaha MYT 13 lap(s)

Rossi won yet again on the four-stroke Honda, but didn't have it all his own way, as Ukawa led for much of the race and the Marlboro Yamahas of Biaggi and Checa were also challenging. Biaggi led the first lap for the Yamaha M1 this season while Checa threw away a possible podium when he fell.

Abe led the two-stroke brigade with a great ride to 4th. Capirossi appeared off-form back languishing in 7th place.

Kato came back down to earth with a crash while Aoki and Roberts both impressed, taking their best results of the season in 5th and 6th.

The race was stopped at 75% distance when rain started to fall. Some have questioned Rossi's tactics as he sat in third for a long time, then moved to the front and almost immediately raised his hand.

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250cc Results:
01 10 NIETO APRILIA 0'00"000
02 3 MELANDRI APRILIA 0'00"252 + 0'00"252
03 17 DE PUNIET APRILIA 0'06"431 + 0'06"431
04 15 LOCATELLI APRILIA 0'06"604 + 0'06"604
05 4 ROLFO HONDA 0'11"527 + 0'11"527
06 24 ELIAS APRILIA 0'13"157 + 0'13"157
07 7 ALZAMORA HONDA 0'13"870 + 0'13"870
08 9 PORTO YAMAHA 0'20"077 + 0'20"077
09 6 DEBON APRILIA 0'28"557 + 0'28"557
10 42 CHECA APRILIA 0'28"684 + 0'28"684
11 8 MATSUDO YAMAHA 0'28"892 + 0'28"892
12 76 SEKIGUCHI YAMAHA 0'35"148 + 0'35"148
13 18 YUZI YAMAHA 0'35"344 + 0'35"344
14 32 FAUBEL APRILIA 0'56"484 + 0'56"484
15 12 VINCENT HONDA 0'56"894 + 0'56"894
16 25 PHILIPPE APRILIA 1'08"156 + 1'08"156
17 41 JANSSEN HONDA 1'08"390 + 1'08"390
18 28 HEIDOLF APRILIA 1'16"135 + 1'16"135
19 22 JARA APRILIA 1'18"040 + 1'18"040
20 36 NIGON HONDA 1 lap(s)
21 35 VAN DEN BOSCH APRILIA 13 lap(s)
22 27 STONER APRILIA 17 lap(s)
23 21 BATTAINI APRILIA 17 lap(s)
24 11 AOKI HONDA 22 lap(s)
25 19 HASLAM HONDA 24 lap(s)

Nieto won his second race in succession after a fabulous race long duel with Melandri, who was riding with a broken left ankle. Melandri had led the early stages and appeared to be off for a second victory this season, but Nieto fought to the front after a poor start from pole to take victory.

Randy de Puniet kept the partisan crowd happy with third place after duelling with Locatelli for most of the race. Locatelli had led the early laps yet again but again fell back to finish another frustrating fourth. Rolfo kept consistent with fifth place, but would probably be disappointed after his brilliant second in Jerez.

Meanwhile, Australia's Casey Stoner again ran very impressively in 5th place but unfortunately crashed out yet again while chasing 4th place.

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125cc Results:
01 4 CECCHINELLO APRILIA 0'00"000
02 1 POGGIALI GILERA 0'00"076 + 0'00"076
03 26 PEDROSA HONDA 0'00"604 + 0'00"604
04 21 VINCENT APRILIA 0'00"865 + 0'00"865
05 5 AZUMA HONDA 0'00"943 + 0'00"943
06 22 NIETO APRILIA 0'01"618 + 0'01"618
07 33 BIANCO APRILIA 0'03"769 + 0'03"769
08 36 KALLIO HONDA 0'08"680 + 0'08"680
09 34 DOVIZIOSO HONDA 0'08"915 + 0'08"915
10 23 BORSOI APRILIA 0'09"534 + 0'09"534
11 17 JENKER APRILIA 0'11"749 + 0'11"749
12 6 GIANSANTI HONDA 0'20"252 + 0'20"252
13 11 SABBATANI APRILIA 0'32"082 + 0'32"082
14 12 NOHLES HONDA 0'35"206 + 0'35"206
15 80 BARBERA APRILIA 0'49"526 + 0'49"526
16 50 BALLERINI HONDA 1'02"359 + 1'02"359
17 84 FABRIZIO GILERA 1'07"571 + 1'07"571
18 57 DAVIES APRILIA 1'10"303 + 1'10"303
19 48 LORENZO DERBI 1'10"998 + 1'10"998
20 86 LEFORT APRILIA 1'11"479 + 1'11"479
21 31 ANGELONI GILERA 1'36"333 + 1'36"333
22 20 TOTH HONDA 1'41"034 + 1'41"034
23 63 PETIT Jr HONDA 1'42"517 + 1'42"517
24 85 LEBLANC HONDA 1 lap(s)
25 58 TIBERIO HONDA 1 lap(s)
26 39 HULES APRILIA 13 lap(s)
27 15 DE ANGELIS APRILIA 13 lap(s)
28 16 SANNA APRILIA 14 lap(s)
29 19 BALDOLINI APRILIA 14 lap(s)
30 25 OLIVE HONDA 14 lap(s)
31 47 RODRIGUEZ APRILIA 16 lap(s)
32 41 UI DERBI 16 lap(s)
33 8 TALMACSI ITALJET 19 lap(s)
34 9 UEDA HONDA 19 lap(s)
35 7 PERUGINI ITALJET 20 lap(s)
36 59 BRAILLARD HONDA 24 lap(s)
37 18 SMRZ HONDA 24 lap(s)

Lucio Cecchinello won his first race outside of Spain after a fantastic battle with Poggiali. After taking the lead around the halfway mark, Lucio never looked like being beaten, despite Poggiali having a few nibbles at the Aprilia rider. It appears Aprilia may have picked up it's act concerning straightline speed.

Pedrosa beat off local hero Vincent to take third place, but Vincent maintains his lead in the Riders Championship. Masao Azuma hit some form again after a recent run of poor results. A podium looked on the cards, but he became ragged towards the end and lost positions.

Finnish debutant Mika Kallio was again very impressive, gaining a tonne of spots during the race.

3M_chix · 20 May 2002, 16:01 (Ref:290560)

Congrats to all the winners

And Kallio finishing 8th...not bad!

~Sarah

Winther · 20 May 2002, 19:12 (Ref:290732)

Ahh Checa's crash was because of some of the gravel that got on the track from Haradas botanizing tour.
Too bad.

pink69 · 21 May 2002, 07:59 (Ref:291163)

Well done Max Biaggi. Its about time the Yamaha was on the pace.

elephino · 21 May 2002, 10:57 (Ref:291293)

Casey is running very quickly. Shame about the lack of finishing results. Though Japan wasn't his fault.

Gerrit · 21 May 2002, 11:22 (Ref:291318)

And well done Team Roberts!!! Excellent result for McWilliams in qualifying, excellent result for both McW and Aoki in warmup on Sunday, and an excellent 6th place for Aoki in the race!!!
Jurgen v.d. Goorbergh must be wondering if his decision to accept the team Kanemoto ride was such a wise choice after all.Both Aoki and McW are outperforming him on the very bike he did so much for last year.....

f1manoz · 21 May 2002, 11:39 (Ref:291340)

I'm a fan of Jurgen, and am sad to see him struggling as I was looking forward to him finally getting his hands on a two-stroke Honda. But it must be the Bridgestone tyres that don't help the equation.

asha · 22 May 2002, 01:51 (Ref:292089)

nice crash by Kato.. first DNF since marco "big lips" meladri stuck his head under kato's front wheel.

I love the rumour that Fontuna are pushing to get Kato on a 4 stroke asap... lets hope its before half season and he can hunt down and kill rossi
;-p

elephino · 22 May 2002, 10:34 (Ref:292375)

Watch Kato fly ON the track if he gets a 4 stroke.

Raven · 22 May 2002, 14:43 (Ref:292630)

I couldn't believe it when Kato fell. Like the commentators on Eurosport said, so he is human afterall! Perhaps he really could see his first win.

Speedworx · 22 May 2002, 20:39 (Ref:292931)

Well done Mika Kallio, keep it up and a top 10 points finish will be yours come seasons end.

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