The 2002 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 April 2002 at the Phakisa Freeway.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 44:39.467 3 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +0.932 1 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 28 +8.259 2 16 4 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 28 +26.962 14 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +27.227 7 11 6 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +27.889 9 10 7 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 28 +30.215 15 9 8 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +30.781 8 8 9 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +43.796 4 7 10 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +45.501 5 6 11 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 28 +1:06.938 12 5 12 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 28 +1:19.560 19 4 13 20 Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 28 +1:19.857 20 3 14 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +1:31.519 17 2 15 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +1:32.725 18 1 16 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +1 lap 10 Ret (17) 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 26 Accident 13 Ret (18) 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 9 Retirement 6 Ret (19) 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 7 Accident 11 Ret (20) 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 5 Retirement 16 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 42:52.922 2 25 2 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +2.962 1 20 3 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +5.213 5 16 4 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +6.290 3 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +6.675 7 11 6 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +8.102 4 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +22.571 11 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +24.171 12 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +28.161 9 7 10 42 David Checa Aprilia 26 +36.261 14 6 11 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +47.211 10 5 12 12 Jay Vincent Honda 26 +47.886 22 4 13 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +53.106 13 3 14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:02.767 20 2 15 19 Leon Haslam Honda 26 +1:04.093 18 1 16 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 +1:13.435 15 17 41 Jarno Janssen Honda 25 +1 lap 24 Ret (18) 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 25 Accident 17 Ret (19) 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25 Accident 16 Ret (20) 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 9 Accident 6 Ret (21) 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 2 Accident 8 Ret (22) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 1 Retirement 23 Ret (23) 25 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 1 Accident 21 Ret (24) 76 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 0 Accident 19 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 24 41:26.120 2 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +0.270 4 20 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 +0.826 1 16 4 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +1.098 6 13 5 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +1.187 3 11 6 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1.583 12 10 7 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +1.830 8 9 8 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +12.839 16 8 9 5 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +13.942 11 7 10 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +19.201 14 6 11 9 Noboru Ueda Honda 24 +19.210 15 5 12 36 Mika Kallio Honda 24 +39.207 19 4 13 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +46.560 22 3 14 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 24 +53.710 26 2 15 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 24 +53.868 25 1 16 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +54.001 21 17 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 24 +54.739 30 18 8 Gábor Talmácsi Italjet 24 +54.886 23 19 10 Jarno Müller Honda 24 +54.919 18 20 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 24 +1:07.871 28 21 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 24 +1:08.217 29 22 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24 +1:15.825 10 23 20 Imre Tóth Honda 24 +1:36.139 31 24 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 24 +1:43.455 24 Ret (25) 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 11 Accident 7 Ret (26) 39 Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 6 Retirement 9 Ret (27) 12 Klaus Nöhles Honda 0 Accident 27 Ret (28) 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 20 Ret (29) 25 Joan Olivé Honda 0 Accident 13 Ret (30) 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 0 Accident 5 Ret (31) 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 0 Accident 17 DNS 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 45 2 Carlos Checa 27 3 Tohru Ukawa 25 4 Loris Capirossi 23 5 Akira Ryō 20
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 50 2 Yamaha 27 3 Suzuki 20 4 / Proton KR 9 5 Aprilia 9
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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