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2002 Season Formula One World Championship
The 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 56th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on 3 March and ended on 13 October after seventeen races.
In the Drivers' Championship, Michael Schumacher finished first or second in every race except for the Malaysian Grand Prix, where he finished third, thus achieving a podium position in every race. He won a then-record 11 Grands Prix, surpassing the previous record of 9 wins, jointly held by himself (1995, 2000 and 2001) and Nigel Mansell (1992). He would also set the record for shortest time in which the World Drivers' Championship had been clinched, securing the title with a win at the French Grand Prix, with 6 races to go in the season. Schumacher took the Drivers' Championship by a then-record 67-point margin over teammate Rubens Barrichello, beating his own previous record for the 2001 season (58 points over David Coulthard) and also gained a new point total record with 144 points, again beating his own previous record of 123 points from the 2001 season. Schumacher and Barrichello helped Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro secure the Constructors' Championship with a points total that equalled the combined sum of points attained by all other constructors collectively.
The domination of Ferrari during this season, coupled with the resulting decline in viewing figures because of this, resulted in a major overhaul of the championship's sporting regulations for the following season.
Drivers' Champion:
Michael Schumacher
Constructors' Champion:
Ferrari
Previous Season: 2001 Season
Next Season: 2003 Season
Other Champions:
CART Championship Series: Cristiano da Matta
Indy Racing League: Sam Hornish Jr.
Atlantic Championship: Jon Fogarty
Australian Drivers' Championship: Will Power
Euro Formula 3000 Championship: Jaime Melo
Formula Nippon Championship: Ralph Firman
Formula Volkswagen Germany: Sven Barth
International Formula 3000 Championship: Sébastien Bourdais
World Series by Nissan: Ricardo Zonta
Formula Nissan 2000: Santiago Porteiro
Formula RUS: Roman Shestakov
Russian Formula 1600 Championship: Viktor Shaytar
Australian Formula 3 Championship: James Manderson
British Formula 3 Championship: Robbie Kerr
All-Japan Formula Three Championship: Takashi Kogure
German Formula Three Championship: Gary Paffett
Finnish CUP: Jussi Pinomäki
French Formula Three Championship: Tristan Gommendy
Italian Formula Three Championship: Miloš Pavlović
Russian Formula Three Championship: Andrea Belicchi
Spanish Formula Three Championship: Marcel Costa
Asian Formula Three Championship: Mark Goddard
Formula Three Sudamericana: Nelson Piquet Jr.
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup: Eric Salignon
Formula Renault 2000 UK: Danny Watts
Championnat de France FFSA de Formule Renault: Alexandre Prémat
Formula Renault BARC: Jeremy Smith
Formula Renault 2000 Italia: José María López
Formula Renault 2000 Germany: Christian Klien
Formula Renault 2000 Scandinavia: Philip Andersen
Renault Speed Trophy F2000: Thomas Conrad
Mexican Formula Renault Championship: David Martínez
Formula Renault 2000 Brazil: Sérgio Jimenez
Asian Formula Renault Challenge: Cheng Congfu
Formula Renault 1600 Argentina: Rafael Morgenstern
Formula BMW ADAC: Nico Rosberg
| Grands Prix | Date | Winning Driver |
|---|---|---|
| 2002-03-03 | ||
| 2002-03-17 | ||
| 2002-03-31 | ||
| 2002-04-14 | ||
| 2002-04-28 | ||
| 2002-05-12 | ||
| 2002-05-26 | ||
| 2002-06-09 | ||
| 2002-06-23 | ||
| 2002-07-07 | ||
| 2002-07-21 | ||
| 2002-07-28 | ||
| 2002-08-18 | ||
| 2002-09-01 | ||
| 2002-09-15 | ||
| 2002-09-29 | ||
| 2002-10-13 |