2002 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 4

Polini Grand Prix de France
Le Mans 17 - 19 May 2002
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'44.591 *1'44.002       Gilera Gilera Racing
 2  5 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'45.639 *1'44.251        Honda Tribe by Breil
 3 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  1'46.239 *1'44.257        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 4  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'45.822 *1'44.264      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 5 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'44.491 *1'44.389      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  1'45.443 *1'44.403      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 7 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'46.063 *1'44.681      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 8 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'45.753 *1'44.718      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
 9 47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  1'45.721 *1'44.798      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
10 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'45.811 *1'45.055        Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
11 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA  1'45.900 *1'45.056        Honda Scot Racing Team
12 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  1'45.496 *1'45.114      Aprilia Tu Racing Team
13  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'46.421 *1'45.235        Honda Scot Racing Team
14 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  1'46.420 *1'45.243        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
15 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'46.393 *1'45.307      Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
16 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'45.559 *1'45.475      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
17  9 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'46.427 *1'45.538        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
18  8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  1'47.177 *1'45.538      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
19 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA *1'45.695  1'45.839      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
20 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA  1'46.236 *1'45.801      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
21 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN  1'46.711 *1'45.807        Honda Red Devil Honda
22 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA *1'45.841  1'46.258      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
23 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  1'46.996 *1'46.077      Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
24 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  1'47.060 *1'46.143        Honda FCC - TSR
25 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  1'47.076 *1'46.235        Honda Elit Grand Prix
26 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA *1'46.460  1'46.632       Gilera Team Italia
27 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER  1'47.136 *1'46.532        Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
28  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *1'46.534  1'46.560      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
29 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA  1'48.097 *1'46.728        Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
30 19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA  1'47.900 *1'47.043      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
31 86 Gregory LEFORT           FRA *1'47.084  1'47.309      Aprilia Provence Motor Sport
32 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA  1'48.576 *1'47.780       Gilera Team Italia
33 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA  1'49.063 *1'48.473        Honda Racing Moto Sport
34 59 Vincent BRAILLARD        SWI  1'49.826 *1'49.124        Honda Team Philippe Coulon
35 20 Imre TOTH                HUN  1'49.340 *1'49.288        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
36 58 Yohann TIBERIO           FRA *1'50.325  1'51.021        Honda Team Technimoto Cavaillon
37 85 Gregory LEBLANC          FRA *1'50.761  1'51.814        Honda RMS

Qualification Time 107% 1'51.282

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'49.048 *1'38.903      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 2 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'45.743 *1'39.391      Aprilia Campetella Racing
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'45.683 *1'39.506      Aprilia Tu Racing Team
 4  3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  2'02.824 *1'39.570      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 5 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  1'56.311 *1'39.673      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 6 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'43.775 *1'39.811      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 7 27 Casey STONER             AUS  1'48.000 *1'39.872      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 8 11 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  2'00.229 *1'40.233        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
 9  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  2'03.186 *1'40.234       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
10  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  2'10.052 *1'40.340       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
11  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'46.720 *1'40.450      Aprilia Campetella Racing
12  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'45.644 *1'40.666        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
13 76 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  1'58.063 *1'40.791       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
14 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  1'58.306 *1'40.910       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
15  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'46.853 *1'40.928        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
16 12 Jay VINCENT              GBR  1'58.672 *1'41.104        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
17 42 David CHECA              SPA  2'03.051 *1'41.362      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
18 35 Thierry VAN DEN BOSCH    FRA  1'48.499 *1'41.629      Aprilia Tecmas Racing
19 32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  2'14.182 *1'41.940      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
20 25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA  2'07.971 *1'42.080      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
21 22 Raul JARA                SPA  1'55.096 *1'42.187      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
22 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  1'57.312 *1'42.278        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
23 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER  1'54.375 *1'42.828      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
24 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA  2'05.004 *1'43.582        Honda Edf Espoir
25 19 Leon HASLAM              GBR  9'53.664 *1'43.957        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   37 Yann LUSSIANA            FRA  1'54.245 *1'46.029        Honda Aspi
   45 Samuel AUBRY             FRA  1'56.427 *1'46.051        Honda Team Racer Bike
   93 Herve MORA               FRA  2'20.521 *1'46.608      Aprilia Ferro Moto Sport
   51 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA *1'54.411                Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP

Qualification Time 107% 1'45.826

MotoGP Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'36.684 *1'36.046        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 2  7 Carlos CHECA             BRA  1'36.591 *1'36.122       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'36.829 *1'36.193       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'36.939 *1'36.223        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 74 Daijiro KATO             SPA  1'37.291 *1'36.349        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 6 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        JPN  1'37.575 *1'36.507    Proton KR Proton Team KR
 7 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'36.915 *1'36.515        Honda West Honda Pons
 8 31 Tetsuya HARADA           FRA  1'37.825 *1'36.525        Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
 9 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'37.462 *1'36.617       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
10 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'36.714 *1'36.850       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
11  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'37.971 *1'36.752    Proton KR Proton Team KR
12  6 Norick ABE               GBR  1'36.961 *1'36.771       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
13 19 Olivier JACQUE           SPA  1'37.212 *1'36.785       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
14 55 Regis LACONI             JPN  1'37.988 *1'36.933      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
15  4 Alex BARROS              JPN  1'37.236 *1'36.997        Honda West Honda Pons
16 15 Sete GIBERNAU            USA  1'37.226 *1'37.130       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
17 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'37.385 *1'37.186        Honda Kanemoto Racing
18 18 Jean Michel BAYLE        AUS           *1'37.311       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
19 21 John HOPKINS             FRA  1'38.302 *1'37.707       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20  8 Garry McCOY              SPA *1'38.235                 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
21 30 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'39.295 *1'38.261       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin

Qualification Time 107% 1'49.346

125cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 100.32 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'09.029 142.802              Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 2  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 42'09.105 142.798    0.076      Gilera Gilera Racing
 3 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 42'09.633 142.768    0.604       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 4 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 42'09.894 142.753    0.865     Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 5  5 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'09.972 142.749    0.943       Honda Tribe by Breil
 6 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 42'10.647 142.711    1.618     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 7 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA 42'12.798 142.590    3.769     Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
 8 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 42'17.709 142.314    8.680       Honda Red Devil Honda
 9 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 42'17.944 142.301    8.915       Honda Scot Racing Team
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'18.563 142.266    9.534     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
11 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 42'20.778 142.142   11.749     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
12  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 42'29.281 141.668   20.252       Honda Scot Racing Team
13 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 42'41.111 141.013   32.082     Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
14 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 42'44.235 140.842   35.206       Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
15 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA 42'58.555 140.059   49.526     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
16 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 43'11.388 139.366 1'02.359       Honda FCC - TSR
17 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA 43'16.600 139.086 1'07.571      Gilera Team Italia
18 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 43'19.332 138.940 1'10.303     Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
19 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA 43'20.027 138.903 1'10.998       Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
20 86 Gregory LEFORT           FRA 43'20.508 138.877 1'11.479     Aprilia Provence Motor Sport
21 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA 43'45.362 137.562 1'36.333      Gilera Team Italia
22 20 Imre TOTH                HUN 43'50.063 137.316 1'41.034       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
23 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA 43'51.546 137.239 1'42.517       Honda Racing Moto Sport
24 85 Gregory LEBLANC          FRA 42'31.048 135.671    1 Lap       Honda RMS
25 58 Yohann TIBERIO           FRA 42'31.180 135.664    1 Lap       Honda Team Technimoto Cavaillon

Not Classified
   15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 19'24.765 142.112  13 Laps     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 19'28.597 141.646  13 Laps     Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
   16 Simone SANNA             ITA 17'42.534 141.623  14 Laps     Aprilia Tu Racing Team
   25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 17'42.653 141.607  14 Laps       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
   19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 17'58.265 139.557  14 Laps     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
   47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA 14'10.022 141.624  16 Laps     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
   41 Youichi UI               JPN 14'11.355 141.402  16 Laps       Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
    8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  8'57.004 140.110  19 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Service
    9 Noboru UEDA              JPN  8'58.551 139.708  19 Laps       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  7'23.110 135.839  20 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Service

Not Finished First Lap
   18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE                                  Honda Elit Grand Prix
   59 Vincent BRAILLARD        SWI                                  Honda Team Philippe Coulon

250cc Race Classification (26 Laps = 108.68 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 43'41.140 149.266              Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 2  3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 43'41.392 149.252    0.252     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 43'47.571 148.901    6.431     Aprilia Campetella Racing
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 43'47.744 148.891    6.604     Aprilia Tu Racing Team
 5  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 43'52.667 148.612   11.527       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 6 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 43'54.297 148.520   13.157     Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 7  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'55.010 148.480   13.870       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 8  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 44'01.217 148.131   20.077      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 9  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 44'09.697 147.657   28.557     Aprilia Campetella Racing
10 42 David CHECA              SPA 44'09.824 147.650   28.684     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
11  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 44'10.032 147.638   28.892      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
12 76 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN 44'16.288 147.291   35.148      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
13 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 44'16.484 147.280   35.344      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
14 32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 44'37.624 146.117   56.484     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
15 12 Jay VINCENT              GBR 44'38.034 146.095   56.894       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
16 25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA 44'49.296 145.483 1'08.156     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab
17 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 44'49.530 145.470 1'08.390       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
18 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 44'57.275 145.053 1'16.135     Aprilia Aprilia Germany
19 22 Raul JARA                SPA 44'59.180 144.950 1'18.040     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
20 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 44'05.900 142.182    1 Lap       Honda Edf Espoir

Not Classified                                                            
   35 Thierry VAN DEN BOSCH    FRA 22'31.514 144.744  13 Laps     Aprilia Tecmas Racing
   27 Casey STONER             AUS 15'15.676 147.903  17 Laps     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
   21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 15'16.323 147.799  17 Laps     Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
   11 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  7'19.066 137.091  22 Laps       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
   19 Leon HASLAM              GBR  3'59.859 125.473  24 Laps       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR

MotoGP Race Classification (21 Laps = 87.78 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 34'22.335 153.228                Honda Repsol Honda Team
 2 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 34'22.552 153.212    0.217       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 34'22.939 153.183    0.604      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4  6 Norick ABE               JPN 34'24.036 153.101    1.701      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
 5 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 34'30.799 152.601    8.464      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 6  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 34'32.547 152.473   10.212   Proton KR Proton Team KR
 7 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 34'34.772 152.309   12.437       Honda West Honda Pons
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 34'37.566 152.104   15.231       Honda West Honda Pons
 9 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 34'39.490 151.964   17.155     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
10 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 34'44.182 151.622   21.847   Proton KR Proton Team KR
11 21 John HOPKINS             USA 34'47.456 151.384   25.121      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 34'48.254 151.326   25.919      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
13 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 34'48.562 151.304   26.227      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
14 18 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA 34'49.346 151.247   27.011      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
15 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 34'52.677 151.006   30.342       Honda Kanemoto Racing
16 30 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 34'58.909 150.558   36.574      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin

Not Classified                                                            
   74 Daijiro KATO             JPN 18'03.329 152.795  10 Laps       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 16'45.980 149.585  11 Laps      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 21'46.291 115.196  11 Laps       Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
    7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 13'05.043 153.347  13 Laps      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team

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