2002 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 14

Gauloises Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Sepang 11 - 13 Oct. 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 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  2'14.803 *2'13.563      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 2  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  2'14.508 *2'13.998       Gilera Gilera Racing
 3 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  2'14.275 *2'14.075        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 4 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'14.992 *2'14.110      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
 5 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA  2'16.591 *2'14.381      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 6 41 Youichi UI               JPN  2'15.721 *2'14.638        Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
 7  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  2'15.967 *2'14.690      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 8 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  2'20.880 *2'14.711      Aprilia Motoracing
 9  5 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'16.113 *2'14.717        Honda Tribe by Breil
10 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  2'15.471 *2'14.736      Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
11 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER  2'15.634 *2'14.977        Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
12 33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA  2'15.970 *2'15.250      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
13 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  2'15.987 *2'15.281      Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
14 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN  2'16.595 *2'15.320        Honda Red Devil Honda
15  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  2'16.337 *2'15.350        Honda Scot Racing Team
16 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  2'16.494 *2'15.364        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
17 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA  2'16.182 *2'15.427        Honda Scot Racing Team
18 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA  2'17.565 *2'15.621       Gilera Team Italia
19 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'16.428 *2'15.726      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
20 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'16.816 *2'15.743      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
21 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA  2'17.165 *2'16.015       Gilera Team Italia
22 16 Simone SANNA             ITA *2'16.316  2'19.459      Aprilia Motoracing
23  8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  2'16.618 *2'16.443        Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
24 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA *2'16.499  2'18.185        Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
25  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'17.889 *2'16.534      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
26  9 Noboru UEDA              JPN  2'17.650 *2'17.380        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
27 37 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA  2'20.183 *2'17.719      Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
28 20 Imre TOTH                HUN  2'19.447 *2'18.088        Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
29 72 Dario GIUSEPPETTI        GER  2'22.924 *2'18.213        Honda FCC - TSR
30 77 Thomas LUTHI             SWI  2'19.694 *2'18.381        Honda Elit Grand Prix
31 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  2'23.404 *2'18.968      Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
32 19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA  2'19.384 *2'18.986      Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
33 42 Christian PISTONI        ITA  2'21.501 *2'21.121      Italjet Italjet Racing Service
34 83 Joshua WATERS            AUS  2'21.541 *2'21.470        Honda FCC - TSR

Qualification Time 107% 2'22.912

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

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  2'10.067 *2'08.067      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 2  3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  2'09.608 *2'08.518      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  2'09.258 *2'09.017      Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'10.822 *2'09.330      Aprilia Motoracing
 5 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  2'10.695 *2'09.584      Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 6  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'10.471 *2'09.616        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 7 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  2'10.688 *2'09.774      Aprilia Campetella Racing
 8  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *2'09.928  2'09.978       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 9  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  2'11.777 *2'10.077      Aprilia Campetella Racing
10 27 Casey STONER             AUS  2'12.313 *2'10.162      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
11 42 David CHECA              SPA  2'14.403 *2'10.216      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
12 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  2'11.095 *2'10.358       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
13  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *2'10.560  2'10.720        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
14  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  2'14.013 *2'10.600       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
15 11 Haruchika  AOKI          JPN  2'13.154 *2'11.004        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
16 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER  2'14.648 *2'11.483      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
17 51 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  2'15.172 *2'11.550      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
18 12 Jay VINCENT              GBR  2'12.811 *2'11.930        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
19 32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  2'15.162 *2'12.179      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
20 19 Leon HASLAM              GBR  2'13.849 *2'12.475        Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
21 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  2'13.430 *2'12.592       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
22 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA  2'13.121 *2'12.607      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
23 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  2'16.467 *2'13.090        Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
24 22 Raul JARA                SPA  2'15.958 *2'13.230      Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional

Qualification Time 107% 2'17.031

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

 1  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  2'05.702 *2'04.487        Honda West Honda Pons
 2  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  2'05.911 *2'04.536       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3 74 Daijiro KATO             JPN  2'05.356 *2'04.680        Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 4 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  2'05.994 *2'04.785        Honda West Honda Pons
 5  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  2'06.323 *2'05.031       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 6 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *2'05.106  2'05.184        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 7 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  2'06.089 *2'05.170    Proton KR Proton Team KR
 8 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'05.195 *2'05.188        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 9  8 Garry McCOY              AUS  2'05.743 *2'05.400       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
10 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  2'06.570 *2'05.671        Honda Kanemoto Racing
11  6 Norick ABE               JPN  2'07.144 *2'05.800       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
12 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  2'06.047 *2'05.911       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
13  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  2'06.731 *2'06.061    Proton KR Proton Team KR
14 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  2'06.244 *2'06.148        Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
15 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  2'06.977 *2'06.362       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
16 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  2'06.691 *2'06.451       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
17 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  2'07.053 *2'06.580       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
18 33 Akira RYO                JPN  2'07.070 *2'06.635       Suzuki Team Suzuki
19 21 John HOPKINS             USA  2'07.761 *2'06.857       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  2'08.307 *2'07.126      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
21 30 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  2'08.136 *2'08.028       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
22 84 Andrew PITT              AUS  2'10.628 *2'09.106     Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team

Qualification Time 107% 2'13.201

125cc Race Classification (18 Laps = 99.864 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 40'32.656 147.785              Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 2  4 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 40'32.934 147.768    0.278     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
 3 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 40'33.001 147.764    0.345       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
 4  1 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 40'33.469 147.735    0.813      Gilera Gilera Racing
 5 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 40'36.303 147.563    3.647     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 6 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 40'38.944 147.404    6.288     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
 7 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 40'45.676 146.998   13.020       Honda Red Devil Honda
 8 80 Hector BARBERA           SPA 40'45.684 146.997   13.028     Aprilia Master-Aspar Team
 9  5 Masao AZUMA              JPN 40'45.911 146.984   13.255       Honda Tribe by Breil
10 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 40'54.150 146.490   21.494     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
11 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 40'57.865 146.269   25.209     Aprilia Motoracing
12 41 Youichi UI               JPN 41'03.167 145.954   30.511       Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
13 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 41'09.204 145.597   36.548       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnr Team
14 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 41'18.639 145.043   45.983       Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
15 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 41'19.091 145.017   46.435       Honda Scot Racing Team
16  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 41'19.122 145.015   46.466       Honda Scot Racing Team
17 31 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA 41'19.757 144.978   47.101      Gilera Team Italia
18  9 Noboru UEDA              JPN 41'20.346 144.943   47.690       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
19 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'20.380 144.941   47.724     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
20 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA 41'20.735 144.920   48.079       Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
21 77 Thomas LUTHI             SWI 41'55.310 142.928 1'22.654       Honda Elit Grand Prix
22 20 Imre TOTH                HUN 41'55.377 142.925 1'22.721       Honda Semprucci Angaia Racing
23 19 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA 41'55.523 142.916 1'22.867     Aprilia UGT 3000 - Abruzzo
24 72 Dario GIUSEPPETTI        GER 41'55.702 142.906 1'23.046       Honda FCC - TSR
25 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR 42'08.670 142.173 1'36.014     Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
26 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA 42'09.448 142.129 1'36.792      Gilera Team Italia

Not Classified
   42 Christian PISTONI        ITA 37'52.906 140.597   2 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Service
   83 Joshua WATERS            AUS 35'31.918 140.526   3 Laps       Honda FCC - TSR
    8 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 14'25.683 138.430  12 Laps       Honda PEV Moto ADAC Sachsen
   37 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA 11'38.528 142.963  13 Laps     Aprilia CWF - Matteoni Racing
   50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  6'54.669 144.496  15 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
   11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  4'41.040 142.134  16 Laps     Aprilia Motoracing
   33 Stefano BIANCO           ITA  2'26.335 136.486  17 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Sterilgarda Racing
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'28.309 134.670  17 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Service

The classification has been revised by the Race Direction according to article 1.23.3 of the FIM Road
Racing World Championship Regulations, because the end of the race signal was given before the leading
motorcycle completed the scheduled number of laps

250cc Race Classification (20 Laps = 110.96 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 43'28.624 153.129              Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 2 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 43'29.036 153.104    0.412     Aprilia Telefonica Movistar-Repsol
 3  4 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 43'31.571 152.956    2.947       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 4  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 43'36.534 152.666    7.910      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 5 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 43'37.205 152.626    8.581     Aprilia Imola Circuit Exalt Cycle Race
 6 17 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 43'37.330 152.619    8.706     Aprilia Campetella Racing
 7  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 43'47.779 152.012   19.155      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
 8  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'51.083 151.821   22.459       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 9 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 43'51.318 151.808   22.694      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
10 42 David CHECA              SPA 43'57.974 151.425   29.350     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
11 27 Casey STONER             AUS 44'05.126 151.015   36.502     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race LCR
12 11 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 44'08.640 150.815   40.016       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
13 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 44'15.182 150.443   46.558     Aprilia Motoracing
14 12 Jay VINCENT              GBR 44'18.417 150.260   49.793       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
15 13 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 44'25.824 149.843   57.200      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
16 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 44'31.542 149.522 1'02.918       Honda DeGraaf Grand Prix Team
17 19 Leon HASLAM              GBR 44'31.574 149.520 1'02.950       Honda Cibertel Honda BQR
18 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 44'31.993 149.497 1'03.369     Aprilia Aprilia Germany
19 51 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 44'41.769 148.952 1'13.145     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP

Not Classified
   36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 31'29.252 148.005   6 Laps     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
   32 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 20'06.951 148.933  11 Laps     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
    6 Alex DEBON               SPA 17'40.591 150.654  12 Laps     Aprilia Campetella Racing
   22 Raul JARA                SPA 13'51.718 144.083  14 Laps     Aprilia RFME Equipo Nacional
    3 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  5'17.570 125.785  18 Laps     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing

MotoGP Race Classification (21 Laps = 116.508 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 44'01.592 158.778               Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'02.134 158.746    0.542       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 44'03.164 158.684    1.572       Honda West Honda Pons
 4 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 44'03.830 158.644    2.238       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 74 Daijiro KATO             JPN 44'10.067 158.271    8.475       Honda Fortuna Honda Gresini
 6 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'24.592 157.408   23.000      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 7  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 44'25.952 157.327   24.360      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 8 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 44'26.301 157.307   24.709      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 44'29.261 157.132   27.669       Honda West Honda Pons
10  6 Norick ABE               JPN 44'43.403 156.304   41.811      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
11 33 Akira RYO                JPN 44'44.195 156.258   42.603      Suzuki Team Suzuki
12 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 44'47.353 156.075   45.761   Proton KR Proton Team KR
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 44'49.908 155.926   48.316       Honda Kanemoto Racing
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 45'02.862 155.179 1'01.270      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
15  8 Garry McCOY              AUS 45'14.688 154.503 1'13.096      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
16 30 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 45'17.095 154.366 1'15.503      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin
17 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 45'23.105 154.025 1'21.513     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
18 21 John HOPKINS             USA 45'44.276 152.837 1'42.684      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
19 84 Andrew PITT              AUS 45'49.748 152.533 1'48.156    Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team

Not Classified
    9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 39'00.351 153.613   3 Laps   Proton KR Proton Team KR
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 23'58.623 152.716  10 Laps       Honda Pramac Honda Racing Team
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  6'28.024 154.419  18 Laps      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

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