2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland

The 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland was the ninth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 14, 2002 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

2002 Cleveland

Race details
Race 9 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Burke Lakefront Airport track layout
Date	July 14, 2002
Official name	2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank
Location	Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Course	Temporary airport course 2.106 mi / 3.389 km
Distance	115 laps 242.190 mi / 389.735 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	57.040
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green)
Time	58.473 (on lap 72 of 115)
Podium
First	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Second	Michael Andretti (Team Motorola)
Third	Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green)

The major story coming into the race weekend was Cristiano da Matta going for a CART record 5th consecutive win. However, engine failure on lap 20 ended his race. After Dario Franchitti suffered similar engine woes, the lead was turned over to Patrick Carpentier who led all but one of the remaining laps en route to victory.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	57.641	57.040	57.040
2		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	58.688	57.470	57.470
3		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	58.515	57.482	57.482
4		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	58.211	57.499	57.499
5		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	58.111	57.645	57.645
6		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	58.092	57.713	57.713
7		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	58.477	57.731	57.731
8		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	58.550	57.751	57.751
9		Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	58.713	57.797	57.797
10		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	58.804	57.798	57.798
11		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	58.648	57.827	57.827
12		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	58.094	57.913	57.913
13		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	59.376	58.050	58.050
14		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	58.757	58.058	58.058
15		Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	58.758	58.304	58.304
16		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	58.873	58.326	58.326
17		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	59.297	58.546	58.546
18		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	59.660	58.559	58.559

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	115	2:00:05.785	2	21
2	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	115	+17.059	5	16
3	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	115	+28.295	11	14
4	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	115	+32.526	9	12
5	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	115	+37.152	14	10
6	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	115	+50.604	7	8
7	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	115	+51.896	10	6
8	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	115	+57.236	6	5
9	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	114	+ 1 Lap	16	4
10	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	114	+ 1 Lap	18	3
11	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	111	+ 4 Laps	17	2
12	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	96	Out of fuel	4	1
13	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	87	Engine	8	0
14	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	69	Engine	3	0
15	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	27	Drive shaft	12	0
16	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	21	Engine	1	2
17	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1	Contact	13	0
18	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	1	Contact	15	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
0-1	Yellow start
2-4	Vasser (8), Takagi (8), Bell (20) & Domínguez (55) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-19 Cristiano da Matta 20-48 Dario Franchitti 49-74 Patrick Carpentier 75 Michael Andretti 76-115 Patrick Carpentier

Driver Laps led Patrick Carpentier 66 Dario Franchitti 29 Cristiano da Matta 19 Michael Andretti 1

• New race lap record Paul Tracy 58.473
• New race record Patrick Carpentier 2:00:05.785
• Average speed 120.998 mph

External links

• Friday qualifying rResults
• Saturday qualifying results
• Race Results

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