2002 Canadian Grand Prix
| 2002 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 9 June 2002 | ||||
| Official name | Grand Prix Air Canada 2002 | ||||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Mostly fine and humid with temperatures reaching a maximum of 24.1 °C (75.4 °F) Wind speeds up to 8 km/h (5.0 mph) | ||||
| Attendance | 117,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Williams-BMW | ||||
| Time | 1:12.836 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams-BMW | |||
| Time | 1:15.960 on lap 50 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2002 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2002) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 9 June 2002 before a record-breaking 117,000 spectators. It was the eighth round of seventeen in the 2002 Formula One World Championship, one of two North American races and the 34th Canadian Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 70-lap race after starting from second position. McLaren's David Coulthard finished in second and Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello was third.
Going into the race, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship and his team Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship. Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya took pole position for the sixth time in his career, with the quickest lap time in the one-hour qualifying session. At the end of the first lap, Barrichello passed Montoya for the lead. The safety car was deployed on the 14th lap when marshals were unable to move Jacques Villeneuve's British American Racing (BAR) car. Michael Schumacher took the lead for the first time in the race when Barrichello made the first of two scheduled pit stops on lap 26 before making his own stop 12 laps later. Montoya retook the lead and held it until his second pit stop on lap 51, when he relinquished it to Michael Schumacher, who kept it to the race finish.
It was Michael Schumacher's sixth win of the season and 59th of his career. The win strengthened his World Drivers' Championship lead to 43 championship points over the Williams pair of Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya in joint second. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari extended their lead to 32 championship points over Williams, McLaren a further 21 championship points behind with nine races remaining in the season.