2002 Spanish Grand Prix
| 2002 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 28 April 2002 | ||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Marlboro de España 2002 | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.730 km (2.939 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 65 laps, 307.327 km (190.964 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear, Air Temp: 20°C | ||||
| Attendance | 100,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:16.364 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:20.355 on lap 49 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2002 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Marlboro de España 2002) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and was held before 100,000 spectators. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 65-lap race from pole position. Williams's Juan Pablo Montoya finished in second and McLaren's David Coulthard was third.
Heading into the race, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship and his team Ferrari led the World Constructors Championship. He started on pole position after setting the quickest lap time in the one-hour qualifying session, and he led every lap of the race to win his fourth race of the season and 57th of his career. Montoya finished second 35.630 seconds behind, despite a botched second scheduled pit stop, and Coulthard finished third, another 6.993 seconds back, his second podium of the season.
Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship increased to 21 championship points following the race. Montoya's second-place finish moved him past his teammate Ralf Schumacher, who retired from the Grand Prix. Ferrari extended their World Constructors' Championship lead over Williams to seven championship points with twelve races remaining in the season.