2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix
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1st round of the 2002 CART season
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Layout of the Fundidora Park circuit | |||||
| Date | March 10, 2002 | ||||
| Official name | Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.104 mi / 3.386 km | ||||
| Distance | 85 laps 178.840 mi / 287.810 km | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:18.929 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:15.386 (on lap 74 of 85) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing) | ||||
| Second | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) | ||||
| Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) | ||||
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The 2002 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the first round of the 2002 CART season. The race was held on March 10, 2002, in Monterrey, Mexico at Parque Fundidora. The race was contested of 85 laps. Cristiano da Matta won the race, marking his second straight win in the event. Dario Franchitti finished 2nd, and Christian Fittipaldi finished 3rd. Michel Jourdain Jr. and Alex Tagliani rounded out the top five, and Scott Dixon, Patrick Carpentier, Paul Tracy, Max Papis, and Oriol Servià rounded out the top ten.