2002 Grand Prix of Mosport

The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello for their third win of the season. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson brought the Champion Racing Audi R8 home for second, while Max Angelelli and JJ Lehto produced Team Cadillac's first podium since 2001 in the Cadillac Northstar LMP02.

The LMP 675 class was won by Team Bucknum Racing's Pilbeam MP84 driven by Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman. Ontario native and Mosport veteran Ron Fellows along with Corvette Racing teammate Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to victory in the GTS class. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RS driven by Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham took the GT class win.^[1]

The race attracted a crowd of 30,000^[2] and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.

 

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen   Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	121
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	38	Champion Racing	Johnny Herbert   Stefan Johansson	Audi R8	M	120
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	8	Team Cadillac	Max Angelelli   JJ Lehto	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	119
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
4	LMP900	50	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham   Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	118
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
5	LMP900	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Bryan Herta   Bill Auberlen	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	118
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Emmanuel Collard   Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	118
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
7	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows   Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	113
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8	GTS	4	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim   Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	112
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9	GTS	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad   Terry Borcheller	Saleen S7-R	P	110
					Ford 7.0L V8
10	LMP900	30	Intersport	Clint Field   Mike Neuhaus	Lola B2K/10B	G	108
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
11	LMP675	56	Team Bucknum Racing	Jeff Bucknum   Chris McMurry   Bryan Willman	Pilbeam MP84	A	107
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
12	GTS	45	American Viperacing	Marino Franchitti   Marc Bunting	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	107
					Dodge 8.0L V10
13	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler   Brian Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	106
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14	GTS	44	American Viperacing	Kevin Allen   Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	104
					Dodge 8.0L V10
15	GT	43	Orbit	Leo Hindery   Peter Baron	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	103
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	LMP675	19	Essex Racing	Melanie Paterson   Ross Bentley	Lola B2K/40	D	103
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
17	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Sascha Maassen   Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	103
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GTS	0	Team Olive Garden	Mimmo Schiattarella   Emanuele Naspetti	Ferrari 550 Maranello	M	99
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
19 DNF	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Hugh Plumb   Jeffrey Pabst   Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	93
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 DNF	LMP675	13	Archangel Motorsports	Marc-Antoine Camirand   Ben Devlin   David Sterenberg	Lola B2K/40	D	91
					Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4
21 DNF	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Michael Schrom   Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	91
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 DNF	LMP900	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro   Frank Biela	Audi R8	M	88
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
23	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard   Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	85
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24 DNF	GT	89	Porschehaus Racing	Robert Julien   Adam Merzon	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	25
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	LMP675	11	KnightHawk Racing	Claudia Hürtgen   Steven Knight	MG-Lola EX257	A	59
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26 DNF	LMP675	16	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger   James Weaver	MG-Lola EX257	G	28
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
27 DNF	LMP675	37	Intersport	Jon Field   Mike Durand	MG-Lola EX257	G	12
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

• Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:07.169
• Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.568
• Distance - 478.843 km
• Average Speed - 173.898 km/h

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  Pre-race grid
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  Audi's on the grid
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  Corner 1 action
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  Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - GTS Winner
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  Prototype leaders
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  Field approaching Corner 2

 

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