2002 MotoGP Rd 13 – Pacific – Motegi – 6th October

ID	Race_id	Year	Event	Circuit	Category	Result	Rider	Mins	Secs	Gap	Machine	Grid	Date	Sprint?

Conditions – Dry

Notes:

• Alex Barros wins first time out on the 4-stroke V5 Honda after riding the 500cc 2-stroke in previous races

• Barros’ win on the Honda Pons machine is first win by a satellite team rider in the MotoGP era

• Daijiro Kato takes his first premier-class pole on his first outing on the 4-stroke bike

• Loris Capirossi, still on the 500cc 2-stroke completes the podium – the last premier-class podium by a 2-stroke machine

• Akira Yanagawa gives a debut to the new Kawasaki MotoGP machine prior to a full-time return for Kawasaki to Grand Prix racing in 2003

2002 MotoGP races

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