2002 MotoGP Rd 2 – South Africa – Welkom – 21st April

ID	Race_id	Year	Event	Circuit	Category	Result	Rider	Mins	Secs	Gap	Machine	Grid	Date	Sprint?
23	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	1	Tohru Ukawa	44	39.467	0	Honda	3	21/04/2002	Race
24	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	2	Valentino Rossi	44	40.399	0.932	Honda	1	21/04/2002	Race
25	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	3	Loris Capirossi	44	47.726	8.259	Honda	2	21/04/2002	Race
26	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	4	Daijiro Kato	45	6.429	26.962	Honda	14	21/04/2002	Race
27	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	5	Carlos Checa	45	6.694	27.227	Yamaha	7	21/04/2002	Race
28	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	6	Olivier Jacque	45	7.356	27.889	Yamaha	9	21/04/2002	Race
29	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	7	Norick Abe	45	9.682	30.215	Yamaha	15	21/04/2002	Race
30	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	8	Shinya Nakano	45	10.248	30.781	Yamaha	8	21/04/2002	Race
31	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	9	Max Biaggi	45	23.263	43.796	Yamaha	4	21/04/2002	Race
32	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	10	Garry McCoy	45	24.968	45.501	Yamaha	5	21/04/2002	Race
33	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	11	Jurgen Van den Goorbergh	45	46.405	66.938	Honda	12	21/04/2002	Race
34	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	12	Tetsuya Harada	45	59.027	79.56	Honda	19	21/04/2002	Race
35	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	13	Pere Riba	45	59.324	79.857	Yamaha	20	21/04/2002	Race
36	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	14	John Hopkins	46	10.986	91.519	Yamaha	17	21/04/2002	Race
37	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	15	Regis Laconi	46	12.192	92.725	Aprilia	18	21/04/2002	Race
38	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	16	Sete Gibernau	1 Lap			Suzuki	10	21/04/2002	Race
39	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	DNF	Nobuatsu Aoki				Proton KR	11	21/04/2002	Race
40	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	DNF	Alex Barros				Honda	13	21/04/2002	Race
41	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	DNF	Jeremy McWilliams				Proton KR	16	21/04/2002	Race
42	2258	2002	South Africa	Welkom	MotoGP	DNF	Kenny Roberts Jnr				Suzuki	6	21/04/2002	Race

Conditions – Dry

Race Summary:

• Tohru Ukawa triumphed over Valentino Rossi in a dramatic 28-lap battle at Welkom. 

• Despite Rossi leading most of the race, Ukawa was closely following and capitalized on two final-lap mistakes by Rossi to take the victory.

• This marks Ukawa’s first-ever MotoGP win, coming after 18 races in the premier class. His previous best finish was third at Welkom in 2001

• Loris Capirossi: Finished third, just over 8 seconds behind Ukawa. He struggled with tyre issues toward the end of the race.

• Daijiro Kato: Finished fourth, after climbing from a fourth-row grid position and passing Checa on the final lap, making it a Honda-dominated top four finish

• Checa led a pack of six Yamaha riders, with Olivier Jacque narrowly holding off Norick Abe for sixth place

• Nakano dropped to eighth place in the final moments due to pressure from other Yamaha riders

• McCoy finished tenth after a strong early performance

• Suzuki Riders: Both had issues, with Roberts retiring due to a seized steering damper, and Gibernau failing to score points due to tire problems

Notes:

• First 500cc bike across the line: Loris Capirossi in 3rd

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