2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland
# 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland

The 2002 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland was the ninth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 14, 2002 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The major story coming into the race weekend was Cristiano da Matta going for a CART record 5th consecutive win. However, engine failure on lap 20 ended his race. After Dario Franchitti suffered similar engine woes, the lead was turned over to Patrick Carpentier who led all but one of the remaining laps en route to victory.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 57.641 | 57.040 | 57.040 |
| 2 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 58.688 | 57.470 | 57.470 |
| 3 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 58.515 | 57.482 | 57.482 |
| 4 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 58.211 | 57.499 | 57.499 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 58.111 | 57.645 | 57.645 |
| 6 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 58.092 | 57.713 | 57.713 |
| 7 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 58.477 | 57.731 | 57.731 |
| 8 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 58.550 | 57.751 | 57.751 |
| 9 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 58.713 | 57.797 | 57.797 |
| 10 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 58.804 | 57.798 | 57.798 |
| 11 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 58.648 | 57.827 | 57.827 |
| 12 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 58.094 | 57.913 | 57.913 |
| 13 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 59.376 | 58.050 | 58.050 |
| 14 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 58.757 | 58.058 | 58.058 |
| 15 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 58.758 | 58.304 | 58.304 |
| 16 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 58.873 | 58.326 | 58.326 |
| 17 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 59.297 | 58.546 | 58.546 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 59.660 | 58.559 | 58.559 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 115 | 2:00:05.785 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 115 | +17.059 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 115 | +28.295 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 115 | +32.526 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 115 | +37.152 | 14 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 115 | +50.604 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 115 | +51.896 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 115 | +57.236 | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 114 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 114 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 111 | + 4 Laps | 17 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 96 | Out of fuel | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 87 | Engine | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 69 | Engine | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 27 | Drive shaft | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 21 | Engine | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 1 | Contact | 15 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 0-1 | Yellow start |
| 2-4 | Vasser (8), Takagi (8), Bell (20) & Domínguez (55) contact |
