2002 World Series by Nissan
# 2002 World Series by Nissan

The 2002 Telefónica World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 10 different teams and 30 different drivers competed.

## Teams and Drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Epsilon by Graff | 1 | Jean-Christophe Ravier | All |
| Epsilon by Graff | 2 | Ander Vilariño | All |
| Vergani Racing | 3 | André Couto | All |
| Vergani Racing | 4 | Félix Porteiro | 1-7 |
| Vergani Racing | 4 | Milka Duno | 8-9 |
| Campos Motorsport | 5 | Antonio García | All |
| Campos Motorsport | 6 | Polo Villaamil | All |
| Repsol-Meycom | 7 | Ángel Burgueño | 1-5, 8 |
| Repsol-Meycom | 7 | Rodrigo Sperafico | 6-7 |
| Repsol-Meycom | 7 | Ricardo Sperafico | 9 |
| Repsol-Meycom | 8 | Víctor Ordoñez | 1-7 |
| Repsol-Meycom | 8 | Rodrigo Sperafico | 8-9 |
| GD Racing | 9 | Rafael Sarandeses | 1-4 |
| GD Racing | 9 | Jonathan Cochet | 5-6 |
| GD Racing | 9 | Nicolas Minassian | 7 |
| GD Racing | 9 | Wagner Ebrahim | 8-9 |
| GD Racing | 10 | Roberto González | All |
| Racing Engineering | 11 | Franck Montagny | All |
| Racing Engineering | 12 | Justin Wilson | All |
| Gabord Competición | 14 | Tuka Rocha | All |
| Gabord Competición | 15 | Ricardo Zonta | All |
| KTR | 16 | Luciano Gomide | 1-6 |
| KTR | 16 | Jonathan Cochet | 7 |
| KTR | 16 | Paul Edwards | 8-9 |
| KTR | 17 | Bas Leinders | All |
| Zele Racing | 18 | Nicolás Filiberti | 1-6, 8 |
| Zele Racing | 18 | Damien Faulkner | 7 |
| Zele Racing | 19 | Damien Faulkner | 1-2 |
| Zele Racing | 19 | Ivan Bellarosa | 3-4 |
| Zele Racing | 19 | Walter Lechner Jr. | 5 |
| Zele Racing | 19 | Rafael Sarandeses | 6-7 |
| Zele Racing | 19 | Jaime Melo, Jr. | 8-9 |
| Tata RC Motorsport | 20 | Peter Sundberg | All |
| Tata RC Motorsport | 21 | Narain Karthikeyan | All |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Winning Team | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 12 May | Franck Montagny | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 12 May | Franck Montagny | Franck Montagny | Franck Montagny | Racing Engineering | Report |
| 2 | R1 | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 9 June | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 2 | R2 | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 9 June | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 3 | R1 | Circuito de Albacete | 23 June | André Couto | Jean-Christophe Ravier | Jean-Christophe Ravier | Epsilon by Graff | Report |
| 3 | R2 | Circuito de Albacete | 23 June | Bas Leinders | Bas Leinders | Bas Leinders | KTR | Report |
| 4 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 7 July | Bas Leinders | Bas Leinders | Bas Leinders | KTR | Report |
| 4 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 7 July | Franck Montagny | Bas Leinders | Franck Montagny | Racing Engineering | Report |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 31 August | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 31 August | Justin Wilson | Ricardo Zonta | Franck Montagny | Racing Engineering | Report |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló | 29 September | Justin Wilson | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló | 29 September | Ricardo Zonta | Bas Leinders | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 20 October | Ander Vilariño | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 20 October | Justin Wilson | Ricardo Zonta | Justin Wilson | Racing Engineering | Report |
| 8 | R1 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 1 December | Ricardo Zonta | Bas Leinders | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 8 | R2 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 1 December | Narain Karthikeyan | Bas Leinders | Ricardo Zonta | Gabord Competición | Report |
| 9 | R1 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos | 8 December | Franck Montagny | Ricardo Zonta | Franck Montagny | Racing Engineering | Report |
| 9 | R2 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos | 8 December | Ricardo Zonta | Ricardo Zonta | Justin Wilson | Racing Engineering | Report |

Every second race saw a mandatory pit stop.

Race 17 originally scheduled over 17 laps, but abandoned due to rain.

## Final points standings

### Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in.

* Points System:

| Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | FL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pts | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | VAL | JAR | JAR | ALB | ALB | MNZ | MNZ | MAG | MAG | BAR | BAR | VAL | VAL | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | Pts |
| 1 | Ricardo Zonta | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 5 | 270 |
| 2 | Franck Montagny | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 204 |
| 3 | Bas Leinders | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 184 |
| 4 | Justin Wilson | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 171 |
| 5 | Antonio García | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 82 |
| 6 | Jean-Christophe Ravier | 8 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 81 |
| 7 | André Couto | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 66 |
| 8 | Ander Vilariño | Ret | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 13 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 53 |
| 9 | Narain Karthikeyan | 10 | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 5 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 51 |
| 10 | Polo Villaamil | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 41 |
| 11 | Tuka Rocha | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| 12 | Nicolás Filiberti | 5 | 7 | DNS | 4 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 12 | | | 12 | 12 | | | 32 |
| 13 | Jonathan Cochet | | | | | | | | | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 30 |
| 14 | Peter Sundberg | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 14 | Ret | 30 |
| 15 | Ángel Burgueño | Ret | 6 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | | | | | 11 | Ret | | | 25 |
| 16 | Rafael Sarandeses | 3 | 8 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 15 | | | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | | | | | 17 |
| 17 | Luciano Gomide | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | 16 |
| 18 | Rodrigo Sperafico | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| 19 | Félix Porteiro | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 8 | Ret | | | | | 12 |
| 20 | Jaime Melo, Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 9 |
| 21 | Paul Edwards | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| 22 | Roberto González | 12 | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | 14 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 7 |
| 23 | Victor Ordóñez | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 8 | 11 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 13 | | | | | 3 |
| 24 | Walter Lechner Jr. | | | | | | | | | 15 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 25 | Wagner Ebrahim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 3 |
| 26 | Damien Faulkner | 11 | 12 | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 13 | 9 | | | | | 2 |
| 27 | Iván Bellarosa | | | | | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 28 | Milka Duno | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 16 | DNS | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | Ricardo Sperafico | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 30 | Nicolas Minassian | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | VAL | JAR | JAR | ALB | ALB | MNZ | MNZ | MAG | MAG | BAR | BAR | VAL | VAL | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | Pts |

### Teams

| Pos | Teams | No. | VAL | VAL | JAR | JAR | ALB | ALB | MNZ | MNZ | MAG | MAG | BAR | BAR | VAL | VAL | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Racing Engineering | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 395 |
| 1 | Racing Engineering | 12 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 395 |
| 2 | Gabord Competición | 14 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 8 | 10 | 333 |
| 2 | Gabord Competición | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 5 | 333 |
| 3 | KTR | 16 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 227 |
| 3 | KTR | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 227 |
| 4 | Epsilon by Graff | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 134 |
| 4 | Epsilon by Graff | 2 | Ret | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 13 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 134 |
| 5 | Campos Motorsport | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 110 |
| 5 | Campos Motorsport | 6 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 110 |
| 6 | Vergani Racing | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 91 |
| 6 | Vergani Racing | 4 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 8 | Ret | 16 | 16 | DNS | 12 | 91 |
| 7 | RC Motorsport | 20 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 14 | Ret | 79 |
| 7 | RC Motorsport | 21 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 5 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 79 |
| 8 | Zele Racing | 18 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 4 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | 46 |
| 8 | Zele Racing | 19 | 11 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 46 |
| 9 | Repsol-Meycom | 7 | Ret | 6 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 41 |
| 9 | Repsol-Meycom | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 8 | 11 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | GD Racing | 9 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 36 |
| 10 | GD Racing | 10 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | 14 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 36 |
| Pos | Team | No. | VAL | VAL | JAR | JAR | ALB | ALB | MNZ | MNZ | MAG | MAG | BAR | BAR | VAL | VAL | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | Pts |
