2002 Grand Prix Americas
# 2002 Grand Prix Americas

The 2002 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on October 6, 2002, on the Bayfront Park street circuit in Miami, Florida. Cristiano da Matta won the race and clinched the season championship.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:01.264 | - | 1:01.264 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:01.444 | 1:09.786 | 1:01.444 |
| 3 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:02.039 | 1:12.188 | 1:02.039 |
| 4 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.165 | 1:11.397 | 1:02.165 |
| 5 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:02.304 | 1:13.479 | 1:02.304 |
| 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.348 | 1:11.346 | 1:02.348 |
| 7 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:02.369 | 1:20.566 | 1:02.369 |
| 8 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.523 | 1:10.497 | 1:02.523 |
| 9 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:02.543 | 1:12.526 | 1:02.543 |
| 10 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.607 | 1:13.579 | 1:02.607 |
| 11 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:02.750 | 1:14.896 | 1:02.750 |
| 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:02.860 | 1:11.460 | 1:02.860 |
| 13 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:02.891 | 1:11.831 | 1:02.891 |
| 14 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:03.052 | 1:15.396 | 1:03.052 |
| 15 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:03.055 | 1:12.401 | 1:03.055 |
| 16 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:03.134 | 1:20.563 | 1:03.134 |
| 17 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:04.135 | 1:13.974 | 1:04.135 |
| 18 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:04.326 | 1:11.318 | 1:04.326 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 105 | 2:07:09.003 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 105 | +0.734 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 105 | +1.343 | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 105 | +2.597 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 105 | +15.548 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 104 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 8 |
| 7 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 104 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 103 | Contact | 14 | 5 |
| 9 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 103 | Contact | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 103 | + 2 Laps | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 99 | + 6 Laps | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 98 | Contact | 16 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 70 | Differential | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 66 | Fire | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 39 | Gearbox | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 34 | Contact | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 29 | Suspension | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 19 | Contact | 2 | 1 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1-2 | Servià (20) spin on course |
| 3-5 | Domínguez (55) & Carpentier (32) contact |
| 19-23 | Kanaan (10) & Dixon (44) contact |
| 90-92 | Franchitti (27) contact |
| 94-95 | Junqueira (4) & Kanaan (10) off course |
| 99-100 | Vasser (8), Jourdain (9) & Tracy (26) contact |
