2002 Grand Prix of Mosport

Mosport International Raceway

The 2002 mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport was a sports car racing event held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 16 to the 18, 2002. The race was the seventh round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season, and was the 17th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race

The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello for their third win of the season. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson brought the Champion Racing Audi R8 home for second, while Max Angelelli and JJ Lehto produced Team Cadillac's first podium since 2001 in the Cadillac Northstar LMP02.

The LMP 675 class was won by Team Bucknum Racing's Pilbeam MP84 driven by Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman. Ontario native and Mosport veteran Ron Fellows along with Corvette Racing teammate Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to victory in the GTS class. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RS driven by Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham took the GT class win.^[1]

The race attracted a crowd of 30,000^[2] and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	121
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	38	Champion Racing	Johnny Herbert Stefan Johansson	Audi R8	M	120
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	8	Team Cadillac	Max Angelelli JJ Lehto	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	119
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
4	LMP900	50	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	118
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
5	LMP900	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Bryan Herta Bill Auberlen	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	118
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	118
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
7	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	113
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8	GTS	4	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	112
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9	GTS	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Terry Borcheller	Saleen S7-R	P	110
					Ford 7.0L V8
10	LMP900	30	Intersport	Clint Field Mike Neuhaus	Lola B2K/10B	G	108
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
11	LMP675	56	Team Bucknum Racing	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	Pilbeam MP84	A	107
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
12	GTS	45	American Viperacing	Marino Franchitti Marc Bunting	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	107
					Dodge 8.0L V10
13	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Brian Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	106
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14	GTS	44	American Viperacing	Kevin Allen Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	104
					Dodge 8.0L V10
15	GT	43	Orbit	Leo Hindery Peter Baron	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	103
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	LMP675	19	Essex Racing	Melanie Paterson Ross Bentley	Lola B2K/40	D	103
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
17	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	103
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GTS	0	Team Olive Garden	Mimmo Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti	Ferrari 550 Maranello	M	99
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
19 DNF	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Hugh Plumb Jeffrey Pabst Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	93
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 DNF	LMP675	13	Archangel Motorsports	Marc-Antoine Camirand Ben Devlin David Sterenberg	Lola B2K/40	D	91
					Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4
21 DNF	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Michael Schrom Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	91
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 DNF	LMP900	1	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R8	M	88
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
23	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	85
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24 DNF	GT	89	Porschehaus Racing	Robert Julien Adam Merzon	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	25
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	LMP675	11	KnightHawk Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Steven Knight	MG-Lola EX257	A	59
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26 DNF	LMP675	16	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	MG-Lola EX257	G	28
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
27 DNF	LMP675	37	Intersport	Jon Field Mike Durand	MG-Lola EX257	G	12
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics

• Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:07.169
• Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.568
• Distance - 478.843 km
• Average Speed - 173.898 km/h

References

1. "Audi in charge again as Capello, Kristensen take Grand Prix of Mosport". Autoweek.com. August 17, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
2. Ingram, Jonathan (August 22, 2002). "On Top Of Their Game - Mosport Park ALMS Report". Autosport (London: Haymarket Media Group). pp. 78–79.

• Official Results PDF (31.7 KiB)
• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results

External links

• 2002 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)