2002 Canadian Grand Prix

2002 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 9 June 2002
Official name XL Grand Prix Air Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Mostly fine and humid with temperatures reaching a maximum of 24.1 °C (75.4 °F)
Wind speeds up to 8 km/h (5.0 mph)[1]
Attendance 117,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Williams-BMW
Time 1:12.836
Fastest lap
Driver Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW
Time 1:15.960 on lap 50
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2002 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 Formula One season and was held on 9 June 2002 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Michael Schumacher won his sixth Grand Prix of the season and his fifth Canadian Grand Prix win. Schumacher fended off the challenges of Juan Pablo Montoya, who later retired, and his teammate Rubens Barrichello, whose race strategy cost him a chance of victory and demoting him to third. Fresh off his victory at Monaco, David Coulthard finished second in the race and earned his fourth podium finish of the season.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "2002 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. ^ F1 Racing. July 2002.