2002 Italian Grand Prix

2002 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One World Championship
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (last modified in 2000)
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (last modified in 2000)
Race details
Date 15 September 2002
Official name Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2002
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 306.719 km (190.586 miles)
Weather Sunny, hot, dry 23°C
Attendance 90,000[1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-BMW
Time 1:20.264
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:23.297 on lap 36
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Jaguar-Cosworth
Lap leaders

The 2002 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2002)[2] was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 15 September 2002. It was the fifteenth race of the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Rubens Barrichello, driving a Ferrari. Teammate Michael Schumacher finished second, 0.25 seconds behind, to complete a Ferrari 1–2 on the team's home soil. Eddie Irvine finished third in a Jaguar-Cosworth, achieving both his and the Jaguar team's last F1 podium finish. It was also the only time in 2002 where a driver from outside the top three teams in the constructors' championship finished on the podium.

  1. ^ F1 Racing. October 2002.
  2. ^ "Italian". Formula1.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.