2002 Australia rugby union tour, Third test : England
England:   15.Jason Robinson, 14.James Simpson-Daniel, 13.Will Greenwood, 12.Mike Tindall, 11.Ben Cohen, 10.Jonny Wilkinson, 9.Matt Dawson, 8.Richard Hill, 7.Neil Back, 6.Lewis Moody, 5.Ben Kay, 4.Martin Johnson (capt. ), 3.Phil Vickery, 2.Steve Thompson, 1.Jason Leonard – replacements: 19.Lawrence Dallaglio, 21.Austin Healey      –  No entry : 16.Mark Regan, 17.Robbie Morris, 18.Danny Grewcock, 20.Andy Gomarsall, 22.Tim Stimpson Australia:  15.Matt Burke, 14.Wendell Sailor, 13.Dan Herbert, 12.Elton Flatley, 11.Stirling Mortlock, 10.Stephen Larkham, 9.George Gregan (capt. ), 8.Toutai Kefu, 7.George Smith, 6.Matt Cockbain, 5.Justin Harrison, 4.Dan Vickerman, 3.Patricio Noriega, 2.Jeremy Paul, 1.Bill Young,  – replacements: 16.Adam Freier, 17.Ben Darwin, 18.David Giffin, 19.David Croft, 21.Matt Giteau   –  No entry: 20.Chris Whitaker, 22.Scott Staniforth


2002 Australia rugby union tour, Fourth Test: Italy
Italy:  15.Mirco Bergamasco, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Cristian Stoica, 12.Matteo Barbini, 11.Nicola Mazzucato, 10.Ramiro Pez, 9.Juan Manuel Queirolo, 8.Sergio Parisse, 7.Mauro Bergamasco, 6.Aaron Persico, 5.Marco Bortolami (capt. ), 4.Enrico Pavanello, 3.Martin Castrogiovanni, 2.Fabio Ongaro, 1.Andrea Lo Cicero – replacements: 16.Andrea Moretti, 17.Gianluca Faliva, 18.Mark Giacheri, 19.Gert Peens, 20.Alessandro Troncon, 21.Scott Palmer, 22.Cristian Zanoletti 'Australia: 15.Stirling Mortlock, 14.Wendell Sailor, 13.Matt Burke, 12.Dan Herbert, 11.Scott Staniforth, 10.Elton Flatley, 9.George Gregan (capt. ), 8.Toutai Kefu, 7.George Smith, 6.Matt Cockbain, 5.Justin Harrison, 4.Dan Vickerman, 3.Patricio Noriega, 2.Adam Freier, 1.Bill Young,  – replacements: 16.Brendan Cannon, 17.Ben Darwin, 18.David Giffin, 19.David Croft, 20.Chris Whitaker, 21.Matt Giteau, 22.Mark Bartholomeusz  –  No entry:


2002 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Holden racing cars with the 2002 CAMS Gold Star awarded to the winning driver. It was the 46th Australian Drivers' Championship.


2002 Australian Drivers' Championship
The championship was won by Will Power driving a Reynard 94D for Ralt Australia.


2002 Australian Drivers' Championship, Schedule
The championship was contested over a six-round series with two races per round:


2002 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.


2002 Australian Drivers' Championship, Championship standings, Silver Star
The Silver Star award was won by Roger Oakeshott ahead of Terry Clearihan and Rohan Carrig.


2002 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 44th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held in 2002. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 2002.


2002 Australian Film Institute Awards
All four of the Best Film nominees featured Indigenous subjects.


2002 Australian Football International Cup
The 2002 Australian Football International Cup was the inaugural international Australian rules football tournament held in Melbourne, Australia in 2002.


2002 Australian Football International Cup
11 nations participated from around the world and the tournament was officiated by the International Australian Football Council.


2002 Australian Football International Cup
Ireland won the tournament, finishing undefeated and victorious over Papua New Guinea in the Grand Final on 23 August at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).


2002 Australian Football International Cup, Grand final
Grand Final was played as a curtain raiser to the round 21 AFL match between Hawthorn vs North Melbourne, so this figure is the total crowd for the match, although not all spectators were inside the stadium at the start or conclusion of the curtain raiser event.


2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship
The 2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Racing Cars complying with FIA Formula 3 regulations. Eligibility was restricted to cars constructed outside of Australia between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2001. The title was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.


2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship
Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race with an additional point awarded for both the fastest qualifying time for each race and the fastest lap of each race. An additional contest, the National Series, was run concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship but was restricted to Level 2 cars, i.e. cars constructed within Australia and cars constructed outside of Australia between 1 January 1989 and 31 December 1994. Points were awarded in the same manner as for the Australian Formula 3 Championship.


2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
The 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Formula Ford racing cars. It was the tenth Australian Formula Ford Championship. The title was won by Jamie Whincup driving a Van Diemen RF 01 Ford.


2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.


2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each race. An additional point was awarded to the driver setting pole position at each round.


2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Results
Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations mandated the use of the Ford 1600cc "Kent" four cylinder engine.


2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship
The 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. Entries competed in the following five classes:


2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship
Class A cars contested an eight round series  with three races per round, with the exception of the first round which was staged over two races.


2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship
Class B, C, D & E cars contested an eight round series  with two races per round


2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship
Category Managers "PROCAR Australia" promoted the two series as separate entities however CAMS recognises Brett Peters, the winner of the GT Permormance class, as the overall 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship winner.


2002 Australian Grand Prix
The 2002 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXVII Foster's Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 2002 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. With 127,000 people in attendance, the race was the first of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 18th Australian Grand Prix in Formula One. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 58-lap race starting from second position. Juan Pablo Montoya of Williams finished second and Kimi Räikkönen took third for the McLaren team.


2002 Australian Grand Prix
Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello qualified on pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying. He retired at the start of the race, when he braked early for the first corner, catching out Williams driver Ralf Schumacher, who hit the rear of Barrichello's car. Six drivers were involved in a separate incident. The safety car was deployed for four laps to clear the track. McLaren's David Coulthard led the first ten laps until an error on lap eleven allowed Michael Schumacher to pass him. Montoya then passed Schumacher for first place at the beginning of lap twelve. He kept the lead until he ran wide and Michael Schumacher overtook him to reclaim it. He led the rest of the race to take his third win in Australia and the 54th of his career.


2002 Australian Grand Prix
Following this, the first round of the season, Michael Schumacher left Australia leading the World Drivers' Championship with ten points. Montoya was four points behind in second with Räikkönen third. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led with ten points followed by Williams and McLaren with sixteen races left in the season.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Preparations for the event began in January 2002. At the time, it was only on the provisional calendar of the 2002 Formula One World Championship due to the death of marshal Graham Beveridge in an accident in the 2001 race. Formula One's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), later confirmed it would proceed as scheduled following the publication of a coroner's report ruling Beveridge's death "avoidable". It was the first of 17 races of 2002 and the 18th Formula One World Championship Australian race.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
It occurred at the 5.303 km (3.295 mi) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park on 3 March. To improve safety, the height of the safety fences was raised to 3.8 m (12 ft), cages to safeguard race officials were installed and the size of access openings reduced.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Heading into the new season, several teams retained the same line-up as they had in 2001, however some teams changed drivers for 2002. The Benetton team was renamed Renault, ending its 16-year involvement in Formula One, and the Japanese car maker Toyota debuted with drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo after it spent 2001 developing the TF102. The Prost team was liquidated in January 2002 after it was unable to locate money from sponsors or a buyer to remain solvent.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
The two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen took a sabbatical and fellow Finn Kimi Räikkönen replaced him at McLaren, whose Sauber car was driven by Felipe Massa, the 2001 Euro Formula 3000 champion. At the Jordan team, the 2001 British Formula Three champion Takuma Sato paired with Giancarlo Fisichella, whom Jarno Trulli replaced at Renault. Former Prost driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen drove Jos Verstappen's Arrows car, and Fernando Alonso left Minardi to become Renault's test driver; he was replaced by International Formula 3000 competitor Mark Webber.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
At the front of the field, the press and bookmakers considered Ferrari's Michael Schumacher the favourite to take his fifth World Drivers' Championship, with the Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya predicted to be his main challenger. Schumacher said his objective for the season was to win the championship and equal Juan Manuel Fangio's all-time record of five titles, "Our motivation is still unchanged, our target and goals are still the same. We want to once again win both world championships and there is nothing nicer than winning with Ferrari."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Montoya declared that he was more relaxed than he was in 2001 because he knew his team better, "I think I showed everyone out there that I am competitive and that's the important thing. It was a lot harder to win in Formula One than in CART because it took longer to understand the car, but now that's done I'm looking to do better in 2002." Former driver Derek Warwick believed Michael Schumacher was the best driver in the sport and suspected Montoya was not emotionally mature.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Ferrari brought the F2001 in lieu of the F2002 to Australia due to performance and reliability issues. According to the Ferrari team principal Jean Todt, the F2002 was fast in pre-season testing but the team had not the time available to be certain that it would be reliable in Australia, "We think it will be able to bring home valuable points for the championship. Next week, we will continue our on-track development of the F2002, as well as fine-tuning the F2001 for the first race."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Background
During the first two practice sessions, the F2001 was fitted with a rear wing used on the F2002 in testing; both Michael Schumacher and his teammate Rubens Barrichello opted for one seen at the 2001 Japanese Grand Prix. The McLaren MP4-17 car featured an attachment to its lower front suspension frame split to promote airflow under the front wing, and revised ailerons were equipped to the front and rear of the car. The Jordan, Arrows and Sauber teams copied the design.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each. In the first session, which was held in variable weather leading to the fastest times late on, Michael Schumacher lapped fastest with a time of 1 minute, 28.804 seconds, 0.363 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second. Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Massa, the Jaguar duo of Pedro de la Rosa and Eddie Irvine, Frentzen, Salo and Renault's Jenson Button rounded out the session's top ten drivers.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Practice
Michael Schumacher set the day's fastest lap, a 1 minute, 27.276 seconds, in the second session. His teammate Barrichello was 0.523 seconds slower in second place. The two Williams cars of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team, Salo, Räikkönen, Massa, Fisichella and Trulli were in positions three to ten. During the session, Enrique Bernoldi stopped his Arrows A23 car with a broken gearbox. Barrichello spun through 360 degrees across the grass and reemerged onto the circuit soon after. Montoya braked too late and returned to the track via an escape road and a gravel trap. A short light rain shower made the circuit slippery and caught out Alex Yoong; he beached his Minardi car in the turn one gravel trap. An engine failure ended Fisichella's session early and his teammate Sato ran across a gravel trap.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Practice
The weather for the third session was cool, damp and overcast. Ferrari continued to be fastest with a revised unofficial lap record of 1 minute, 26.177 seconds from Michael Schumacher. Barrichello was 0.321 seconds slower in second. McLaren's Coulthard and Räikkönen, Williams' Ralf Schumacher and Montoya, British American Racing (BAR) driver Olivier Panis, Sauber teammates Heidfeld and Massa along with Trulli followed in the top ten.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Practice
With 13 minutes and 34 seconds to go, Sato lost control of the rear of his Jordan EJ12 car on the entry to Stewart turn and crashed into the left-hand side tyre barrier at 160 km/h (99 mph). Sato was unhurt; practice was stopped for nine minutes to allow marshals to clean the track. Since spare cars could not be used in free practice, Sato missed the fourth session since his car required repairs.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Practice
In the fourth session, a brief rain shower dampened the circuit, which prevented an improvement in lap times as some drivers went off the track. Hence, no driver bettered Michael Schumacher's fastest time, as Barrichello in second halved the gap to his teammate. The Williams duo of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher improved to third and fourth and the McLaren pair of Coulthard and Räikkönen fell to fifth and sixth. Heidfeld, the BAR duo of Jacques Villeneuve and Panis and Fisichella were seventh to tenth.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon one-hour qualifying session saw each competitor limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The session began on a dry track until a heavy rainstorm fell halfway through, making the circuit slippery and prevented any improvement in lap time.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Barrichello completed two laps before it rained (the first was compromised by slower traffic); he took the fourth pole position of his career and his first since the 2000 British Grand Prix with a time of 1 minute, 25.843 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Michael Schumacher, who made an error on a kerb in the first third of a lap. Ralf Schumacher, third, remained in the garage for the first three minutes to avoid slower traffic. Fourth-placed Coulthard attempted to pass an unsighted Villeneuve on the outside at the final turn and they made contact.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Coulthard hit the wall with his right-rear wheel and spun onto a run-off area. A error put his teammate Räikkönen fifth. Montoya in sixth lost six-tenths of a second after Fisichella slowed his first timed lap. Trulli in seventh was slowed by a Jaguar car on his first lap. Fisichella in eighth expressed satisfaction with the balance and performance of his car. Massa was the highest-placed rookie in ninth after two errors. His teammate Heidfeld qualified tenth.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Button was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten after he was fourth early on. Panis completed one timed lap as he could not extract more performance from his BAR 004 and took 12th. Excess oversteer slowed his teammate Villeneuve in 13th. Salo, 14th, drove cautiously on his first timed lap. A minor fuel pressure fault limited Frentzen in 15th to one untroubled lap. McNish, 16th, had one set of tyres deducted from his qualifying allocation because Toyota mistakenly used one set assigned for the Friday practice sessions on Saturday.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
A stoppage caught out Bernoldi at the start of his first timed lap and he qualified 17th. Webber took 18th and used wet-weather tyres. The two Jaguar R3 cars had a major aerodynamic deficiency and were 19th and 20th: A rear brake balance slowed Irvine and a handling deficiency saw de la Rosa drive the spare Jaguar. Yoong completed one timed lap for 21st. Five minutes in Sato's spare Jordan EJ12 car stopped before Stewart turn with a hydraulic clutch problem that automatically selected third gear. The session was stopped for eight minutes to allow marshals to move his car. Sato returned to his garage and drove Fisichella's race car but the rain made him more than 107 per cent slower than Barrichello.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, the Jordan team principal and owner Eddie Jordan appealed to the stewards to allow Sato to participate in the race because he was under the 107 per cent limit during free practice. They permitted him to start under "exceptional circumstances" as in the case of previous cases affected by changeable weather.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Warm-up
A half-hour warm-up session was held on Sunday morning in variable weather as heavy rain fell before it commenced. Teams used rain tyres and set-up their cars against the weather of the time. With a lap of 1 minute and 41.509 seconds, Michael Schumacher was fastest with teammate Barrichello 1.382 seconds slower in second position. Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Massa, Heidfeld, Fisichella, Trulli and Irvine made up positions three to ten. With 40 seconds to go, Salo drove off the racing line to allow Barrichello past into Ascari corner. He drove onto a white painted line, lost control of his Toyota and crashed into the barrier; Salo's front wing detached heading towards an escape road.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
The weather at the start was dry and overcast with the air temperature between 15 to 18 °C (59 to 64 °F) and the track temperature from 20 to 23 °C (68 to 73 °F). A total of 127,000 people attended the event. Sato drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car set up for his teammate Fisichella; after warm-up the Jordan team rectified an electrical problem that rendered its clutch inoperable. Before the race commenced at 14:00 local time, Frentzen and Bernoldi stalled their stationary cars; marshals and mechanics extricated them to the pit lane.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Ralf Schumacher used the grip on the outside to pass Michael Schumacher for second position and challenged the heavily fuelled Ferrari of Barrichello for the lead. As Michael Schumacher turned left to provide himself with the best possible entry for Brabham corner, his teammate Barrichello switched lanes twice to try and block Ralf Schumacher, who responded by turning to the centre in anticipation that momentum would move him into the lead. Barrichello braked early for Brabham turn and caught out Ralf Schumacher, who struck the rear of Barrichello's car at about 240 km/h (150 mph).


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
He launched over the Ferrari, grazed Barrichello's helmet, careened 100 m (330 ft) and rested against the tyre wall. Barrichello's rear wing was removed from his car, spinning broadside to a stop and caused an eight-car accident. His teammate Michael Schumacher and Räikkönen drove onto the grass to avoid a collision, as Fisichella hit the Sauber cars of Heidfeld and Massa, causing Button, Panis and McNish to get caught up in the incident. Villeneuve, Salo, Webber, Irvine, de la Rosa, Yoong and Sato negotiated their way through the crash scene.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
The drivers involved in the crash returned to the pit lane in anticipation that the race would be stopped and could drive their spare cars for a restart. However, the FIA race director Charlie Whiting did not stop the race and order a restart since no driver was injured. He deployed the safety car with the damaged cars moved and debris cleared. This left Coulthard in the lead, followed by Trulli, Montoya, Michael Schumacher, Irvine and de la Rosa.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
At the conclusion of lap two, Räikkönen entered the pit lane for a 48-second pit stop for a new front wing and to remove debris lodged behind his back. Webber's differential and traction control began to malfunction on lap three. On the same lap, Frentzen ignored a red light instructing drivers to remain in the pit lane until further notice and ventured onto the circuit. The safety car was withdrawn at the conclusion of the fifth lap and Coulthard led Trulli and Montoya. Going into Whiteford turn, Montoya drew close to Trulli and slid wide on oil laid on the circuit. Michael Schumacher used Montoya's error to overtake him for third place. Further down the field, Räikkönen moved from eleventh to ninth position.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard began to pull away from the rest of the field, increasing his lead to four-and-a-half seconds by lap seven. That same lap, Sato overtook de la Rosa for sixth place, as Webber lost seventh position to Räikkönen. At the back, Bernoldi rejoined the race after switching from his race car to the spare Arrows vehicle. Trulli blocked Michael Schumacher from passing him for second into Brabham corner on the eighth lap, allowing Montoya to gain on Schumacher; he was not close enough to affect a pass.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
There were overtakes further down the field: Räikkönen passed de la Rosa and Sato as Villeneuve overtook Webber for ninth. During lap nine, Trulli lost control of the rear of his Renault on oil at the exit to Jones turn, and broke his suspension in a collision with the inside barrier. Because Trulli was stopped on the centre of the track, the safety car was deployed for the second time to allow marshals to move his car. When the safety car was withdrawn at the end of the 11th lap, an electrical fault distracted Coulthard, causing him to miss a gear change, lock his brakes, and understeer wide onto the grass entering Prost turn. He fell to fifth.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher moved into the lead with Montoya second and Irvine third. On the approach to Brabham corner Montoya's higher straightline speed allowed him to overtake Michael Schumacher on the outside at the end of the main straight for the lead. Montoya then steered onto the inside to maintain the lead from Schumacher at Jones corner. By the 13th lap, Michael Schumacher had close to within eight-tenths of a second to affect a pass on Montoya, which he was unable to do because of slower traffic.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
On lap 14, Sato retired in the pit lane with an unrectifiable electronics issue that limited his gear selection. Michael Schumacher continued to pressure Montoya into an error, and caused the latter to drive onto oil at Brabham corner. He overtook Montoya on the inside at the exit of Jones turn to take the lead at the start of lap 17. Michael Schumacher began to pull away from the rest of the field as Montoya struggled to generate heat in his tyres. On lap 18, de la Rosa fell to eighth after Yoong, Webber and Villeneuve overtook him. On the following lap Frentzen was disqualified for his earlier transgression of ignoring the red light at the exit of the pit lane.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
By the 22nd lap Michael Schumacher increased his lead over Montoya to 11.3 seconds with consecutive lap times in the 1 minute and 29 seconds range. Räikkönen was eight-tenths of a second behind Montoya. On the same lap, Coulthard went off the track at Prost corner. His reduced speed meant Irvine passed him for fourth soon after. On lap 23 Bernoldi was disqualified from the race because the stewards deemed him to have switched to the spare car after the race began. Webber and Villeneuve passed Coulthard for fifth and sixth on laps 25 and 26.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Villeneuve in sixth had a rear wing failure that sent him into the tyre wall at high speed on the entry to Waite corner and retirement from his 100th race entry on lap 28. He was unhurt. On lap 29, Yoong overtook Coulthard for sixth position. Seven laps later, Coulthard became the race's final retirement when he pulled off to the side of track at Whiteford corner because his McLaren was stuck in sixth gear.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Webber was the first of the top six drivers to make a pit stop on lap 37. He had a problematic 34.9-second pit stop; the Minardi's fuel cover did not open automatically and a mechanic used a screwdriver to unsecure it. Webber rejoined the track in sixth position. Montoya and Michael Schumacher made their pit stops on laps 37 and 38. In the meantime, Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap of 1 minute, 25.841 seconds on lap 37, as he sought to pass Montoya for second position after his pit stop. He made his stop on lap 38. As Räikkönen drove onto the track, he drew alongside Montoya and carried excess speed into Brabham corner. He understeered wide onto the grass as he regained control of the rear of his car and fell to third, behind Montoya.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
With the first four positions settled, attention switched to the battle for fifth between Webber and Salo. Webber short shifted to prevent unneeded car component stress and noticed Salo closing up. He went faster and the Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart radioed that he had to defend fifth from Salo. Webber was aware of a potential revenue bonus of $25 million for Minardi if they finished ahead of Toyota in the World Constructors' Championship. Salo had been aware of the distance between himself and Webber and closed up to the latter by the 57th lap. He attempted to pass Webber; the aerodynamic turbulence created of airflow over Webber's car and the latter's block caused Salo to spin through 180 degrees on radiator coolant from Button's car at Whiteford turn. Salo was able to restart his car and continue in sixth.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher led the final 39 laps to take his third successive Australian Grand Prix victory and the 54th of his career. Montoya was 18.628 seconds behind in second position. He was a further 6.4 seconds ahead of Räikkönen, who took the first podium finish of his career in third. Irvine and Webber finished fourth and fifth after starting from 19th and 18th respectively. Salo took the final point in sixth place, the first time a team scored points in its debut race since JJ Lehto finished fifth for Sauber at the 1993 South African Grand Prix.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Yoong came seventh with a "long" brake pedal and a car optimised for wet-weather; marshals mistakenly waved blue flags at Yoong because they did not know which lap he was on. De la Rosa was the final classified finisher after a misfiring engine required him to undergo a lengthy pit stop. The attrition rate was high, with eight of the twenty-two starters finishing the race.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Michael Schumacher called his battle with Montoya "an interesting one" and "a bit back and forward", adding "I think as well that the tyres played a little bit of a role in that; initially I struggled to get the temperature in where these guys seemed to get faster on top of temperatures but then it went the other way around, their tyres went off and my one came in so I had a nice chance to battle a little bit and finally got first position for us, which was ideal."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Montoya said he enjoyed the battle and stated Ferrari had the fastest car, "I think the conditions were not the best for the tyres. Hopefully in Malaysia it is going to be hotter, it could play into our hands a little bit."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Räikkönen said he was surprised to finish third and talked about the ease of overtaking other cars, "Some cars was more difficult and then it was helping me a lot big time because the safety car came out second time and I got behind the leaders and that was the main reason that I catch them, but it was quite a difficult and interesting race."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Ron Walker, the chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, persuaded Webber and Stoddart to celebrate their fifth-place result with an impromptu ceremony on the podium, which led to a fine of £50,000 from the FIA president Max Mosley. In a retrospective interview for The Weekend Australian in 2012, Stoddart called Webber's fifth-place finish "the most exciting two points in the history of Formula One". Webber commented on the result, "Finishing the race fifth was unbelievable. We had people scaling catch fencing. Occupational health and safety would have gone ballistic these days. It was a unique day."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The result saw Webber's three-race contract with Minardi extended to the end of the season. The media compared Webber's achievement to the ice skater Steven Bradbury winning a gold medal in the men's 1000 metres short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics; both men were successful after several participants crashed in their respective events.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Following their collision, their third in the past two seasons, Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were summoned to meet the stewards, who reviewed television footage post-race. Neither driver received a penalty and were given a warning. The stewards classed the crash as "a racing incident", with neither competitor to blame. Ralf Schumacher argued Barrichello braked earlier than normal, saying "I was afraid to turn into the first corner because I suddenly saw cars flying next to me.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
I decided to go straight on and have a nice ride through the grass, which was a good decision, otherwise I guess I would have been hit." Barrichello said he was not to blame for the accident, "If he wanted to overtake on the outside, he should have moved a lot further. I didn't get in his way." Jackie Stewart, the three-time world champion, argued Ralf Schumacher had misjudged the braking distance for turn one, while Coulthard stated his belief Barrichello caused the accident by braking earlier than usual.


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Whiting's decision not to stop the race after the eight-car crash was criticised. The technical director of the Jordan team Gary Anderson called it "the most absurd thing I've seen in my life". Fisichella believing not stopping the race  was "ridiculous", and Michael Schumacher agreed it should have been stopped. Coulthard defended the decision, saying "I've always felt that to deprive the spectators of a number of cars as a result of an incident at the first corner isn't really good for the business. But this isn't Hollywood. You don't cut out the bits you don't like. This is real. This is racing." Ralf Schumacher also backed Whiting's ruling, noting "Charlie Whiting took the right decision by not stopping the race. He had made it quite clear to us that he would not stop a race unless it was for safety reasons and that wasn't the case."


2002 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Because this was the first race of the season, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with ten points. Montoya was second with six points and Räikkönen was third with four. Irvine was fourth with three points and Webber was fifth with two points. Ferrari took the lead of the World Constructors' Championship with ten points. Williams were second with six points and McLaren followed in third with four points. With three points, Jaguar were fourth and Minardi fifth with two points with sixteen races left in the season.


2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship
The 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship was CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title  open to GT type cars complying with both Group 3E Series Production Car regulations as published by CAMS and Nations Cup regulations as published by Procar Australia. The title, which was the third Australian Nations Cup Championship, was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.


2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship, Points system
Outright points were awarded on a 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 36, 32, 28, 24, 20, 17, 14, 11, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top twenty placegetters in each race with an additional point awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the round.


2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship, Points system
The same scale was used to award points in Group Two, which was restricted to models nominated as Group Two in PROCAR Australia's Vehicle Eligibility Schedule.


2002 Australian Open
The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance of 518,248.


2002 Australian Open
Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati were the defending champions. Agassi, chose to withdraw from the tournament due to wrist injury. Thomas Johansson won his first Grand Slam title, while Capriati successfully defended her title defeating three-time champion Martina Hingis in the final.


2002 Australian Open
Kia Motors began its sponsorship of the Australian Open in this season replacing Ford.


2002 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Michaël Llodra /  Fabrice Santoro, 7–6, 6–3


2002 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova defeated  Daniela Hantuchová /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–1


2002 Australian Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Paola Suárez /  Gastón Etlis, 6–3, 6–2


2002 Australian Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Ryan Henry /  Todd Reid defeated  Florin Mergea /  Horia Tecău, walkover


2002 Australian Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Angelique Widjaja defeated  Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Matea Mezak, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4


2002 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Tomáš Cibulec and Daniel Vacek.


2002 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor defeated Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 7–6(4), 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Doubles title.


2002 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Thomas Johansson defeated Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2002 Australian Open. Johansson became the first Swede to win the Australian Open since Mats Wilander in 1988. Andre Agassi was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to a wrist injury.


2002 Australian Open – Men's Singles
The 2002 edition of the tournament marked the first time that the top two seeds lost in the first round at the Australian Open. In the first round, Number one seed Lleyton Hewitt lost to Alberto Martín, while Number two seed Gustavo Kuerten lost to Julien Boutter. It was the first time that the top two seeds lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since the 1990 French Open.


2002 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Thomas Johansson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


2002 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Men's Singles at the 2002 Australian Open.


2002 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
The mixed doubles of the 2002 Australian Open was held for the 58th time since the first tournament back in 1922. Heading into the tournament, Corina Morariu and Ellis Ferreira were the defending champions, but could not defend their title. While Morariu did not compete this year, Ferreira partnered with Cara Black and lost in the first Round to Rita Grande and Jeff Tarango in three sets.


2002 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová and Kevin Ullyett won the title, defeating Paola Suárez and Gastón Etlis 6–3, 6–2 in the final. It was the second Grand Slam mixed doubles title for Hantuchová and the only title in mixed doubles for Ullyett, in their respective careers.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but Serena withdrew from the tournament (due to an injury) and Venus chose not to participate with another player. Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova defeated Daniela Hantuchová and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 in the final to win the title.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Jennifer Capriati successfully defended her title, defeating Martina Hingis 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2002 Australian Open. This was Capriati's second Australian Open title, and her third and final Grand Slam singles title. Capriati saved four match points in the final against Hingis to win the title.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Future world No. 2 and two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova made her Grand Slam debut here, where she lost to Iroda Tulyaganova in the second round. Also, future world No. 4 and 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur made her Grand Slam debut, losing in the first round to Gréta Arn.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Finals
In a repeat of the previous year's final, three-time former champion Hingis won the first set 6–4 having led 5–1 at one stage. Hingis then took a 4–0 lead in the second set, and held 3 championship points, but Capriati fought back to take it into a tiebreaker, where Hingis had another championship point at 7–6 in the tiebreak, but Capriati saved it and eventually won the tiebreaker 9–7. Hingis then broke Capriati's serve in the third set to lead 2–1, but defending champion Capriati won the next five games to complete a 4–6, 7-6(9-7), 6-2 victory and in doing so gained the record for most match points saved in a Grand Slam final.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Jennifer Capriati is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2002 Australian Open.


2002 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
The 2002 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Group 3D Sports Sedans. The title, which is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the 18th Australian Sports Sedan Championship, was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo GTV Chevrolet.


2002 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8 basis for 1st through to 10th place in each race and an additional point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest time in Qualifying for each round.


2002 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Points system
Vehicles broadly similar to Group 3D Sports Sedans were able to compete in championship races by invitation, however, only drivers of cars issued with a Group 3D log book were eligible to score points.


2002 Australian Super Touring Series
The 2002 Australian Super Touring Car Series was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Super Touring Cars. It was the tenth running of an Australian series for Super Touring Cars and the second to be contested under the Australian Super Touring Series name. The series began on 24 March 2002 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 24 November 2002 at Oran Park Raceway after five rounds. It would be the final season for such touring cars until the 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series, which is a contemporary take on the four-cylinder touring car formula.


2002 Australian Super Touring Series, Future Touring Cars
The grids for the 2002 championship were bolstered with cars from the Future Touring Car category. This category, which catered for V8 powered cars that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing, made its debut in a support event to the 1999 Bathurst 500. While the Future Touring Cars and the Super Touring Cars raced together in the same events, drivers competed for two separate titles with separate points scoring for each category.


2002 Australian Super Touring Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship.


2002 Australian Super Touring Series, Race Calendar
The 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over a five-round series, with three races held each round.


2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 October 2002 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.


2002 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.


2002 Austrian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Austrian Figure Skating Championships (German: Österreichischen Staatsmeisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf 2002) took place between 8 and 9 December 2001. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The results were used to choose the Austrian teams to the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, and the 2002 European Championships.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix
The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Großer A1 Preis von Österreich) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 May 2002 at the A1-Ring in Spielberg, Styria. It was the sixth round of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 25th Austrian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 71-lap race starting from third position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second, and Juan Pablo Montoya took third for the Williams team.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix
Barrichello started the race from the pole position after recording the fastest lap in qualifying; Williams driver Ralf Schumacher started second, but was passed by Michael Schumacher in the first corner. Barrichello maintained the lead through most of the race until Ferrari invoked team orders on him to allow Michael Schumacher to win the race on the final lap and improve his standing in the World Drivers' Championship. It was his first Austrian Grand Prix victory, his fourth in a row in the 2002 season and the 58th of his career. The safety car was deployed twice during the race, which included a major accident on lap 28 involving Jordan driver Takuma Sato and Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team, who both sustained light injuries.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix
At the post-race podium ceremony Michael Schumacher implored Barrichello to mount the stand reserved for the race winner and gave the first-place trophy to his teammate. That led the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula One's governing body) to fine Ferrari, Michael Schumacher and Barrichello $1 million on 26 June; each paid a third immediately, while the remainder was suspended. Following a review, the FIA banned the practice of team orders beginning with the 2003 season; they began again allowing the practice following the 2010 championship.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix
The win increased Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 27 points over Montoya in second place. Ralf Schumacher came fourth to maintain third place, and Barrichello moved past David Coulthard of the McLaren team to fourth. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari further extended their advantage over Williams to 16 points. McLaren were another 36 points behind in third with eleven races remaining in the season.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Background
The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix was the 6th of 17 motor races in the 2002 Formula One World Championship, and the 25th time it formed part of the championship. The 71-lap race was held at the 9-turn 4.326 km (2.688 mi) A1 Ring in Spielberg, Styria, on 12 May. With very few sections requiring drivers competitors to slow down, the track gives teams an opportunity to push their engines to their full potential. 70 percent of the lap can be driven at full racing speed, although the circuit's relatively high altitude of 700 m (2,300 ft) offers less oxygen to feed the combustion engines, reducing their performance by approximately seven percent.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Background
Having won four of the season's five previous races, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 44 points. Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher of the Williams team were second and third with 23 and 20 points, respectively. Driving for McLaren, David Coulthard was fourth with nine points, and Jenson Button for Renault was a further point behind in fifth. Ferrari led the Constructors' Championship with 50 points, seven ahead of Williams in second place. McLaren with 13 points were third, with Renault and Sauber tied for fourth with eight points apiece.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Background
Michael Schumacher, who had won four of the opening five Grands Prix in 2002, was strongly considered by the British press, bookmakers, and former drivers Gerhard Berger and Niki Lauda the favourite to win the Austrian Grand Prix, an event he had not won in four previous attempts. He said of his chances in Austria, "We believe we have a very competitive package overall but it's a question of how good the others can be". He expressed confidence he could challenge for victory saying, "I certainly won't be approaching this race any differently than the others.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Background
And with two almost perfect races behind us, I'm obviously looking forward to the Austrian Grand Prix with a lot of confidence." Montoya stated he would be better able to challenge Ferrari at the A1-Ring recalling the team's strong form in 2001 despite scoring no points, "I am pretty confident that in Austria we will be quite strong, certainly stronger than in [the prior race in] Barcelona, so I am looking forward to it."


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Background
For the Grand Prix, a total of 11 teams (each representing a different constructor) each entered two race drivers, with no changes from the season entry list. In technical developments, Sauber introduced a revised evolution of its Ferrari 050 engine that the team had used in the first five races of the 2002 championship. The team installed a new aerodynamic package that included a revised undertray, front wing and altered bodywork around the cover of the C21's engine. The Ferrari, McLaren and Williams teams brought new front brake air intakes. Williams also used an upgraded front wing on its FW24, which was characterised by a curved profile.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each. The first practice session was held in cool and overcast weather. Michael Schumacher was fastest with a lap of 1 minute, 11.072 seconds with approximately ten minutes remaining.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
His teammate Barrichello, Felipe Massa and Nick Heidfeld of Sauber, Jordan drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato, Coulthard, Arrows' Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and the British American Racing (BAR) duo of Jacques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis, were second through tenth. Some drivers—including Barrichello, Massa and Fisichella—ran off the dusty, slippery track into a gravel trap during the session because of a low amount of grip; none sustained damage to their vehicles.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
Conditions became warmer and sunnier for the second practice session though rainfall threatened towards the end. The fastest times to be recorded within the first 20 minutes since the track temperature was at its warmest. Barrichello set the day's fastest lap, at 1 minute, 10.549 seconds. His teammate Michael Schumacher was three-hundredths of a second slower in second position. Montoya, Kimi Räikkönen of the McLaren team, Allan McNish for Toyota, Arrows driver Enrique Bernoldi, Jaguar's Pedro de la Rosa, Panis, Coulthard and Sato were third to tenth.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
Some drivers, including Michael and Ralf Schumacher, and McNish, again lost control of their cars and ran off to the side of the track during the session. Heidfeld's track time was curtailed after 20 minutes due to an alternator fault. Frentzen lost a quarter of an hour to familiarise himself with the track after he spun over a kerb and damaged his car's undertray.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
The third practice session took place in clear and dry weather; no drivers ventured off the less slippery circuit. Michael Schumacher used low track and ambient temperatures to become the first driver to go below 70 seconds all weekend with a lap of 1 minute, 9.001 seconds that he recorded half an hour in. His teammate Barrichello was second-fastest and Räikkönen third. Frentzen, Massa, Coulthard, Heidfeld, Panis, Button and Bernoldi followed in positions four through ten.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Practice
The ambient and track temperatures had increased by the start of the fourth practice session. Several competitors made driver errors that sent them into a gravel trap. Michael Schumacher set the track record, with a lap of 1 minute, 8.433 seconds. Barrichello was second, and Ralf Schumacher improved to third. Montoya, Frentzen, Massa, Heidfeld, Räikkönen, Panis and Villeneuve completed the top ten. Bernoldi missed 25 minutes due to a malfunctioning gearbox. He later lost control of the rear of his car at turn two and got beached in a gravel trap before the session ended.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon one-hour qualifying session saw each competitor limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. The 107% rule was in effect during this session, requiring each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Conditions were clear with warm air and track temperatures. Barrichello took his second pole position of the season and the fifth of his career with a lap of 1 minute, 8.082 seconds.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
He was joined on the grid's front row by Ralf Schumacher, who took his best starting position of the year. Michael Schumacher was third; he said he lost speed due to a brake problem, and traffic slowed him. He switched to the spare Ferrari for his final timed lap in an unsuccessful attempt to claim pole position, and did not earn a front-row start for the first time since the 2001 Italian Grand Prix eight races earlier.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
A misfiring engine prompted Montoya in fourth to switch to the spare car setup for his teammate Ralf Schumacher; he made a minor tyre-pressure adjustment to record his fastest lap. Heidfeld took fifth, claiming he could have improved had Button not slowed his final timed lap. A lack of speed restricted the McLaren duo of Räikkönen and Coulthard to sixth and eighth; they were separated by Massa who made two driver errors in an unbalanced car through high-speed turns. Panis was ninth-fastest as de la Rosa slowed his final timed lap. Toyota's Mika Salo in tenth had a minor understeer.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Frentzen in 11th spun on oil and removed some bodywork components from his car in a gravel trap. His vehicle was later repaired to continue driving. His Arrows' teammate Bernoldi followed in 12th and expressed satisfaction with his car's balance. Traffic slowed Button on his four timed laps and left him 13th. McNish and Toyota located a car setup tailored to suit him, and took 14th. Fisichella ran a new engine in qualifying and took 15th with a car setup suited for used front and new rear tyres.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Jarno Trulli had a major engine failure through turn nine and lost control of his Renault on oil. The session was stopped for 11 minutes for track marshals to dry the oil. Trulli returned to the garage and used the spare Renault setup for his teammate Button and took 16th after minor braking problems. Villeneuve used a new set of tyres for qualifying; he was uncomfortable with his car's setup and was 17th. A handling imbalance created an unbalanced car for Sato in 18th.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Jaguar's de la Rosa and Eddie Irvine filled the grid's tenth row: de la Rosa had a rear suspension fault caused by an exhaust overheating it and Irvine removed his front wing in a collision with the rear of Bernoldi's vehicle into turn one. Minardi drivers Mark Webber and Alex Yoong started from the eleventh row: Webber optimised his PS02's balance so it ran without any issues on its tyres during the session, and intermittent rear brake locking destabilised Yoong's car causing him to spin after leaving the pit lane.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Warm-up
A half-hour warm-up session took place on Sunday morning, in clear and warm weather. All drivers fine-tuned their race setups for the weather and drove their spare cars. Barrichello had the fastest lap of 1 minute and 10.876 seconds and his teammate Michael Schumacher was second. Massa, Frentzen, Heidfeld, Bernoldi, Coulthard, Villeneuve, Räikkönen and Irvine completed the top ten. While the session saw no major incidents, Ralf Schumacher entered the gravel traps at the two of the track's corners.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Warm-up
After the warm-up session, Montoya predicted several drivers would run wide on a rumble strip located to the outside of the circuit, which extended from turn one to the first portion of the straight driving towards turn two, to increase the top speed of their cars. Ron Dennis, the team principal of McLaren, argued Ferrari should allow their drivers to race each other without the imposition of team orders favouring one driver over the other as had happened in the 2001 race.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
The race began at 14:00 local time; the weather was clear and dry. The air temperature was 20 °C (68 °F) and the track temperature ranged from 27 to 29 °C (81 to 84 °F). Barrichello made a brisk start to maintain the lead into the first turn. While he provided room for drivers to pass him, none did. Behind Barrichello, his teammate Michael Schumacher made a fast start to slot into second position and Heidfeld rose from fifth to third having overtaken Ralf Schumacher on the outside.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Räikkönen and Massa, meanwhile, drew alongside and Massa steered onto the grass dropping to tenth. Further back, Bernoldi made contact with the rear of his teammate Frentzen; both cars continued as Bernoldi entered the pit lane after the first lap. At turn two, an increase in speed led de la Rosa's throttle pick-up to start to cut out. He slowed, and retired in the pit lane at the end of the lap. In the meantime, Villeneuve experienced a minor loss of car control and hit Frentzen's car on the inside. The collision sent Frentzen into a gravel trap from which he slowly extricated himself.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
At the end of the first lap, Barrichello led his teammate Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya and Coulthard. Heidfeld ran wide at Castrol Kurve at the beginning of the second lap and the Williams pair of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya demoted him to fifth. Barrichello and Michael Schumacher began to pull away from the rest of the field. There were overtakes further down the field. On lap two, Salo passed Button for eighth. Villeneuve overtook his teammate Panis for 14th position and Frentzen passed Webber on lap three.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
During the next lap Yoong lost two places to his teammate Webber, and Frentzen. Bernoldi retired from the race with a broken front wing and front brake pipe. Räikkönen in seventh retired at the side of the track with an engine failure on lap six. On lap seven Villeneuve passed McNish for tenth place, then ran wide. He made a second, successful attempt on the eighth lap, passing McNish who opted against a challenge.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
That same lap, Massa entered the pit lane to join the list of retirees with a failed left-rear suspension; it failed in turn two, causing the Sauber C21's right-front wheel to lift from the tarmac surface and its undertray to scrape along it. Villeneuve made a pass on Fisichella for ninth place on lap ten. Not long after Villeneuve overtook Button for eighth position. By the same lap, Barrichello led by a second over his teammate Michael Schumacher, who in turn was 17 seconds ahead of Ralf Schumacher.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Further down the order, Frentzen put a rear wheel on the grass at the final corner on lap 16. He lost control of his car, spun through 180 degrees and rolled backwards in front of the race leaders. Frentzen fell to 18th position, behind the Minardi cars of Webber and Yoong. He passed Yoong to return to 17th position on the 18th lap. One lap later, Villeneuve overtook Salo on the inside for seventh place and blocked Salo's attempted counter-move.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
As the Ferraris extended their lead over Ralf Schumacher, the stewards informed the BAR team on the 23rd lap Villeneuve had incurred a drive-through penalty as they deemed him at fault for the collision with Frentzen on lap one. Lap 24 saw the safety car's first deployment by the race director: Panis' engine seized without warning on the start/finish straight. His rear wheels locked, spun to the centre of the track and avoided hitting the barrier. Track marshals removed Panis' car from the circuit as he returned to the pit lane.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
The Ferrari and Williams' teams employed different pit stop strategies—the Ferrari team planned for two stops whereas the Williams team planned one. The Ferrari team called Barrichello and Michael Schumacher into the pit lane for their first pit stops; Schumacher drove more slowly than Barrichello to allow their mechanics to service the latter's car first. Barrichello retained the lead as Michael Schumacher yielded second to Ralf Schumacher. The safety car was withdrawn at the conclusion of the 27th lap and Barrichello led at the restart.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Soon after, a major accident prompted the safety car's second deployment on lap 28. As the field entered the right-hand turn two situated atop a hill, Heidfeld noticed smoke coming from Yoong's Minardi and applied his cold brakes heavily, locking his rear wheels and sending him out of control about 100 yd (91 m) from the apex. He veered into the grass at approximately 280 km/h (170 mph) as his car spun 180 degrees; the grass did not slow him, and was launched over the crest of a hill.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Montoya on the inside was about to lap Sato's slower car at turn two, with the latter ahead at the apex. At high speed, Heidfeld narrowly avoided hitting Montoya's front wing, and the rear of his Sauber sustained a side collision against the right-hand sidepod of Sato's car, causing heavy damage to both vehicles and littering carbon fibre and titanium debris over a wide area of track. Heidfeld's rear structure and titanium gearbox punctured a hole in Sato's car; his knees struck the steering column breaking it in half. Both drivers were sent into a gravel trap and came to a stop there.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
A visibly shaken Heidfeld was extricated from his car by track marshals with a heavily bruised left leg. After Sato's car absorbed enough energy in the accident, he remained in it with soft-tissue damage to his right thigh, but did not lose consciousness; a section of the Sauber's rear crash structure penetrated the side of the Jordan's monocoque just below Sato's right knee and his helmet was squeezed between the car's head restraint, both of which stopped him leaving his car.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA, Formula One's governing body) safety and medical delegate Sid Watkins and his team took ten minutes to remove Sato from the car and treated him at the crash site before transporting him by ambulance to the track's medical centre. From there, Sato and Heidfeld were flown by helicopter to Graz University Hospital, for overnight observation and precautionary x-ray scans. Under safety car conditions, every team apart from Ferrari and Williams brought their drivers to the pit lane for additional fuel and a set of tyres. After 20 minutes, the race restarted at lap 36's end when the safety car entered the pit lane. Barrichello led Ralf Schumacher, Michael Schumacher, Montoya, Coulthard and Fisichella. On lap 37, Webber passed his teammate Yoong for 13th.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Villeneuve passed Fisichella for sixth place at the start of the 38th lap. On the same lap, Irvine entered the pit lane to retire with hydraulics failure. Two laps later, Villeneuve caught and overtook Coulthard at turn one for fifth. Coulthard lost sixth place to Fisichella after driving on oil and off the circuit on the 45th lap. On the same lap Trulli pulled over at the end of the pit lane wall on the main straight to retire from with a loss of fuel pressure. Yoong retired with fire visible from the rear of his Minardi soon after.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Green flag pit stops began on lap 47. Ralf Schumacher made a pit stop and dropped to fifth position. His teammate Montoya remained on the track for another four laps and used more fuel in an attempt to overtake Ralf Schumacher. Montoya entered the pit lane for tyres on the 51st lap. He returned to the race in fourth position, ahead of his teammate Ralf Schumacher. Villeneuve was elevated to third position until a pit stop on lap 53 demoted him to ninth. Montoya and Ralf Schumacher returned to third and fourth respectively.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Barrichello entered the pit lane for the second time on the 61st lap. His fuel stop took 6.2 seconds and he exited in second place. His teammate Michael Schumacher led lap 62 and made his second pit stop at the end of the lap. He returned to the race in second position; Barrichello returned to first. On the 63rd lap, Ferrari team principal Jean Todt invoked team orders on Barrichello to relinquish the victory to his teammate Michael Schumacher. This would improve Schumacher's position in the World Drivers' Championship with a win earning him ten points.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Ferrari advised Barrichello they would terminate his contract if he failed to do so. Barrichello radioed Todt of a promise he made not to relinquish a victory to a driver. This prompted Todt to reply to Barrichello he was required to obey his instruction in order to preserve Ferrari's "best interests". Personnel on the Ferrari pit gantry observed the television screens and noticed Michael Schumacher could not get close enough to pass Barrichello in the final seven laps.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
At the start of the final lap, Barrichello led his teammate Michael Schumacher by one second. As Barrichello entered the final corner, Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn informed Michael Schumacher over the radio his teammate would yield to him. When Barrichello braked in the final 100 to 50 yd (91 to 46 m), Michael Schumacher slowed more than his teammate because he had hoped that no team orders would be applied as Barrichello did the same to comply with Ferrari's instruction.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Schumacher passed Barrichello for his first victory in Austria, his fourth in a row in 2002, and the 58th of his career in a time of 1 hour, 33 minutes and 51.562 seconds at an average speed of 196.334 km/h (121.996 mph). Barrichello was 0.182 seconds behind in second position with Montoya 17.7 seconds adrift in third. Montoya's teammate Ralf Schumacher finished in fourth place. Fisichella was fifth and took the first two points of the season for the Jordan team.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard took the final point in sixth position, ahead of Button's Renault and the Toyota cars of Salo and McNish. A loss of hydraulic pressure caused Villeneuve's engine to fail on the final lap; he was classified tenth. Frentzen and Webber for the Arrows and Minardi teams were the final finishers, albeit two laps behind the race winner.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
The Ferrari team were booed, jeered, whistled at and given a thumbs down signal by the crowd in parc fermé and on the podium. Michael Schumacher insisted Barrichello mount the first step on the podium, as "Deutschlandlied" was played. Schumacher then stood beside his teammate when Il Canto degli Italiani played. Wolfgang Schüssel, the Chancellor of Austria, presented the winner's trophy to Schumacher who proceeded to give it to Barrichello. Later, in the press conference, where loud boos were heard, Barrichello said of the situation, "I'm going through a period of a very good time of my life.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
I'm becoming a better person, a better driver, so there's no point in arguing. I think my determination will bring me a lot more wins, so that's the way I see it, so there's no point arguing." Michael Schumacher said he understood Ferrari's decision, "the team is investing a lot of money for one sort of target and imagine in the end it wouldn't be enough by this amount of points, how stupid would we look?" Montoya said the two safety car periods allowed him to pass his teammate Ralf Schumacher, "Ralf was quite quick out of the pits as well, but I managed to get a few laps in really quick right before the stop and that was enough."


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
Sato and Heidfeld were deemed fit to compete at the Monaco Grand Prix held two weeks later after passing fitness tests. Sid Watkins told Eddie Jordan, the owner of the Jordan team, that Sato had "a miraculous escape", leading Jordan to remark, "Somebody up there likes him". Sato said he had not observed Heidfeld approaching him, "When I opened my eyes I could see my legs were squashed by the damaged monocoque and I could see the ground through the hole. Although there was some pain, I knew nothing was broken.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
The car did a great job of saving me – I hear there was nothing left of it." Heidfeld admitted he was at fault for causing the crash, "I saw a cloud of tyre smoke as [Alex] Yoong braked really hard and early ahead of us, and maybe I pressed the pedal too hard as a result while the brakes were still cool. The car got away from me and next thing I knew I was going backwards down the grass." That the injuries Sato sustained in the accident were minor was cited as a consequence of improved safety standards undertaken by the FIA, racing teams and medical experts since the 1970s.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
Ralf Schumacher praised his car for allowing him to finish fourth, "Due to the action packed race and the different strategies it is difficult to say how big Ferrari's advantage really was here on the A1-Ring. We have to continue to work hard, this much is clear." Fisichella commented on his fifth-place finish, "It's been a very, very good day for me, as I didn't expect to score points. But, the most important thing is that Takuma is alright.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race
It felt fantastic when I crossed the line and I would like to say thank you to the team, especially because we made the right pit stop decision." The race result increased Michael Schumacher's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 27 points over Montoya in second. Ralf Schumacher was third with 23 points. Barrichello overtook Coulthard for fourth with 12 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari further extended their advantage over the Williams team to 16 points. McLaren maintained third position with 14 points. The Renault and Sauber teams continued to hold fourth and fifth places with eleven races left in the season.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
Ferrari's use of team orders to determine the finishing order overshadowed the race. Reuters cited it as the most "particularly blatant" application of team orders applied to favour one driver over another since Coulthard relinquished first position to his McLaren teammate Mika Häkkinen in the final laps of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix to comply with a prior agreement. Australian commentator Darrell Eastlake, despite being a supporter of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, claimed that it was the "most bloody disgraceful thing I've ever seen in my life" and Schumacher "should have had the balls to move aside and let Barrichello win".


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
Ferrari were heavily condemned by fans on the internet, some members of the Formula One community, the world press, and President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil. Some Formula One figures held different views, including the Williams pair of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher as well as Irvine, who all stated their belief Michael Schumacher should not be apportioned blame for winning the Grand Prix through team orders. Jody Scheckter, the 1979 world champion and Ron Dennis defended Ferrari's application of team orders as a means of enhancing Michael Schumacher's position in the championship.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
The day after the race, the FIA summoned Ferrari and its drivers to a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 26 June to explain why the team ordered Barrichello to yield the victory to Michael Schumacher and their actions on the podium.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
At a press conference on 24 May, FIA president Max Mosley stated while Ferrari had not transgressed the regulations concerning team orders, the meeting would establish the appropriate punishment in the event a panel deemed if any rules were broken, "There are rules about interfering with competition but we established a long time ago that team orders are allowed." That same day, Mosley said on the FIA's behalf he wrote a letter of apology to Schüssel.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
At the meeting, the FIA deemed Ferrari to have transgressed series regulations when Michael Schumacher chose not to mount the first position on the podium and handed the trophy given to him by the Chancellor of Austria to his teammate Barrichello. The council also determined the team had not committed any violation when it invoked team orders on Barrichello to relinquish the victory to Michael Schumacher.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
It imposed a fine of $1 million on Ferrari, Michael Schumacher and Barrichello, half of which was paid immediately and divided into equal amounts between the trio; the remainder was suspended for one year on the condition a similar offence did not occur. Neither a points deduction nor a race ban were imposed.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
In response Mosley established a four-member working group to discuss team orders and invited the public to lend their opinion on the practice on the FIA's website. The FIA accepted feedback from 5 July to 1 September, which was passed on to the working group. They reviewed it and gave their recommendations to the governing body. At a meeting of the 26-member Formula One Commission on 28 October, it was confirmed "team orders that interfere with the race result" would be barred from the 2003 season onwards. Thereafter, teams employed coded messages to loophole the rule on team orders.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
During the 2010 German Grand Prix, Ferrari employed a "coded message" to invoke team orders allowing driver Fernando Alonso to pass Massa and win the race. The parallels between how Michael Schumacher and Alonso won those races was the catalyst of the FIA rescinding the regulation barring team orders because it was deemed difficult to enforce.


2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Post-race, Team orders
Todt admitted to La Stampa in December 2010 he should have avoided invoking team orders on Barrichello due to his subsequent belief Michael Schumacher would have won the championship without significant competition. Brawn reiterated Todt's opinion to British magazine Autosport seven years later and stated the negative consequences for Formula One outweighed the positives, calling it "on reflection ... it was a mistake."


2002 Austrian legislative election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002, after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The result was a victory for the ÖVP, which won 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council since 1966. It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which had lost almost two-thirds of its seats. Voter turnout was 84.3%.


2002 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council.


2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 24 August 2002. Voters were asked eight separate questions, all of which were approved with at least 96% voting in favour.


2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum, Background
On 22 June 2002 President Heydar Aliyev proposed 39 amendments to 23 articles of the constitution. In accordance with articles 3 and 152, the amendments required a referendum to take place, with a turnout at least 50%.


2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum, Background
The proposal was approved by the Constitutional Court on 21 June. On 24 July the Central Election Commission ruled that the 39 amendments would be covered by eight separate questions, despite demands from the opposition that each amendment be voted on separately. On 30 August the Commission made a ruling that absolute voting figures would not be published, only the percentages.


2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum, Background
On 29 July the National Assembly voted by 94 to 5 to adopt the amendments.


2002 BC Lions season
The 2002 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. After beginning the season with a 1–5 record, general manager Adam Rita fired head coach Steve Buratto and coached the team on an interim basis for the rest of the year. He guided the group to a 9–3 turnaround which led to an appearance in the West-Semi Final. Despite the turnaround, Rita was fired as general manager/coach after the playoff loss.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2002 BDO World Darts Championship (officially the 2002 Embassy World Darts Championship) was a professional darts tournament held from 5 to 13 January 2002 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England. It was the 25th staging of the competition since the 1978 edition and the 17th time it took place at the Lakeside Country Club. The tournament was the first of 12 British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments in 2002 and a women's world championship was held for the second time. The host broadcaster was the BBC and the competition was sponsored by the cigarette company Embassy.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship
Tony David defeated Mervyn King six sets to four in the final. He was the first Australian to win the BDO world championship and the first non-European to do so since John Part. David defeated Ritchie Davies, Marko Pusa, Bob Taylor and the England captain Martin Adams en route to the final. King achieved a 170 checkout, the highest of the competition, in the third leg of the third set of his second round match against Mensur Suljović. The women's tournament was won by Trina Gulliver for the second consecutive year, defeating Mandy Solomons, Vicky Pruim and Francis Hoenselaar en route to victory.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Background, Men's tournament
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was formed in 1973 by the managing director Olly Croft; the BDO World Darts Championship was first held in 1978. It is one of two world championships in the game of darts: the other being the PDC World Darts Championship. The 2002 tournament was held between 5 and 13 January in Frimley Green, Surrey, England and was the first of 12 BDO-sanctioned events that year. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the tournament and featured a 32-player main draw played at the Lakeside Country Club.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Background, Men's tournament
27 players automatically qualified for the main draw with the top 8 seeded according to their final position in the BDO rankings. The tournament's defending champion and world number one John Walton was seeded first and the second seed was Martin Adams, the England captain. The five qualifying places were decided via a play-off round at the Lakeside Country Club on 29 November 2001. John Ferrell, two-time finalist Bobby George, Markus Korhohen, Davy Richardson and Mensur Suljović were the five players from a worldwide field of 300 who progressed to the main draw by qualifying.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Background, Men's tournament
The maximum number of sets played in a match increased from five in the first and second rounds to nine in the quarter and semi-finals, leading to the final which was played as best-of-11 sets. Sponsored by the cigarette brand Embassy, it had a total prize fund of £197,000 and was broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC and SBS6 in the Netherlands.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Background, Men's tournament
The media considered Walton and the fifth seed Raymond van Barneveld the favourites to win the championship. Prior to the competition six players Ronnie Baxter, former BDO world champion Steve Beaton, Andy Jenkins, Chris Mason, Kevin Painter and Paul Williams had all qualified for the tournament by accumulating enough season ranking points before they moved to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). This allowed Peter Johnstone, Wayne Jones, Stefan Nagy, Russell Stewart and Andree Welge to take their places.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Background, Women's tournament
The BDO confirmed in November 2001 the women's world championship would be held for a second time. The governing body expanded the tournament's roster from four players in 2001 to eight in 2002 after receiving positive feedback from its sponsors and the BBC. The tournament was staged between 5 and 12 January 2002. Four players automatically qualified for the main draw and were seeded according to their final position in the BDO rankings. The competition's defending champion Trina Gulliver was seeded first. Francis Hoenselaar was the second seed and Crissy Howat was seeded third. The final seed was Vicky Pruim. The remaining four places were decided via a play-off round held at the Lakeside Country Club on 30 November 2001. Stacy Bromberg, Sandra Greatbatch, Jan Robbins and Mandy Solomon were the quartet of players who advanced from qualifying to the main draw. All matches were played to the best-of-three sets.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
The draw for the first round of the championship was made at the Lakeside Country Club by Leighton Rees, the 1978 world champion, and the women's world champion Trina Gulliver on 2 December 2001, on the day of the final of the 2001 World Masters. It was broadcast live on the BBC sport programme Sunday Grandstand. The first round of the competition, in which 32 players participated, took place from 5 to 7 January and was held to the best-of-five sets.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
In this round Walton whitewashed the four-time semi-finalist Andy Fordham 3–0. Walton led 1–0 before Fordham took a solitary leg in the second set. He then claimed the third set to eliminate Fordham in the first round for the first time in his eighth appearance in the tournament. The 1998 tournament semi-finalist Colin Monk overcame Tony O'Shea 3–2. Monk was two legs behind when he won three in a row to claim the first set. O'Shea won three consecutive legs for the second set and level the score before Monk won the third to go 2–1 ahead.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
O'Shea forced a final set decider that Monk won after O'Shea missed five attempts on a double ring. Gary Anderson won with scorelines of 3–1 in the first two sets against Nagy and whitewashed him 3–0 in the third set. Van Barneveld defeated George 3–1 to stop the latter from becoming the tournament's oldest winner aged 57. He began with a maximum en route to claiming the first and second sets. George had a failed attempt at a nine-dart finish in the third set. He recovered to claim the set after five legs. George led the fourth set before Van Barneveld won the match.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
Eighth seed Wayne Mardle completed a 3–0 whitewash of Richardson 3–0 in the fifth leg of the third set. Welge and Erik Clarys tied 1–1 before the latter won a low-scoring third set. A 141 checkout from Welge elongated the match until Clarys hit the double eight and four rings to win 3–1. Vincent van der Voort led 1–0 over Suljović, who took sets two and three. Suljović attempted a nine-dart finish in set four until he missed the treble 17 ring.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
He then took the following two legs before Van Der Voort forced a final set decider that Suljović won for a 3–2 victory. Fourth seed Mervyn King defeated Stewart 3–1; King twisted his left knee as he retrieved his darts from the board after the first set. He played with a limp for the rest of the game and sought treatment afterwards. Korhohen, the youngest player in the competition's history at 18 years and 50 days, lost 3–1 to Steve Coote from scores of 3–1 and 3–2 in sets two and three.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
Adams compiled scores of 3–0 and 3–1 to lead 2–0 over Johnstone. He completed a 3–0 whitewash after defeating Johnstone 3–2 in the third set. Ted Hankey, the 2000 champion and seventh seed, defeated Jarkko Komula 3–2. Both players equalled the score and forced the game to enter a final set decider that Hankey won 3–0. Afterwards Komula said he was annoyed because he was not informed of tournament organisers moving the game's start time by two hours to allow it to be televised. Jones twice recovered from being one set behind Tony Eccles to win 3–2.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
Mike Veitch, who participated in the competition for the first time since the 1990 edition, was whitewashed 3–0 by Co Stompé after protracted play. Sixth seed Bob Taylor progressed to the second round for the first time since the 1994 championship with a 3–0 victory over Ferrell with a match-winning 102 checkout.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, First round
Tony David, who has the blood-clotting disorder haemophilia which prevents him from straightening his throwing arm, beat Ritchie Davies, the tournament's sole Welsh player, 3–1. Davies led 1–0 early on and David won the next three sets to enter the next round. The final first round match was played between third seed Marko Pusa and Matt Clark. Pusa took the first set 3–1 and won the second unchallenged. Clark claimed set three 3–0 before Pusa took the fourth set to complete a 3–1 victory.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Second round
The second round was held from 8 to 9 January. Van Barneveld took 21 minutes to whitewash Clarys 3–0 and was the first player to reach the quarter-finals; he lost two legs to Clarys. Monk won 3–2 over Walton. His opponent claimed the first set before Monk secured the following two sets to lead 2–1. Walton drew level with Monk 2–2 after his opponent missed the double 18 ring in the fourth set's final leg.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Second round
This caused the match to conclude with a final set decider, which Monk won 3–2 to progress to the second round after a 116 checkout and a double 10 finish. Walton said afterwards he was uncertain whether the strain of attempting to win the tournament for a second time or a minor repetitive strain injury on his wrists contributed to his loss against Monk.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Second round
Nagy won the first set against Mardle. It appeared he would take the second when the score was 2–2 before Mardle equalled the scoreline. Mardle subsequently entered the quarter-finals with a 3–1 victory. King compiled the tournament's maximum checkout of 170 in the third leg of the third set of his match between Suljović and a 161 finish. Suljović won the first set before King won three in a row to secure a 3–1 victory. Hankey won the first two sets without a challenge from Jones, who took sets three and four from checkouts of 121 and 80. Hankey commenced the final set with a maximum score in the first leg before Jones took the following three legs to win by 3–2.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Second round
The second round's sixth match was contested by Taylor and Stompé. Taylor won the first set 3–2. He then missed achieving a 138 checkout and allowed Stompé to complete a 135 checkout and tie at 1–1. Three maximum scores and a dart landing in the double 10 ring put Taylor ahead. He took the fourth set to win 3–1. Adams lost the first set to Coote before he secured the next two with scores of 3–1. Both players levelled the score at 2–2 in the fourth set before Adams attained his only maximum score of the game to win 3–1. In the final match of the second round David played Pusa. David used Pusa's low scoring performance to win the first two sets. Pusa claimed the third set 3–2 and was unable to replicate this performance; David won all three legs of the third set for a 3–1 victory.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Quarter-finals
The four quarter-finals were played to the best-of-nine sets between 10 and 11 January. Monk, who treated his match against Mardle as the final, won 5–4 in a closely contested game. Monk took a 4–1 lead before Mardle replied by winning twelve consecutive legs to level the score at 4–4 and required the game to conclude with a ninth set. Monk took the deciding frame to enter the semi-finals, saying afterwards, "At 4–1 I was thinking it was happy days, but next thing I had the world on my shoulders.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Quarter-finals
My arm was shaking and my knees rattling – I was worn out." Later that day, in a match that saw 27 maximum scores, King led Van Barneveld 2–0 with scores of 3–1 in the first two sets. Van Barneveld took the third set 3–1; a 160 checkout and a maximum score put King 3–1 in front. He compiled a 156 checkout before King won the fifth set. After a dart thrown by Van Barneveld missed the bullseye ring in an attempt to achieve a 170 checkout, he took the following two sets. Before Van Barneveld could force a final set decider King completed a 131 checkout to win 5–3.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Quarter-finals
Adams defeated Jones 5–1 to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time since the 1995 edition. He moved 2–0 in front, which included a 121 checkout. Jones claimed the third set to be one set behind. Adams restored his lead by another two sets. During set six Jones threw four darts at striking a double ring while 2–1 behind Adams to which his opponent responded with a double top finish to complete a victory. Against Taylor, David went 2–0 behind until he won the match's third set with a finish on the double 16 ring.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Quarter-finals
He lost a closely contested fifth and sixth sets to Taylor before David forced a final set decider with victories in the next two sets. The final set went to a fourth leg after Taylor could not complete checkouts of 116 and 125. David claimed a 5–4 win with a finish on the double ten ring on his final dart throw. David's victory allowed him to become the first Australian to reach the semi-finals of the BDO world championship.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Semi-finals
Both of the semi-finals were played on 12 January. The first semi-final was played between King and Monk. Both players had been at this stage of the event before; King was defeated 5–3 by Les Wallace in the 1997 tournament and Monk lost to Van Barneveld in the 1998 competition. King won a tightly-contested first set after he could not complete a 170 checkout. Monk subsequently defeated King 3–2 in the following set. King made checkouts of 116 and 153 to lead 3–1 at the mid-session interval. A 121 checkout and two maximum scores from King increased his lead over Monk to 4–1. He then achieved another maximum score and hit the double four ring to win 5–1 and become the first player to earn a berth in the final.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Semi-finals
The second semi-final was held between Adams and David. Adams took the opening set 3–0 and David commenced the second set by winning its first leg. Adams equalled the second set 2–2 by David hit the double ten leg on his second attempt to claim the set. David won the following three sets to go 4–1 ahead and put himself requiring another set to enter the final. Afterwards, Adams clinched three consecutive legs to win set six. He then compiled checkouts of 158 and 121 to equal the score at 4–4 and end the match with a ninth set. David led the final set 2–1 before Adams forced a final leg decider. David won two legs on a tie-break and struck the double 20 ring after Adams missed two opportunities to hit the double 16 ring to claim a 5–4 victory and progress to the final.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
The final played between David and King on 13 January was held to the best-of-11 sets. During the match, which took place before a crowd of 1,200 spectators, an 81 checkout and a 12-dart finish won David the first set 3–2 after King's dart did not strike the double 20 ring in leg four. King took the second set 3–1 when David missed three dart throws to the double 10 ring. David responded to claim the following four sets to put himself within a solitary set of claiming the championship.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
The next three sets were claimed by King with a checkout of 161 and respective finishes on the double four and double eight rings; David had missed three chances of finishing the match early after nine sets on the double 20 ring. During the tenth set both players equalled the scoreline before David successfully threw a dart on the double 18 ring to hold a 2–1 advantage. After King was unable to attain scoring opportunities David hit the single 20 section, and missed his first attempt to hit the double 10 ring when a dart landed outside the board. He hit the double 10 ring on the second attempt to win the match 6–4 and the tournament.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
I started to feel like Goran Ivanišević must have done when he won Wimbledon last summer. The cheering was incredible and I was getting sackloads of messages and emails. The support of the other players and the BDO in particular also means a great deal to me. There is no way that I would play my darts other than within the BDO/WDF system. I am proud to be the Embassy World Champion in the 25th Anniversary year of this great competition, and I promise that I will enjoy myself throughout the year before returning to Lakeside in 2003.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
Tony David talking about the reception he received after winning the tournament.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
David became the first Australian to win the BDO world championship, and the first non-European player to do so since Canadian, John Part. He won £48,000 for his success, saying, "It was unbelievable. When I was younger I had a dream. I dreamt that I would win three competitions. The first was the Townsville Open, which I won a few days later. The second was the Australian Open in Geelong, which took me two or three years. And the last was the Embassy World Professional championship. And now I've done it." King said David deserved to win the tournament, "Believe me, this man is a very, very worthy champ", and added, "He just bashed me up."


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Men's tournament, Final
The press reviewed the match positively and David was called "The People's Champion" in a similar fashion to Alex Higgins in snooker. Jon Wilde of The Independent and The Guardian's Ian Malin noted David had become "one of the game's most unlikely heroes" by winning the tournament due to his blood-clotting disorder that caused him to spend a majority of his early years hospitalised and doctors told his parents it was unlikely he would reach his teenage years. Bruce Wilson writing for the Herald Sun called David's victory "a true Cinderella story" because he was ranked 18th in the world and considered a 66–1 outsider. Bobby George, writing in his BBC Sport online column, agreed David deserved to win and criticised King's performance in the final.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Women's tournament
All four of the quarter-finals of the women's tournament took place on 5 January and ended in 2–0 whitewashes. In a rematch of the 2001 final, tournament favourite Gulliver played Solomons. Gulliver won all of the match's legs to become the first player through to the semi-finals. Pruim overcame a challenge from Robbins in the second quarter-final match. World number two Hoenselaar averaged 26.14 points per dart and accurately threw darts on the double rings en route to defeating Bromberg. The final quarter-final saw Greatbatch defeat 2001 semi-finalist Howat after overcoming a challenge from her opponent to equal the score at 2–2 in the second set.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Women's tournament
In the semi-finals, held between 10 and 11 January, Gulliver defeated Pruim 2–1. Pruim won the match's first three legs to take a 1–0 lead. Gulliver then won the second set and equalled the final set decider 2–2 by throwing darts on the single 20 and double 20 rings before winning the match to enter the final. The other semi-final saw Hoenselaar overhaul Greatbatch 2–1. Hoenselaar was unchallenged early on and claimed the first set. Hoenselaar threw 35 darts to claim the victory as Greatbatch could not initiate a response.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Women's tournament
The final was played between Gulliver and Hoenselaar on 12 January. Hoenselaar began with a first set victory of 3–1 before Gulliver claimed the second set by the same scoreline. Both players equalled the third set's score 2–2. The final leg of the concluding set saw Hoenselaar take an early lead; she had to score 130 points and Gulliver 114 points. Gulliver compiled 60 points and finished on the double 20 ring to win the second BDO women's world championship. After the match, Gulliver said, "I'm over the moon.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Women's tournament
To win it once and go back and successfully defend it is beyond my wildest dreams. It was hard this time and there was an extra round, with eight players starting instead of the four last year", and, "Everyone wants the title and with me being the number one seed and defending champion there was a lot of pressure."


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2002 is shown below.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw, Men's draw
Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top eight players in the men's tournament. The five qualifiers are indicated by a (Q). The figures in brackets to the right of a competitor's name state their three-dart averages in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.


2002 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw, Women's draw
Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top four players in the women's competition. The four qualifiers are indicated by a (Q). The figures in brackets to the right of a competitor's name state their three-dart averages in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.


2002 BFL season
The 2002 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The Brussels Tigers won Belgian Bowl XV against the Antwerp Diamonds by a score of 18-16. This was the last time a team of the LFFAB won the Belgian Bowl.


2002 BFL season, Regular season, Regular season standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


2002 BMW Open
The 2002 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Munich, Germany and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 29 April until 5 May 2002. Sixth-seeded Younes El Aynaoui won the singles title.


2002 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles
Petr Luxa /  Radek Štěpánek defeated  Petr Pála /  Pavel Vízner 6–0, 6–7(4–7), [11–9]