Rd.7 Monaco Grand Prix 2002

26/05/2002

Monaco Grand Prix Key Moments

14:00

Race Start

Lap 1

The Toyotas move up one place each after Jenson Button gets away slowly. Mika is 8th and Allan is 9th. David Coulthard leads the race in his McLaren-Mercedes.

Lap 15

Allan catches the inside kerb on the way into Sainte-Devote and the impact sends him into the barrier on the exit of the corner and out of the race.

Lap 21

After dropping down the field Mika pits from 11th place for new tyres after his left rear starts to lose tread. Pit-stop duration 10.7 seconds. Mika exits pit lane in 19th.

Lap 43

Mika up to 11th.

Lap 44

Leader Coulthard laps Mika who is now 10th

Lap 49

Mika outbrakes Olivier Panis for seventh place.

Lap 58

Mika sets his fastest speed trap classification of 293.3 kph - 6th fastest overall.

Lap 59

Mika makes his refuelling stop the latest in the race from 7th position. Pit stop duration 7.9 seconds. Mika exits pit lane in 8th.

Lap 62

Mika posts his fastest lap of the race with a 1m19.479s. This is the 5th fastest lap overall.

Lap 69

Mika hits the inside barrier on the entry to Massenet and crashes at the top of the hill. He reports a ‘soft’ brake pedal.

Lap 78

David Coulthard wins his 12th Grand Prix and second Monaco victory by 1s from Michael Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher is third and Jarno Trulli Giancarlo Fisichella and Heinz-Harald Frentzen complete the points scorers.

Statistics

Race Speed Trap

 

Fastest

295.4 kph

6. Mika

293.3 kph

12. Allan

290.6 kph

Race Fastest Lap

 

Fastest

1m18.023s

5. Mika

1m19.479s

21. Allan

1m22.250s

Best Sector Times

Sector 1

Fastest

20.305s

 

5. Mika

20.577s

 

19. Allan

21.327s

Sector 2

Fastest

37.490s

 

6. Mika

38.437s

 

21. Allan

39.774s

Sector 3

Fastest

19.966s

 

2. Mika

19.979s

 

21. Allan

20.930s