Season 2002 · Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

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2002-03-03 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 58Lap · 307.574km
1 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari 1:35:36.792
Team win 10pt P1 · P15
6 Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams +18.628
4 Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren +25.067
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
David Coulthard L33 Jacques Villeneuve L27 Takuma Sato L12 Jarno Trulli L8 Rubens Barrichello L0 Ralf Schumacher L0 Giancarlo Fisichella L0 Felipe Massa L0 Nick Heidfeld L0 Jenson Button L0 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 13/29 44.8%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P9
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Australia
58Lap 307.574km 29 races held (1996–) Lap record 1:19.813 · Charles Leclerc (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · GP #1
P2 Jenson Button 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P4 David Coulthard 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -2
P2 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -2
P5 Jenson Button 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Pablo Montoya MON Pablo Montoya MON Räikkönen RAI Räikkönen RAI Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Webber WEB Webber WEB Salo SAL Salo SAL Yoong YOO Yoong YOO de la Rosa DLR de la Rosa DLR Coulthard · retired L33 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Villeneuve · retired L27 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Frentzen · stopped L16 · classified P11 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Bernoldi · stopped L15 · classified P12 Bernoldi BER Bernoldi BER Sato · retired L12 Sato SAT Sato SAT Trulli · retired L8 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Barrichello · retired L0 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Schumacher · retired L0 Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Fisichella · retired L0 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Massa · retired L0 Massa MAS Massa MAS Heidfeld · retired L0 Heidfeld HEI Heidfeld HEI Button · retired L0 Button BUT Button BUT Panis · retired L0 Panis PAN Panis PAN McNish · retired L0 McNish MCN McNish MCN
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2 58 1:35:36.792 10
2 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams 6 58 +18.628 6
3 4 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren 5 58 +25.067 4
4 16 Eddie Irvine Jaguar 19 57 +1 Lap 3
5 23 Mark Webber Minardi 18 56 +2 Laps 2
6 24 Mika Salo Toyota 14 56 +2 Laps 1
7 22 Alex Yoong Minardi 21 55 +3 Laps
8 17 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar 20 53 +5 Laps
R 3 David Coulthard McLaren 4 33 Gearbox
R 11 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 13 27 Broken wing
D 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows 15 16 Disqualified
D 21 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows 17 15 Disqualified
R 10 Takuma Sato Jordan 22 12 Electrical
R 14 Jarno Trulli Renault 7 8 Spun off
R 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1 0 Collision
R 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams 3 0 Collision
R 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 8 0 Collision
R 8 Felipe Massa Sauber 9 0 Collision
R 7 Nick Heidfeld Sauber 10 0 Collision
R 15 Jenson Button Renault 11 0 Collision
R 12 Olivier Panis BAR 12 0 Collision
R 25 Allan McNish Toyota 16 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Rubens Barrichello
2
1 Michael Schumacher
3
5 Ralf Schumacher
4
3 David Coulthard
5
4 Kimi Räikkönen
6
6 Juan Pablo Montoya
7
14 Jarno Trulli
8
9 Giancarlo Fisichella
9
8 Felipe Massa
10
7 Nick Heidfeld
11
15 Jenson Button
12
12 Olivier Panis
13
11 Jacques Villeneuve
14
24 Mika Salo
15
8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
16
25 Allan McNish
17
21 Enrique Bernoldi
18
23 Mark Webber
19
16 Eddie Irvine
20
17 Pedro de la Rosa
21
22 Alex Yoong
22
10 Takuma Sato
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 4 Kimi Räikkönen 1:28.541 L37
2 1 Michael Schumacher 1:28.628 L32
3 1 Michael Schumacher 1:28.689 L33
4 4 Kimi Räikkönen 1:28.761 L36
5 6 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:29.143 L35
6 6 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:29.202 L33
7 1 Michael Schumacher 1:29.259 L34
8 4 Kimi Räikkönen 1:29.269 L34
9 4 Kimi Räikkönen 1:29.319 L57
10 6 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:29.325 L32
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
4
Kimi Räikkönen
+9
P5→P3
22
Alex Yoong
+7
P21→P7
23
Mark Webber
+6
P18→P5
24
Mika Salo
+6
P14→P6
11
Jacques Villeneuve
+6
P13→P—
1
Michael Schumacher
+4
P2→P1
6
Juan Pablo Montoya
+4
P6→P2
17
Pedro de la Rosa
+4
P20→P8
Most positions lost
David Coulthard −8 Pedro de la Rosa −6 Alex Yoong −5
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15