2002 Australian Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:25.843
2 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.848 +0.005
3 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams - BMW 1:26.279 +0.436
4 3 David Coulthard McLaren - Mercedes 1:26.446 +0.603
5 4 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren - Mercedes 1:27.161 +1.318
6 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams - BMW 1:27.249 +1.406
7 14 Jarno Trulli Renault 1:27.710 +1.867
8 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan - Honda 1:27.869 +2.026
9 8 Felipe Massa Sauber - Petronas 1:27.972 +2.129
10 7 Nick Heidfeld Sauber - Petronas 1:28.232 +2.389
11 15 Jenson Button Renault 1:28.361 +2.518
12 12 Olivier Panis BAR - Honda 1:28.381 +2.538
13 11 Jacques Villeneuve BAR - Honda 1:28.657 +2.814
14 24 Mika Salo Toyota 1:29.205 +3.362
15 20 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Arrows - Cosworth 1:29.474 +3.631
16 25 Allan McNish Toyota 1:29.636 +3.793
17 21 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows - Cosworth 1:29.738 +3.895
18 23 Mark Webber Minardi - Asiatech 1:30.086 +4.243
19 16 Eddie Irvine Jaguar - Cosworth 1:30.113 +4.270
20 17 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar - Cosworth 1:30.192 +4.349
Qualifying -- Qualifying classification
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. 127,000 people attended the event. It was the first round of the 2002 Formula One World Championship and the 18th running of the race as part of the series. The 58-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after he started from second position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in a Williams car and Kimi Räikkönen took third for the McLaren team. Rubens Barrichello of the Ferrari team qualified on pole position after he recorded the fastest lap in qualifying. On the approach to Brabham corner, he was eliminated from the race when Williams driver Ralf Schumacher was caught out by him and struck the rear of his car, with six other drivers involved in a separate incident. It prompted the safety car's deployment until the conclusion of lap five. David Coulthard of the McLaren team led the first ten laps until a driver error on lap eleven allowed Michael Schumacher to overtake him. Montoya then passed Schumacher to move into first place at the beginning of lap twelve and kept the position until he ran wide and the latter passed the former to reclaim the lead. He was unchallenged for the rest of the race to take his third Australian Grand Prix victory and the 54th of his career. Following this, the first round of the season, Michael Schumacher left the Grand Prix as the leader of the World Drivers' Championship with ten points.