2002 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 3 March 2002 | ||
| Official name | LXVII Foster's Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.303 km (3.295 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy at start, clearing to sunny skies. | ||
| Attendance | 145,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:25.843 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:28.541 on lap 37 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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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. It was the first race of the 2002 Formula One season. The 58-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from second position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in a Williams with Kimi Räikkönen third for the McLaren team.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Sauber, Jordan, BAR, Renault, Jaguar, Arrows, Minardi and Toyota.
Heading into the new season, several teams opted to keep the same line-up as they had in 2001, however some teams changed drivers for 2002. One of the main driver changes involved Sauber driver Kimi Räikkönen, who signed for McLaren for the 2002 season, replacing Mika Häkkinen who opted to take a sabbatical. Defending Drivers' Champion Michael Schumacher stayed at Ferrari after his title-winning campaign, with the German driver again being joined by Rubens Barrichello. As in 2001, eleven teams took to the grid for the start of the new season.
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