2002 British Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season | |||
The Silverstone Circuit modified in 2000
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| Date | 7 July 2002 | ||
| Official name | LV Foster's British Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England | ||
| Course | Permanent Road Facility | ||
| Course length | 5.141 km (3.194 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 308.46 km (191.603 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry/Wet, Air Temp: 21°C | ||
| Attendance | 65,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:18.998 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Rubens Barrichello
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:23.083 on lap 58 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Williams-BMW | ||
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The 2002 British Grand Prix (formally the LV Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 7 July 2002. The 60-lap race was the tenth round of the 2002 Formula One season.
Qualifying saw Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya edge out the two Ferraris to take his fourth consecutive pole position, beating Rubens Barrichello by 0.034 seconds and Michael Schumacher by 0.044. Ralf Schumacher was fourth in the other Williams, three-tenths of a second behind his brother but eight-tenths ahead of Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren in fifth. The top ten was completed by David Coulthard in the other McLaren, Jarno Trulli in the Renault, Mika Salo in the Toyota, Jacques Villeneuve in the BAR and Nick Heidfeld in the Sauber. Alex Yoong failed to set a lap within the 107% time in his Minardi and thus did not qualify.
There were dark clouds overhead at the beginning of the race. On the formation lap, Barrichello stalled and was put to the back of the grid. Then, when the starting lights went out, Allan McNish in the second Toyota retired immediately with a clutch failure. In the early laps, Montoya led from Michael Schumacher, with Räikkönen overtaking Ralf for third and Barrichello charging through the field, reaching eighth by lap 6.
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