Race details | |||
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Race 11 of 17 in the 2002 Formula One season | |||
Date | 21 July 2002 | ||
Official name | LXXXVIII Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France | ||
Location | Magny-Cours, France | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.411 km (2.641 mi) | ||
Distance | 72 laps, 305.886 km (190.069 mi) | ||
Weather | Warm and sunny, Air Temp: 25°C | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-BMW | ||
Time | 1:11.985 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | |
Time | 1:15.045 on lap 62 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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The 2002 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXVIII Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 21 July 2002. It was the eleventh race of the 2002 Formula One season and the race in which Michael Schumacher secured his fifth World Drivers' Championship title in record time, equalling Juan Manuel Fangio's record set over 40 years before. McLaren-Mercedes drivers Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard finished second and third respectively.