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The San Marino Grand Prix |
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Visit the official web site of the 2002
San Marino Grand Prix: http://www.autodromoimola.com/
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The San Marino Grand Prix Course Map |  |
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Statistics | |
| 2002 result - top six | 2002 Pole Position & Grid Top Four | |||
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1. M Schumacher 2. R Barrichello 3. R Schumacher 4. J P Montoya 5. J Button 6. D Coulthard |
Ferrari Ferrari Williams Williams Renault McLaren |
1. M Schumacher (Pole Position) 2. R Barrichello 3. R Schumacher 4. J P Montoya |
Ferrari Ferrari Williams Williams |
1:21.091 |
| Pit stops schedule | Previous pole positions | |||
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1 Stop 2 Stops 3 Stops |
28-32 21-29, 41-48 15-19, 30-34, 44-49 |
2001 - D Coulthard 2000 - M Hakkinen 1999 - M Hakkinen |
McLaren McLaren McLaren |
1:23.054 1:24.714 1:26.362 |
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Fastest Lap | |||
| R Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:24.170 | ||
| Lap Record | ||||
| R Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:24.170 | ||
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History of The San Marino Grand Prix | |
| San Marino: Imola is a fairly average little town, on the plains to the east of the Apennine mountains - the backbone of Italy. Nowhere on the earth is there such passion for racing cars for this is the region of Enzo Ferrari, of Lamborghini, Maserati and the towns o It was in the depressed post-war world that the town of Imola decided to launch a program of public works in order to provide jobs and restart the local economy. Four motor racing enthusiasts Alfredo Campagnoli, Graziano Golinelli, Ugo Montevecchi and Gua Keen to expand the organizers collected a large purse of start money and asked the Formula 1 racers if they would like to take part in a non-championship event in April 1963 between the races at Pau and Pescara. As Imola was en route a lot of the teams to In an attempt to win the approval and support of Ferrari, the Imola Council agreed to name the circuit after Enzo Ferrari's son Dino, who had died of leukemia in 1956. The decision guaranteed patronage from the Old Man of Maranello and within a couple of A year later - with Monza out of favor - Imola hosted the Italian GP and Brabham won again with the young Brazilian Nelson Piquet. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone gave the Italian GP back to Monza in 1981 but, keen to continue with races at Imola, launched the In 1981 the first San Marino GP was won by Piquet but will long be remembered for an incredible accident when Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari suffered a tire failure and spun at high speed into the BARriers in the fast corner before Tosa. The Ferrari was torn The run-off areas at the track were worrying, a fact highlighted in 1987 with Nelson Piquet having a huge accident at Tamburello Corner when he suffered a high-speed tire failure. In 1989 Gerhard Berger had a similar accident but his ended with the Ferrar Imola's luck ran out in 1994 when Grand Prix racing endured a nightmare weekend with the death of Roland Ratzenberger at Villeneuve Corner in qualifying and, on race day, the accident which claimed the life of the great Ayrton Senna. It was the end for Ta But while the circuit will always be tainted by the memories of that evil weekend in 1994, the natural joy and enthusiasm of the Ferrari fans has dulled the pain and the F1 circus enjoys its annual Springtime visit to the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari (it |
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