American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca 2002

Event: Monterey Sports Car Championships Laguna Seca		Date: 22.9.2002
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: IMSA
American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 8)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	33
Practiced:	32
Qualified:	32
Started:	32
Finished:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	9	9
Le Mans Prototype 675	7	7
Grand Touring Sport	7	7
Grand Touring	9	9

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 12 laps, 34 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 20/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 21/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 21/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Biela / Pirro
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola EX257 AER	Block / Hürtgen / Knight
Grand Touring Sport:	33	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Enge / Kox
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 1-42:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 43-112:	1	Audi R8	Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:16.9100	168.5884 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:18.8420	164.4573 km/h	lap 81
Grand Touring Sport:	33	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:24.7190	153.0486 km/h	lap 3
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:29.2410	145.2932 km/h	lap 56
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:15.7650	171.1360 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:18.4320	165.3167 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	33	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:23.8890	154.5630 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:28.7110	146.1622 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Lola (6), Audi (3), Ferrari (3), Cadillac (2), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Pilbeam (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), Audi (3), AER (3), Ferrari (3), Cadillac (2), Elan (2), Judd (2), Ford (2), Chevrolet (2), Nissan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (7), Audi R8 (3), Lola EX257 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), D (8), GB (5), I (5), DK (2), F (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (25), D (4), GB (2)
Most used colours:	white (21%), blue (21%), red (14%), black (11%), silver (11%), yellow (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (50%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4322 cc (with regard to 29% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4823 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Andrew Bagnall (55), Tom Weickardt (55), Leo Hindery (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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