American Le Mans Series Mosport 2002

Event: Grand Prix at Mosport sponsored by mail2web.com		Date: 18.8.2002
Track: Mosport International Raceway (Canada), 3.957 kms	Organiser: IMSA
American Le Mans Series Mosport
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 7)

Weather:	warm, dry, breezy
Start time:	13:03
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	28
Practiced:	27
Qualified:	27
Started:	27
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	8	8
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	6
Grand Touring Sport	6	6
Grand Touring	7	7

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Race notes:
4 full-course cautions for 39 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 16/8
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 17/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 17/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	56	Pilbeam MP84 Nissan	Bucknum / Willman / McMurry
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Cunningham
Leaders:
laps 1-6:	1	Audi R8	Biela
lap 41:	8	Cadillac Northstar LMP 02	Lehto
lap 42:	7	Cadillac Northstar LMP 02	Bernard
laps 43-121:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 7-40:	2	Audi R8	Capello
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:08.4440	208.1493 km/h	lap 85
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:11.6350	198.8763 km/h	lap 4
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Andy Pilgrim (USA)	1:16.8500	185.3819 km/h	lap 101
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:20.6470	176.6529 km/h	lap 88
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:07.1690	212.1003 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:09.7300	204.3111 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:15.9860	187.4886 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:20.9390	176.0156 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Lola (6), Audi (3), Cadillac (2), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (7), Audi (3), AER (3), Cadillac (2), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2), Nissan (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (7), Audi R8 (3), Lola EX257 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), CDN (7), D (6), I (5), GB (4), DK (2), F (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (21), D (4)
Most used colours:	white (22%), blue (20%), yellow (15%), silver (13%), black (12%), red (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (48%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (27%)
Average engine size:	4327 cc (with regard to 33% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4898 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (55), Leo Hindery (55), Franz Konrad (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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