American Le Mans Series Washington 2002

Event: Cadillac Grand Prix		Date: 21.7.2002
Track: Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium Circuit (United States), 2.673 kms	Organiser: IMSA
American Le Mans Series Washington
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 5)

Weather:	hot, humid
Start time:	12:03
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	69
Practiced:	33
Qualified:	32
Started:	32
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	9	9
Le Mans Prototype 675	5	4
Grand Touring Sport	6	6
Grand Touring	13	13

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 25 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 19-20/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 20/7
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	50	Panoz LMP 01	Magnussen / Brabham
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Field / Field
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 104-140:	50	Panoz LMP01	Magnussen
laps 1-30:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 31-40:	2	Audi R8	Capello
lap 41:	50	Panoz LMP01	Magnussen
laps 42-44:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 45-73:	50	Panoz LMP01	Brabham
lap 74:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 75-94:	50	Panoz LMP01	Brabham
laps 95-103:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:03.8830	150.6378 km/h	lap 7
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:07.3320	142.9226 km/h	lap 57
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Andy Pilgrim (USA)	1:09.8020	137.8645 km/h	lap 98
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:12.9210	131.9678 km/h	lap 94
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:03.2870	152.0573 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:05.9850	145.8404 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:08.8340	139.8037 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:12.8930	132.0193 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Lola (4), Audi (3), Panoz (2), Cadillac (2), Chevrolet (2), BMW (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Audi (3), Ford (3), Elan (2), Cadillac (2), Chevrolet (2), AER (2), BMW (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Audi R8 (3), Panoz LMP 01 (2), Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Lola EX257 (2), BMW M3 (2), Porsche 996 GT3-R (2), Dodge Viper (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (40), D (5), I (5), GB (4), CDN (3), F (3), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (27), D (3)
Most used colours:	white (27%), blue (18%), yellow (17%), silver (11%), black (10%), red (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (37%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (29%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (66), Selby Wellman (60), Chris Gleason (59)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

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