2002 Superleague season
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Competition | Superleague |
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Title Sponsor | N/A |
Platform Used | GP3 |
Rounds | 17 |
Mod base | |
Carshape base | |
Engine Supplier(s) | Cosworth, Asiatech, Ford, Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes, BMW |
Tyre Supplier(s) | Bridgestone, Michelin |
Drivers | 42 |
Teams | 15 |
Drivers' Champion | Mikko Jakonen |
Teams' Champion | Mapes-VO |
Superleague Seasons | |
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The 2002 Superleague season was the 3rd GPVWC Superleague season. It was to be the last year in which Geoff Crammond's GP3 was used.
Contents
Pre-season
Roald Reurink's Roaldo Racing and Guiliano Hernandez's HernjF1 joined forces to become Hernj-Roaldo Team.
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Testing
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Report
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Teams and drivers
† Dan Lawrence quit from DPI
New entries
2002 saw the début of a number of drivers who were to have a lasting presence in the league. William Ponissi made his début in the first race of the season, though he was disqualified from the race. Kieran Ryan made his début in the following race, with Mal McKee's début following that in Brazil and Joe Consiglio in San Marino after that. Cornish driver Mark Wicks was to follow with his début in the second half of the season at Hockenheim. 2002 also saw the début of other notable drivers such as Finn Mikko Jakonen.
Team changes
After the Australian Grand Prix, Mommark, who had just made their début in the Superleague, was taken over by Dan Regan and Peter 'Rabbit' Harding. The team was re-branded as Southern Cross United Motorsports or S.C.U.M for short.
Driver changes
DPI driver Paul Wallace was sacked after round one of the season, and replaced by manager Dan Prescott. Prescott then hired rookie Mal McKee after round two in Malaysia, however the team itself parted company with the GPVWC before round three in Brazil. After securing two points in Malaysia for SCUM, the team sold William Ponissi to TGM, replacing him with SCUM co-manager Peter Harding.
MaMa Racing
Rookie driver Joe Consiglio, who had started competing in the F3000 competition, was signed for Mama Racing after the Brazilian Grand Prix. This followed the departure of Erdem Coban from the team, which immediately followed the sacking of team mate and fellow countryman Leon Verheggen. It was widely-rumoured that Coban left the team in solidarity after his team mate was sacked for not having attended any race sessions. MaMa Racing manager Luc Lissens then put a high price of £20 million on Coban - almost three times what the driver cost MaMa - to release him from his contract with the team.
In a very public and bitter war of words, Verheggen claimed that he wasn't fired, but that he resigned from the team. In the end, the GPVWC Administration stepped in and settled the matter of contracts and monies owed, refunding MaMa Racing partially and freeing both former drivers from their contracts. Coban went on to join Hernj-Roaldo. MaMa Racing then pulled out of the GPVWC. Canadian outfit Stealth International bought over MaMa's assets, including drivers Joe Consiglio and Brian Bloemendal, re-branding the team as Stealth GP.
2002 Calendar
Round | Race Title | Grand Prix | Circuit | Conditions | Mod | Date | Time | |
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Track time | GMT | |||||||
1 | Australian Grand Prix | Australian GP | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne | GP3 v9.6 | 27th February - 4th March | ??? | 23:59 | |
2 | Malaysian Grand Prix | Malaysian GP | Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia | GP3 v9.6 | 13th - 18th March | ??? | 23:59 | |
3 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Brazilian GP | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | GP3 v9.6 | 27th March - 1st April | ??? | 23:59 | |
4 | San Marino Grand Prix | San Marino GP | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | GP3 v9.6 | 10th - 15th April | ??? | 23:59 | |
5 | Spanish Grand Prix | Spanish GP | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | GP3 v9.6 | 24th - 29th April | ??? | 23:59 | |
6 | Austrian Grand Prix | Austrian GP | A1-Ring, Spielberg | GP3 v9.6 | 8th - 13th May | ??? | 23:59 | |
7 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco GP | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | GP3 v9.6 | 22nd - 27th May | ??? | 23:59 | |
8 | Canadian Grand Prix | Canadian GP | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal | GP3 v9.6 | 5th - 10th June | ??? | 23:59 | |
9 | European Grand Prix | European GP | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | GP3 v9.6 | 19th - 24th June | ??? | 23:59 | |
10 | British Grand Prix | British GP | Silverstone Circuit | GP3 v9.6 | 3rd - 9th July | ??? | 23:59 | |
11 | French Grand Prix | French GP | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | GP3 v9.6 | 17th - 22nd July | ??? | 23:59 | |
12 | German Grand Prix | German GP | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | GP3 v9.6 | 26th - 31st July | ??? | 23:59 | |
13 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungarian GP | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | GP3 v9.6 | 14th - 19th August | ??? | 23:59 | |
14 | Belgian Grand Prix | Belgian GP | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | GP3 v9.6 | 28th August - 2nd September | ??? | 23:59 | |
15 | Italian Grand Prix | Italian GP | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | GP3 v9.6 | 11th - 16th September | ??? | 23:59 | |
16 | United States Grand Prix | United States GP | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | GP3 v9.6 | 25th - 30th September | ??? | 23:59 | |
17 | Japanese Grand Prix | Japanese GP | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie | GP3 v9.6 | 10th - 14th October | ??? | 23:59 |
Changes
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Rule changes
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Results and standings
Grands Prix
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 11 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Pole Position | Fastest Lap |
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Points | 20 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers standings
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Bold - Pole |
† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Constructors standings
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Bold – Pole |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Preceded by: 2001 Superleague season |
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Succeeded by: 2003 Superleague season |