CART: Mexico City, Round 19

17th November 2002



Friday First Practice

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 4 Bruno Junqueira 21 1:27.197 115.022 2. 1X Cristiano da Matta 11 1:28.214 1.017 1.017 113.696 1.326 1.326 3. 12X Kenny Brack 7 1:28.467 0.253 1.270 113.371 0.325 1.651 4. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 19 1:28.477 0.010 1.280 113.358 0.013 1.664 5. 39 Michael Andretti 18 1:28.501 0.024 1.304 113.328 0.030 1.694 6. 26 Paul Tracy 22 1:28.507 0.006 1.310 113.320 0.008 1.702 7. 10X Tony Kanaan 15 1:28.653 0.146 1.456 113.133 0.187 1.889 8. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 11 1:28.674 0.021 1.477 113.106 0.027 1.916 9. 27 Dario Franchitti 19 1:28.999 0.325 1.802 112.693 0.413 2.329 10. 9 Michel Jourdain 20 1:29.115 0.116 1.918 112.547 0.146 2.475 11. 55X Mario Dominguez* 13 1:29.263 0.148 2.066 112.360 0.187 2.662 12. 32 Patrick Carpentier 16 1:29.486 0.223 2.289 112.080 0.280 2.942 13. 51 Luis Diaz* 20 1:29.547 0.061 2.350 112.004 0.076 3.018 14. 44 Scott Dixon 14 1:29.555 0.008 2.358 111.994 0.010 3.028 15. 8 Jimmy Vasser 18 1:29.662 0.107 2.465 111.860 0.134 3.162 16. 19 Andre Lotterer* 28 1:29.689 0.027 2.492 111.826 0.034 3.196 17. 33X Alex Tagliani 8 1:29.817 0.128 2.620 111.667 0.159 3.355 18. 20 Oriol Servia 18 1:29.836 0.019 2.639 111.643 0.024 3.379 19. 52 Shinji Nakano 17 1:30.235 0.399 3.038 111.150 0.493 3.872 - 11X Christian Fittipaldi 17 1:30.237 0.002 3.040 111.147 0.003 3.875 - 55 Mario Dominguez* 12 1:30.522 0.285 3.325 110.797 0.350 4.225 - 12 Kenny Brack 12 1:30.578 0.056 3.381 110.729 0.068 4.293 - 33 Alex Tagliani 9 1:31.068 0.490 3.871 110.133 0.596 4.889 - 10 Tony Kanaan 6 1:31.663 0.595 4.466 109.418 0.715 5.604 - 1 Cristiano da Matta 8 1:32.932 1.269 5.735 107.924 1.494 7.098 - 52X Shinji Nakano 8 1:33.040 0.108 5.843 107.799 0.125 7.223 - 20X Oriol Servia 6 +1:50.413 17.373 23.216 90.837 16.962 24.185 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:36.476)

Friday Second Practice

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 27 Dario Franchitti 7 1:27.145 115.091 2. 1X Cristiano da Matta 7 1:27.295 0.150 0.150 114.893 0.198 0.198 3. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 7 1:27.319 0.024 0.174 114.862 0.031 0.229 4. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 8 1:27.737 0.418 0.592 114.314 0.548 0.777 5. 8 Jimmy Vasser 7 1:27.878 0.141 0.733 114.131 0.183 0.960 6. 12X Kenny Brack 8 1:27.921 0.043 0.776 114.075 0.056 1.016 7. 9 Michel Jourdain 8 1:27.937 0.016 0.792 114.054 0.021 1.037 8. 4 Bruno Junqueira 7 1:27.952 0.015 0.807 114.035 0.019 1.056 9. 32 Patrick Carpentier 8 1:28.209 0.257 1.064 113.703 0.332 1.388 10. 44 Scott Dixon 8 1:28.213 0.004 1.068 113.698 0.005 1.393 11. 19 Andre Lotterer* 10 1:28.228 0.015 1.083 113.678 0.020 1.413 12. 52 Shinji Nakano 8 1:28.417 0.189 1.272 113.435 0.243 1.656 13. 55 Mario Dominguez* 8 1:28.438 0.021 1.293 113.408 0.027 1.683 14. 26 Paul Tracy 9 1:28.468 0.030 1.323 113.370 0.038 1.721 15. 39 Michael Andretti 8 1:28.476 0.008 1.331 113.360 0.010 1.731 16. 51 Luis Diaz* 8 1:29.500 1.024 2.355 112.063 1.297 3.028 17. 33 Alex Tagliani 6 1:29.585 0.085 2.440 111.956 0.107 3.135 18. 10 Tony Kanaan 4 1:29.598 0.013 2.453 111.940 0.016 3.151 19. 20 Oriol Servia 8 1:30.894 1.296 3.749 110.344 1.596 4.747 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:35.942)

Friday Qualifying

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 4 Bruno Junqueira 13 1:25.941 116.703 2. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 12 1:26.027 0.086 0.086 116.587 0.116 0.116 3. 27 Dario Franchitti 13 1:26.147 0.120 0.206 116.424 0.163 0.279 4. 8 Jimmy Vasser 13 1:26.703 0.556 0.762 115.678 0.746 1.025 5. 10X Tony Kanaan 15 1:26.719 0.016 0.778 115.656 0.022 1.047 6. 32 Patrick Carpentier 14 1:26.904 0.185 0.963 115.410 0.246 1.293 7. 26 Paul Tracy 13 1:26.971 0.067 1.030 115.321 0.089 1.382 8. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 6 1:27.144 0.173 1.203 115.092 0.229 1.611 9. 12 Kenny Brack 12 1:27.147 0.003 1.206 115.088 0.004 1.615 10. 1X Cristiano da Matta 11 1:27.174 0.027 1.233 115.053 0.035 1.650 11. 52 Shinji Nakano 14 1:27.245 0.071 1.304 114.959 0.094 1.744 12. 55 Mario Dominguez* 15 1:27.344 0.099 1.403 114.829 0.130 1.874 13. 39 Michael Andretti 13 1:27.355 0.011 1.414 114.814 0.015 1.889 14. 33 Alex Tagliani 13 1:27.483 0.128 1.542 114.646 0.168 2.057 15. 44 Scott Dixon 14 1:27.525 0.042 1.584 114.591 0.055 2.112 16. 9 Michel Jourdain 13 1:27.923 0.398 1.982 114.073 0.518 2.630 17. 51 Luis Diaz* 14 1:27.992 0.069 2.051 113.983 0.090 2.720 18. 19 Andre Lotterer* 15 1:28.058 0.066 2.117 113.898 0.085 2.805 19. 20 Oriol Servia 11 1:29.659 1.601 3.718 111.864 2.034 4.839 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:34.582)

Saturday First Practice

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 4 Bruno Junqueira 15 1:27.298 114.889 2. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 12 1:27.683 0.385 0.385 114.385 0.504 0.504 3. 19 Andre Lotterer* 14 1:28.010 0.327 0.712 113.960 0.425 0.929 4. 52 Shinji Nakano 26 1:28.133 0.123 0.835 113.801 0.159 1.088 5. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 16 1:28.151 0.018 0.853 113.777 0.024 1.112 6. 1X Cristiano da Matta 15 1:28.182 0.031 0.884 113.737 0.040 1.152 7. 32 Patrick Carpentier 27 1:28.194 0.012 0.896 113.722 0.015 1.167 8. 27 Dario Franchitti 16 1:28.233 0.039 0.935 113.672 0.050 1.217 9. 44 Scott Dixon 26 1:28.346 0.113 1.048 113.526 0.146 1.363 10. 8 Jimmy Vasser 13 1:28.355 0.009 1.057 113.515 0.011 1.374 11. 10X Tony Kanaan 12 1:28.436 0.081 1.138 113.411 0.104 1.478 12. 12 Kenny Brack 26 1:28.437 0.001 1.139 113.410 0.001 1.479 13. 51 Luis Diaz* 20 1:28.571 0.134 1.273 113.238 0.172 1.651 14. 39 Michael Andretti 10 1:28.583 0.012 1.285 113.223 0.015 1.666 15. 20 Oriol Servia 27 1:28.686 0.103 1.388 113.091 0.132 1.798 16. 26 Paul Tracy 14 1:28.739 0.053 1.441 113.024 0.067 1.865 17. 55 Mario Dominguez* 13 1:28.897 0.158 1.599 112.823 0.201 2.066 18. 33 Alex Tagliani 16 1:28.960 0.063 1.662 112.743 0.080 2.146 19. 9 Michel Jourdain 11 1:28.962 0.002 1.664 112.740 0.003 2.149 - 1 Cristiano da Matta 5 +1:41.189 12.227 13.891 99.117 13.623 15.772 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:36.240)

Saturday Second Practice

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 10X Tony Kanaan 6 1:27.336 114.839 2. 32 Patrick Carpentier 6 1:27.704 0.368 0.368 114.357 0.482 0.482 3. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 4 1:27.809 0.105 0.473 114.221 0.136 0.618 4. 27 Dario Franchitti 6 1:27.926 0.117 0.590 114.069 0.152 0.770 5. 39 Michael Andretti 6 1:28.278 0.352 0.942 113.614 0.455 1.225 6. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 5 1:28.333 0.055 0.997 113.543 0.071 1.296 7. 55 Mario Dominguez* 6 1:28.346 0.013 1.010 113.526 0.017 1.313 8. 12 Kenny Brack 5 1:28.549 0.203 1.213 113.266 0.260 1.573 9. 33 Alex Tagliani 5 1:28.649 0.100 1.313 113.138 0.128 1.701 10. 44 Scott Dixon 5 1:28.700 0.051 1.364 113.073 0.065 1.766 11. 51 Luis Diaz* 6 1:28.807 0.107 1.471 112.937 0.136 1.902 12. 4 Bruno Junqueira 3 1:29.047 0.240 1.711 112.633 0.304 2.206 13. 19 Andre Lotterer* 5 1:29.055 0.008 1.719 112.623 0.010 2.216 14. 52 Shinji Nakano 4 1:29.424 0.369 2.088 112.158 0.465 2.681 15. 26 Paul Tracy 6 1:29.448 0.024 2.112 112.128 0.030 2.711 16. 20 Oriol Servia 6 1:29.958 0.510 2.622 111.492 0.636 3.347 17. 9 Michel Jourdain 5 1:32.201 2.243 4.865 108.780 2.712 6.059 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:36.272)

Saturday Qualifying

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 4 Bruno Junqueira 9 1:26.126 116.453 2. 10X Tony Kanaan 10 1:26.394 0.268 0.268 116.091 0.362 0.362 3. 12 Kenny Brack 10 1:26.786 0.392 0.660 115.567 0.524 0.886 4. 27 Dario Franchitti 6 1:26.891 0.105 0.765 115.427 0.140 1.026 5. 55 Mario Dominguez* 13 1:26.975 0.084 0.849 115.316 0.111 1.137 6. 39 Michael Andretti 8 1:27.053 0.078 0.927 115.213 0.103 1.240 7. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 11 1:27.150 0.097 1.024 115.084 0.129 1.369 8. 32 Patrick Carpentier 9 1:27.322 0.172 1.196 114.858 0.226 1.595 9. 1X Cristiano da Matta 12 1:27.405 0.083 1.279 114.749 0.109 1.704 10. 33 Alex Tagliani 11 1:27.437 0.032 1.311 114.707 0.042 1.746 11. 44 Scott Dixon 11 1:27.447 0.010 1.321 114.693 0.014 1.760 12. 26 Paul Tracy 5 1:27.573 0.126 1.447 114.528 0.165 1.925 13. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 6 1:27.670 0.097 1.544 114.402 0.126 2.051 14. 20 Oriol Servia 13 1:27.727 0.057 1.601 114.327 0.075 2.126 15. 9X Michel Jourdain 8 1:27.807 0.080 1.681 114.223 0.104 2.230 16. 19 Andre Lotterer* 14 1:27.898 0.091 1.772 114.105 0.118 2.348 17. 52 Shinji Nakano 12 1:27.919 0.021 1.793 114.078 0.027 2.375 18. 51X Luis Diaz* 6 1:27.969 0.050 1.843 114.013 0.065 2.440 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:34.886)

Starting Line-up

Pos Car Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 4 Bruno Junqueira 1:25.941 116.703 2. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 1:26.027 0.086 0.086 116.587 0.116 0.116 3. 27 Dario Franchitti 1:26.147 0.120 0.206 116.424 0.163 0.279 4. 10X Tony Kanaan 1:26.394 0.247 0.453 116.091 0.333 0.612 5. 8 Jimmy Vasser 1:26.703 0.309 0.762 115.678 0.413 1.025 6. 12 Kenny Brack 1:26.786 0.083 0.845 115.567 0.111 1.136 7. 32 Patrick Carpentier 1:26.904 0.118 0.963 115.410 0.157 1.293 8. 26 Paul Tracy 1:26.971 0.067 1.030 115.321 0.089 1.382 9. 55 Mario Dominguez* 1:26.975 0.004 1.034 115.316 0.005 1.387 10. 39 Michael Andretti 1:27.053 0.078 1.112 115.213 0.103 1.490 11. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 1:27.144 0.091 1.203 115.092 0.121 1.611 12. 1X Cristiano da Matta 1:27.174 0.030 1.233 115.053 0.039 1.650 13. 52 Shinji Nakano 1:27.245 0.071 1.304 114.959 0.094 1.744 14. 33 Alex Tagliani 1:27.437 0.192 1.496 114.707 0.252 1.996 15. 44 Scott Dixon 1:27.447 0.010 1.506 114.693 0.014 2.010 16. 20 Oriol Servia 1:27.727 0.280 1.786 114.327 0.366 2.376 17. 9X Michel Jourdain 1:27.807 0.080 1.866 114.223 0.104 2.480 18. 19 Andre Lotterer* 1:27.898 0.091 1.957 114.105 0.118 2.598 19. 51X Luis Diaz* 1:27.969 0.071 2.028 114.013 0.092 2.690 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:34.582)

Warm-up

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 10X Tony Kanaan 13 1:27.325 114.854 2. 33 Alex Tagliani 11 1:27.435 0.110 0.110 114.709 0.145 0.145 3. 26 Paul Tracy 12 1:27.534 0.099 0.209 114.579 0.130 0.275 4. 52 Shinji Nakano 15 1:27.660 0.126 0.335 114.415 0.164 0.439 5. 19 Andre Lotterer* 15 1:27.737 0.077 0.412 114.314 0.101 0.540 6. 27 Dario Franchitti 9 1:28.053 0.316 0.728 113.904 0.410 0.950 7. 1X Cristiano da Matta 13 1:28.111 0.058 0.786 113.829 0.075 1.025 8. 4 Bruno Junqueira 12 1:28.172 0.061 0.847 113.750 0.079 1.104 9. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 13 1:28.196 0.024 0.871 113.719 0.031 1.135 10. 12 Kenny Brack 14 1:28.197 0.001 0.872 113.718 0.001 1.136 11. 9X Michel Jourdain 14 1:28.408 0.211 1.083 113.447 0.271 1.407 12. 51X Luis Diaz* 15 1:28.408 0.000 1.083 113.447 0.000 1.407 13. 32 Patrick Carpentier 13 1:28.466 0.058 1.141 113.372 0.075 1.482 14. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 14 1:28.476 0.010 1.151 113.360 0.012 1.494 15. 8 Jimmy Vasser 12 1:28.545 0.069 1.220 113.271 0.089 1.583 16. 20 Oriol Servia 14 1:28.806 0.261 1.481 112.938 0.333 1.916 17. 39 Michael Andretti 13 1:29.018 0.212 1.693 112.669 0.269 2.185 18. 44 Scott Dixon 14 1:29.395 0.377 2.070 112.194 0.475 2.660 19. 55 Mario Dominguez* 12 1:29.579 0.184 2.254 111.964 0.230 2.890 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (1:36.118)

Race Results

Pos Car Driver Nat Ch/Engine Laps Gap Fast lap Status 1. 12 Kenny Brack S LT-Toyota 73 0.000 114.703 Active 2. 1 Cristiano da Matta BR LT-Toyota 73 3.987 113.889 Active 3. 4 Bruno Junqueira BR LT-Toyota 73 5.073 114.845 Active 4. 32 Patrick Carpentier CDN RI-Ford 73 10.842 113.947 Active 5. 27 Dario Franchitti SCO LT-Honda 73 12.548 114.559 Active 6. 5 Toranosuke Takagi J RI-Toyota 73 16.762 114.019 Active 7. 44 Scott Dixon NZ LT-Toyota 73 23.622 113.573 Active 8. 10 Tony Kanaan BR LT-Honda 73 25.846 113.957 Active 9. 20 Oriol Servia E LT-Toyota 73 28.034 113.815 Active 10. 33 Alex Tagliani CDN RI-Ford 73 29.949 113.357 Active 11. 8 Jimmy Vasser USA LT-Ford 73 30.628 113.725 Active 12. 19 Andre Lotterer D LT-Ford 73 31.426 114.402 Active 13. 9 Michel Jourdain MEX LT-Ford 73 32.055 113.913 Active 14. 52 Shinji Nakano J RI-Honda 72 49.999 114.955 Active 15. 11 Christian Fittipaldi BR LT-Toyota 67 6 laps 113.889 Mechanical 16. 26 Paul Tracy CDN LT-Honda 61 12 laps 114.868 Mechanical 17. 39 Michael Andretti USA LT-Honda 50 23 laps 113.628 Contact 18. 55 Mario Dominguez MEX LT-Ford 16 57 laps 111.889 Mechanical 19. 51 Luis Diaz MEX LT-Honda 1 72 laps 87.322 Mechanical Race Winning Time: 1h56m48.475

Final Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship: Pos Name Team Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cristiano da Matta Newman-Haas Racing 237 196 41 2 Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing 164 110 54 3 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 157 117 40 4 Dario Franchitti Team Green 148 95 53 5 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 122 103 19 6 Kenny Brack Chip Ganassi Racing 114 101 13 7 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 114 83 31 8 Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 111 84 27 9 Michael Andretti Team Motorola (Green) 110 85 25 10 Michel Jourdain Team Rahal 105 80 25 11 Paul Tracy Team Green 101 76 25 12 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 99 80 19 13 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 97 68 29 14 Adrian Fernandez Fernandez Racing 59 36 23 15 Toranosuke Takagi Walker Racing 53 28 25 16 Oriol Servia Patrick Racing 44 14 30 17 Shinji Nakano Fernandez Racing 43 30 13 18 Mario Dominguez (R) Herdez Competition 37 33 4 19 Max Papis Sigma Autosport/Fernandez R. 32 18 14 20 Townsend Bell (R) Patrick Racing 19 18 1 21 Darren Manning (R) Team St George/Dale Coyne 4 0 4 22 Andre Lotterer (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1 1 0 23 Luis Diaz (R) Fernandez Racing 1 1 0 Manufacturers' Championship: Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Toyota 332 250 82 2 Honda 283 194 89 3 Ford-Cosworth 259 188 71 Constructors' Championship: Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Lola 401 292 109 2 Reynard 235 178 57 Nations' Cup: Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Brazil 325 241 84 2 Canada 247 176 71 3 United States 164 130 34 4 Scotland 148 95 53 5 Mexico 142 110 32 6 Sweden 113 100 13 7 New Zealand 96 67 29 8 Japan 73 48 25 9 Spain 44 14 30 10 Italy 32 18 14 11 England 4 0 4 12 Germany 1 1 0 Rookie of the year: Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Mario Dominguez (R) 37 33 4 2 Townsend Bell (R) 19 18 1 3 Darren Manning (R) 4 0 4 4 Andre Lotterer (R) 1 1 0 5 Luis Diaz (R) 1 1 0 Prize money leaders: Pos Name Money --------------------------------------- 1. Cristiano da Matta $ 1,053,000 2. Dario Franchitti $ 701,000 3. Bruno Junqueira $ 679,750 4. Patrick Carpentier $ 651,500 5. Christian Fittipaldi $ 534,500 6. Michael Andretti $ 518,750 7. Kenny Brack $ 511,000 8. Jimmy Vasser $ 502,250 9. Paul Tracy $ 493,750 10. Alex Tagliani $ 460,750 11. Tony Kanaan $ 419,000 12. Michel Jourdain $ 409,250 13. Scott Dixon $ 408,000 14. Mario Dominguez (R) $ 341,000 15. Toranosuke Takagi $ 317,750 16. Adrian Fernandez $ 309,000 17. Shinji Nakano $ 302,500 18. Oriol Servia $ 230,250 19. Max Papis $ 166,500 20. Townsend Bell (R) $ 143,750 21. Darren Manning (R) $ 17,500 22. Andre Lotterer (R) $ 14,250 23. Luis Diaz (R) $ 11,000