The 2002 V8Star Series season was the second V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at six European racing circuits, in Germany, Belgium and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series for a second time, taking three wins in all and beating Austrian Robert Lechner to the title.
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Irmscher Motorsport | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | All |
SST Engineering | 3 | Kurt Thiim | All |
4 | Steffen Widmann | All | |
PoleVision Racing | 5 | Ellen Lohr | 1–7 |
Toby Scheckter | 8 | ||
Benjamin Leuenberger | 9–10 | ||
6 | Roland Asch | All | |
MRS Workshop | 11 | Ralf Druckenmüller | All |
Motopark Oschersleben | 14 | Dennis Rostek | All |
MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Thomas Mutsch | All |
Becker Motorsport | 18 | Harald Becker | All |
1st Choice Racing | 20 | Patrick Michels | All |
21 | Kris Nissen | All | |
Ryll Racing | 22 | Siegfried Ryll | All |
23 | Tom Schwister | 1 | |
Gianni Giudici | 2–4, 6–10 | ||
Oliver Mayer | 5 | ||
GAG Racing Team | 27 | Hubert Haupt | 1–7 |
Franz Engstler | 8, 10 | ||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 9 | ||
28 | Dirk Adorf | All | |
Grohs Motorsport | 44 | Christian Hohenadel | 1–5, 8–9 |
Marc Duez | 6–7 | ||
55 | Markus Oestreich | All | |
JAG Racing Team | 66 | Sascha Bert | All |
77 | Patrick Simon | 1–6 | |
Christian Danner | 7 | ||
Ellen Lohr | 8–10 | ||
Zakspeed Motorsport | 88 | Pedro Lamy | All |
99 | Robert Lechner | All |
Race calendar and results
Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | April 27 | Ralf Druckenmüller | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
2 | R | Hockenheimring | Germany | May 11 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
3 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | June 1 | Robert Lechner | Pedro Lamy | Zakspeed Motorsport |
4 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | June 15 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
5 | R | Zolder | Belgium | July 6 | Thomas Mutsch | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
6 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | July 20 | Johnny Cecotto | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
7 | R | Salzburgring | Austria | August 10 | Markus Oestreich | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
8 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | August 31 | Thomas Mutsch | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
9 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | September 21 | Robert Lechner | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |
10 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | October 12 | Pedro Lamy | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |
Championship standings
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
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Points | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
References
External links
- driverdb.com V8Star Series 2002
- speedsport-magazine.com V8Star Series 2002
- motorsport-archive.com V8Star Series
- V8Star Series official website