2002 World Series by Nissan

2002 World Series by Nissan

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The 2002 Telefónica World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 10 different teams and 30 different drivers competed.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Epsilon by Graff	1	Jean-Christophe Ravier	All
	2	Ander Vilariño	All
Vergani Racing	3	André Couto	All
	4	Félix Porteiro	1-7
		Milka Duno	8-9
Campos Motorsport	5	Antonio García	All
	6	Polo Villaamil	All
Repsol-Meycom	7	Ángel Burgueño	1-5, 8
		Rodrigo Sperafico	6-7
		Ricardo Sperafico	9
	8	Víctor Ordoñez	1-7
		Rodrigo Sperafico	8-9
GD Racing	9	Rafael Sarandeses	1-4
		Jonathan Cochet	5-6
		Nicolas Minassian	7
		Wagner Ebrahim	8-9
	10	Roberto González	All
Racing Engineering	11	Franck Montagny	All
	12	Justin Wilson	All
Gabord Competición	14	Tuka Rocha	All
	15	Ricardo Zonta	All
KTR	16	Luciano Gomide	1-6
		Jonathan Cochet	7
		Paul Edwards	8-9
	17	Bas Leinders	All
Zele Racing	18	Nicolás Filiberti	1-6, 8
		Damien Faulkner	7
	19		1-2
		Ivan Bellarosa	3-4
		Walter Lechner Jr.	5
		Rafael Sarandeses	6-7
		Jaime Melo, Jr.	8-9
Tata RC Motorsport	20	Peter Sundberg	All
	21	Narain Karthikeyan	All

Calendar

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Valencia	12 May	Franck Montagny	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Racing Engineering
2	R1	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	9 June	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
3	R1	Circuito de Albacete	23 June	André Couto	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Epsilon by Graff
	R2			Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	KTR
4	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	Bas Leinders	KTR
	R2			Franck Montagny	Bas Leinders	Franck Montagny	Racing Engineering
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	31 August	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Justin Wilson	Ricardo Zonta	Franck Montagny	Racing Engineering
6	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	29 September	Justin Wilson	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Ricardo Zonta	Bas Leinders	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
7	R1	Circuit de Valencia	20 October	Ander Vilariño	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Justin Wilson	Ricardo Zonta	Justin Wilson	Racing Engineering
8	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	1 December	Ricardo Zonta	Bas Leinders	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
	R2			Narain Karthikeyan	Bas Leinders	Ricardo Zonta	Gabord Competición
9	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos	8 December	Franck Montagny	Ricardo Zonta	Franck Montagny	Racing Engineering
	R2			Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Justin Wilson	Racing Engineering

Every second race saw a mandatory pit stop.

Race 17 originally scheduled over 17 laps, but abandoned due to rain.

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

• Points System:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL
Pts	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	VAL		JAR		ALB		MNZ		MAG		BAR		VAL		CUR		INT		Pts
1	Ricardo Zonta	1	3	1	1	2	2	5	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	DNS	5	270
2	Franck Montagny	2	1	2	12	5	4	2	1	3	1	5	4	7	5	6	2	1	3	204
3	Bas Leinders	4	4	4	2	3	1	1	2	2	7	7	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	Ret	184
4	Justin Wilson	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	9	3	4	4	5	3	5	3	1	3	4	2	1	171
5	Antonio García	6	9	8	7	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	5	3	6	6	Ret	DNS	5	6	6	2	82
6	Jean-Christophe Ravier	8	5	15	5	1	Ret	14	Ret	16	14	4	3	11	3	17	Ret	Ret	6	81
7	André Couto	Ret	Ret	11	8	11	3	7	3	7	11	2	15	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	10	11	66
8	Ander Vilariño	Ret	2	12	13	13	Ret	12	11	10	6	13	Ret	2	6	8	8	15	7	53
9	Narain Karthikeyan	10	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	12	4	9	7	4	51
10	Polo Villaamil	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	9	8	13	12	17	Ret	7	7	5	3	Ret	41
11	Tuka Rocha	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	7	6	8	12	4	14	7	9	Ret	Ret	15	8	10	39
12	Nicolás Filiberti	5	7	DNS	4	Ret	8	8	7	Ret	16	18	12			12	12			32
13	Jonathan Cochet									6	15	9	9	4	4					30
14	Peter Sundberg	Ret	10	13	6	6	5	15	6	DNS	DNS	11	13	14	10	9	DNS	14	Ret	30
15	Ángel Burgueño	Ret	6	14	Ret	10	6	4	12	11	9					11	Ret			25
16	Rafael Sarandeses	3	8	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	10	15			Ret	Ret	10	Ret					17
17	Luciano Gomide	7	11	10	10	7	12	9	14	17	12	10	8							16
18	Rodrigo Sperafico											8	10	6	11	14	11	11	9	12
19	Félix Porteiro	9	Ret	6	11	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	Ret	16	16	8	Ret					12
20	Jaime Melo, Jr.															15	10	5	Ret	9
21	Paul Edwards															13	7	13	8	7
22	Roberto González	12	Ret	16	9	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	14	10	15	11	12	8	Ret	13	12	Ret	7
23	Victor Ordóñez	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	11	13	Ret	Ret	17	17	14	Ret	13					3
24	Walter Lechner Jr.									15	8									3
25	Wagner Ebrahim															10	14	9	Ret	3
26	Damien Faulkner	11	12	17	Ret									13	9					2
27	Iván Bellarosa					12	13	Ret	13											0
28	Milka Duno															16	16	DNS	12	0
29	Ricardo Sperafico																	Ret	Ret	0
30	Nicolas Minassian													Ret	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	VAL		JAR		ALB		MNZ		MAG		BAR		VAL		CUR		INT		Pts

Teams

Pos	Teams	No.	VAL		JAR		ALB		MNZ		MAG		BAR		VAL		CUR		INT		Pts
1	Racing Engineering	11	2	1	2	12	5	4	2	1	3	1	5	4	7	5	6	2	1	3	395
		12	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	9	3	4	4	5	3	5	3	1	3	4	2	1
2	Gabord Competición	14	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	7	6	8	12	4	14	7	9	Ret	Ret	15	8	10	333
		15	1	3	1	1	2	2	5	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	DNS	5
3	KTR	16	7	11	10	10	7	12	9	14	17	12	10	8	4	4	13	7	13	8	227
		17	4	4	4	2	3	1	1	2	2	7	7	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	Ret
4	Epsilon by Graff	1	8	5	15	5	1	Ret	14	Ret	16	14	4	3	11	3	17	Ret	Ret	6	134
		2	Ret	2	12	13	13	Ret	12	11	10	6	13	Ret	2	6	8	8	15	7
5	Campos Motorsport	5	6	9	8	7	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	5	3	6	6	Ret	DNS	5	6	6	2	110
		6	8	5	15	5	1	Ret	14	Ret	16	14	4	3	11	3	17	Ret	Ret	6
6	Vergani Racing	3	Ret	Ret	11	8	11	3	7	3	7	11	2	15	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	10	11	91
		4	9	Ret	6	11	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	Ret	16	16	8	Ret	16	16	DNS	12
7	RC Motorsport	20	Ret	10	13	6	6	5	15	6	DNS	DNS	11	13	14	10	9	DNS	14	Ret	79
		21	10	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	12	4	9	7	4
8	Zele Racing	18	5	7	DNS	4	Ret	8	8	7	Ret	16	18	12	13	9	12	12			46
		19	11	12	17	Ret	12	13	Ret	13	15	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	15	10	5	Ret
9	Repsol-Meycom	7	Ret	6	14	Ret	10	6	4	12	11	9	8	10	6	11	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	41
		8	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	11	13	Ret	Ret	17	17	14	Ret	13	14	11	11	9
10	GD Racing	9	3	8	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	10	15	6	15	9	9	Ret	DNS	10	14	9	Ret	36
		10	12	Ret	16	9	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	14	10	15	11	12	8	Ret	13	12	Ret
Pos	Team	No.	VAL		JAR		ALB		MNZ		MAG		BAR		VAL		CUR		INT		Pts