2002 Austrian Grand Prix

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The 2002 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 12, 2002 at the A1-Ring. It was infamous for the "staged finish", where Rubens Barrichello was told to let Michael Schumacher past at the last curve, due to team orders . Ferrari wanted their number one driver Schumacher to win the race and collect the maximum points for the Drivers' Championship. This extremely angered the crowd and people worldwide. Sensing the anger within the crowd, Schumacher pushed Barrichello onto the top step of the podium, incurring a $1 mil. dollar fine. Team orders were banned soon after this happened again that September at the United States Grand Prix (in which Schumacher returned the favor), on the grounds it artificially determined the race.

The race also featured a huge accident between Takuma Sato and Nick Heidfeld - Heidfeld lost control over his car, spun round and crashed into Sato's side. Sato suffered minor injuries but got stuck in the wreckage and it took several minutes for the race track stewards to cut him out from the vehicle.

1 Classification
2 Notes

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	1:33'51.562	3	10
2	2	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	+0.182 secs	1	6
3	6	Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	71	+17.730 secs	4	4
4	5	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	71	+18.448 secs	2	3
5	9	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Honda	71	+49.965 secs	15	2
6	3	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+50.672 secs	8	1
7	15	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button	Renault	71	+51.229 secs	13
8	24	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Mika Salo	Toyota	71	+69.425 secs	10
9	25	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish	Toyota	71	+69.718 secs	14
10	11	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	70	Engine	17
11	20	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Arrows-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	11
12	23	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Mark Webber	Minardi-Asiatech	69	+2 Laps	21
Ret	14	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli	Renault	44	Fuel pressure	16
Ret	22	Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Alex Yoong	Minardi-Asiatech	42	Engine	22
Ret	16	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	38	Hydraulics	20
Ret	7	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	27	Collision	5
Ret	10	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Takuma Sato	Jordan-Honda	26	Collision	18
Ret	12	Image:Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	22	Engine	9
Ret	8	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	7	Suspension	7
Ret	4	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	5	Engine	6
Ret	21	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Cosworth	2	Collision	12
Ret	17	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	Throttle	19

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher 1m 09.298s

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