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2002 BTCC season
Previous: 2001	Next: 2003

The 2002 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 45th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.

[edit] Changes for 2002

• Number of race weekends reduced from 13 to 10

[edit] Teams and Drivers

M = Manufacturer Team
I = Independent Team
P = Production Class Team

Touring Class
No.	Driver	Cl.	Team	Car	Notes
0	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Matt Neal	M	egg:sport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
2	Image:Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller	M	Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
3	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg James Thompson	M	Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
5	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Dan Eaves	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé
8	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Tim Harvey	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé
11	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony Reid	M	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZS
12	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Warren Hughes	M	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZS
15	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg David Leslie	M	Petronas Syntium Proton	Proton Impian
17	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Tom Chilton	I	Barwell Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
20	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Phil Bennett	M	Petronas Syntium Proton	Proton Impian
21	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Gareth Howell	I	Team Atomic Kitten	MG ZS
22	Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg Colin Turkington	I	Team Atomic Kitten	MG ZS
23	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Carl Breeze	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé	Rounds 7-20
27	Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg Alan Morrison	M	Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type-R
28	Image:Flag of Guernsey.svg Andy Priaulx	M	Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type-R
29	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Paul O'Neill	M	egg:sport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
111	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Aaron Slight	I	Barwell Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
Production Class
51	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Rob Collard	P	Collard Racing	Renault Clio	Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-12
52	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg James Kaye	P	Synchro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
53	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Dave Allan	P	Synchro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	Rounds 5-20
55	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Graham Saunders	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 1-2, 5-20
56	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Alan Blencowe	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156
57	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Gavin Pyper	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 3-6, 9-20
58	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Kelvin Burt	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 7-8. Not eligible for points
59	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Annie Templeton	P	Tech-Speed Motorsport Racing with Freightmaster	Peugeot 306
60	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Mark Fullalove	P	Tech-Speed Motorsport	Peugeot 306
62	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svgSpencer Marsh	P	Beacon Motorsport	Honda Accord
63	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Mark Thomas	P	Beacon Motorsport with Anadin Ultra	Honda Accord
77	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Tom Boardman	P	Edenbridge Racing	BMW 320i	Rounds 1-2, 5-20
78	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Norman Simon	P	Edenbridge Racing	BMW 320i
81	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Steve Wood	P	TH Motorsport	Mitsubishi Carisma	Rounds 3-8, 19-20
88	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg John Batchelor	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 3-4
89	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Peter Cate	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 5-10
79	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Hyla Breese	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 11-20
99	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Jim Edwards Jr	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord

[edit] Championship results

Driver's championship-Touring Position Driver Points 1 James Thompson 183 2 Yvan Muller 163 3 Matt Neal 145 4 Anthony Reid 136 5 Andy Priaulx 116 6 Warren Hughes 110 7 David Leslie 79 8 Paul O'Neill 77 9 Alan Morrison 68 10 Tim Harvey 43 11 Dan Eaves 43 12 Aaron Slight 32 13 Gareth Howell 32 14 Colin Turkington 29 15 Tom Chilton 14 16 Phil Bennett 9 17 Carl Breeze 8	Independent's championship Position Driver Points 1 Dan Eaves 145 2 Aaron Slight 142 3 Tim Harvey 126 4 Gareth Howell 126 5 Tom Chilton 113 6 Colin Turkington 108 7 Carl Breeze 72	Driver's championship-Production Position Driver Points 1 James Kaye 210 2 Norman Simon 180 3 Spencer Marsh 122 4 Gavin Pyper 107 5 Jim Edwards Jr 101 6 Tom Boardman 98 7 Alan Blencowe 76 8 Mark Fullalove 69 9 Dave Allan 61 10 Mark Thomas 61 11 Graham Saunders 60 12 Rob Collard 34 13 Annie Templeton 26 14 Peter Cate 23 15 Steven Wood 12 16 John Batchelor 0 17 Kelvin Burt 0 18 Hyla Breese -16
Manufacturer's championship Position Make Points 1 Vauxhall 471 2 MG 320 3 Honda 212 4 Proton 145	Team's championship-Touring Position Team Points 1 Vauxhall Motorsport 161 2 MG Sport & Racing 107 3 Egg Sport 87 4 Honda Racing 78 5 Team Halfords 47 6 Team Atomic Kitten 34 7 Team Petronas 14 8 Barwell Motorsport 12	Team's championship-Production Position Team Points 1 Synchro Motorsport 127 2 Edenbridge Racing 115 3 Beacon Motorsport 103 4 GA Motorsports 86 5 Team B & Q 59 6 Tech-Speed Motorsport 43 7 Collard Racing 10 8 TH Motorsport 8  Image:Auto Racing Chequered.svg This motorsport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.