By Lorenzo Gotti
May 26 2002

Michael Schumacher has finished 2nd in the 2002 Monaco GP with Rubens Barrichello ending the race in 7th place. The race was won by David Coulthard in a race that Ferrari could well have won.

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2nd place for Michael Schumacher in Monaco was the end result of Ferrari’s trip to Monaco, after running 3rd for much of the race despite being the fastest man on the track Schumacher had to benefit from a good strategy and a BMW blow-up as Montoya fell foul of the BMW reliability. Schumacher was without doubt capable of winning but with no room for error he wisely decided to let the win go this time and take the 6 points for himself and the team.

Rubens Barrichello suffered a bad race after a terrible start he was down to 7th place and stuck behind a McLaren for much of the race, then he decided to make a chance for himself which only ended in tears as he hit the back of Raikkonen and loses his front wing, but at least he made the McLaren retire! Rubens had to then stop for a new wing, then he was given a penalty then when serving that penalty he was caught speeding in the pit lane resulting in another penalty.

It’s a win that got away though for Schumacher, had he not been held up so long by the much slower Williams of Montoya then he would have easily had the pace to beat Coulthard in the pit-stops but it was not to be this time.

Full Race Times

1. COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1h45'39"055
2. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B + 0'01"050
3. R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M + 1'17"450
4. TRULLI Renault M 1 lap(s)
5. FISICHELLA Jordan Honda B 1 lap(s)
6. FRENTZEN Arrows Cosworth B 1 lap(s)
7. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1 lap(s)
8. HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 2 lap(s)
9. IRVINE Jaguar Cosworth M 2 lap(s)
10. DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M 2 lap(s)
11. WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M 2 lap(s)
12. BERNOLDI Arrows Cosworth B 2 lap(s)
13. SALO Toyota M 8 lap(s)
14. MASSA Sauber Petronas B 14 lap(s)
15. PANIS BAR Honda B 26 lap(s)
16. BUTTON Renault M 26 lap(s)
17. MONTOYA Williams BMW M 31 lap(s)
18. VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 33 lap(s)
19. RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 36 lap(s)
20. YOONG Minardi Asiatech M 48 lap(s)
21. SATO Jordan Honda B 55 lap(s)
22. MCNISH Toyota M 62 lap(s)

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