Rubens Barrichello celebrated his first victory of the season on this day in 2002 after a controversial situation in the Austrian GP where he had to let Michael Schumacher by for the victory.
In 2002, Nurburgring experienced changes in the first sector, which now became slower and longer, and the third consecutive pole position this season went to Juan Pablo Montoya in front of his teammate Ralf Schumacher, two Ferraris, two McLarens and two Renaults.
Ralf led at the start in front of Barrichello, Montoya and Michael, but in the first round Barrichello passed Ralf and Michael passed Montoya.
Older Schumacher passed his younger brother in the lap 3 and the two Ferrari cruised to convincing victory, 46 seconds ahead of third-placed Kimi Raikkonen in McLaren.
This time, Ferrari didn’t intervene between their drivers and Barrichello retained the lead that he held during all 60 laps.
Michael Schumacher clocked the fastest lap (1:32.226), 0.559 seconds faster than Barrichello and 0.933 seconds faster than Raikkonen.
Photo: Ferrari
