2002 Rio de Janeiro Motorcycle Grand Prix (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2002 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of September 20-22, 2002 at Aut dromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. 2002 marked the beginning of the MotoGP era in the premier class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing with the arrival of 990 cc four-stroke machines. The change didn't happen at once throughout the grid, and some satellite teams continued using the previous year's 500 cc two-strokes and were given a four-stroke bike later in the season by the factory. The superiority of the 990 cc bikes was clear, and by the end of 2003 there were no 500s left in MotoGP.