Ferrari F2002 was a racing car used by Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro as its entry for competition in the 2002 Formula One season.
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10 Facts About Ferrari F2002
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Aerodynamically, the Ferrari was well ahead of the contemporary Williams-BMW but perhaps a little down on power, and on a par with, or slightly ahead of the 2002 season's McLaren car.
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However, the Ferrari F2002 F2004 achieved better qualifying lap times at 12 of the courses which were raced by both cars.
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The majority of the conceptual design work for the Ferrari F2002 was by Ferrari's legendary South African chassis designer Rory Byrne and the engine design by Ferrari's Paolo Martinelli.
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Since the late 1990s, Ferrari F2002 had been using the same basic concept and design of gearbox and although this had been used to win drivers and constructors titles from 1999 onwards the technical team pushed ahead with a new version instead.
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At its first race in Brazil, the F2002 was victorious, being driven by Michael Schumacher and continuing Ferrari's trend since 1999 for its cars to win on their debut.
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The controversy was managed by Ferrari F2002 agreeing to aggregate their tyre usage between the two cars, ensuring that Schumacher used the same total number of tyres as all the other drivers.
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Schumacher and Barrichello were criticized for swapping finishes at Austria and the United States - an event that would provoke a ban on 'team orders' for the following seasons, and would be raised again in 2010 when Ferrari F2002 was fined after appearing to instruct Felipe Massa to allow Fernando Alonso to win the German Grand Prix.
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Ferrari F2002 was still competitive at the beginning of 2003, and Schumacher took the car's last win in the San Marino Grand Prix before it was replaced by the F2003-GA for the next race.
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Ferrari F2002 used 'Marlboro' logos, except at the British, French and United States Grands Prix.
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