1987 F1 World Championship Season

1986 F1 World Championship

1988 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Nelson Piquet (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Williams (4th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Nigel Mansell (6) Nelson Piquet (3) Alain Prost (3) Ayrton Senna (2) Gerhard Berger (2)
Winning constructors:	Williams (9) McLaren (3) Lotus (2) Ferrari (2)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1987 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	12 April	1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	San Marino	Imola	3 May	1987 San Marino Grand Prix
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	17 May	1987 Belgian Grand Prix
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	31 May	1987 Monaco Grand Prix
5	Detroit	Detroit	21 June	1987 Detroit Grand Prix
6	France	Paul Ricard	5 July	1987 French Grand Prix
7	Britain	Silverstone	12 July	1987 British Grand Prix
8	Germany	Hockenheim	26 July	1987 German Grand Prix
9	Hungary	Hungaroring	9 August	1987 Hungarian Grand Prix
10	Austria	Osterreichring	16 August	1987 Austrian Grand Prix
11	Italy	Monza	6 September	1987 Italian Grand Prix
12	Portugal	Estoril	20 September	1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
13	Spain CT	Jerez	27 September	1987 Spanish Grand Prix
14	Mexico	Mexico City	18 October	1987 Mexican Grand Prix
15	Japan DT	Suzuka	1 November	1987 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia	Adelaide	15 November	1987 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	5	40.547s
2	San Marino	Imola	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	27.545s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	6	24.764s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	2	33.212s
5	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	2	33.819s
6	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	7.711s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	1.918s
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	4	1m 39.591s
9	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	3	37.727s
10	Austria	Osterreichring	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	55.704s
11	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1	1.806s
12	Portugal	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	3	20.493s
13	Spain	Jerez	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	22.225s
14	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	26.176s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	17.384s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	1m 07.884s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	6	0.439s
2	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	2	0.120s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	DNF	1.390s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	DNF	0.672s
5	Detroit	Detroit	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	5	1.343s
6	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	0.423s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	0.070s
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	DNF	0.257s
9	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	14 (DNF)	0.502s
10	Austria	Osterreichring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	0.102s
11	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1	0.099s
12	Portugal	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	2	0.331s
13	Spain	Jerez	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	4	0.620s
14	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	0.043s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	0.610s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	0.700s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
2	San Marino	Imola	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
5	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
6	France	Paul Ricard	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
7	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
8	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
9	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
10	Austria	Osterreichring	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
11	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
12	Portugal	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
13	Spain	Jerez	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
14	Mexico	Mexico City	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
15	Japan	Suzuka	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
16	Australia	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

1987 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	73 (76)
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	61	-12
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	57	-16
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	46	-27
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	36	-37
6	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	30	-43
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	17	-56
8	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	16	-57
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	12	-61
10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	8	-65
11	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	7	-66
=	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	7	-66
13	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham Williams	6	-67
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	4	-69
=	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	-69
16	Derek Warwick	Arrows	3	-70
=	Philippe Alliot	Lola	3	-70
18	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	2	-71
19	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	1	-72
=	Ivan Capelli	March	1	-72
=	Roberto Moreno	AGS	1	-72

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Williams-Honda	137
2	McLaren-TAG	76	-61
3	Lotus-Honda	64	-73
4	Ferrari	53	-84
5	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	28	-109
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	11	-126
7	Arrows-Megatron	11	-126
8	Brabham-BMW	10	-127
9	Lola-Ford Cosworth	3	-134
10	Zakspeed	2	-135
11	Ligier-Megatron	1	-136
12	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1	-136
13	March-Ford Cosworth	1	-136

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	PRT	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Nigel Mansell	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	7		1.80	1
2	Nelson Piquet	2	3	2	3	3	4	1	4	3	1	1	4	1	3	5	3	2.69	1
3	Ayrton Senna	3	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	6	7	4	5	5	7	8	4	4.06	1
4	Alain Prost	5	4	6	4	5	2	4	3	4	9	5	3	7	5	2	2	4.38	2
5	Gerhard Berger	7	6	4	8	12	6	8	10	2	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	4.81	1
6	Thierry Boutsen	6	12	7	9	4	5	5	6	7	4	6	9	8	4	3	5	6.25	3
7	Michele Alboreto	9	7	5	5	7	8	7	5	5	6	8	6	4	9	4	6	6.31	4
8	Teo Fabi	4	5	9	12	8	7	6	9	12	5	7	10	6	6	6	9	7.56	4
9	Riccardo Patrese	11	8	8	10	9	12	11	11	10	8	9	7	9	8	9	7	9.19	7
10	Stefan Johansson	10	9	10	7	11	9	10	8	8	14	11	8	11	15	10	8	9.94	7
11	Derek Warwick	8	11	12	11	10	10	13	13	9	11	12	12	12	11	14	12	11.31	8
12	Eddie Cheever	14	10	11	6	6	14	14	15	11	12	13	11	13	12	13	11	11.63	6
13	Andrea de Cesaris	13	15	13	21	17	11	9	7	13	10	10	13	10	10	11	10	12.06	7
14	Stefano Modena																15	15.00	15
15	Satoru Nakajima	12	13	15	17	24	16	12	14	17	13	14	15	18	16	12	14	15.13	12
16	Alessandro Nannini	15	17	14	13	18	15	15	16	20	15	18	14	21	14	15	13	15.81	13
17	Rene Arnoux		14	16	22	21	13	16	12	19	16	15	18	14	18	18	20	16.80	12
18	Martin Brundle	19	16	18	14	15	18	17	19	22	17	17	17	20	13	16	16	17.12	13
19	Christian Danner	17	19	20		16	19	18	20	23	20	16	16	22	17	17	24	18.93	16
20	Philippe Alliot		23	22	18	20	23	21	21	15	22	23	19	17	24	19	17	20.27	15
21	Jonathan Palmer	18	25	24	15	13	24	23	23	16	24	22	24	16	22	20	19	20.50	13
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani		20	17	20	23	17		17	25	18	19	23	23	21	25	22	20.71	17
23	Adrian Campos	16	18	19	24	25	21	19	18	24	19	20	20	24	19	22	26	20.88	16
24	Philippe Streiff	20	22	23	23	14	25	22	22	14	25	24	21	15	25	26	18	21.19	14
25	Ivan Capelli	23	24	21	19	22	22	24	24	18	23	25	22	19	20	21	23	21.88	18
26	Yannick Dalmas														23	23	21	22.33	21
27	Alex Caffi	21	21	26	16	19	20	20	26	21	21	21	25	27	26	24	27	22.56	16
28	Pascal Fabre	22	26	25	25	26	26	25	25	26	26	28	27	25	27			25.64	22
29	Roberto Moreno															27	25	26.00	25
30	Nicola Larini											27		26				26.50	26
31	Franco Forini											26	26	28				26.67	26
32	Gabriele Tarquini		27															27.00	27

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	PRT	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	2	DNS	R	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	4	2	15^R	R	73 (76)
2	Nigel Mansell	6	1	R	R	5	1	1	R	14^R	1	3	R	1	1	DNS		61
3	Ayrton Senna	R	2	R	1	1	4	3	3	2	5	2	7	5	R	2	DSQ	57
4	Alain Prost	1	R	1	9^R	3	3	R	7^R	3	6	15	1	2	R	7	R	46
5	Gerhard Berger	4	R	R	4	4	R	R	R	R	R	4	2	R	R	1	1	36
6	Stefan Johansson	3	4	2	R	7	8^R	R	2	R	7	6	5	3	R	3	R	30
7	Michele Alboreto	8^R	3	R	3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	15^R	R	4	2	17
8	Thierry Boutsen	5	R	R	R	R	R	7	R	4	4	5	14	16^R	R	5	3	16
9	Teo Fabi	R	R	R	8	R	5	6	R	R	3	7	4^R	R	5	R	R	12
10	Eddie Cheever	NC	R	4	R	6^R	R	R	R	8	R	R	6	8^R	4	9	R	8
11	Jonathan Palmer	10	R	R	5	11	7	8	5	7	14	14	10	R	7	8	4	7
=	Satoru Nakajima	7	6	5	10	R	NC	4	R	R	13	11	8	9	R	6	R	7
13	Riccardo Patrese	R	9	R	R	9	R	R	R	5	R	R	R	13	3	11^R	9^R	6
14	Andrea de Cesaris	R	R	3^R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	8^R	4
=	Philippe Streiff	11	8	9	R	R	6	R	4	9	R	12	12	7	8	12	R	4
16	Derek Warwick	R	11^R	R	R	R	R	5	R	6	R	R	13	10	R	10	R	3
=	Philippe Alliot		10	8	R	R	R	R	6	R	12	R	R	6	6	R	R	3
18	Martin Brundle	R	5	R	7	R	R	NC	NC	R	DSQ	R	R	11	R	R	R	2
19	Rene Arnoux		DNS	6	11	10	R	R	R	R	10	10	R	R	R	R	R	1
=	Ivan Capelli	DNS	R	R	6	R	R	R	R	10	11	13	9	12	R	R	R	1
=	Roberto Moreno															R	6	1
	Yannick Dalmas														9	14^R	5
	Christian Danner	9	7	R		8	R	R	R	R	9	9	R	R	R	R	7
	Piercarlo Ghinzani		R	7^R	12	NC	R		R	12	8	8	R	R	R	13^R	R
	Pascal Fabre	12	13	10^R	13	12	9	9	R	13	NC	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ
	Alessandro Nannini	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	11	R	16^R	11^R	R	R	R	R
	Alex Caffi	R	12^R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	DNQ
	Adrian Campos	DSQ	R	R	DNS	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	14	R	R	R
	Franco Forini											R	R	DNQ
	Nicola Larini											DNQ		R
	Gabriele Tarquini		R
	Stefano Modena																R

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1987 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1987 F1 World Championship Season Statistics