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1987 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitOsterreichring, 52 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 446th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix (last until 1997)
  • 18th and last World Championship race at Osterreichring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda521hr 18m 44.898s9
2-1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda52+55.704s6
3+2(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth51+1 lap4
4 (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth51+1 lap3
5+2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda50+2 laps2
6PL(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG50+2 laps1
7+7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG50+2 laps 
8+10(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron50+2 laps 
9PL(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed49+3 laps 
10+6(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron49+3 laps 
11+12(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth49+3 laps 
12+10(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth49+3 laps 
13 (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda49+3 laps 
DQ (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed48+4 laps 
14+10(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47+5 laps 
NC (FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth45+7 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW43DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari42DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW35DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron35DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron31DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari5DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni3DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo0DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Martin Brundle was disqualified post-race for a bodywork infringement.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6  
7(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
9  
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
12  
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
14(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
17  
18(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
20  
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
23(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
26  
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
 (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
 (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
 (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
 (FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:23.357 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:23.4590.102
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:24.2130.856
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:24.3480.991
5(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.0541.697
6(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:25.0771.720
7(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:25.4922.135
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:25.7662.409
9(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:26.1702.813
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:27.6724.315
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.7624.405
12(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:28.3705.013
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:28.7865.429
14(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:29.0035.646
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.4356.078
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:29.7336.376
17(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:29.8936.536
18(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:30.6827.325
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:30.7977.440
20(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:31.0157.658
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:32.3138.956
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.74110.384
23(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:34.19910.842
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:34.61911.262
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:35.33811.981
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:40.63317.276

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet54
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna43
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell39
4(FRA) Alain Prost31
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson19
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(BEL) Thierry Boutsen8
9(ITA) Teo Fabi7
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
11(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
12(USA) Eddie Cheever4
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff4
14(GBR) Jonathan Palmer4
15(GBR) Derek Warwick3
16(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
18(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Alliot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda93
2McLaren-TAG50
3Lotus-Honda49
4Ferrari17
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth15
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Megatron7
8Brabham-BMW6
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Nigel Mansell (26th driver to start 100 races, 4th British driver)
100th for Osella (17th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
11th for Nigel Mansell
37th for Williams
Race 1-2
11th for Williams
Podiums
47th for Nelson Piquet
21st for Nigel Mansell
2nd and last for Teo Fabi (first podium since 1984; only podium for Benetton)
92nd & 93rd for Williams
3rd for Benetton
Poles
22nd for Nelson Piquet
26th for Williams
1-2 start
7th for Williams
Fastest laps
9th for Nigel Mansell
39th for Williams
Front row starts
42nd for Nelson Piquet
24th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
5th for Nigel Mansell (last until 1989)