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1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJacarepagua, 61 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 437th World Championship race
  • 15th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
More 1987 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1986 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG611hr 39m 45.141s9
2 (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda61+40.547s6
3+7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG61+56.758s4
4+3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari61+1m 39.235s3
5+1(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth60+1 lap2
6-5(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda60+1 lap1
7+5(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda59+2 laps 
8+1(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari58DNF 
9+8(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed58+3 laps 
10+8(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth58+3 laps 
11+9(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57+4 laps 
12+10(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth55+6 laps 
NC (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron52+9 laps 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda50DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW48DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW21DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron20DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo20DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni17DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed15DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
DQ (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni3DSQ 
Did not start
  (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Michele Alboreto ended lap 58 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Adrian Campos was disqualified for an incorrect starting procedure.
  • Ivan Capelli did not start the Grand Prix due to the lack of an available engine.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:26.128 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:26.5670.439
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:28.4082.280
4(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.4172.289
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:29.1753.047
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:29.4503.322
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:30.3574.229
8(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:30.4674.339
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:30.4684.340
10(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:30.4764.348
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:31.1795.051
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:32.2766.148
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:32.4026.274
14(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:32.7696.641
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:33.7297.601
16(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:33.8257.697
17(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:35.2129.084
18(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.0919.963
19(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:36.16010.032
20(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.27410.146
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:38.77012.642
22(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:39.81613.688
23(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:43.58017.452

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost9
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet6
3(SWE) Stefan Johansson4
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger3
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
6(GBR) Nigel Mansell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG13
2Williams-Honda7
3Ferrari3
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Adrian Campos (first Spanish driver to start a race since 1977)
Pascal Fabre
Satoru Nakajima (first Japanese driver to start a race since 1977)
Wins
26th for Alain Prost
53rd for McLaren
Podiums
49th for Alain Prost
40th for Nelson Piquet (5th driver to score 40 podiums, 1st Brazilian driver)
7th for Stefan Johansson (first for McLaren)
135th & 136th for McLaren
82nd for Williams
Poles
5th for Nigel Mansell
18th for Williams
1-2 start
4th for Williams
Fastest laps
20th for Nelson Piquet (4th driver to set 20 fastest laps, 1st Brazilian driver)
34th for Williams
Front row starts
39th for Nelson Piquet
15th for Nigel Mansell