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1987 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 65 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 443rd World Championship race
  • 38th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda651hr 19m 11.780s9
2-1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda65+1.918s6
3 (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda64+1 lap4
4+8(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda63+2 laps3
5+8(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron63+2 laps2
6 (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps1
7-2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth62+3 laps 
8+15(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+5 laps 
9+16(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth59+6 laps 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
NC (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed54+11 laps 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG53DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari52DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron45DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni34DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo32DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed32DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW28DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG18DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni10DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW8DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari7DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron3DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron   

Notes

  • Piercarlo Ghinzani was excluded from the Grand Prix after his car was refuelled on the track during qualifying.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:07.110 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:07.1800.070
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:08.1811.071
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:08.5771.467
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:08.9721.862
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:09.2462.136
7(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:09.2742.164
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:09.4082.298
9(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:09.4752.365
10(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:09.5412.431
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:10.0122.902
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:10.6193.509
13(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:10.6543.544
14(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:11.0533.943
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:12.2935.183
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:12.4025.292
17(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:12.6325.522
18(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:13.3376.227
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:13.7936.683
20(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:15.5588.448
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:15.8688.758
22(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.5249.414
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.6449.534
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:16.6929.582
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:18.23711.127

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna31
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell30
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet30
4(FRA) Alain Prost26
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson13
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
10(USA) Eddie Cheever4
11(ITA) Teo Fabi3
12(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
=(GBR) Derek Warwick2
16(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda60
2McLaren-TAG39
3Lotus-Honda37
4Ferrari17
5Arrows-Megatron6
6Benetton-Ford Cosworth5
7Brabham-BMW4
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
10th for Nigel Mansell (18th driver to win ten races, 6th British driver)
34th for Williams
Race 1-2
10th for Williams (2nd constructor to finish 1-2 in ten races)
Podiums
44th for Nelson Piquet
21st for Ayrton Senna
20th for Nigel Mansell (25th driver to score 20 podiums, 8th British driver)
165th for Lotus
88th & 89th for Williams
Poles
21st for Nelson Piquet
23rd for Williams
1-2 start
6th for Williams
Fastest laps
7th for Nigel Mansell
36th for Williams
Front row starts
41st for Nelson Piquet
21st for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
4th for Nigel Mansell