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1987 Detroit Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDetroit, 63 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Detroit Grand Prix was the:

  • 441st World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Detroit Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Detroit
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda631hr 50m 16.358s9
2+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda63+33.819s6
3+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG63+45.327s4
4+8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari63+1m 02.601s3
5-4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda62+1 lap2
6 (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron60DNF1
7+4(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG60+3 laps 
8+8(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed60+3 laps 
9 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW60+3 laps 
10+11(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron60+3 laps 
11+2(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
12+14(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth58+5 laps 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
NC (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron51+12 laps 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari25DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni22DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed16DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron12DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo3DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW2DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda0DNF 

Notes

  • Eddie Cheever ended lap 60 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:39.264 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:40.6071.343
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:40.9421.678
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:42.0502.786
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:42.3573.093
6(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:42.3613.097
7(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:42.6843.420
8(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:42.9183.654
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:43.4794.215
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:43.5414.277
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:43.7974.533
12(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:43.8164.552
13(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:44.3505.086
14(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:45.0375.773
15(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:45.2916.027
16(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:45.7406.476
17(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:46.0466.782
18(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:46.0836.819
19(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:46.1246.860
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:46.1946.930
21(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:46.2116.947
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:46.2697.005
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:47.4718.207
24(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:48.8019.537
25(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:50.49511.231
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:53.64414.380

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna24
2(FRA) Alain Prost22
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
4(SWE) Stefan Johansson13
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell12
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
9(USA) Eddie Cheever4
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
14(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG35
2Williams-Honda30
3Lotus-Honda27
4Ferrari17
5Brabham-BMW4
6Arrows-Megatron4
7Benetton-Ford Cosworth2
=Zakspeed2
=Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
6th for Ayrton Senna (last for Lotus)
79th and last for Lotus
Podiums
51st for Alain Prost
42nd for Nelson Piquet
20th for Ayrton Senna (24th driver to score 20 podiums, 3rd Brazilian driver)
164th for Lotus
139th for McLaren
85th for Williams
Poles
8th for Nigel Mansell
21st for Williams
Fastest laps
6th for Ayrton Senna
69th for Lotus
Front row starts
22nd for Ayrton Senna
19th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Ayrton Senna (last for Lotus)