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Home / Seasons / 1987 F1 World Championship Season / 1987 Detroit Grand Prix

1987 Detroit Grand Prix

DateSunday, 21 June 1987
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda
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
More 1987 season
More Detroit Grands Prix

Race result

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

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
4Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
6USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
7Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
8Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
11Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
12Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleZakspeed
16Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerZakspeed
17Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
18Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
19Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo
20France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
22Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
23Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
24Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
25Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
26France flag lazyload Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1987 Detroit Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna24
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost22
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet18
4Sweden flag lazyload Stefan Johansson13
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell12
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger9
7Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto8
8Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris4
9USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever4
10Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima3
11Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan Palmer2
14France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux1
=Italy flag lazyload Ivan Capelli1

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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)

See also

  • Detroit Grand Prix
  • Detroit circuit
  • 1987 World Championship season

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