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1987 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitHockenheim, 44 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 444th World Championship race
  • 35th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda441hr 21m 25.091s9
2+6(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG44+1m 39.591s6
3-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda43+1 lap4
4+18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap3
5+18(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap2
6+15(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps1
7-4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG39DNF 
NC (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed34+10 laps 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron32DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni28DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda25DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni25DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron23DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed21DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari19DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo17DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW12DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari10DNF 
R (FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron9DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda9DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron6DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW5DNF 

Notes

  • Alain Prost ended lap 39 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:42.616 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:42.8730.257
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:43.2020.586
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:43.7051.089
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:43.9211.305
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:45.0662.450
7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:45.4112.795
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:45.4282.812
9(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:45.4972.881
10(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:45.9023.286
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:46.0963.480
12(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:46.3233.707
13(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:46.5253.909
14(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:46.7604.144
15(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:47.7805.164
16(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:47.8875.271
17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:49.2366.620
18(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:49.6687.052
19(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:51.0628.446
20(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:51.4488.832
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:52.76010.144
22(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:53.52810.912
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:54.49111.875
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:54.61612.000
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:54.99712.381
26(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo2:07.75325.137

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet39
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna35
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell30
4(FRA) Alain Prost26
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson19
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
10(USA) Eddie Cheever4
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff4
12(GBR) Jonathan Palmer4
13(ITA) Teo Fabi3
14(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Derek Warwick2
17(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Alliot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda69
2McLaren-TAG45
3Lotus-Honda41
4Ferrari17
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
6Arrows-Megatron6
7Benetton-Ford Cosworth5
8Brabham-BMW4
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
18th for Nelson Piquet
35th for Williams
Podiums
45th for Nelson Piquet
22nd for Ayrton Senna
9th for Stefan Johansson
166th for Lotus
141st for McLaren
90th for Williams (5th constructor to score 90 podiums)
Poles
10th for Nigel Mansell (18th driver to take ten pole positions, 6th British driver)
24th for Williams
Fastest laps
8th for Nigel Mansell
37th for Williams
Front row starts
23rd for Ayrton Senna (last for Lotus)
22nd for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes
5th and last for Philippe Streiff