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1987 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 50 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 447th World Championship race
  • 38th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 37th World Championship race at Monza
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda501hr 14m 47.707s9
2+2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda50+1.806s6
3-1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda50+49.036s4
4-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari50+57.979s3
5+1(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth50+1m 21.319s2
6+5(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG50+1m 28.787s1
7 (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth49+1 lap 
8+11(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron48+2 laps 
9+7(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed48+2 laps 
10+5(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron48+2 laps 
11+3(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda47+3 laps 
12+12(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47+3 laps 
13+12(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth47+3 laps 
14+8(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47+3 laps 
15-10(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG46+4 laps 
16+2(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni45DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed43DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni34DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron27DNF 
R (ITA) Franco ForiniOsella-Alfa Romeo27DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo16DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari13DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron9DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW7DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW5DNF 

Notes

  • Alessandro Nannini ended lap 45 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:23.460 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:23.5590.099
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:23.9330.473
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:24.9071.447
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:24.9461.486
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.0041.544
7(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.0201.560
8(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:25.2471.787
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:25.5252.065
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:26.8023.342
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:27.0313.571
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.5434.083
13(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:28.0224.562
14(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:28.1604.700
15(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:28.9465.486
16(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:29.4656.005
17(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:29.7256.265
18(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.7386.278
19(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:29.8986.438
20(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:30.7827.322
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:31.0297.569
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.0289.568
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.1709.710
24(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.2649.804
25(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:33.3119.851
26(ITA) Franco ForiniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:33.81610.356
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Nicola LariniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:35.72112.261
28(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:36.67913.219

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet63
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna49
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell43
4(FRA) Alain Prost31
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson20
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger12
7(BEL) Thierry Boutsen10
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
9(ITA) Teo Fabi7
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
11(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
12(USA) Eddie Cheever4
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff4
14(GBR) Jonathan Palmer4
15(GBR) Derek Warwick3
16(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
18(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Alliot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda106
2Lotus-Honda55
3McLaren-TAG51
4Ferrari20
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth17
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Megatron7
8Brabham-BMW6
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Franco Forini
Milestone race start
100th for Michele Alboreto (27th driver to start 100 races, 3rd Italian driver)
Wins
20th for Nelson Piquet (6th driver to win 20 races, 1st Brazilian driver; last win until 1990; last for Williams)
38th for Williams
Podiums
48th for Nelson Piquet
24th for Ayrton Senna
22nd for Nigel Mansell
168th for Lotus
94th & 95th for Williams
Poles
23rd for Nelson Piquet
27th for Williams
1-2 start
8th for Williams
Fastest laps
7th for Ayrton Senna (last for Lotus)
70th for Lotus (2nd constructor to set 70 fastest laps)
Front row starts
43rd for Nelson Piquet
25th for Nigel Mansell
Pole & win
5th and last for Nelson Piquet (first since 1984; only win from pole for Williams)