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1987 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 78 laps
Round4 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 440th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 34th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda781hr 57m 54.085s9
2+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda78+33.212s6
3+2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari78+1m 12.839s4
4+4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari77+1 lap3
5+10(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps2
6+13(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps1
7+7(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed76+2 laps 
8+4(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
9-5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG75DNF 
10+7(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda75+3 laps 
11+11(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron74+4 laps 
12+8(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron74+4 laps 
13+11(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth71+7 laps 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron59DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron58DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG57DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW41DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo39DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW38DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda29DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni21DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
Did not start
  (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni   

Notes

  • Alain Prost ended lap 75 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nigel Mansell ended lap 29 as the race leader 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(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
6(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
12(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
14(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
15(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo
17(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
21(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
22(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:23.039 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:23.7110.672
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:24.7551.716
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:25.0832.044
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:26.1023.063
6(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:26.1753.136
7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:26.3173.278
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:26.3233.284
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:26.6303.591
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:26.7633.724
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.2944.255
12(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.6224.583
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:27.7314.692
14(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:27.8944.855
15(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.0885.049
16(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:28.2335.194
17(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:28.8905.851
18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:29.1146.075
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:29.1476.108
20(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:29.2586.219
21(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:29.8276.788
22(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:30.0006.961
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.1437.104
24(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:30.8057.766
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:31.6678.628

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost18
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna15
3(SWE) Stefan Johansson13
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet12
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell10
6(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger6
8(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
9(USA) Eddie Cheever3
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
14(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG31
2Williams-Honda22
3Lotus-Honda18
4Ferrari14
5Brabham-BMW4
6Arrows-Megatron3
7Benetton-Ford Cosworth2
=Zakspeed2
=Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Ayrton Senna (63rd driver to start 50 races, 4th Brazilian driver)
Wins
5th for Ayrton Senna
78th for Lotus
Podiums
41st for Nelson Piquet
19th for Ayrton Senna
18th for Michele Alboreto
308th for Ferrari
163rd for Lotus
84th for Williams
Poles
7th for Nigel Mansell
20th for Williams (6th constructor to take 20 pole positions)
Fastest laps
5th for Ayrton Senna (first since 1985)
68th for Lotus
Front row starts
21st for Ayrton Senna
18th for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes
1st for Jonathan Palmer (230th different point scorer, 48th British driver)
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Ayrton Senna