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1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 70 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 448th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Estoril
More 1987 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG701hr 37m 03.906s9
2-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari70+20.493s6
3+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda70+1m 03.295s4
4+6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth69DNF3
5+3(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG69+1 lap2
6+5(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron68+2 laps1
7-2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda68+2 laps 
8+7(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda68+2 laps 
9+13(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
10PL(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
11+3(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni66DNF 
12+9(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth66+4 laps 
13-1(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron66+4 laps 
14-5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth64+6 laps 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW54DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari38DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed35DNF 
R (ITA) Franco ForiniOsella-Alfa Romeo32DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron29DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo27DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron24DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni24DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda13DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW13DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed0DNF 

Notes

  • Teo Fabi ended lap 69 in P4 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Alessandro Nannini ended lap 66 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:17.620 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:17.9510.331
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:17.9940.374
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:18.1640.544
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:18.3540.734
6(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:18.5400.920
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:19.9652.345
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:20.1342.514
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.3052.685
10(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.4832.863
11(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:21.2073.587
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:21.3973.777
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:21.7254.105
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:21.7844.164
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:22.2224.602
16(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:22.3584.738
17(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:22.4004.780
18(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:23.2375.617
19(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:23.5805.960
20(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:23.5915.971
21(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.8106.190
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:23.9056.285
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:24.1056.485
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:24.2176.597
25(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:24.7927.172
26(ITA) Franco ForiniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:26.6359.015
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:26.9469.326

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet67
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna49
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell43
4(FRA) Alain Prost40
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson22
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger18
7(ITA) Teo Fabi10
8(BEL) Thierry Boutsen10
9(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
11(USA) Eddie Cheever5
12(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
13(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-Honda110
2McLaren-TAG62
3Lotus-Honda55
4Ferrari26
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth20
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Megatron8
8Brabham-BMW6
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Franco Forini
Milestone race start
100th for Andrea de Cesaris (28th driver to start 100 races, 4th Italian driver)
50th for Martin Brundle & Jonathan Palmer (65th & 66th drivers to start 50 races, 12th & 13th British driver)
Wins
28th for Alain Prost NEW RECORD
55th for McLaren
Podiums
54th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Niki Lauda)
49th for Nelson Piquet
3rd for Gerhard Berger (first for Ferrari)
309th for Ferrari
143rd for McLaren
96th for Williams
Poles
1st for Gerhard Berger (70th different polesitter, 3rd Austrian driver; first Austrian polesitter since 1978)
104th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
3rd for Gerhard Berger (first for Ferrari)
102nd for Ferrari
Front row starts
26th for Nigel Mansell
4th for Gerhard Berger