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Home / Seasons / 1987 F1 World Championship Season / 1987 San Marino Grand Prix

1987 San Marino Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 May 1987
Winner
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Lotus-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Teo Fabi
  • Benetton-Ford Cosworth
CircuitImola, 59 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 San Marino Grand Prix was the:

  • 438th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Imola
More 1987 season
More San Marino Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda591hr 31m 24.076s9
2-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda59+27.545s6
3+3(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari59+39.144s4
4+4(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG59+1m 00.588s3
5+9(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed57+2 laps2
6PL(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda57+2 laps1
7+10(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed57+2 laps 
8+12(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57+2 laps 
9-2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW57+2 laps 
10+11(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth56+3 laps 
11-1(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron55DNF 
12+7(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo54DNF 
13+11(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth53+6 laps 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron48DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW39DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni30DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniOsella-Alfa Romeo26DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni25DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari16DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG14DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron7DNF 
Did not start
  (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda   
  (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron   

Notes

  • Derek Warwick ended lap 55 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Alex Caffi ended lap 54 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:25.826 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:25.9460.120
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:25.9970.171
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:26.1350.309
5(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.2701.444
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:27.2801.454
7(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:28.0742.248
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:28.4212.595
9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:28.7082.882
10(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:28.8483.022
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:28.8873.061
12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.9083.082
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:29.5793.753
14(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:29.8614.035
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:30.3824.556
16(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:31.0945.268
17(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:31.7895.963
18(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:31.8185.992
19(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:31.9036.077
20(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:32.2486.422
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:32.3086.482
22(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.1557.329
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.8468.020
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:33.8728.046
25(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:34.6328.806
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:36.15910.333
27(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:43.44617.620

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell10
2(FRA) Alain Prost9
3(SWE) Stefan Johansson7
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet6
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna6
6(ITA) Michele Alboreto4
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger3
8(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda16
2McLaren-TAG16
3Lotus-Honda7
4Ferrari7
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth2
=Zakspeed2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Gabriele Tarquini
Milestone race start
50th for Teo Fabi (62nd driver to start 50 races, 9th Italian driver)
Wins
8th for Nigel Mansell
32nd for Williams
Podiums
18th for Nigel Mansell & Ayrton Senna
17th for Michele Alboreto
307th for Ferrari
162nd for Lotus
83rd for Williams
Poles
16th for Ayrton Senna (last for Lotus)
107th and last for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd and last for Teo Fabi
4th for Benetton
Front row starts
20th for Ayrton Senna (22nd driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 2nd Brazilian driver)
16th for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes
1st for Satoru Nakajima (229th different point scorer, 1st Japanese driver)

See also

  • San Marino Grand Prix
  • Imola circuit
  • 1987 World Championship season

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