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1987 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJerez, 72 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 449th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Jerez
  • 1987 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda721hr 49m 12.692s9
2+5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG72+22.225s6
3+8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG72+30.818s4
4-3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda72+31.450s3
5 (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda72+1m 13.507s2
6+11(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap1
7+8(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
8+5(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron70DNF 
9+9(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda70+2 laps 
10+2(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron70+2 laps 
11+9(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed70+2 laps 
12+7(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
13-4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW68+4 laps 
14+10(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni68+4 laps 
15-11(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari67DNF 
16-8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari62DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron55DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed50DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni45DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW26DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron24DNF 
R (FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniColoni-Ford Cosworth8DNF 

Notes

  • Eddie Cheever ended lap 70 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Michele Alboreto ended lap 67 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Thierry Boutsen ended lap 66 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
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(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
15(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
18(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
20(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
21(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
22(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
24(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Nicola LariniColoni-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:22.461 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:23.0810.620
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:23.1640.703
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:24.1921.731
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:24.3201.859
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:24.5232.062
7(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:24.5962.135
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.2952.834
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:25.3352.874
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:25.8113.350
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:26.1473.686
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:26.7284.267
13(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:27.0624.601
14(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:28.2415.780
15(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.3305.869
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.3535.892
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.3615.900
18(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:28.3675.906
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:28.4776.016
20(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:28.5976.136
21(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:28.6026.141
22(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:28.6676.206
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:29.0666.605
24(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.5387.077
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:30.6948.233
26(ITA) Nicola LariniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:30.9828.521
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:31.0698.608
28(ITA) Franco ForiniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:34.72312.262

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet70
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell52
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
4(FRA) Alain Prost46
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson26
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) Philippe Alliot2
19(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda122
2McLaren-TAG72
3Lotus-Honda57
4Ferrari26
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth20
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Megatron8
8Brabham-BMW6
9Zakspeed2
10Lola-Ford Cosworth2
11Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Nicola Larini
Coloni
Last start
Pascal Fabre
Milestone race start
250th for Tyrrell (5th constructor to start 250 races)
World Champion
4th title for Williams (3rd constructor to win four championships)
Wins
12th for Nigel Mansell
39th for Williams
Podiums
55th for Alain Prost NEW RECORD
23rd for Nigel Mansell
10th for Stefan Johansson (46th driver to score ten podiums, 2nd Swedish driver)
144th & 145th for McLaren
97th for Williams
Poles
24th and last for Nelson Piquet
28th for Williams
1-2 start
9th for Williams
Fastest laps
4th for Gerhard Berger
103rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
44th and last for Nelson Piquet
27th for Nigel Mansell