F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | BRA | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Williams) | 2 | DNS | R | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15R | R | 73 (76) |
| 2 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Williams) | 6 | 1 | R | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | R | 14R | 1 | 3 | R | 1 | 1 | DNS | 61 | |
| 3 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Lotus) | R | 2 | R | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | R | 2 | DSQ | 57 |
| 4 | (FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren) | 1 | R | 1 | 9R | 3 | 3 | R | 7R | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | R | 7 | R | 46 |
| 5 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) | 4 | R | R | 4 | 4 | R | R | R | R | R | 4 | 2 | R | R | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | (SWE) Stefan Johansson (McLaren) | 3 | 4 | 2 | R | 7 | 8R | R | 2 | R | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | R | 3 | R | 30 |
| 7 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) | 8R | 3 | R | 3 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 15R | R | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Benetton) | 5 | R | R | R | R | R | 7 | R | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16R | R | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Benetton) | R | R | R | 8 | R | 5 | 6 | R | R | 3 | 7 | 4R | R | 5 | R | R | 12 |
| 10 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Arrows) | NC | R | 4 | R | 6R | R | R | R | 8 | R | R | 6 | 8R | 4 | 9 | R | 8 |
| 11 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (Tyrrell) | 10 | R | R | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 10 | R | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| = | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima (Lotus) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | R | NC | 4 | R | R | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | R | 6 | R | 7 |
| 13 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham, Williams) | R | 9 | R | R | 9 | R | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | 13 | 3 | 11R | 9R | 6 |
| 14 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Brabham) | R | R | 3R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 8R | 4 |
| = | (FRA) Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell) | 11 | 8 | 9 | R | R | 6 | R | 4 | 9 | R | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | R | 4 |
| 16 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Arrows) | R | 11R | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | 6 | R | R | 13 | 10 | R | 10 | R | 3 |
| = | (FRA) Philippe Alliot (Lola) | 10 | 8 | R | R | R | R | 6 | R | 12 | R | R | 6 | 6 | R | R | 3 | |
| 18 | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Zakspeed) | R | 5 | R | 7 | R | R | NC | NC | R | DSQ | R | R | 11 | R | R | R | 2 |
| 19 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Ligier) | DNS | 6 | 11 | 10 | R | R | R | R | 10 | 10 | R | R | R | R | R | 1 | |
| = | (ITA) Ivan Capelli (March) | DNS | R | R | 6 | R | R | R | R | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 | R | R | R | 1 |
| = | (BRA) Roberto Moreno (AGS) | R | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| (FRA) Yannick Dalmas (Lola) | 9 | 14R | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| (DEU) Christian Danner (Zakspeed) | 9 | 7 | R | 8 | R | R | R | R | 9 | 9 | R | R | R | R | 7 | |||
| (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Ligier) | R | 7R | 12 | NC | R | R | 12 | 8 | 8 | R | R | R | 13R | R | ||||
| (FRA) Pascal Fabre (AGS) | 12 | 13 | 10R | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | R | 13 | NC | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | ||||
| (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (Minardi) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 11 | R | 16R | 11R | R | R | R | R | ||
| (ITA) Alex Caffi (Osella) | R | 12R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | ||
| (ESP) Adrian Campos (Minardi) | DSQ | R | R | DNS | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 14 | R | R | R | ||
| (CHE) Franco Forini (Osella) | R | R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Nicola Larini (Coloni) | DNQ | R | ||||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini (Osella) | R | |||||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Stefano Modena (Brabham) | R | |||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | BRA | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.
Notes
- Yannick Dalmas was ineligible to score championship points since he was driving the second car for Lola, who had only officially entered one car for the season. As a result, this meant Dalmas’ fifth-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix resulted in no points for the driver or constructor.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1987.