Brazilian Grand Prix 1987

Nelson Piquet
Rio de Janeiro
12 April 1987
61 laps
306.9 km
5.031 km a lap

Pole positionNigel MansellWilliams · 1:26.128
Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:33.861 · lap 42
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Alain Prost	1	McLaren · TAG	5	61	1:39:45.141	9
2	Nelson Piquetfastest lap	6	Williams · Honda	2	61	+40.547	6
3	Stefan Johansson	2	McLaren · TAG	10	61	+56.758	4
4	Gerhard Berger	28	Ferrari	7	61	+1:39.235	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	20	Benetton · Ford	6	60	+1 lap	2
6	Nigel Mansell	5	Williams · Honda	1	60	+1 lap	1
7	Satoru Nakajima	11	Lotus · Honda	12	59	+2 laps
8	Michele Alboreto	27	Ferrari	9	58	Spun off
9	Christian Danner	10	Zakspeed	17	58	+3 laps
10	Jonathan Palmer	3	Tyrrell · Ford	18	58	+3 laps
11	Philippe Streiff	4	Tyrrell · Ford	20	57	+4 laps
12	Pascal Fabre	14	AGS · Ford	22	55	+6 laps
NC	Eddie Cheever	18	Arrows · Megatron	14	52	+9 laps
DNF	Ayrton Senna	12	Lotus · Honda	3	50	Engine
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	7	Brabham · BMW	11	48	Electrical
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	8	Brabham · BMW	13	21	Differential
DNF	Derek Warwick	17	Arrows · Megatron	8	20	Engine
DNF	Alex Caffi	21	Osella · Alfa Romeo	21	20	Withdrew
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	24	Minardi · Motori Moderni	15	17	Suspension
DNF	Martin Brundle	9	Zakspeed	19	15	Turbo
DNF	Teo Fabi	19	Benetton · Ford	4	9	Turbo
DSQ	Adrián Campos	23	Minardi · Motori Moderni	16	3	Incorrect starting procedure
DNS	Ivan Capelli	16	March · Ford	23

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:26.128
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	1:26.567	+0.439
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:28.408	+2.280
4	Teo Fabi	Benetton	1:28.417	+2.289
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:29.175	+3.047
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:29.450	+3.322
7	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:30.357	+4.229
8	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:30.467	+4.339
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:30.468	+4.340
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	1:30.476	+4.348
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:31.179	+5.051
12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:32.276	+6.148
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	1:32.402	+6.274
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:32.769	+6.641
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	1:33.729	+7.601
16	Adrián Campos	Minardi	1:33.825	+7.697
17	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:35.212	+9.084
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:36.091	+9.963
19	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:36.160	+10.032
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:36.274	+10.146
21	Alex Caffi	Osella	1:38.770	+12.642
22	Pascal Fabre	AGS	1:39.816	+13.688
23	Ivan Capelli	March	1:43.580	+17.452

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	42	1:33.861
2	Eddie Cheever	48	1:33.978	+0.117
3	Nigel Mansell	49	1:34.602	+0.741
4	Stefan Johansson	43	1:35.299	+1.438
5	Ayrton Senna	48	1:35.312	+1.451
6	Thierry Boutsen	50	1:35.737	+1.876
7	Gerhard Berger	54	1:35.769	+1.908
8	Michele Alboreto	37	1:35.773	+1.912
9	Alain Prost	45	1:35.811	+1.950
10	Teo Fabi	5	1:36.511	+2.650

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	9
2	Nelson Piquet	6
3	Stefan Johansson	4
4	Gerhard Berger	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	2
6	Nigel Mansell	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	13
2	Williams	7
3	Ferrari	3
4	Benetton	2