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1987 season/Round 5

Detroit Grand Prix 1987

  • Detroit
  • 21 June 1987
  • 63 laps
  • 253.4 km
  • 4.023 km a lap
  1. P1Ayrton SennaLotus1:50:16.358
  2. P2Nelson PiquetWilliams+33.819
  3. P3Alain ProstMcLaren+45.327

Result

PosDriverNo.Team · engineGridLapsTime / reasonPoints
1Ayrton Sennafastest lap12Lotus · Honda2631:50:16.3589
2Nelson Piquet6Williams · Honda363+33.8196
3Alain Prost1McLaren · TAG563+45.3274
4Gerhard Berger28Ferrari1263+1:02.6013
5Nigel Mansell5Williams · Honda162+1 lap2
6Eddie Cheever18Arrows · Megatron660+3 laps1
7Stefan Johansson2McLaren · TAG1160+3 laps
8Christian Danner10Zakspeed1660+3 laps
9Riccardo Patrese7Brabham · BMW960+3 laps
10René Arnoux25Ligier · Megatron2160+3 laps
11Jonathan Palmer3Tyrrell · Ford1360+3 laps
12Pascal Fabre14AGS · Ford2658+5 laps
DNFThierry Boutsen20Benetton · Ford452Brakes
NCPiercarlo Ghinzani26Ligier · Megatron2351+12 laps
DNFPhilippe Streiff4Tyrrell · Ford1444Wheel
DNFPhilippe Alliot30Lola · Ford2038Accident
DNFMichele Alboreto27Ferrari725Gearbox
DNFAlessandro Nannini24Minardi · Motori Moderni1822Gearbox
DNFMartin Brundle9Zakspeed1516Turbo
DNFDerek Warwick17Arrows · Megatron1012Accident
DNFIvan Capelli16March · Ford229Electrical
DNFTeo Fabi19Benetton · Ford86Accident
DNFAlex Caffi21Osella · Alfa Romeo193Transmission
DNFAndrea de Cesaris8Brabham · BMW172Gearbox
DNFAdrián Campos23Minardi · Motori Moderni251Accident
DNFSatoru Nakajima11Lotus · Honda240Collision

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

PosDriverTeamTimeGap
1Nigel MansellWilliams1:39.264
2Ayrton SennaLotus1:40.607+1.343
3Nelson PiquetWilliams1:40.942+1.678
4Thierry BoutsenBenetton1:42.050+2.786
5Alain ProstMcLaren1:42.357+3.093
6Eddie CheeverArrows1:42.361+3.097
7Michele AlboretoFerrari1:42.684+3.420
8Teo FabiBenetton1:42.918+3.654
9Riccardo PatreseBrabham1:43.479+4.215
10Derek WarwickArrows1:43.541+4.277
11Stefan JohanssonMcLaren1:43.797+4.533
12Gerhard BergerFerrari1:43.816+4.552
13Jonathan PalmerTyrrell1:44.350+5.086
14Philippe StreiffTyrrell1:45.037+5.773
15Martin BrundleZakspeed1:45.291+6.027
16Christian DannerZakspeed1:45.740+6.476
17Andrea de CesarisBrabham1:46.046+6.782
18Alessandro NanniniMinardi1:46.083+6.819
19Alex CaffiOsella1:46.124+6.860
20Philippe AlliotLola1:46.194+6.930
21René ArnouxLigier1:46.211+6.947
22Ivan CapelliMarch1:46.269+7.005
23Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier1:47.471+8.207
24Satoru NakajimaLotus1:48.801+9.537
25Adrián CamposMinardi1:50.495+11.231
26Pascal FabreAGS1:53.644+14.380

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

PosDriverLapTimeGap
1Ayrton Senna391:40.464
2Nigel Mansell361:40.535+0.071
3Nelson Piquet571:41.196+0.732
4Alain Prost561:41.340+0.876
5Gerhard Berger461:42.238+1.774
6Thierry Boutsen411:42.252+1.788
7Stefan Johansson531:42.332+1.868
8Eddie Cheever351:43.951+3.487
9Jonathan Palmer411:44.048+3.584
10Riccardo Patrese461:44.255+3.791

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season
Drivers' championship after round 5
PosDriverPointsChange
1Ayrton Senna24▲1
2Alain Prost22▼1
3Nelson Piquet18▲1
4Stefan Johansson13▼1
5Nigel Mansell12
6Gerhard Berger9▲1
7Michele Alboreto8▼1
8Andrea de Cesaris4
9Eddie Cheever4
10Satoru Nakajima3
Constructors' championship after round 5
PosTeamPointsChange
1McLaren35
2Williams30
3Lotus27
4Ferrari17
5Brabham4
6Arrows4
7Benetton2
7Tyrrell2
7Zakspeed2
10Ligier1