1987 season/Round 8
German Grand Prix 1987
- Hockenheimring
- Hockenheim
- 26 July 1987
- 44 laps
- 299.3 km
- 6.802 km a lap
- P1Nelson PiquetWilliams1:21:25.091
- P2Stefan JohanssonMcLaren+1:39.591
- P3Ayrton SennaLotus+1 lap
- Pole positionNigel MansellWilliams · 1:42.616
- Fastest lapNigel Mansell1:45.716 · lap 24
- Winner started fromP4on the grid
Result
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 | 1:42.616 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:42.873 | +0.257 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:43.202 | +0.586 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:43.705 | +1.089 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:43.921 | +1.305 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 1:45.066 | +2.450 |
| 7 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 1:45.411 | +2.795 |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 1:45.428 | +2.812 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:45.497 | +2.881 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:45.902 | +3.286 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:46.096 | +3.480 |
| 12 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:46.323 | +3.707 |
| 13 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 1:46.525 | +3.909 |
| 14 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus | 1:46.760 | +4.144 |
| 15 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 1:47.780 | +5.164 |
| 16 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:47.887 | +5.271 |
| 17 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 1:49.236 | +6.620 |
| 18 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 1:49.668 | +7.052 |
| 19 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 1:51.062 | +8.446 |
| 20 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1:51.448 | +8.832 |
| 21 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 1:52.760 | +10.144 |
| 22 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:53.528 | +10.912 |
| 23 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 1:54.491 | +11.875 |
| 24 | Ivan Capelli | March | 1:54.616 | +12.000 |
| 25 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 1:54.997 | +12.381 |
| 26 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 2:07.753 | +25.137 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 24 | 1:45.716 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 24 | 1:46.807 | +1.091 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 39 | 1:47.517 | +1.801 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | 5 | 1:49.187 | +3.471 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 5 | 1:49.509 | +3.793 |
| 6 | Martin Brundle | 34 | 1:49.742 | +4.026 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson | 22 | 1:49.778 | +4.062 |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | 4 | 1:49.864 | +4.148 |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | 7 | 1:50.436 | +4.720 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | 17 | 1:50.608 | +4.892 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 39 | ▲2 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 35 | ▼1 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 30 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 26 | |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 19 | |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 9 | |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | 8 | |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | 6 | |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | 4 |