1987 season/Round 15
Japanese Grand Prix 1987
- Suzuka
- 1 November 1987
- 51 laps
- 298.9 km
- 5.860 km a lap
- Title decided here
- P1Gerhard BergerFerrari1:32:58.072
- P2Ayrton SennaLotus+17.384
- P3Stefan JohanssonMcLaren+17.694
- Pole positionGerhard BergerFerrari · 1:40.042
- Fastest lapAlain Prost1:43.844 · lap 35
- Winner started fromP1on 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 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:40.042 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:40.652 | +0.610 |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 1:40.850 | +0.808 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:40.984 | +0.942 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:41.144 | +1.102 |
| 6 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:41.679 | +1.637 |
| 7 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:42.616 | +2.574 |
| 8 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:42.723 | +2.681 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:43.304 | +3.262 |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 1:43.371 | +3.329 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 1:43.618 | +3.576 |
| 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus | 1:43.685 | +3.643 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 1:44.277 | +4.235 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 1:44.626 | +4.584 |
| 15 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:45.612 | +5.570 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 1:46.023 | +5.981 |
| 17 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1:46.116 | +6.074 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:46.200 | +6.158 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 1:47.395 | +7.353 |
| 20 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 1:47.775 | +7.733 |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 1:48.212 | +8.170 |
| 22 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 1:48.337 | +8.295 |
| 23 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 1:48.887 | +8.845 |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 1:49.017 | +8.975 |
| 25 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 1:49.641 | +9.599 |
| 26 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:49.741 | +9.699 |
| 27 | Roberto Moreno | AGS | 1:50.212 | +10.170 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 35 | 1:43.844 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | 34 | 1:45.540 | +1.696 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 49 | 1:45.805 | +1.961 |
| 4 | Stefan Johansson | 34 | 1:46.323 | +2.479 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 28 | 1:46.534 | +2.690 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 41 | 1:46.706 | +2.862 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | 41 | 1:47.182 | +3.338 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | 41 | 1:47.421 | +3.577 |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | 27 | 1:48.206 | +4.362 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | 24 | 1:48.581 | +4.737 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 73 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 61 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 57 | |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 46 | |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 30 | |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 27 | |
| 7 | Teo Fabi | 12 | |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | 12 | |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | 11 | |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | 8 |