Season 1987 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1987 Season R2 →
1987-04-12 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 61Lap · 306.891km
1 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:39:45.141
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +40.547
2 Stefan Johansson
McLaren +56.758
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Eddie Cheever L52 Ayrton Senna L50 Riccardo Patrese L48 Andrea de Cesaris L21 Derek Warwick L20 Alessandro Nannini L17 Martin Brundle L15 Teo Fabi L9
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
61Lap 306.891km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Prost · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P2 → P2 2 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Johansson · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Johansson JOH 3 Johansson JOH Berger · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Berger BER 4 Berger BER Boutsen · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Mansell · P1 → P6 · -5 1 Mansell MAN 6 Mansell MAN Nakajima · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Nakajima NAK 7 Nakajima NAK Alboreto · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Alboreto ALB 8 Alboreto ALB Danner · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Danner DAN 9 Danner DAN Palmer · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Palmer PAL 10 Palmer PAL Streiff · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Streiff STR 11 Streiff STR Fabre · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Fabre FAB 12 Fabre FAB Cheever · P14 → retired L52 Cheever · retired L52 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Senna · P3 → retired L50 Senna · retired L50 3 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Patrese · P11 → retired L48 Patrese · retired L48 11 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P13 → retired L21 de Cesaris · retired L21 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Warwick · P8 → retired L20 Warwick · retired L20 8 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Caffi · P21 → P18 · +3 21 Caffi CAF 18 Caffi CAF Nannini · P15 → retired L17 Nannini · retired L17 15 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Brundle · P19 → retired L15 Brundle · retired L15 19 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Fabi · P4 → retired L9 Fabi · retired L9 4 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Campos · P16 → P22 · -6 16 Campos CAM 22 Campos CAM Capelli · P23 → P23 23 Capelli CAP 23 Capelli CAP
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 61 1:39:45.141 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 61 +40.547 6
3 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 61 +56.758 4
4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 7 61 +1:39.235 3
5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 6 60 +1 Lap 2
6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 60 +1 Lap 1
7 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 59 +2 Laps
8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 58 Spun off
9 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 17 58 +3 Laps
10 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 58 +3 Laps
11 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 20 57 +4 Laps
12 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 22 55 +6 Laps
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 52 Overheating
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 50 Engine
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 48 Electrical
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 21 Differential
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 8 20 Engine
W 21 Alex Caffi Osella 21 20 Withdrew
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 17 Suspension
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 19 15 Turbo
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 4 9 Turbo
D 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 16 3 Disqualified
W 16 Ivan Capelli March 23 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
6 Nelson Piquet
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
19 Teo Fabi
5
1 Alain Prost
6
20 Thierry Boutsen
7
28 Gerhard Berger
8
17 Derek Warwick
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
2 Stefan Johansson
11
5 Riccardo Patrese
12
11 Satoru Nakajima
13
8 Andrea de Cesaris
14
18 Eddie Cheever
15
24 Alessandro Nannini
16
23 Adrián Campos
17
10 Christian Danner
18
3 Jonathan Palmer
19
9 Martin Brundle
20
4 Philippe Streiff
21
21 Alex Caffi
22
14 Pascal Fabre
23
16 Ivan Capelli
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15