Season 1987 · Round 10

Austrian Grand Prix

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1987-08-16 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 52Lap · 308.984km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:18:44.898
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +55.704
19 Teo Fabi
Benetton
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
11
Pascal Fabre L45 Riccardo Patrese L43 Michele Alboreto L42 Andrea de Cesaris L35 Derek Warwick L35 Eddie Cheever L31 Gerhard Berger L5 Adrián Campos L3 Alessandro Nannini L1 Alex Caffi L0 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
52Lap 308.984km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P10 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P11 Riccardo Patrese 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P11 Nelson Piquet 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P18 René Arnoux 9 starts · → Nelson Piquet -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L52 Mansell · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Piquet · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Fabi · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Fabi FAB 3 Fabi FAB Boutsen · P4 → P4 4 Boutsen BOU 4 Boutsen BOU Senna · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Senna SEN 5 Senna SEN Prost · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Prost PRO 6 Prost PRO Johansson · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Johansson JOH 7 Johansson JOH Ghinzani · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Ghinzani GHI 8 Ghinzani GHI Danner · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Danner DAN 9 Danner DAN Arnoux · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Arnoux ARN 10 Arnoux ARN Capelli · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Capelli CAP 11 Capelli CAP Alliot · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Alliot ALL 12 Alliot ALL Nakajima · P13 → P13 13 Nakajima NAK 13 Nakajima NAK Palmer · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Palmer PAL 14 Palmer PAL Brundle · P17 → P15 · +2 17 Brundle BRU 15 Brundle BRU Fabre · P26 → retired L45 Fabre · retired L45 26 Fabre FAB R Fabre FAB Patrese · P8 → retired L43 Patrese · retired L43 8 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Alboreto · P6 → retired L42 Alboreto · retired L42 6 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB de Cesaris · P10 → retired L35 de Cesaris · retired L35 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Warwick · P11 → retired L35 Warwick · retired L35 11 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Cheever · P12 → retired L31 Cheever · retired L31 12 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Berger · P3 → retired L5 Berger · retired L5 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Campos · P19 → retired L3 Campos · retired L3 19 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Nannini · P15 → retired L1 Nannini · retired L1 15 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Caffi · P21 → retired L0 Caffi · retired L0 21 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Streiff · P25 → retired L0 Streiff · retired L0 25 Streiff STR R Streiff STR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 52 1:18:44.898 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 1 52 +55.704 6
3 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 5 51 +1 Lap 4
4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 51 +1 Lap 3
5 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 50 +2 Laps 2
6 1 Alain Prost McLaren 9 50 +2 Laps 1
7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 14 50 +2 Laps
8 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 18 50 +2 Laps
9 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 49 +3 Laps
10 25 René Arnoux Ligier 16 49 +3 Laps
11 16 Ivan Capelli March 23 49 +3 Laps
12 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 22 49 +3 Laps
13 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 13 49 +3 Laps
14 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 47 +5 Laps
D 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 17 48 Disqualified
R 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 45 Not classified
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 43 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 42 Turbo
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 35 Engine
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 35 Engine
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 12 31 Tyre
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 5 Turbo
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 3 Electrical
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 1 Engine
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 21 0 Electrical
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Nelson Piquet
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
28 Gerhard Berger
4
20 Thierry Boutsen
5
19 Teo Fabi
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
12 Ayrton Senna
8
5 Riccardo Patrese
9
1 Alain Prost
10
8 Andrea de Cesaris
11
17 Derek Warwick
12
18 Eddie Cheever
13
11 Satoru Nakajima
14
2 Stefan Johansson
15
24 Alessandro Nannini
16
25 René Arnoux
17
9 Martin Brundle
18
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
19
23 Adrián Campos
20
10 Christian Danner
21
21 Alex Caffi
22
30 Philippe Alliot
23
16 Ivan Capelli
24
3 Jonathan Palmer
25
4 Philippe Streiff
26
14 Pascal Fabre
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