Season 1987 · Round 12

Portuguese Grand Prix

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1987-09-20 · Autódromo do Estoril · Portugal · Portuguese Grand Prix · 70Lap · 304.500km
1 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:37:03.906
Team win 11pt P1 · P5
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari +20.493
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +1:03.295
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Andrea de Cesaris L54 Michele Alboreto L38 Martin Brundle L35 Franco Forini L32 Philippe Alliot L31 René Arnoux L29 Alex Caffi L27 Piercarlo Ghinzani L24 Adrián Campos L24 Nigel Mansell L13 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 6/13 46.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal
70Lap 304.500km 13 races held (1984–) Lap record 1:22.873 · Jacques Villeneuve (1996)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 3 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 3 wins · GP #1
P5 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P2 Gerhard Berger 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 7 · GP #1
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 · → Alain Prost -2
P4 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · GP #1
P2 Andrea de Cesaris 11 starts · → Gerhard Berger -2
P2 Michele Alboreto 11 starts · → Gerhard Berger -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Prost · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Berger · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Piquet · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Fabi · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Fabi FAB 4 Fabi FAB Johansson · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Johansson JOH 5 Johansson JOH Cheever · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Cheever CHE 6 Cheever CHE Senna · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Senna SEN 7 Senna SEN Nakajima · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Nakajima NAK 8 Nakajima NAK Capelli · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Capelli CAP 9 Capelli CAP Palmer · P24 → P10 · +14 24 Palmer PAL 10 Palmer PAL Nannini · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Nannini NAN 11 Nannini NAN Streiff · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Streiff STR 12 Streiff STR Warwick · P12 → P13 · -1 12 Warwick WAR 13 Warwick WAR Boutsen · P9 → P14 · -5 9 Boutsen BOU 14 Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P13 → retired L54 de Cesaris · retired L54 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Alboreto · P6 → retired L38 Alboreto · retired L38 6 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Brundle · P17 → retired L35 Brundle · retired L35 17 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Forini · P26 → retired L32 Forini · retired L32 26 Forini FOR R Forini FOR Alliot · P19 → retired L31 Alliot · retired L31 19 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Arnoux · P18 → retired L29 Arnoux · retired L29 18 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Caffi · P25 → retired L27 Caffi · retired L27 25 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Ghinzani · P23 → retired L24 Ghinzani · retired L24 23 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Campos · P20 → retired L24 Campos · retired L24 20 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Mansell · P2 → retired L13 Mansell · retired L13 2 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Patrese · P7 → retired L13 Patrese · retired L13 7 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Danner · P16 → retired L0 Danner · retired L0 16 Danner DAN R Danner DAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost McLaren 3 70 1:37:03.906 9
2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1 70 +20.493 6
3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 4 70 +1:03.295 4
4 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 10 69 Out of fuel 3
5 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 8 69 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 11 68 +2 Laps 1
7 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 5 68 +2 Laps
8 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 15 68 +2 Laps
9 16 Ivan Capelli March 22 67 +3 Laps
10 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 67 +3 Laps
11 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 66 Out of fuel
12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 21 66 +4 Laps
13 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 66 +4 Laps
14 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 9 64 +6 Laps
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 54 Injection
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 38 Gearbox
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 17 35 Gearbox
R 22 Franco Forini Osella 26 32 Suspension
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 19 31 Engine
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 18 29 Radiator
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 25 27 Turbo
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 23 24 Ignition
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 20 24 Accident
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 13 Electrical
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 7 13 Engine
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 Gerhard Berger
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
1 Alain Prost
4
6 Nelson Piquet
5
12 Ayrton Senna
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
5 Riccardo Patrese
8
2 Stefan Johansson
9
20 Thierry Boutsen
10
19 Teo Fabi
11
18 Eddie Cheever
12
17 Derek Warwick
13
8 Andrea de Cesaris
14
24 Alessandro Nannini
15
11 Satoru Nakajima
16
10 Christian Danner
17
9 Martin Brundle
18
25 René Arnoux
19
30 Philippe Alliot
20
23 Adrián Campos
21
4 Philippe Streiff
22
16 Ivan Capelli
23
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
24
3 Jonathan Palmer
25
21 Alex Caffi
26
22 Franco Forini
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