Season 1987 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1987-11-01 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 51Lap · 298.860km
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari 1:32:58.072
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +17.384
2 Stefan Johansson
McLaren +17.694
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
René Arnoux L44 Alex Caffi L43 Roberto Moreno L38 Alessandro Nannini L35 Martin Brundle L32 Andrea de Cesaris L26 Teo Fabi L16 Christian Danner L13 Ivan Capelli L13 Adrián Campos L2 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
51Lap 298.860km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P10 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P31 Riccardo Patrese 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
P36 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L51 Berger · P1 → P1 1 Berger BER 1 Berger BER Senna · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Johansson · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Johansson JOH 3 Johansson JOH Alboreto · P4 → P4 4 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Boutsen · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Nakajima · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Nakajima NAK 6 Nakajima NAK Prost · P2 → P7 · -5 2 Prost PRO 7 Prost PRO Palmer · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Palmer PAL 8 Palmer PAL Cheever · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Cheever CHE 9 Cheever CHE Warwick · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Warwick WAR 10 Warwick WAR Patrese · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Patrese PAT 11 Patrese PAT Streiff · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Streiff STR 12 Streiff STR Ghinzani · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Ghinzani GHI 13 Ghinzani GHI Dalmas · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Dalmas DAL 14 Dalmas DAL Piquet · P5 → P15 · -10 5 Piquet PIQ 15 Piquet PIQ Arnoux · P17 → retired L44 Arnoux · retired L44 17 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Caffi · P23 → retired L43 Caffi · retired L43 23 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Moreno · P26 → retired L38 Moreno · retired L38 26 Moreno MOR R Moreno MOR Nannini · P14 → retired L35 Nannini · retired L35 14 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Brundle · P15 → retired L32 Brundle · retired L32 15 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU de Cesaris · P10 → retired L26 de Cesaris · retired L26 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Fabi · P6 → retired L16 Fabi · retired L16 6 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Danner · P16 → retired L13 Danner · retired L13 16 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Capelli · P20 → retired L13 Capelli · retired L13 20 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Campos · P21 → retired L2 Campos · retired L2 21 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Alliot · P18 → retired L0 Alliot · retired L0 18 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Mansell · pit lane → P27 · +1 — Mansell MAN 27 Mansell MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1 51 1:32:58.072 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 51 +17.384 6
3 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 9 51 +17.694 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 51 +1:20.441 3
5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 3 51 +1:25.576 2
6 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 11 51 +1:36.479 1
7 1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 50 +1 Lap
8 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 50 +1 Lap
9 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 12 50 Out of fuel
10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 50 +1 Lap
11 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 49 +2 Laps
12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 49 +2 Laps
13 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 24 48 +3 Laps
14 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 22 47 +4 Laps
15 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 5 46 Engine
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 17 44 Out of fuel
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 23 43 Out of fuel
R 14 Roberto Moreno AGS 26 38 Electrical
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 35 Engine
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 32 Engine
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 26 Engine
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 16 Engine
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 13 Engine
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 20 13 Accident
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 21 2 Engine
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 18 0 Accident
W 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 0 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 Gerhard Berger
2
1 Alain Prost
3
20 Thierry Boutsen
4
27 Michele Alboreto
5
6 Nelson Piquet
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
12 Ayrton Senna
8
5 Riccardo Patrese
9
2 Stefan Johansson
10
8 Andrea de Cesaris
11
11 Satoru Nakajima
12
18 Eddie Cheever
13
17 Derek Warwick
14
24 Alessandro Nannini
15
9 Martin Brundle
16
10 Christian Danner
17
25 René Arnoux
18
30 Philippe Alliot
19
3 Jonathan Palmer
20
16 Ivan Capelli
21
23 Adrián Campos
22
29 Yannick Dalmas
23
21 Alex Caffi
24
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
25
4 Philippe Streiff
26
14 Roberto Moreno
PIT
5 Nigel Mansell pit lane start
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