Season 1987 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1987 Season
1987-11-15 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 82Lap · 309.960km
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari 1:52:56.144
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +1:07.884
20 Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Nelson Piquet L58 Ivan Capelli L58 Alain Prost L53 Eddie Cheever L53 Stefan Johansson L48 Teo Fabi L46 Adrián Campos L46 Philippe Alliot L45 René Arnoux L41 Stefano Modena L31 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
82Lap 309.960km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P30 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
P30 Martin Brundle 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Berger · P1 → P1 1 Berger BER 1 Berger BER Alboreto · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Alboreto ALB 2 Alboreto ALB Boutsen · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Boutsen BOU 3 Boutsen BOU Palmer · P19 → P4 · +15 19 Palmer PAL 4 Palmer PAL Dalmas · P21 → P5 · +16 21 Dalmas DAL 5 Dalmas DAL Moreno · P25 → P6 · +19 25 Moreno MOR 6 Moreno MOR Danner · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Danner DAN 7 Danner DAN de Cesaris · P10 → P8 · +2 10 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Patrese · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Senna · P4 → P10 · -6 4 Senna SEN 10 Senna SEN Piquet · P3 → retired L58 Piquet · retired L58 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Capelli · P23 → retired L58 Capelli · retired L58 23 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Prost · P2 → retired L53 Prost · retired L53 2 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Cheever · P11 → retired L53 Cheever · retired L53 11 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Johansson · P8 → retired L48 Johansson · retired L48 8 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Fabi · P9 → retired L46 Fabi · retired L46 9 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Campos · P26 → retired L46 Campos · retired L46 26 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Alliot · P17 → retired L45 Alliot · retired L45 17 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Arnoux · P20 → retired L41 Arnoux · retired L41 20 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Modena · P15 → retired L31 Modena · retired L31 15 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Ghinzani · P22 → retired L26 Ghinzani · retired L26 22 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Nakajima · P14 → retired L22 Nakajima · retired L22 14 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Warwick · P12 → retired L19 Warwick · retired L19 12 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Brundle · P16 → retired L18 Brundle · retired L18 16 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Streiff · P18 → retired L6 Streiff · retired L6 18 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Nannini · P13 → retired L0 Nannini · retired L0 13 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1 82 1:52:56.144 9
2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 82 +1:07.884 6
3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 81 +1 Lap 4
4 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 80 +2 Laps 3
5 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 21 79 +3 Laps
6 14 Roberto Moreno AGS 25 79 +3 Laps 1
7 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 24 79 +3 Laps
8 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 78 Spun off
9 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams 7 76 Oil leak
D 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 82 Disqualified
R 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 58 Brakes
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 23 58 Spun off
R 1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 53 Brakes
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 11 53 Overheating
R 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 8 48 Brakes
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 46 Brakes
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 26 46 Transmission
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 17 45 Electrical
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 20 41 Ignition
R 7 Stefano Modena Brabham 15 31 Physical
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 22 26 Ignition
R 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 14 22 Hydraulics
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 19 Transmission
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 16 18 Engine
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 6 Spun off
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 13 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
6 Nelson Piquet
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
20 Thierry Boutsen
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
5 Riccardo Patrese
8
2 Stefan Johansson
9
19 Teo Fabi
10
8 Andrea de Cesaris
11
18 Eddie Cheever
12
17 Derek Warwick
13
24 Alessandro Nannini
14
11 Satoru Nakajima
15
7 Stefano Modena
16
9 Martin Brundle
17
30 Philippe Alliot
18
4 Philippe Streiff
19
3 Jonathan Palmer
20
25 René Arnoux
21
29 Yannick Dalmas
22
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
23
16 Ivan Capelli
24
10 Christian Danner
25
14 Roberto Moreno
26
23 Adrián Campos
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