Season 1987 · Round 5

Detroit Grand Prix

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1987-06-21 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 63Lap · 253.449km
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus 1:50:16.358
Team win 9pt P1 · P26
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +33.819
1 Alain Prost
McLaren +45.327
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Thierry Boutsen L52 Piercarlo Ghinzani L51 Philippe Streiff L44 Philippe Alliot L38 Michele Alboreto L25 Alessandro Nannini L22 Martin Brundle L16 Derek Warwick L12 Ivan Capelli L9 Teo Fabi L6 +4
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
63Lap 253.449km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · GP #1
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Michele Alboreto 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 René Arnoux 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Senna · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Piquet · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Prost · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Berger · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Berger BER 4 Berger BER Mansell · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Mansell MAN 5 Mansell MAN Cheever · P6 → P6 6 Cheever CHE 6 Cheever CHE Johansson · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Johansson JOH 7 Johansson JOH Danner · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Danner DAN 8 Danner DAN Patrese · P9 → P9 9 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Arnoux · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Arnoux ARN 10 Arnoux ARN Palmer · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Palmer PAL 11 Palmer PAL Fabre · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Fabre FAB 12 Fabre FAB Boutsen · P4 → retired L52 Boutsen · retired L52 4 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Ghinzani · P23 → retired L51 Ghinzani · retired L51 23 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Streiff · P14 → retired L44 Streiff · retired L44 14 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Alliot · P20 → retired L38 Alliot · retired L38 20 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Alboreto · P7 → retired L25 Alboreto · retired L25 7 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Nannini · P18 → retired L22 Nannini · retired L22 18 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Brundle · P15 → retired L16 Brundle · retired L16 15 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Warwick · P10 → retired L12 Warwick · retired L12 10 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Capelli · P22 → retired L9 Capelli · retired L9 22 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Fabi · P8 → retired L6 Fabi · retired L6 8 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Caffi · P19 → retired L3 Caffi · retired L3 19 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF de Cesaris · P17 → retired L2 de Cesaris · retired L2 17 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Campos · P25 → retired L1 Campos · retired L1 25 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Nakajima · P24 → retired L0 Nakajima · retired L0 24 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 63 1:50:16.358 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 63 +33.819 6
3 1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 63 +45.327 4
4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 12 63 +1:02.601 3
5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 62 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 60 +3 Laps 1
7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 11 60 +3 Laps
8 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 60 +3 Laps
9 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 9 60 +3 Laps
10 25 René Arnoux Ligier 21 60 +3 Laps
11 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 13 60 +3 Laps
12 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 58 +5 Laps
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 52 Brakes
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 23 51 Clutch
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 14 44 Wheel
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 20 38 Accident
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 25 Gearbox
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 22 Gearbox
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 16 Turbo
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 12 Accident
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 22 9 Electrical
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 8 6 Accident
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 19 3 Transmission
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 17 2 Gearbox
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 25 1 Accident
R 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 24 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
12 Ayrton Senna
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
20 Thierry Boutsen
5
1 Alain Prost
6
18 Eddie Cheever
7
27 Michele Alboreto
8
19 Teo Fabi
9
5 Riccardo Patrese
10
17 Derek Warwick
11
2 Stefan Johansson
12
28 Gerhard Berger
13
3 Jonathan Palmer
14
4 Philippe Streiff
15
9 Martin Brundle
16
10 Christian Danner
17
8 Andrea de Cesaris
18
24 Alessandro Nannini
19
21 Alex Caffi
20
30 Philippe Alliot
21
25 René Arnoux
22
16 Ivan Capelli
23
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
24
11 Satoru Nakajima
25
23 Adrián Campos
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