Season 1987 · Round 7

British Grand Prix

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1987-07-12 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 65Lap · 310.570km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:19:11.780
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +1.918
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Philippe Streiff L57 Martin Brundle L54 Alain Prost L53 Michele Alboreto L52 Eddie Cheever L45 Adrián Campos L34 Alex Caffi L32 Christian Danner L32 Riccardo Patrese L28 Stefan Johansson L18 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
65Lap 310.570km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P17 Ayrton Senna 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Mansell · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Piquet · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Senna · P3 → P3 3 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Nakajima · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Nakajima NAK 4 Nakajima NAK Warwick · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Fabi · P6 → P6 6 Fabi FAB 6 Fabi FAB Boutsen · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Boutsen BOU 7 Boutsen BOU Palmer · P23 → P8 · +15 23 Palmer PAL 8 Palmer PAL Fabre · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Fabre FAB 9 Fabre FAB Streiff · P22 → retired L57 Streiff · retired L57 22 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Brundle · P17 → retired L54 Brundle · retired L54 17 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Prost · P4 → retired L53 Prost · retired L53 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Alboreto · P7 → retired L52 Alboreto · retired L52 7 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Cheever · P14 → retired L45 Cheever · retired L45 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Campos · P19 → retired L34 Campos · retired L34 19 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Caffi · P20 → retired L32 Caffi · retired L32 20 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Danner · P18 → retired L32 Danner · retired L32 18 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Patrese · P11 → retired L28 Patrese · retired L28 11 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Johansson · P10 → retired L18 Johansson · retired L18 10 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Nannini · P15 → retired L10 Nannini · retired L10 15 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN de Cesaris · P9 → retired L8 de Cesaris · retired L8 9 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Berger · P8 → retired L7 Berger · retired L7 8 Berger BER R Berger BER Alliot · P21 → retired L7 Alliot · retired L7 21 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Arnoux · P16 → retired L3 Arnoux · retired L3 16 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Capelli · P24 → retired L3 Capelli · retired L3 24 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Ghinzani · P19 → P26 · -7 19 Ghinzani GHI 26 Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 65 1:19:11.780 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 1 65 +1.918 6
3 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 64 +1 Lap 4
4 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 63 +2 Laps 3
5 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 63 +2 Laps 2
6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 63 +2 Laps 1
7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 62 +3 Laps
8 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 23 60 +5 Laps
9 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 59 +6 Laps
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 22 57 Engine
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 17 54 Not classified
R 1 Alain Prost McLaren 4 53 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 52 Suspension
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 45 Engine
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 34 Fuel system
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 20 32 Engine
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 18 32 Gearbox
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 28 Turbo
R 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 18 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 10 Engine
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 9 8 Turbo
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 8 7 Accident
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 21 7 Gearbox
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 16 3 Electrical
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 24 3 Accident
D 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 19 0 Excluded
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Nelson Piquet
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
1 Alain Prost
5
20 Thierry Boutsen
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
27 Michele Alboreto
8
28 Gerhard Berger
9
8 Andrea de Cesaris
10
2 Stefan Johansson
11
5 Riccardo Patrese
12
11 Satoru Nakajima
13
17 Derek Warwick
14
18 Eddie Cheever
15
24 Alessandro Nannini
16
25 René Arnoux
17
9 Martin Brundle
18
10 Christian Danner
19
23 Adrián Campos
19
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
20
21 Alex Caffi
21
30 Philippe Alliot
22
4 Philippe Streiff
23
3 Jonathan Palmer
24
16 Ivan Capelli
25
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