Season 1987 · Round 8

German Grand Prix

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1987-07-26 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 44Lap · 299.068km
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams 1:21:25.091
Team win 9pt P1 · P12
2 Stefan Johansson
McLaren +1:39.591
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
Fastest Lap
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DNF
19
Martin Brundle L34 Piercarlo Ghinzani L32 Adrián Campos L28 Thierry Boutsen L26 Nigel Mansell L25 Alessandro Nannini L25 Derek Warwick L23 Christian Danner L21 Gerhard Berger L19 Teo Fabi L18 +9
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
44Lap 299.068km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L44 Piquet · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Johansson · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Johansson JOH 2 Johansson JOH Senna · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Streiff · P22 → P4 · +18 22 Streiff STR 4 Streiff STR Palmer · P23 → P5 · +18 23 Palmer PAL 5 Palmer PAL Alliot · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Alliot ALL 6 Alliot ALL Prost · P3 → P7 · -4 3 Prost PRO 7 Prost PRO Brundle · P19 → retired L34 Brundle · retired L34 19 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Ghinzani · P17 → retired L32 Ghinzani · retired L32 17 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Campos · P18 → retired L28 Campos · retired L28 18 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Boutsen · P6 → retired L26 Boutsen · retired L26 6 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Mansell · P1 → retired L25 Mansell · retired L25 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Nannini · P16 → retired L25 Nannini · retired L25 16 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Warwick · P13 → retired L23 Warwick · retired L23 13 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Danner · P20 → retired L21 Danner · retired L21 20 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Berger · P10 → retired L19 Berger · retired L19 10 Berger BER R Berger BER Fabi · P9 → retired L18 Fabi · retired L18 9 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Caffi · P26 → retired L17 Caffi · retired L17 26 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF de Cesaris · P7 → retired L12 de Cesaris · retired L12 7 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Alboreto · P5 → retired L10 Alboreto · retired L10 5 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Fabre · P25 → retired L10 Fabre · retired L10 25 Fabre FAB R Fabre FAB Cheever · P15 → retired L9 Cheever · retired L9 15 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Nakajima · P14 → retired L9 Nakajima · retired L9 14 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Capelli · P24 → retired L7 Capelli · retired L7 24 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Arnoux · P12 → retired L6 Arnoux · retired L6 12 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Patrese · P11 → retired L5 Patrese · retired L5 11 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 4 44 1:21:25.091 9
2 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 8 44 +1:39.591 6
3 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 43 +1 Lap 4
4 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 22 43 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 23 43 +1 Lap 2
6 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 21 42 +2 Laps 1
7 1 Alain Prost McLaren 3 39 Electrical
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 19 34 Not classified
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 32 Engine
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 18 28 Engine
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 6 26 Engine
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 25 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 16 25 Engine
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 23 Turbo
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 21 Halfshaft
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 10 19 Turbo
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 18 Engine
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 26 17 Engine
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 7 12 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 10 Turbo
R 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 10 Engine
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 9 Throttle
R 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 14 9 Turbo
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 24 7 Engine
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 12 6 Ignition
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 5 Ignition
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
12 Ayrton Senna
3
1 Alain Prost
4
6 Nelson Piquet
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
20 Thierry Boutsen
7
8 Andrea de Cesaris
8
2 Stefan Johansson
9
19 Teo Fabi
10
28 Gerhard Berger
11
5 Riccardo Patrese
12
25 René Arnoux
13
17 Derek Warwick
14
11 Satoru Nakajima
15
18 Eddie Cheever
16
24 Alessandro Nannini
17
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
18
23 Adrián Campos
19
9 Martin Brundle
20
10 Christian Danner
21
30 Philippe Alliot
22
4 Philippe Streiff
23
3 Jonathan Palmer
24
16 Ivan Capelli
25
14 Pascal Fabre
26
21 Alex Caffi
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