1987 Grand Prix of Austria

 1987 Grand Prix of Austria

Racing data
10th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXV Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	August 16, 1987
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	308.984 km in 52 laps of 5.942 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 23.357 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 28.318 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Third:	Teo Fabi	Benetton

The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 16 at the Österreichring near Zeltweg and was the tenth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The same field of participants that had contested the Hungarian Grand Prix the previous weekend also competed in Austria.

training

Nelson Piquet qualified for pole position in front of his team-mate Nigel Mansell as well as Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen . His team-mate Teo Fabi shared the third row with Michele Alboreto in the second Ferrari .

All pilots achieved their respective best times during the first qualifying training on Friday. With the wet track conditions on Saturday, no time improvements could be achieved.

Stefan Johansson had a serious accident after the suspension of his McLaren MP4 / 3 was damaged in the course of a collision with a deer. He got away with minor injuries.

run

Shortly after the start, Martin Brundle lost control of his car. He hit the barrier, from where the vehicle was thrown back onto the track. Several opponents collided during sudden evasive maneuvers, whereupon the race was stopped.

During the second attempt at take-off, accidents occurred again, which were triggered by the fact that both Mansell and Berger started very poorly, the following pilots ran into the duo and sometimes collided. The race was stopped again because the track was blocked.

Although a large number of pilots were involved in the collision, all drivers except Philippe Streiff were able to take part in the third attempt at take-off. However, some of them started in replacement vehicles from the pit lane. Alex Caffi stopped due to engine problems.

This time Senna got away from his starting position relatively poorly, but there was no new collision. Piquet took the lead ahead of Boutsen, Berger, Mansell and Fabi. When Boutsen and Berger retired after a few laps due to technical problems, Team Williams was in the lead . Fabi followed in third place.

In the course of lapping maneuvers, Mansell passed his team-mate to the top on lap 21. He quickly gained a head start so that he was able to defend the lead during his pit stop and finally to the finish. In the duel for fourth place behind Fabi, Senna and Alboreto collided, whereupon Senna had to have a new front wing fitted to the pits. As a result, he briefly fell back to ninth place, but made it back to fifth place by the end of the race and in this position reached the finish line behind Boutsen and in front of Prost. After the race, Brundle, who had been four laps back, was disqualified because the T-Car he had used when restarting did not meet the regulations.

Since the safety of the track was no longer considered to be up to date, there was no longer any Formula 1 race on the high-speed track. It was not until ten years later, after significant modifications had been carried out, particularly affecting the fast corners, that a Grand Prix was held again.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 3	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Stefan Johansson
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11 B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT56	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
West Zakspeed Racing	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	10	Christian Danner
Camel Team Lotus Honda	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus 99T	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Team El Charro AGS	14th	Pascal Fabre	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	16	Ivan Capelli	March 871		G
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	20th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Alex Caffi	Osella FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
Minardi F1 team	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS29 C	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	30th	Philippe Alliot	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 23.357	256.622 km / h	1: 49.991	194.481 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 23.459	256.308 km / h	1: 33.779	228.102 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 24.213	254.013 km / h	1: 38.388	217.417 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 24.348	253.606 km / h	1: 48.124	197.840 km / h	04th
05	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 25.054	251.501 km / h	no time	-	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 25.077	251.433 km / h	1: 45.518	202.726 km / h	06th
07th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 25.492	250.213 km / h	1: 39.647	214.670 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 25.766	249.414 km / h	1: 53.119	189.104 km / h	08th
09	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 26.170	248.244 km / h	1: 43.132	207.416 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 27.672	243.991 km / h	no time	-	10
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 27.762	243.741 km / h	no time	-	11
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 28.370	242.064 km / h	1: 37.908	218.483 km / h	12
13	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 28.786	240.930 km / h	1: 43.002	207.678 km / h	13
14th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 29.003	240.342 km / h	1: 41.711	210.314 km / h	14th
15th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 29.435	239.182 km / h	1: 49.566	195.236 km / h	15th
16	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 29.733	238.387 km / h	no time	-	16
17th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 29.893	237.963 km / h	1: 42.383	208.933 km / h	17th
18th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 30.682	235.892 km / h	no time	-	18th
19th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 30.797	235.594 km / h	1: 47.128	199.679 km / h	19th
20th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 31.015	235.029 km / h	1: 48.880	196.466 km / h	20th
21st	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 32.313	231.725 km / h	1: 50.273	193.984 km / h	21st
22nd	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 33.741	228.195 km / h	1: 48.595	196.981 km / h	22nd
23	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 34.199	227.085 km / h	1: 54.807	186.323 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.619	226.077 km / h	1: 49.308	195.697 km / h	24
25th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 35.338	224.372 km / h	1: 51.624	191.636 km / h	25th
26th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 40.633	212.566 km / h	1: 57.236	182.463 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	52	1	1: 18: 44.898	02	1: 28.318
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	52	1	+ 55,704	01	1: 28.358
03	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	51	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 29.559
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	51	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 29.111
05	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	50	0	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 28.559
06th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	50	0	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 29.291
07th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	50	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 29.238
08th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	50	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 34.372
09	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	49	0	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 32.817
10	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	49	0	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 34.785
11	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	49	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 35.616
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	49	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 36.027
13	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	49	0	+ 3 rounds	13	1: 31.685
14th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	48	0	+ 4 rounds	17th	1: 35.615
15th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	47	0	+ 5 rounds	24	1: 38.245
-	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	45	0	NC	26th	1: 42.844	Unrated
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	43	0	DNF	08th	1: 30.629	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	42	0	DNF	06th	1: 30.148	defective exhaust system
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	35	0	DNF	10	1: 31.960	Engine failure
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	35	0	DNF	11	1: 31.783	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	31	0	DNF	12	1: 31.814	Brake defect
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	05	0	DNF	03	1: 30.343	Turbocharger damage
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 37.854	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	01	0	DNF	15th	2: 06.843	Engine failure
-	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	00	0	DNF	25th	-	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	00	0	DNS	21st	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nelson Piquet Williams 54 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 43 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 39 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 31 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 19th 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 9 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 8th 08th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 09  Teo Fabi Benetton 7th 10  Satoru Nakajima lotus 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 12  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 4th 13  Eddie Cheever Arrows 4th 14th  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 15th  Derek Warwick Arrows 3 16  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 2 17th  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 18th  Philippe Alliot Lola 1 19th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1 20th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 93 02  McLaren 50 03  lotus 49 04th  Ferrari 17th 05  Benetton 15th 06th  Tyrrell 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  Arrows 7th 08th  Brabham 6th 09  Zakspeed 2 10  Lola 1 11  March 1 12  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 2, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 2, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 2, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"