Formula 1 World Championship 1987

Formula 1 World Championship 1987

World Champion
Driver:	Nelson Piquet
Constructor:	Williams-Honda
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1986 season	1988 season>

1987 Ferrari F1 / 87 Turbo, with which Gerhard Berger won two GPs

The 1987 Formula 1 World Championship was the 38th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races from April 12, 1987 to November 15, 1987. Nelson Piquet won the Drivers' Championship for the third time. Williams was the fourth time constructor world champion.

Changes in 1987

Regulations

After only turbo engines were permitted in 1986, the FIA surprised the designers on October 3, 1986 with a short-term change in the rules: Beginning with the 1987 season, in addition to the turbos, it again allowed conventional naturally aspirated engines in Formula 1 , with a displacement limit of 3.5 liters has been. With this rule change, the FIA ​​intended to cut costs and hoped to make Formula 1 economically attractive for new teams. As a further incentive, the FIA ​​announced its own ratings for the naturally aspirated teams and drivers with the Colin Chapman Trophy and the Jim Clark Trophy .

In order to further encourage the competition, a restriction of the boost pressure to 4 bar was introduced for turbo engines  , which should be enforced with the help of distinctive "pop off" valves. In addition, the amount of petrol for vehicles with turbo engines was limited to 195 l, whereas the amount for vehicles with naturally aspirated engines remained unlimited. In addition, the minimum weight of the vehicles has been increased to 500 kg.

Racetracks

The 1987 Canadian Grand Prix was not held because the local promoter was involved in a dispute with the sponsors. The year was used for renovation work on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve . Instead, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to the racing calendar after a ten-year absence and was held for the first time on the Suzuka International Racing Course .

In addition, the Grand Prix of Great Britain last moved from Brands Hatch to the Silverstone Circuit , where this race has been taking place ever since. In addition, the Spanish Grand Prix has been moved from autumn to spring, as has the Belgian Grand Prix before the Monaco Grand Prix .

Teams

The new teams March , Larrousse and Coloni entered the Formula 1 stage with the prospect of using inexpensive naturally aspirated engines . In 1987 , however, Team Haas did not compete again. In addition, the Middlebridge-Trussardi team's attempt to enter racing with an old Benetton chassis during the season failed .

Engines

The only engine manufacturer that was able to react to the rule change at short notice was Cosworth . From the DFV eight-cylinder constructed in 1966, a 3.5-liter variant was developed within three months, which was named DFZ . It was the only naturally aspirated engine that was used that season. Tyrrell and AGS used this engine, as did the new competitors March, Larrousse and Coloni, so that a total of five teams competed for the Colin Chapman Trophy.

BMW and Renault stopped delivering customer engines after the 1986 season, forcing several teams to look for new engine partners. The only exception was Brabham , the previous BMW factory partner, who, however, had to use a design of the M12 engine that was tilted to its side by 75 ° , which had been made in the previous year exclusively for the sensational but technically disappointing BT55 . The remainder of the M12 motors, on the other hand, was acquired by Jackie Oliver's company Megatron and initially given exclusively to Oliver's racing team Arrows . Benetton, another BMW customer, on the other hand, became a works partner of Ford and exclusively used the GBA turbo engine , which had been reserved for the Haas team in the previous year.

From the former Renault customers, Tyrrell returned to Cosworth naturally aspirated engines, as mentioned. Lotus in turn now had access to Honda engines. For the Équipe Ligier , however, the search for an engine partner turned into an ordeal: Alfa Romeo's acceptance was surprisingly withdrawn almost two weeks before the start of the season after disappointing test drives. Only with political help from the French Ministry of Sports was Ligier finally also able to acquire Megatron engines.

tires

The Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli withdrew from Formula 1 after the 1986 season. All Goodyear teams have now been equipped accordingly .

Technical innovation

Lotus used an active wheel suspension for the first time in the 99T , in which the driving behavior was evaluated under computer control and the suspension was to be hydraulically adapted to the relevant situation. Corresponding systems were expensive and complex and were therefore only available to financially strong teams in the next few years, but were decisive for success in the early 1990s at the latest, until they were completely banned in the 1994 season along with other driving aids.

driver

McLaren brought the Swede Stefan Johansson from Ferrari into the team for Keke Rosberg , who had ended his Formula 1 career at the end of the 1986 season . Ferrari signed the Austrian shooting star Gerhard Berger from Benetton, who last year was only able to win a race for the then new racing team in his second full season. Berger's place at Benetton was taken by Thierry Boutsen , who came from Arrows.

With its driver choice, Lotus reacted to the wishes of supporters of the team and, in accordance with the will of the engine supplier Honda, brought the Japanese debutants Satoru Nakajima into the cockpit, after Johnny Dumfries had already been asked by the main sponsor in the preseason , alongside No. 1 driver Ayrton Senna was started. Furthermore joined Ivan Capelli , who had driven the only two races of the then new AGS teams in the previous year to March, where he was to stay until the 1,991th

The controversial but experienced Andrea de Cesaris moved from Minardi to Brabham. Former Brabham driver Derek Warwick switched to Arrows, as did Eddie Cheever , who had not been given a regular seat the previous year and had only driven one outing for Team Haas. Christian Danner , the other Arrows driver alongside Boutsen in 1986, switched to the German Zakspeed team, which, like Arrows, was completely reorganized. In addition to Danner, Martin Brundle came to the team, who in exchange gave Jonathan Palmer to Tyrrell and in turn sacked the Dutchman Huub Rothengatter .

With the departure of Team Haas, the Formula 1 careers of Alan Jones and Patrick Tambay also ended .

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4 / 3	DAY 1.5 V6t	G	01	Alain Prost	1-16	n / A
					02	Stefan Johansson	1-16
	Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	03	Jonathan Palmer	1-16	n / A
					04th	Philippe Streiff	1-16
	Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams FW11B	Honda 1.5 V6t	G	05	Nigel Mansell	1-15	Jean-Louis Schlesser
						Riccardo Patrese	16
					06th	Nelson Piquet	1-16
	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT56	BMW 1.5 L4t	G	07th	Riccardo Patrese	1-15	n / A
						Stefano Modena	16
					08th	Andrea de Cesaris	1-16
	West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed 861 Zakspeed 871	Zakspeed 1.5 L4t	G	09	Martin Brundle	1-16	n / A
					10	Christian Danner	1-16
	Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus 99T	Honda 1.5 V6t	G	11	Satoru Nakajima	1-16	n / A
					12	Ayrton Senna	1-16
	Team El Charro AGS	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	14th	Pascal Fabre	1-14	n / A
						Roberto Moreno	15, 16
	Leyton House March Racing Team	March 87P March 871	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	16	Ivan Capelli	1-16	Kris Nissen
	USF & G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10	Megatron 1.5 L4t	G	17th	Derek Warwick	1-16	n / A
					18th	Eddie Cheever	1-16
	Benetton Formula Ltd.	Benetton B187	Ford TEC 1.5 V6t	G	19th	Teo Fabi	1-16	Johnny Dumfries Emanuele Pirro
					20th	Thierry Boutsen	1-16
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1G Osella FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	G	21st	Alex Caffi	1-16	n / A
					22nd	Gabriele Tarquini	2
						Franco Forini	11-13
	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni 1.5 V6t	G	23	Adrian Campos	1-16	Franco Scapini
					24	Alessandro Nannini	1-16
	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS29 Ligier JS29B Ligier JS29C	Megatron 1.5 L4t	G	25th	René Arnoux	2-16	n / A
					26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	2-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari F1 / 87	Ferrari 1.5 V6t	G	27	Michele Alboreto	1-16	n / A
					28	Gerhard Berger	1-16
	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	29	Yannick Dalmas	14-16	n / A
					30th	Philippe Alliot	2-16
	Enzo Coloni Racing Car System	Coloni FC187	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	32	Nicola Larini	11, 13	n / A

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	12. April	Brazil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	306.891	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche
02	May 3rd	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	297,360	Ayrton Senna	Teo Fabi	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
03	17th of May	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	298,420	Nigel Mansell	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche
04th	31. May	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	259,584	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
05	June 21st	United States	Detroit Street Circuit	253,449	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
06th	5th July	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	305.040	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell		Williams-Honda
07th	July 12	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	310.570	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
08th	July 26th	Germany	Hockenheimring	299,068	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
09	August 9	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.064	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
10	August 16	Austria	Österreichring	308.984	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
11	September 6th	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	290,000	Nelson Piquet	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet
12	September 20th	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	304,500	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost
13	September 27th	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	303.696	Nelson Piquet	Gerhard Berger	Nigel Mansell
14th	October 18	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	278,523	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell
15th	November 1st	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	298,809	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger
16	15th of November	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	309.960	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 39: 45.141
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 40.547
3	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 56.758
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 26.128
SR	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 33.861

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Jacarepaguá , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, took place on April 12, 1987 and went over 61 laps (306.891 km).

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 31: 24.076
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 27.545
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 39.144
PP	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 25.826
SR	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 29.246

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on May 3rd, 1987 and went over 59 laps (297.36 km).

Belgian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 27: 03,217
2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 24.764
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	not in target
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 52.026
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 57.153

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on May 17, 1987 and covered a distance of 43 laps (298.42 km).

De Cesaris stopped on the last lap due to lack of fuel, but was able to hold third place.

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 57: 54.085
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 33.212
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+1: 12.839
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 23.039
SR	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 27.685

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 31, 1987 and ran over 78 laps (259.584 km).

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 USA Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 50: 16.358
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 33.819
3	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 45.327
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 39.264
SR	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 40.464

The US Grand Prix at the Detroit Street Circuit in Detroit , Michigan took place on June 21, 1987 and covered a distance of 63 laps (253.449 km).

French Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 37.03.839
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 7.711
3	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 55.255
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 06.454
SR	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 09.548

The French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard took place on July 5, 1987 and covered a distance of 80 laps (305.04 km).

Great Britain Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 19: 11.780
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 1.918
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 1 lap
PP	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 07.110
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 09.832

The Great Britain Grand Prix at Silverstone took place on July 12, 1987 and went over a distance of 65 laps (310.57 km).

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Germany 1987

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 21: 25.091
2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	+1: 39.591
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 1 lap
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 42.616
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 45.716

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 26, 1987 and covered a distance of 44 laps (299.068 km).

Hungarian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 59: 26.793
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 37.727
3	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+1: 27.456
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 28.047
SR	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 30.149

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród took place on August 9, 1987 and covered a distance of 76 laps (305.064 km).

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Austria 1987

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 18: 44.898
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 55,704
3	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 23.357
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 28.318

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring in Zeltweg took place on August 16, 1987 and covered a distance of 52 laps (308.984 km).

Italian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 14: 47.707
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 1.806
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	+ 49.036
PP	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 23.46
SR	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 26.796

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 6, 1987 and covered a distance of 50 laps (290.0 km).

Grand Prix of Portugal

→ Main article : 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 37: 03.906
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 20.493
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+1: 03.295
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 17.62
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 19.282

The Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril took place on September 20, 1987 and covered a distance of 70 laps (304.5 km).

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 49: 12.692
2	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 22.225
3	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 30.818
PP	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 22.461
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 26.986

The Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez took place on September 27, 1987 and covered a distance of 72 laps (303.696 km).

Mexican Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Mexican Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 26: 24.207
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	+ 26.176
3	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	+1: 26.879
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 18.383
SR	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 19.132

The Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City took place on October 18, 1987 and went over a distance of 63 laps (278.523 km).

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 32: 58.072
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	+ 17.344
3	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 17.694
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 40.042
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 43.844

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on November 1st, 1987 and covered a distance of 51 laps (298.809 km).

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1987 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 52: 56.144
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+1: 07.884
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 17.267
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 20.416

The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide took place on November 15, 1987 and went over a distance of 82 laps (309.878 km).

Ayrton Senna , who crossed the finish line in second place , was disqualified after the race because of an irregular braking system.

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best eleven results were counted in the drivers 'classification and all results in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	No.	constructor																	Points
1	N. Piquet	6th	Williams-Honda	2	DNS	DNF	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	(4)	2	15 *	DNF	73 (76)
2	N. Mansell	5	Williams-Honda	6th	1	DNF	DNF	5	1	1	DNF	14 *	1	3	DNF	1	1	DNS	INJ	61
3	A. Senna	12	Lotus Honda	DNF	2	DNF	1	1	4th	3	3	2	5	2	7th	5	DNF	2	DSQ	57
4th	A. Cheers	1	McLaren TAG Porsche	1	DNF	1	9 *	3	3	DNF	7 *	3	6th	15th	1	2	DNF	7th	DNF	46
5	G. Berger	28	Ferrari	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	2	DNF	DNF	1	1	36
6th	S. Johansson	2	McLaren TAG Porsche	3	4th	2	DNF	7th	8th	DNF	2	DNF	7th	6th	5	3	DNF	3	DNF	30th
7th	M. Alboreto	27	Ferrari	8th*	3	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	15 *	DNF	4th	2	17th
8th	T. Boutsen	20th	Benetton-Ford	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	4th	4th	5	14th	16 *	DNF	5	3	16
9	T. Fabi	19th	Benetton-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	5	6th	DNF	DNF	3	7th	4 *	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	12
10	E. Cheever	18th	Arrows-Megatron	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	6th	8th*	4th	9 *	DNF	8th
11	J. Palmer	3	Tyrrell-Ford	10	DNF	DNF	5	11	7th	8th	5	7th	14th	14th	10	DNF	7th	8th	4th	7th
12	S. Nakajima	11	Lotus Honda	7th	6 *	5	10	DNF	NC	4th	DNF	DNF	13	11	8th	9	DNF	6th	DNF	7th
13	R. Patrese	7th	Brabham-BMW	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	3	11		6th
		5	Williams-Honda																9 *	0
14th	A. de Cesaris	8th	Brabham-BMW	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th*	4th
15th	P. Streiff	4th	Tyrrell-Ford	11	8th	9	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	4th	9	DNF	12	12	7th	8th	12	DNF	4th
16	D. Warwick	17th	Arrows-Megatron	DNF	11 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	13	10	DNF	10	DNF	3
17th	P. Alliot	30th	Lola Ford		10	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	3
18th	M. Brundle	9	Zakspeed	DNF	5	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	NC	NC	DNF	DSQ	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	2
19th	I. Capelli	16	March-Ford	DNS	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	11	13	9	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	1
20th	R. Arnoux	25th	Ligier-Megatron		DNS	6th	11	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1
21st	R. Moreno	14th	AGS-Ford															DNF	6th	1
-	Y. Dalmas	29	Lola Ford														9	14th	5	0 1
-	C. Danner	10	Zakspeed	9	7th	DNF	EX	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	0
-	P. Ghinzani	26th	Ligier-Megatron		DNF	7th	12	DNF	DNF	EX	DNF	12	8th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	0
-	P. Fabre	14th	AGS-Ford	12	13	10	13	12	9	9	DNF	13	NC	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ			0
-	A. Nannini	24	Minardi-Motori Moderni	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	16	11 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	A. Caffi	21st	Osella-Alfa Romeo	DNF	12 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	0
-	A. Campos	23	Minardi-Motori Moderni	DSQ	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	F. Forini	22nd	Osella-Alfa Romeo											DNF	DNF	DNQ				0
-	G. Tarquini	22nd	Osella-Alfa Romeo		DNF															0
-	N. Larini	32	Coloni-Ford											DNQ		DNF				0
-	S. Modena	7th	Brabham-BMW																DNF	0

¹ The 5th place of Yannick Dalmas was not taken into account for the World Championship ranking, as Lola had only registered one vehicle for the World Championship.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Williams FW11B Honda Turbo from 1987

Item constructor Points 1  Williams-Honda T 137 2  McLaren TAG Porsche T 76 3  Lotus-Honda T 64 4th  Ferrari T 53 5  Benetton-Ford T 28 6th  Tyrrell-Ford 11 7th  Arrows-Megatron T 11 8th  Brabham-BMW T 10

Item constructor Points 9  Lola Ford 3 10  Zakspeed T. 2 11  Ligier-Megatron T 1 12  AGS-Ford 1 13  March-Ford 1 14th  Minardi-Motori Moderni T 0 15th  Osella-Alfa Romeo T 0 16  Coloni-Ford 0

^T = turbo engine

Colin Chapman Trophy

For the naturally aspirated engine teams, the FIA ​​also carried out its own constructors' championship in 1987, which was known as the Colin Chapman Trophy. Only the naturally aspirated vehicles were rated. The points awarded corresponded to the system of the constructors' world championship. The Colin Chapman Trophy went to Tyrrell.

Item	constructor	No.																	Points
1	Tyrrell - Ford	3	1	DNF	DNF	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	DNF	2	1	1	169
		4th	2	1	2	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	1	2	DNF	1	3	2	3	2	DNF
2	Lola - Ford	29														4th	4th	4th	43
		30th		2	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	1	1	DNF	DNF
3	AGS - Ford	14th	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	DNF	4th	NC	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	3	41
4th	March - Ford	16		DNF	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	1	2	1	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	38
5	Coloni - Ford	31											DNQ		DNF				0

News in brief Formula 1

• In Imola, Zakspeed scored points in Formula 1 for the first time.
• Former Formula 1 driver Didier Pironi had a fatal accident in a motorboat.
• Nigel Mansell lost the Formula 1 World Championship in a training accident in Suzuka .
• The British team Middlebridge-Trussardi tried from the Italian Grand Prix with a Benetton B186 and Emanuele Pirro and later with Aguri Suzuki to participate in the world championship; However, it was not allowed to take off.

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 1987  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1987 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adriano Cimarosti: The century of racing . Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 , p. 369.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} No points in the constructors' championship and in the Colin Chapman Trophy for the second car that was not used consistently.