1987 USA Grand Prix

 1987 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	VI Detroit Grand Prix
Date:	June 21, 1987
Place:	Detroit
Course:	Detroit Street Circuit
Length:	253.449 km in 63 laps of 4.023 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 39.264 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 40.464 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Third:	Alain Prost	McLaren

The 1987 USA Grand Prix took place in Detroit on June 21 and was the fifth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

A field of participants that had remained unchanged compared to the Monaco Grand Prix three weeks earlier entered the fifth round of the World Championship in Detroit.

training

With Nigel Mansell , Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet, three drivers equipped with Honda engines once again qualified for the first three places on the grid. Thierry Boutsen followed with a lap time that was more than a second slower than Piquet in fourth place, ahead of the reigning world champion Alain Prost as well as Eddie Cheever and Michele Alboreto .

run

While Nigel Mansell was converting his pole position into a lead, Stefan Johansson damaged his front wing in a slight collision with Derek Warwick . In addition, Satoru Nakajima first collided with Ivan Capelli and shortly afterwards with Adrián Campos .

In the third round, Piquet could no longer defend his third place against Cheever. He damaged a tire in the course of the duel and as a result had to make an unscheduled pit stop that threw him back to 21st place. Eddie Cheever then dueled Teo Fabi for third place. When the Italian started to overtake on the seventh lap, the two collided. Fabi then had to give up the race in the pits, Cheever needed new tires and fell back to the bottom of the field. This put Alboreto in third place, followed by Boutsen and Prost.

By the 25th lap, Prost got past Boutsen and Alboreto into third place. During the regular pit stops, a wheel nut stuck on Mansell's car, causing him to lose around ten seconds. Senna took the lead. Meanwhile, Piquet had fought his way back to fourth place. On the 43rd lap he passed Prost.

Senna won confidently because Nigel Mansell had dropped to fifth place on lap 53, behind Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost and Gerhard Berger . Eddie Cheever crossed the finish line in sixth.

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 FW11B	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 JS29B	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	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 42.223	141.678 km / h	1: 39.264	145.902 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 42.985	140.630 km / h	1: 40.607	143.954 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 43.152	140.403 km / h	1: 40.942	143.476 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 44.686	138.345 km / h	1: 42.050	141.919 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 46.042	136.576 km / h	1: 42.357	141.493 km / h	05
06th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 45.296	137.544 km / h	1: 42.361	141.487 km / h	06th
07th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 45.437	137.360 km / h	1: 42.684	141.042 km / h	07th
08th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 47.064	135.272 km / h	1: 42.918	140.722 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 46.932	135.439 km / h	1: 43.479	139.959 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 45.234	137.625 km / h	1: 43.541	139.875 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 46.623	135.832 km / h	1: 43.797	139.530 km / h	11
12	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 45.054	137.861 km / h	1: 43.816	139.505 km / h	12
13	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 47.010	135.341 km / h	1: 44.350	138.791 km / h	13
14th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 47.963	134.146 km / h	1: 45.037	137.883 km / h	14th
15th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 48.932	132.953 km / h	1: 45.291	137.550 km / h	15th
16	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 48.867	133.032 km / h	1: 45.740	136.966 km / h	16
17th	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 47.670	134.511 km / h	1: 46.046	136.571 km / h	17th
18th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 46.449	136.054 km / h	1: 46.083	136.523 km / h	18th
19th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 55.787	125.081 km / h	1: 46.124	136.471 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 47.470	134.761 km / h	1: 46.194	136.381 km / h	20th
21st	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 48.338	133.682 km / h	1: 46.211	136.359 km / h	21st
22nd	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 49.969	131.699 km / h	1: 46.269	136.284 km / h	22nd
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 48.661	133.284 km / h	1: 47.471	134.760 km / h	23
24	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 51.355	130.060 km / h	1: 48.801	133.113 km / h	24
25th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 50.495	131.072 km / h	3: 26.319	70.196 km / h	25th
26th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 57.475	123.284 km / h	1: 53.644	127.440 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	63	0	1: 50: 16.358	02	1: 40.464
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	63	1	+ 33.819	03	1: 41.196
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	63	1	+ 45.327	05	1: 41.340
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	63	0	+1: 02,601	12	1: 42.238
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	62	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 40.535
06th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	60	1	DNF	06th	1: 43.951	Lack of fuel
07th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	60	0	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 42.332
08th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	60	0	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 47.532
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	60	0	+ 3 rounds	09	1: 44.255
10	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	60	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 46.937
11	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	13	1: 44.048
12	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	58	0	+ 5 rounds	26th	1: 50.309
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	52	0	DNF	04th	1: 42.252	defective brake disc
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	51	0	NC	23	1: 47.477	Unrated
-	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	44	0	DNF	14th	1: 46.048	lost wheel
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	38	0	DNF	20th	1: 45.869	collision
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	25th	0	DNF	07th	1: 45.016	Gearbox damage
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	22nd	0	DNF	18th	1: 47.069	Gearbox damage
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	16	1	DNF	15th	1: 48.744	Turbocharger damage
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	12	0	DNF	10	1: 47.260	accident
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	09	0	DNF	22nd	1: 49.341	Electrical damage
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	06th	0	DNF	08th	1: 48.325	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 53.496	Gearbox damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	02	0	DNF	17th	1: 53.860	Gearbox damage
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	01	0	DNF	25th	2: 16.237	Collision damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	00	0	DNF	24	-	collision

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  Ayrton Senna lotus 24 02  Alain Prost McLaren 22nd 03  Nelson Piquet Williams 18th 04th  Stefan Johansson McLaren 13 05  Nigel Mansell Williams 12 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 9 07th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 08th  Eddie Cheever Arrows 4th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 10  Satoru Nakajima lotus 3 11  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 2 12  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 13  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 2 14th  René Arnoux Ligier 1 15th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 35 02  Williams 30th 03  lotus 27 04th  Ferrari 17th 05  Arrows 4th 06th  Brabham 4th

Item constructor Points 07th  Zakspeed 2 08th  Benetton 2 09  Tyrrell 2 10  March 1 11  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from March 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 July 24, 2008 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"