1987 Australian Grand Prix

 1987 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LII Australian Grand Prix
Date:	November 15, 1987
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	309.96 km in 82 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 17.267 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.416 min
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton

The 1987 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 15 as the 16th and final race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

Since Nigel Mansell was still out due to injury after his accident in training for the Japanese Grand Prix , Riccardo Patrese , whose move from Brabham to Williams for the 1988 season was already certain, was already signed for the 1987 season finale. At Brabham, Formula 1 newcomer Stefano Modena was used instead .

training

Gerhard Berger qualified for pole position in front of Alain Prost , Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna . This was followed by Thierry Boutsen ago Michele Alboreto .

run

Just like two weeks earlier in Japan, Gerhard Berger achieved an undisputed start-to-finish victory. Until the 34th lap, Piquet followed in second place ahead of Prost, who had passed Senna on the second lap.

During the pit stops halfway through the race, Senna finished second, followed by Berger's team-mate Alboreto. Boutsen crossed the finish line in fourth ahead of Jonathan Palmer and Yannick Dalmas .

After the race, Senna was disqualified because of a non-compliant braking system. So the other pilots moved up one place each. Roberto Moreno received a world championship point. Since the Larrousse team had only registered one vehicle for the World Championship at the beginning of the season, the second driver Yannick Dalmas who was added later did not receive any points.

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	Riccardo Patrese	Williams FW11B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Stefano Modena	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	Roberto Moreno	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 JS29C	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	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 17.267	176.117 km / h	1: 18.142	174.145 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 18,200	174.015 km / h	1: 17.967	174.535 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 18.017	174.424 km / h	1: 18.176	174.069 km / h	03
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 18.508	173.333 km / h	1: 18.488	173.377 km / h	04th
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 18.943	172.378 km / h	1: 18.523	173.300 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 18.578	173.178 km / h	1: 19.612	170.929 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Honda	1: 19.507	171.155 km / h	1: 18.813	172.662 km / h	07th
08th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 19.761	170.610 km / h	1: 18.826	172.633 km / h	08th
09	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 19.461	171.254 km / h	1: 20.301	169.462 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 19.768	170.595 km / h	1: 19.590	170.976 km / h	10
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 20.187	169.703 km / h	1: 21.592	166.781 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 20.638	168.754 km / h	1: 20.837	168.339 km / h	12
13	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 20.701	168.622 km / h	1: 21.523	166.922 km / h	13
14th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 21.708	166.544 km / h	1: 20.891	168.226 km / h	14th
15th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-BMW	1: 21.887	166.180 km / h	1: 21.014	167.971 km / h	15th
16	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 22.224	165.499 km / h	1: 21.483	167.004 km / h	16
17th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 21.888	166.178 km / h	1: 22.846	164.257 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 21.971	166.010 km / h	1: 22.434	165.078 km / h	18th
19th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 22.315	165.316 km / h	1: 22.087	165.775 km / h	19th
20th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 24.833	160.409 km / h	1: 22.303	165.340 km / h	20th
21st	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	1: 25.021	160.055 km / h	1: 22.650	164.646 km / h	21st
22nd	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 22.689	164.568 km / h	1: 24.652	160.752 km / h	22nd
23	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 22.698	164.551 km / h	1: 22.704	164.539 km / h	23
24	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 23.046	163.861 km / h	1: 22.736	164.475 km / h	24
25th	Roberto Moreno	AGS-Ford	1: 23.659	162.660 km / h	1: 24.149	161.713 km / h	25th
26th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 25.760	158.675 km / h	1: 24.121	161.767 km / h	26th
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 25.872	158.468 km / h	1: 27.331	155.821 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	82	0	1: 52: 56.144	01	1: 20.416
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	82	0	DSQ	04th	1: 20.456	disqualified
03 (2)	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	82	0	+1: 07.884	06th	1: 21.124
04 (3)	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	81	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 22.769
05 (4)	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	80	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 23.197
06 (5)	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	79	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 23.207
07 (6)	Roberto Moreno	AGS-Ford	79	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 24.488
08 (7)	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	79	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 24.119
09 (8)	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	78	0	DNF	10	1: 20.917	Lathe operator
10 (9)	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Honda	76	0	DNF	07th	1: 21.491	Engine failure
-	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	58	1	DNF	03	1: 21.981	Gearbox damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	58	0	DNF	23	1: 23.296	Lathe operator
-	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	53	0	DNF	02	1: 21.381	Brake defect
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	53	0	DNF	11	1: 23.390	Engine failure
-	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	48	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.232	Brake defect
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	46	0	DNF	09	1: 22.246	Brake defect
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	46	0	DNF	26th	1: 27.676	Gearbox damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	45	0	DNF	17th	1: 24.834	Electronics failure
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	41	0	DNF	20th	1: 23.999	Engine failure
-	Stefano Modena	Brabham-BMW	31	0	DNF	15th	1: 24.294	task
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	26th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 25.196	defective ignition
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	22nd	0	DNF	14th	1: 24.926	Engine failure
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	19th	0	DNF	12	1: 24.478	Gearbox damage
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	18th	0	DNF	16	1: 25.554	broken gear lever
-	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	06th	0	DNF	18th	1: 26.823	Brake defect
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	00	0	DNF	13	-	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  Nelson Piquet Williams 73 (76) 02  Nigel Mansell Williams 61 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 57 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 46 05  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 36 06th  Stefan Johansson McLaren 30th 07th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 17th 08th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 16 09  Teo Fabi Benetton 12 10  Eddie Cheever Arrows 8th 11  Satoru Nakajima lotus 7th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 7th 13  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 6th 14th  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 16  Philippe Alliot Lola 3 17th  Derek Warwick Arrows 3 18th  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 19th  Ivan Capelli March 1 20th  Roberto Moreno AGS 1 21st  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 137 02  McLaren 76 03  lotus 64 04th  Ferrari 53 05  Benetton 28 06th  Arrows 11 07th  Tyrrell 11

Item constructor Points 08th  Brabham 10 09  Lola 3 10  Zakspeed 2 11  AGS 1 12  March 1 13  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 16, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 16, 2013)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 16, 2013)

Web links

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