Grand Prix of Germany 1987

 Grand Prix of Germany 1987

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Mobil Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	July 26, 1987
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	299.068 km in 44 laps of 6.797 km
Weather:	dry
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 42.616 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 45.716 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Second:	Stefan Johansson	McLaren
Third:	Ayrton Senna	lotus

The 1987 German Grand Prix took place on July 26th at the Hockenheimring and was the eighth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The same field of participants that had contested the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier also competed in Hockenheim.

training

Since it was raining during the second qualifying session on Saturday, none of the drivers except Alex Caffi could beat the fastest lap time he achieved on Friday. Around half of the drivers decided not to take part in the second round at all due to the weather conditions.

Nigel Mansell secured his sixth pole position in race eight ahead of Ayrton Senna , Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet . Michele Alboreto and Thierry Boutsen qualified for the third row ahead of Andrea de Cesaris and Stefan Johansson .

run

As a result of a comparatively bad start by the pole setter, Senna initially took the lead. Mansell finished the first lap around a second behind the Brazilian, but passed him at the beginning of the second lap. Senna was significantly slower and thereupon noticeably stopped the following pilots. Prost overtook him shortly afterwards, Piquet followed one lap later.

On the seventh lap, Prost passed Mansell and took the lead. When the French had new tires fitted in the pit on lap 19, Mansell took the lead again, but lost this position four laps later when he made a pit stop. Two laps later he retired due to an engine failure, which meant that his team-mate Piquet took second place. Since Senna had to go to the pits several times due to technical problems and Boutsen was eliminated due to an engine failure, Johansson was in third place at this point.

Four laps before the end of the race, Prost had to give up due to a defective alternator and leave Piquet the victory he believed to be certain. The Frenchman was classified in seventh place due to the distance he had covered. Johansson finished second even though his right front tire burst on the last lap and he had to cross the finish line on three wheels. Third place went to Senna. The remaining World Championship points went to Philippe Streiff , Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Alliot , which was partly due to the fact that only seven drivers made it to the finish line. The last one was Martin Brundle , who, however, was not counted because he was ten laps behind the winner.

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 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	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: 42.616	238.454 km / h	2: 00.832	202.506 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 42.873	237.858 km / h	no time	-	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 43.202	237.100 km / h	no time	-	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 43.705	235.950 km / h	no time	-	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 43.921	235.460 km / h	2: 05.139	195.536 km / h	05
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 45.066	232.894 km / h	2: 02.981	198.967 km / h	06th
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 45.411	232.131 km / h	no time	-	07th
08th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 45.428	232.094 km / h	no time	-	08th
09	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 45.497	231.942 km / h	2: 06.857	192.888 km / h	09
10	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 45.902	231.055 km / h	2: 03.172	198.659 km / h	10
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 46.096	230.633 km / h	no time	-	11
12	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 46.323	230.140 km / h	no time	-	12
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 46.525	229.704 km / h	no time	-	13
14th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 46.760	229.198 km / h	no time	-	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 47.780	227.029 km / h	2: 04.003	197.327 km / h	15th
16	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 47.887	226.804 km / h	no time	-	16
17th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 49.236	224.003 km / h	2: 09.440	189.039 km / h	17th
18th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 49.668	223.121 km / h	no time	-	18th
19th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 51.062	220.320 km / h	2: 12.913	184.099 km / h	19th
20th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 51.448	219.557 km / h	2: 11.115	186.624 km / h	20th
21st	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 52.760	217.002 km / h	2: 11.588	185.953 km / h	21st
22nd	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 53.528	215.534 km / h	2: 10.404	187.641 km / h	22nd
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 54.491	213.722 km / h	2: 06.769	193.022 km / h	23
24	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 54.616	213.489 km / h	2: 09.992	188.236 km / h	24
25th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 54.997	212.781 km / h	no time	-	25th
26th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	6: 04.561	67.120 km / h	2: 07.753	191.535 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	44	1	1: 21: 25.091	04th	1: 47.517
02	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	44	1	+1: 39.591	08th	1: 49.778
03	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	43	2	+ 1 lap	02	1: 49.187
04th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 54.228
05	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 54.294
06th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 54.771
07th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	39	1	DNF	03	1: 46.807	defective alternator
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	34	2	NC	19th	1: 49.742	Unrated
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	32	0	DNF	17th	1: 52.512	Engine failure
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	28	0	DNF	18th	1: 54.705	Oil loss
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	26th	0	DNF	06th	1: 49.864	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	25th	1	DNF	01	1: 45.716	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	25th	0	DNF	16	1: 52.382	Turbocharger damage
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	23	0	DNF	13	1: 50.608	Turbocharger damage
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	21st	3	DNF	20th	1: 54.464	broken half-wave
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	19th	0	DNF	10	1: 50.667	Turbocharger damage
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	18th	0	DNF	09	1: 50.758	Engine failure
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	17th	0	DNF	26th	1: 55.549	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	12	0	DNF	07th	1: 50.436	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	10	0	DNF	05	1: 49.509	Turbocharger damage
-	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	10	0	DNF	25th	1: 58.770	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	09	0	DNF	15th	1: 51.014	defective throttle cable
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	09	0	DNF	14th	1: 51.054	Suspension damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	07th	0	DNF	24	1: 57.292	Fuel pressure drop
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	06th	0	DNF	12	1: 53.433	defective ignition
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	05	0	DNF	11	1: 53.002	defective engine electronics

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 39 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 35 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 30th 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 26th 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 19th 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 9 07th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 08th  Satoru Nakajima lotus 6th 09  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 10  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 4th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Eddie Cheever Arrows 4th 12  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 13  Teo Fabi Benetton 3 14th  Derek Warwick Arrows 2 15th  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 16  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 2 17th  Philippe Alliot Lola 1 18th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1 19th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 69 02  McLaren 45 03  lotus 41 04th  Ferrari 17th 05  Tyrrell 8th 06th  Arrows 6th

Item constructor Points 07th  Benetton 5 08th  Brabham 4th 09  Zakspeed 2 10  Lola 1 11  March 1 12  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 30, 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 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"