1987 Italian Grand Prix

 1987 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LVIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 7, 1987
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	290 km in 50 laps of 5.8 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 170,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 23.460 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 26.796 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Second:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Third:	Nigel Mansell	Williams

The 1987 Italian Grand Prix took place in Monza on September 6th and was the eleventh race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The new Coloni team competed in a Grand Prix for the first time this weekend. The debutant Nicola Larini was used as the driver . For him, as well as for the team, it was the home race. The UK-based Middlebridge-Trussardi team, which had entered a Benetton B186 with a Megatron engine for Emanuele Pirro , was also set to make its debut in the race. However, the report was rejected due to irregularities. Middlebridge ultimately did not run.

With Franco Forini , another racing driver made his Formula 1 debut. He piloted a second Osella , which increased the field of training participants to 28. Since the starter field was still limited to 26 pilots at the time, it was clear from the start that two pilots would fail at the qualification hurdle.

As a result of the announcement by Honda that the Williams team would no longer be equipped with engines from the 1988 season , rumors arose that they might support Nelson Piquet in the fight for the world championship against his teammate Nigel Mansell , as Piquet had already decided to join the team Lotus would continue to be a Honda rider. The engine manufacturer denied these claims.

An active suspension was tested for the first time this weekend in the vehicle of the Brazilian Piquet, who is leading in the World Cup . Mansell waived this and contested the Grand Prix with a conventionally equipped car.

training

Piquet secured pole position just ahead of his team-mate. Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna followed in the second row in front of the reigning world champion Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen .

Forini was able to qualify as 26th and last. The second newcomer Larini, however, like Pascal Fabre, had to forego participating in the race.

run

Mansell initially took the lead with a good start, but had to leave this position to his team-mate due to a shifting error before the first corner. Berger followed before Boutsen, Prost and Senna. In the course of an attempt to overtake Berger collided with Mansell on the second lap. As a result, the two fell back to third and fourth place behind Boutsen.

Mansell managed to overtake Berger on the 17th lap. Two laps later, after a successful overtaking maneuver against Boutsen, he restored a Williams one-two lead.

While most of the opponents made a pit stop around the middle of the race distance, Senna fell by the wayside and thus took the lead. His strategy was to go through without changing tires, which could have been the key to victory. However, he had an accident on lap 43 in the course of a lapping maneuver against Piercarlo Ghinzani and was able to continue the race, but from then on he was in second place behind Piquet. During the remaining seven laps he tried to catch up with his compatriot and push him back from the front. However, the tires, which had meanwhile been too worn, no longer allowed this. Mansell crossed the finish line in third, ahead of Berger and Boutsen. Stefan Johansson received the last World Championship point of the day in sixth place.

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
	22nd	Franco Forini
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
Enzo Coloni Racing Car System	32	Nicola Larini	Coloni FC187		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: 24.617	246.759 km / h	1: 23.460	250.180 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 24.350	247.540 km / h	1: 23.559	249.883 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 25.211	245.039 km / h	1: 23.933	248.770 km / h	03
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 25.535	244.111 km / h	1: 24.907	245.916 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 25.340	244.668 km / h	1: 24.949	245.795 km / h	05
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 25.250	244.927 km / h	1: 25.004	245.635 km / h	06th
07th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 26.894	240.293 km / h	1: 25.020	245.589 km / h	07th
08th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 25.290	244.812 km / h	1: 25.247	244.935 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 26.453	241.519 km / h	1: 25.525	244.139 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 40.285	208.207 km / h	1: 26.802	240.547 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 27.420	238.847 km / h	1: 27.031	239.915 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 27.543	238.511 km / h	1: 28.083	237.049 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 29.273	233.889 km / h	1: 28.022	237.213 km / h	13
14th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 28.463	236.031 km / h	1: 28.160	236.842 km / h	14th
15th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 28.946	234.749 km / h	no time	-	15th
16	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 30.389	231.002 km / h	1: 29.465	233.387 km / h	16
17th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 30.144	231.629 km / h	1: 29.725	232.711 km / h	17th
18th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 29.738	232.677 km / h	1: 31.069	229.277 km / h	18th
19th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 29.898	232.263 km / h	no time	-	19th
20th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 31.094	229.214 km / h	1: 30.782	230.002 km / h	20th
21st	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 32.768	225.078 km / h	1: 31.029	229.377 km / h	21st
22nd	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.218	221.614 km / h	1: 33.028	224.449 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 34.748	220.374 km / h	1: 33.170	224.106 km / h	23
24	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.760	220.346 km / h	1: 33.264	223.881 km / h	24
25th	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 34.205	221.644 km / h	1: 33.311	223.768 km / h	25th
26th	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 34.467	221.030 km / h	1: 33.816	222.563 km / h	26th
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Coloni-Ford	1: 38.460	212.066 km / h	1: 35.721	218.134 km / h	-
DNQ	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 39.393	210.075 km / h	1: 36.679	215.972 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	50	1	1: 14: 47.707	01	1: 26.858
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	50	0	+ 1.806	04th	1: 26.796
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	50	1	+ 49.036	02	1: 27.496
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	50	1	+ 57.979	03	1: 28.519
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	50	1	+1: 21.319	06th	1: 28.725
06th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	50	0	+1: 28.787	11	1: 28.468
07th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	49	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 28.723
08th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	48	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 32.488
09	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	48	1	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 31.636
10	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	48	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 31.335
11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	47	0	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 31.849
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	47	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 34.722
13	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	47	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 35.266
14th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	47	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 35.154
15th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	46	1	+ 4 rounds	05	1: 26.882
16	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	45	0	DNF	18th	1: 32.588	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	43	0	DNF	17th	1: 32.663	Gearbox damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	37	0	DNF	23	1: 34.912	Driving error
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	34	0	DNF	20th	1: 33.629	Loss of fuel
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	27	0	DNF	13	1: 32.820	broken drive shaft joint
-	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	27	0	DNF	26th	1: 37.964	Turbocharger damage
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	16	0	DNF	21st	1: 34.187	Wheel bearing damage
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	13	0	DNF	08th	1: 30.124	damaged bodywork
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	09	0	DNF	12	1: 33.180	defective injection pump
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	07th	0	DNF	10	1: 31.279	Suspension damage
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	05	0	DNF	09	1: 31.497	Engine failure

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 63 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 49 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 43 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 31 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 20th 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 12 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 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 106 02  lotus 55 03  McLaren 51 04th  Ferrari 20th 05  Benetton 17th 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. ↑ Motorsport aktuell, issue 45/1987, p. 22.
2. ↑ "Training" ( 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 July 16, 2013)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 16, 2013)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from September 2, 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 July 16, 2013)  

Web links

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