1987 Japanese Grand Prix

 1987 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XIV Japanese Grand Prix
Date:	November 1, 1987
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	298.809 km in 51 laps of 5.859 km
Weather:	cloudy and cool
Spectator:	~ 110,000
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 40.042 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 43.844 min
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Second:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Third:	Stefan Johansson	McLaren

The 1987 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on November 1st and was the 15th race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

For the first time since 1977 a Japanese Grand Prix was held again. The race took place for the first time on the Suzuka International Racing Course .

Before the penultimate World Cup round of the season, only the two Williams drivers Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell had a chance of winning the World Cup, with the Brazilian twelve points ahead of the British.

At AGS , Pascal Fabre was replaced by Roberto Moreno , who was registered for a Grand Prix again around five years after failing to qualify for the Dutch Grand Prix in 1982 .

training

Mansell had a serious accident during training on Friday. Due to the injuries he suffered, it was decided after a night in hospital to refuse him participation in the race. He then flew back to Europe on Saturday. Nelson Piquet was thus established as Formula 1 world champion for the third time.

Gerhard Berger qualified for pole position in front of Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen and his Ferrari teammate Michele Alboreto . Nelson Piquet and Teo Fabi formed the third row ahead of Ayrton Senna and Riccardo Patrese .

run

Gerhard Berger achieved a start-to-finish victory. Boutsen, who had initially occupied second place, fell behind Senna and Piquet on the twelfth lap and behind Stefan Johansson on the following lap .

After Piquet retired due to an engine failure five laps before the end, Michele Alboreto finished fourth behind Berger, Senna and Johansson, as well as Thierry Boutsen and Satoru Nakajima .

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	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: 42.160	206.464 km / h	1: 40.042	210.835 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 42.496	205.788 km / h	1: 40.652	209.558 km / h	02
03	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 43.130	204.522 km / h	1: 40.850	209.146 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 42.416	205.948 km / h	1: 40.984	208.869 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 41.423	207.965 km / h	1: 41.144	208.538 km / h	05
06th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 43.351	204.085 km / h	1: 41.679	207.441 km / h	06th
07th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 42.616	205.547 km / h	no time	-	DNS
08th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 44.026	202.761 km / h	1: 42.723	205.333 km / h	07th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 44.767	201.327 km / h	1: 43.304	204.178 km / h	08th
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 43.612	203.571 km / h	1: 43.371	204.046 km / h	09
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 46.399	198.239 km / h	1: 43.618	203.559 km / h	10
12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 45.898	199.177 km / h	1: 43.685	203.428 km / h	11
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 45.427	200.066 km / h	1: 44.277	202.273 km / h	12
14th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 44.768	201.325 km / h	1: 44.626	201.598 km / h	13
15th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 48.948	193.601 km / h	1: 45.612	199.716 km / h	14th
16	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 46.715	197.652 km / h	1: 46.023	198.942 km / h	15th
17th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 49.337	192.912 km / h	1: 46.116	198.767 km / h	16
18th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 50.542	190.809 km / h	1: 46,200	198.610 km / h	17th
19th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 49.470	192.677 km / h	1: 47.395	196.400 km / h	18th
20th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 48.902	193.682 km / h	1: 47.775	195.708 km / h	19th
21st	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 49.814	192.074 km / h	1: 48.212	194.917 km / h	20th
22nd	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 53.455	185.910 km / h	1: 48.337	194.692 km / h	21st
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	1: 51.230	189.629 km / h	1: 48.887	193.709 km / h	22nd
24	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 49.017	193.478 km / h	1: 50.902	190.190 km / h	23
25th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 51.554	189.078 km / h	1: 49.641	192.377 km / h	24
26th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 50.896	190.200 km / h	1: 49.741	192.202 km / h	25th
27	Roberto Moreno	AGS-Ford	1: 51.835	188.603 km / h	1: 50.212	191.380 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	51	1	1: 32: 58.072	01	1: 45.540
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	51	1	+ 17.344	07th	1: 45.805
03	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	51	1	+ 17.694	09	1: 46.323
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	51	1	+1: 20.441	04th	1: 46.534
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	51	1	+1: 25.576	03	1: 47.182
06th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	51	1	+1: 36.479	11	1: 48.206
07th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	50	1	+ 1 lap	02	1: 43.844
08th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	50	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 50.111
09	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	50	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 47.421
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	50	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 49.221
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	49	1	DNF	08th	1: 48.581	Engine failure
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	49	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 51.236
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	48	1	DNF	24	1: 49.915	Lack of fuel
14th	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	47	0	DNF	22nd	1: 52.080	Engine failure
15th	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	46	1	DNF	05	1: 46.706	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	44	1	DNF	17th	1: 49.384	Lack of fuel
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	43	0	DNF	23	1: 51.917	Lack of fuel
-	Roberto Moreno	AGS-Ford	38	0	DNF	26th	1: 54.015	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	35	1	DNF	14th	1: 51.848	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	32	1	DNF	15th	1: 50.367	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	26th	1	DNF	10	1: 50.422	Turbocharger damage
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	16	0	DNF	06th	1: 49.170	Engine failure
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	13	0	DNF	16	1: 52.813	Engine failure
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	13	0	DNF	20th	1: 52.213	collision
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	02	0	DNF	21st	1: 59.121	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	00	0	DNF	18th	-	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  Stefan Johansson McLaren 30th 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 27 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 12 08th  Teo Fabi Benetton 12 09  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 11 10  Eddie Cheever Arrows 8th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Satoru Nakajima lotus 7th 12  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 6th 13  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 14th  Jonathan Palmer 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 Minardi 1 20th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 137 02  McLaren 76 03  lotus 64 04th  Ferrari 38 05  Benetton 24 06th  Arrows 11

Item constructor Points 07th  Brabham 10 08th  Tyrrell 8th 09  Lola 3 10  Zakspeed 2 11  March 1 12  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 16, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 16, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2015 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 July 16, 2013)  

Web links

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