1987 Monaco Grand Prix

 1987 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date:	May 31, 1987
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	259.584 km in 78 laps of 3.328 km
Weather:	sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 23.039 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 27.685 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Third:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari

The 1987 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 31st and was the fourth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Compared to the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks earlier, there were no changes in the field of participants.

After the number of starters had been limited for safety reasons on the narrow course in the previous years, the organizer surprisingly announced that this year all 26 drivers would be admitted to the race.

training

During practice, a spectacular accident occurred on the slope between the Sainte Dévote curve and the casino . As Michele Alboreto with the Zakspeed of Christian Danner collided be lifted Ferrari off, flew several feet through the air, landed back on the track and caught fire. The FISA saw the culprits in Danner and locked him up for the rest of the weekend. It was the first time in the history of Formula 1 that such a penalty was imposed. It was very controversial in the paddock because, on the one hand, not everyone believed Christian Danner to be guilty and, on the other hand, there had been similar accidents before in which no one was punished.

With Nigel Mansell on pole and Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet , three drivers equipped with Honda engines qualified for the first three starting positions. Alain Prost followed in fourth place in front of Michele Alboreto and Eddie Cheever .

run

Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna, Piquet, Alboreto, Prost and Cheever. Up to the 30th lap nothing changed in this order at the top. But then Mansell had to give up due to a damage to the turbocharger. Senna took the lead and from then on defended it all the way to the finish. Piquet held second place just as easily. Prost followed in third after overtaking Cheever, who was previously in that position, on lap 51. As the Frenchman retired with an engine failure three laps before the end of the race, as did Cheever shortly before, Michele Alboreto took third place ahead of Gerhard Berger , Jonathan Palmer and Ivan Capelli .

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: 24.514	141.761 km / h	1: 23.039	144.279 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 25.255	140.529 km / h	1: 23.711	143.121 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 25.917	139.446 km / h	1: 24.755	141.358 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 25.574	140.005 km / h	1: 25.083	140.813 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 27.017	137.683 km / h	1: 26.102	139.147 km / h	05
06th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 27.716	136.586 km / h	1: 26.175	139.029 km / h	06th
07th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 27.701	136.610 km / h	1: 26.317	138.800 km / h	07th
08th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 29.281	134.192 km / h	1: 26.323	138.790 km / h	08th
09	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 27.082	137.581 km / h	1: 26.630	138.299 km / h	09
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 26,957	137.778 km / h	1: 26.763	138.087 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 27.685	136.635 km / h	1: 27.294	137.247 km / h	11
12	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 29.264	134.218 km / h	1: 27.622	136.733 km / h	12
13	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 28.517	135.350 km / h	1: 27.731	136.563 km / h	13
14th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 29.801	133.415 km / h	1: 27.894	136.310 km / h	14th
15th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 30.307	132.667 km / h	1: 28.088	136.009 km / h	15th
16	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 36.267	124.454 km / h	1: 28.233	135.786 km / h	16
17th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 30.606	132.230 km / h	1: 28.890	134.782 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 29.114	134.444 km / h	1: 29.459	133.925 km / h	18th
19th	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 31.589	130.810 km / h	1: 29.147	134.394 km / h	19th
20th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 31.098	131.516 km / h	1: 29.258	134.227 km / h	20th
21st	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 32.643	129.322 km / h	1: 29.827	133.376 km / h	21st
22nd	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 31.270	131.268 km / h	1: 30,000	133.120 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 30.765	131.998 km / h	1: 30.143	132.909 km / h	23
24	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 30.805	131.940 km / h	no time	-	DNS
25th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 35.179	125.877 km / h	1: 31.667	130.699 km / h	24
DSQ	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	no time	-	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	78	0	1: 57: 54.085	02	1: 27.685
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	78	0	+ 33.212	03	1: 28.642
03	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	1	+1: 12.839	05	1: 28.914
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	77	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 29.220
05	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 30.817
06th	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 30.502
07th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	76	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 31.619
08th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	76	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 31.207
09	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	75	0	DNF	04th	1: 28.891	Engine failure
10	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	75	0	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 32.265
11	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	74	1	+ 4 rounds	22nd	1: 32.417
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	74	1	+ 4 rounds	20th	1: 32.389
13	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	71	0	+ 7 rounds	24	1: 35.699
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	59	0	DNF	06th	1: 29.905	Gearbox damage
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	58	0	DNF	11	1: 29.048	broken gear lever
-	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	57	0	DNF	07th	1: 29.758	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	42	1	DNF	18th	1: 31.271	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	41	0	DNF	10	1: 30.077	Electrical damage
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	39	0	DNF	16	1: 31.474	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	38	0	DNF	21st	1: 31.511	Suspension damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	29	0	DNF	01	1: 28.049	Turbocharger damage
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	21st	0	DNF	13	1: 31.393	Electrical damage
-	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	09	0	DNF	23	1: 32.715	accident
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	05	0	DNF	09	1: 31,300	broken drive shaft

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  Alain Prost McLaren 18th 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 15th 03  Stefan Johansson McLaren 13 04th  Nelson Piquet Williams 12 05  Nigel Mansell Williams 10 06th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 07th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6th 08th  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Eddie Cheever Arrows 3 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 March 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 31 02  Williams 22nd 03  lotus 18th 04th  Ferrari 14th 05  Brabham 4th 06th  Arrows 3

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 December 24, 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 June 2, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 2, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2009 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 June 2, 2013)  

Web links

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