1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XVI Grande Premio de Portugal
Date:	20th September 1987
Place:	Estoril
Course:	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silvaist
Length:	304.5 km in 70 laps of 4.35 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 17.620 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 19.282 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Williams

The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix took place on September 20 at the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silvaist near Estoril and was the twelfth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The Coloni team, which had made its debut in Italy two weeks earlier , did not take part in the Portugal GP. Otherwise, the field of participants was exactly the same as that in Monza.

training

Gerhard Berger demonstrated an upward trend at Ferrari by reaching the pole position. Nigel Mansell followed in second place on the grid, ahead of Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet, who led the world championship . Ayrton Senna and Michele Alboreto formed the third row in the second Ferrari.

run

While Mansell took the lead past Berger from second on the grid, Alboreto collided with Piquet. Derek Warwick spun in the course of an abrupt evasive maneuver, whereupon there was another collision between Satoru Nakajima and Martin Brundle , in which five other pilots were involved. Since the track was blocked by debris, the race was canceled.

With the exception of Christian Danner, all pilots in hastily repaired vehicles or T-cars were able to participate in the restart, which was carried out after the clean-up work . Mansell took the lead again, but lost this position to Berger on the second lap.

On lap 14, Mansell had to retire due to an engine failure. Piquet, who had previously overtaken Senna, thus became Berger's pursuer. Since Senna had to go to the pits due to an electronics problem, Alboreto took third place.

In the course of the pit stops, which most of the drivers made about halfway through the race, Alain Prost came in second, followed by Nelson Piquet and Teo Fabi . During the final laps, Prost caught up with the leading Berger and put him under pressure. In fact, he made a mistake and spun in the 68th of 70 laps. Prost passed and broke Jackie Stewart's previous record with his 28th Grand Prix victory . Berger was second ahead of Piquet and Fabi. Stefan Johansson crossed the finish line in fifth ahead of Eddie Cheever .

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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 18.448	199.623 km / h	1: 17.620	201.752 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 17.951	200.895 km / h	1: 18.235	200.166 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 18.404	199.735 km / h	1: 17.994	200.785 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 18.164	200.348 km / h	no time	-	04th
05	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 18.382	199.791 km / h	1: 18.354	199.862 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 20.069	195.581 km / h	1: 18.540	199.389 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 21.506	192.133 km / h	1: 19.965	195.836 km / h	07th
08th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 20.134	195.423 km / h	1: 20.227	195.196 km / h	08th
09	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 20.305	195.007 km / h	1: 20.558	194.394 km / h	09
10	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 20.483	194.575 km / h	1: 20.548	194.418 km / h	10
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 21.324	192.563 km / h	1: 21.207	192.841 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 21.397	192.390 km / h	1: 21.587	191.942 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 22.060	190.836 km / h	1: 21.725	191.618 km / h	13
14th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 21.784	191.480 km / h	1: 22.128	190.678 km / h	14th
15th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 22.222	190.460 km / h	no time	-	15th
16	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 22.424	189.993 km / h	1: 22.358	190.145 km / h	16
17th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 22,400	190.049 km / h	1: 22.794	189.144 km / h	17th
18th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 23.637	187.238 km / h	1: 23.237	188.137 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 24.181	186.028 km / h	1: 23.580	187.365 km / h	19th
20th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 24.822	184.622 km / h	1: 23.591	187.341 km / h	20th
21st	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 23.810	186.851 km / h	1: 24.436	185.466 km / h	21st
22nd	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 24.533	185.253 km / h	1: 23.905	186.640 km / h	22nd
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 24.105	186.196 km / h	1: 24.979	184.281 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 24.392	185.563 km / h	1: 24.217	185.948 km / h	24
25th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 24.792	184.687 km / h	1: 25.232	183.734 km / h	25th
26th	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 27.219	179.548 km / h	1: 26.635	180.758 km / h	26th
DNQ	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 28.756	176.439 km / h	1: 26.946	180.112 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	70	1	1: 37: 03.906	03	1: 19.509
02	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	70	1	+ 20.493	01	1: 19.282
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	70	1	+1: 03.295	04th	1: 21.191
04th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	69	0	DNF	10	1: 21.821	Lack of fuel
05	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	69	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 22.807
06th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	68	1	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 22.682
07th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	68	1	+ 2 rounds	05	1: 20.217
08th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	68	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 23.828
09	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	67	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 25.012
10	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	67	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 24.652
11	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	66	0	DNF	14th	1: 24.626	Lack of fuel
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	66	0	+ 4 rounds	21st	1: 25.003
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	66	0	+ 4 rounds	12	1: 23.259
14th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	64	1	+ 6 rounds	09	1: 21.535
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	54	0	DNF	13	1: 22.504	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	38	1	DNF	06th	1: 22.989	Gearbox damage
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	35	0	DNF	17th	1: 25.760	Gearbox damage
-	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	32	0	DNF	26th	1: 29.223	Suspension damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	31	0	DNF	19th	1: 27.020	Electrical damage
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	29	0	DNF	18th	1: 26.131	Collision damage
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	27	0	DNF	25th	1: 26.811	Turbocharger damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	24	0	DNF	23	1: 26.811	defective ignition
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	24	0	DNF	20th	1: 26.892	collision
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	13	0	DNF	02	1: 22.834	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	13	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.433	Engine failure
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	00	0	DNF	16	-	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 67 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 49 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 43 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 40 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 22nd 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 18th 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 08th  Teo Fabi Benetton 10 09  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 10  Satoru Nakajima lotus 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Eddie Cheever Arrows 5 12  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 13  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 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 March 1 20th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 110 02  McLaren 62 03  lotus 55 04th  Ferrari 26th 05  Benetton 20th 06th  Arrows 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  Tyrrell 8th 08th  Brabham 6th 09  Zakspeed 2 10  Lola 1 11  March 1 12  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2016 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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 16, 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 July 16, 2013)  

Web links

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