1987 Spanish Grand Prix

 1987 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXIX Gran Premio de España
Date:	September 27, 1987
Place:	Jerez de la Frontera
Course:	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Length:	303.696 km in 72 laps of 4.218 km
Weather:	dry and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 22.461 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.986 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Third:	Stefan Johansson	McLaren

The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix took place in Jerez de la Frontera on September 27th and was the 13th race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The field of participants was expanded to 28 pilots by the renewed appearance of the Coloni team.

training

Nelson Piquet qualified for pole position with the Williams FW11B , which had active suspension . His team mate Nigel Mansell , who did without this additional equipment, took second place in front of the two Ferraris owned by Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto . Ayrton Senna and Teo Fabi formed the third row ahead of Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen .

run

Piquet initially converted his pole position into a lead, but was overtaken by his team-mate Mansell before the end of the first lap, who from then on quickly gained a lead. Senna followed in third place in front of the two Ferrari drivers.

Even during his pit stop, Mansell kept his top position, whereas Piquet fell behind Senna and Prost due to a comparatively bad stop. Shortly afterwards he spun against Prost in an attempted overtaking maneuver, which also caused Alboreto and Boutsen to pass him.

As already several times during the season, Senna decided to complete the race without changing tires. This tactic turned out to be wrong in the closing stages, as the Brazilian slowed down significantly and lost several positions due to badly worn tires.

Nigel Mansell won ahead of Alain Prost and his teammate Stefan Johansson , for whom the strategy of not making a pit stop worked. Nelson Piquet came fourth ahead of Ayrton Senna and Philippe Alliot .

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: 23.621	181.591 km / h	1: 22.461	184.145 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 23.081	182.771 km / h	1: 23.281	182.332 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 23.164	182.589 km / h	1: 25.250	178.121 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 24.192	180.359 km / h	1: 24.832	178.998 km / h	04th
05	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 25.162	178,305 km / h	1: 24.320	180.085 km / h	05
06th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 25.263	178.094 km / h	1: 24.523	179.653 km / h	06th
07th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 24.596	179.498 km / h	1: 24.905	178.845 km / h	07th
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 26.372	175.807 km / h	1: 25.295	178.027 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 26.639	175.265 km / h	1: 25.335	177.943 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 31.981	165.086 km / h	1: 25.811	176.956 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 26.147	176.266 km / h	1: 26.147	176.266 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 26.728	175.085 km / h	1: 26.882	174.775 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 27.062	174.414 km / h	1: 27.970	172.613 km / h	13
14th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 28.241	172.083 km / h	1: 28.362	171.848 km / h	14th
15th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 28.970	170.673 km / h	1: 28.330	171.910 km / h	15th
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 28.353	171.865 km / h	1: 28.426	171.723 km / h	16
17th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 29.147	170.334 km / h	1: 28.361	171.850 km / h	17th
18th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 28.776	171.046 km / h	1: 28.367	171.838 km / h	18th
19th	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 28.477	171.624 km / h	1: 28.694	171.204 km / h	19th
20th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 28.876	170.854 km / h	1: 28.597	171.392 km / h	20th
21st	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 28.823	170.956 km / h	1: 28.602	171.382 km / h	21st
22nd	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 30.325	168.113 km / h	1: 28.667	171.256 km / h	22nd
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 29.663	169.354 km / h	1: 29.066	170.489 km / h	23
24	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 29.538	169.591 km / h	1: 30.204	168.338 km / h	24
25th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 32.490	164.178 km / h	1: 30.694	167.429 km / h	25th
26th	Nicola Larini	Coloni-Ford	1: 31.319	166.283 km / h	1: 30.982	166.899 km / h	26th
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 31.284	166.347 km / h	1: 31.069	166.740 km / h	-
DNQ	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 34.723	160.307 km / h	1: 35.572	158.883 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	72	1	1: 49: 12.692	02	1: 28.444
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	72	1	+ 22.225	07th	1: 27.459
03	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	72	0	+ 30.818	11	1: 28.133
04th	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	72	2	+ 31,450	01	1: 27.108
05	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	72	0	+1: 13.507	05	1: 30.088
06th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	71	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 30.365
07th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	71	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 31.279
08th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	70	0	DNF	13	1: 29.934	Lack of fuel
09	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	70	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 31.228
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	70	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 31.105
11	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	70	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 31.373
12	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	70	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 30.407
13	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	68	0	+ 4 rounds	09	1: 27.150
14th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	68	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 33.503
15th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	67	0	DNF	04th	1: 27.738	Engine failure
16	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	66	0	DNF	08th	1: 28.299	Brake defect
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	62	0	DNF	03	1: 26.986	Engine failure
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	55	0	DNF	16	1: 30.514	accident
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	55	0	DNF	14th	1: 32.650	Engine failure
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	50	2	DNF	22nd	1: 32.074	Gearbox damage
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	45	0	DNF	21st	1: 30.722	Turbocharger damage
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	40	0	DNF	06th	1: 29.319	defective brake line
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	26th	0	DNF	10	1: 30.670	Gearbox damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	24	0	DNF	23	1: 32.604	defective ignition
-	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	10	0	DNF	25th	1: 35.672	Clutch damage
-	Nicola Larini	Coloni-Ford	08th	0	DNF	26th	1: 33.108	Suspension damage

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 70 02  Nigel Mansell Williams 52 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 51 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 46 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 26th 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  Philippe Alliot Lola 2 17th  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 2 18th  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 19th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1 20th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 122 02  McLaren 72 03  lotus 57 04th  Ferrari 26th 05  Benetton 20th 06th  Arrows 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  Tyrrell 8th 08th  Brabham 6th 09  Zakspeed 2 10  Lola 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 March 27, 2007 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)  

Web links

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