The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 10

Austrian Grand Prix

1987  ·  Red Bull Ring  ·  16 August 1987  ·  52 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:18:44.898
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +55.704
  3. 3rd Teo Fabi Benetton

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

03 Lap 42

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

04 Lap 43

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

05 Lap 45

Pascal Fabre

Retirement AGS  —  Not classified

06 Lap 48

Martin Brundle

Retirement Zakspeed  —  Disqualified

07 On the Charge

Ivan Capelli

March  —  P23 → P11

08 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 52 01:18:44.898 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 1 52 +55.704 6
3 Teo Fabi Benetton 5 51 +1 Lap 4
4 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 51 +1 Lap 3
5 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 50 +2 Laps 2
6 Alain Prost McLaren 9 50 +2 Laps 1
7 Stefan Johansson McLaren 14 50 +2 Laps
8 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 18 50 +2 Laps
9 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 49 +3 Laps
10 René Arnoux Ligier 16 49 +3 Laps
11 Ivan Capelli March 23 49 +3 Laps
12 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 22 49 +3 Laps
13 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 13 49 +3 Laps
14 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 47 +5 Laps
15 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 17 48 Disqualified
16 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 45 Not classified
17 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 43 Engine
18 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 42 Turbo
19 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 35 Engine
20 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 35 Engine
21 Eddie Cheever Arrows 12 31 Tyre
22 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 5 Turbo
23 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 3 Electrical
24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 1 Engine
25 Alex Caffi Osella 21 0 Electrical
26 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 0 Accident

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