The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1987  ·  Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet  ·  12 April 1987  ·  61 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:39:45.141
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +40.547
  3. 3rd Stefan Johansson McLaren · +56.758

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 9

Teo Fabi

Retirement Benetton  —  Turbo

03 Lap 48

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Brabham  —  Electrical

04 Lap 50

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 52

Eddie Cheever

Retirement Arrows  —  Overheating

06 On the Charge

Pascal Fabre

AGS  —  P22 → P12

07 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 61 01:39:45.141 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 61 +40.547 6
3 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 61 +56.758 4
4 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 7 61 +1:39.235 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 6 60 +1 Lap 2
6 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 60 +1 Lap 1
7 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 59 +2 Laps
8 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 58 Spun off
9 Christian Danner Zakspeed 17 58 +3 Laps
10 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 58 +3 Laps
11 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 20 57 +4 Laps
12 Pascal Fabre AGS 22 55 +6 Laps
13 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 52 Overheating
14 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 50 Engine
15 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 48 Electrical
16 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 21 Differential
17 Derek Warwick Arrows 8 20 Engine
18 Alex Caffi Osella 21 20 Withdrew
19 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 17 Suspension
20 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 19 15 Turbo
21 Teo Fabi Benetton 4 9 Turbo
22 Adrián Campos Minardi 16 3 Disqualified
23 Ivan Capelli March 23 0 Withdrew

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