The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 7

British Grand Prix

1987  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  12 July 1987  ·  65 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:19:11.78
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +1.918
  3. 3rd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 52

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Suspension

03 Lap 53

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

04 Lap 54

Martin Brundle

Retirement Zakspeed  —  Not classified

05 Lap 57

Philippe Streiff

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

Pascal Fabre

AGS  —  P25 → P9

07 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 65 01:19:11.78 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 1 65 +1.918 6
3 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 64 +1 Lap 4
4 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 63 +2 Laps 3
5 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 63 +2 Laps 2
6 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 63 +2 Laps 1
7 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 62 +3 Laps
8 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 23 60 +5 Laps
9 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 59 +6 Laps
10 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 22 57 Engine
11 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 17 54 Not classified
12 Alain Prost McLaren 4 53 Engine
13 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 52 Suspension
14 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 45 Engine
15 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 34 Fuel system
16 Alex Caffi Osella 20 32 Engine
17 Christian Danner Zakspeed 18 32 Gearbox
18 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 28 Turbo
19 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 18 Engine
20 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 10 Engine
21 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 9 8 Turbo
22 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 8 7 Accident
23 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 21 7 Gearbox
24 René Arnoux Ligier 16 3 Electrical
25 Ivan Capelli March 24 3 Accident
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 19 0 Excluded

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