The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 5

Detroit Grand Prix

1987  ·  Detroit Street Circuit  ·  21 June 1987  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · 01:50:16.358
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +33.819
  3. 3rd Alain Prost McLaren · +45.327

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 51

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Retirement Ligier  —  Clutch

03 Lap 52

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Benetton  —  Brakes

04 On the Charge

Pascal Fabre

AGS  —  P26 → P12

05 Victory

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 63 01:50:16.358 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 63 +33.819 6
3 Alain Prost McLaren 5 63 +45.327 4
4 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 12 63 +1:02.601 3
5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 62 +1 Lap 2
6 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 60 +3 Laps 1
7 Stefan Johansson McLaren 11 60 +3 Laps
8 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 60 +3 Laps
9 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 9 60 +3 Laps
10 René Arnoux Ligier 21 60 +3 Laps
11 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 13 60 +3 Laps
12 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 58 +5 Laps
13 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 52 Brakes
14 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 23 51 Clutch
15 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 14 44 Wheel
16 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 20 38 Accident
17 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 25 Gearbox
18 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 22 Gearbox
19 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 16 Turbo
20 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 12 Accident
21 Ivan Capelli March 22 9 Electrical
22 Teo Fabi Benetton 8 6 Accident
23 Alex Caffi Osella 19 3 Transmission
24 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 17 2 Gearbox
25 Adrián Campos Minardi 25 1 Accident
26 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 24 0 Accident

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