The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 8

German Grand Prix

1987  ·  Hockenheimring  ·  26 July 1987  ·  44 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Williams · 01:21:25.091
  2. 2nd Stefan Johansson McLaren · +1:39.591
  3. 3rd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 10

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

03 Lap 25

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 26

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

05 Lap 32

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

06 Lap 34

Martin Brundle

Retirement Zakspeed  —  Not classified

07 On the Charge

Philippe Streiff

Tyrrell  —  P22 → P4

08 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Williams  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Williams 4 44 01:21:25.091 9
2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 8 44 +1:39.591 6
3 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 43 +1 Lap 4
4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 22 43 +1 Lap 3
5 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 23 43 +1 Lap 2
6 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 21 42 +2 Laps 1
7 Alain Prost McLaren 3 39 Electrical
8 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 19 34 Not classified
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 32 Engine
10 Adrián Campos Minardi 18 28 Engine
11 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 6 26 Engine
12 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 25 Engine
13 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 16 25 Engine
14 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 23 Turbo
15 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 21 Halfshaft
16 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 10 19 Turbo
17 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 18 Engine
18 Alex Caffi Osella 26 17 Engine
19 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 7 12 Engine
20 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 10 Turbo
21 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 10 Engine
22 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 9 Throttle
23 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 14 9 Turbo
24 Ivan Capelli March 24 7 Engine
25 René Arnoux Ligier 12 6 Ignition
26 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 5 Ignition

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