The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

1987  ·  Suzuka Circuit  ·  1 November 1987  ·  51 laps

  1. 1st Gerhard Berger Ferrari · 01:32:58.072
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +17.384
  3. 3rd Stefan Johansson McLaren · +17.694

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Gerhard Berger

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 16

Teo Fabi

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

03 Lap 38

Roberto Moreno

Retirement AGS  —  Electrical

04 Lap 43

Alex Caffi

Retirement Osella  —  Out of fuel

05 Lap 44

René Arnoux

Retirement Ligier  —  Out of fuel

06 On the Charge

Philippe Streiff

Tyrrell  —  P25 → P12

07 Victory

Gerhard Berger

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1 51 01:32:58.072 9
2 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 51 +17.384 6
3 Stefan Johansson McLaren 9 51 +17.694 4
4 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 51 +1:20.441 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 3 51 +1:25.576 2
6 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 11 51 +1:36.479 1
7 Alain Prost McLaren 2 50 +1 Lap
8 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 50 +1 Lap
9 Eddie Cheever Arrows 12 50 Out of fuel
10 Derek Warwick Arrows 13 50 +1 Lap
11 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 49 +2 Laps
12 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 49 +2 Laps
13 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 24 48 +3 Laps
14 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 22 47 +4 Laps
15 Nelson Piquet Williams 5 46 Engine
16 René Arnoux Ligier 17 44 Out of fuel
17 Alex Caffi Osella 23 43 Out of fuel
18 Roberto Moreno AGS 26 38 Electrical
19 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 35 Engine
20 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 32 Engine
21 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 26 Engine
22 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 16 Engine
23 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 13 Engine
24 Ivan Capelli March 20 13 Accident
25 Adrián Campos Minardi 21 2 Engine
26 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 18 0 Accident
27 Nigel Mansell Williams 0 Accident

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