The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 4

Monaco Grand Prix

1987  ·  Circuit de Monaco  ·  31 May 1987  ·  78 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · 01:57:54.085
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +33.212
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +1:12.839

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 29

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Turbo

03 Lap 57

Stefan Johansson

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

04 Lap 58

Derek Warwick

Retirement Arrows  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 59

Eddie Cheever

Retirement Arrows  —  Overheating

06 On the Charge

Ivan Capelli

March  —  P19 → P6

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 78 01:57:54.085 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 78 +33.212 6
3 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 78 +1:12.839 4
4 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 8 77 +1 Lap 3
5 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 15 76 +2 Laps 2
6 Ivan Capelli March 19 76 +2 Laps 1
7 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 14 76 +2 Laps
8 Teo Fabi Benetton 12 76 +2 Laps
9 Alain Prost McLaren 4 75 Engine
10 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 17 75 +3 Laps
11 René Arnoux Ligier 22 74 +4 Laps
12 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 20 74 +4 Laps
13 Pascal Fabre AGS 24 71 +7 Laps
14 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 59 Overheating
15 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 58 Gearbox
16 Stefan Johansson McLaren 7 57 Engine
17 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 18 42 Engine
18 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 10 41 Electrical
19 Alex Caffi Osella 16 39 Electrical
20 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 21 38 Suspension
21 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 29 Turbo
22 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 13 21 Electrical
23 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 23 9 Accident
24 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 9 5 Transmission
25 Adrián Campos Minardi 0 Withdrew
26 Christian Danner Zakspeed 0 Excluded

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