The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 2

San Marino Grand Prix

1987  ·  Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari  ·  3 May 1987  ·  59 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:31:24.076
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +27.545
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +39.144

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 14

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Electrical

03 Lap 16

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Electrical

04 Lap 48

Eddie Cheever

Retirement Arrows  —  Clutch

05 Lap 48

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

06 Lap 48

Jonathan Palmer

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Clutch

07 Lap 51

Teo Fabi

Retirement Benetton  —  Turbo

08 On the Charge

Philippe Streiff

Tyrrell  —  P20 → P8

09 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 59 01:31:24.076 9
2 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 59 +27.545 6
3 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 59 +39.144 4
4 Stefan Johansson McLaren 8 59 +1:00.588 3
5 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 14 57 +2 Laps 2
6 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 57 Out of fuel 1
7 Christian Danner Zakspeed 17 57 +2 Laps
8 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 20 57 +2 Laps
9 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 7 57 +2 Laps
10 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 21 56 +3 Laps
11 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 55 Out of fuel
12 Alex Caffi Osella 19 54 Out of fuel
13 Pascal Fabre AGS 24 53 +6 Laps
14 Teo Fabi Benetton 4 51 Turbo
15 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 11 48 Engine
16 Eddie Cheever Arrows 9 48 Clutch
17 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 23 48 Clutch
18 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 39 Spun off
19 Adrián Campos Minardi 16 30 Gearbox
20 Gabriele Tarquini Osella 25 26 Gearbox
21 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 25 Turbo
22 Ivan Capelli March 22 18 Engine
23 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 16 Electrical
24 Alain Prost McLaren 3 14 Electrical
25 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 18 7 Handling
26 Nelson Piquet Williams 0 Injury
27 René Arnoux Ligier 0 Suspension

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