1987 Australian Grand Prix

September 2020 January 2012 F1 Australian Australia Adelaide (long route).svg 15 November 1987 16 16 LII Foster's Australian Grand Prix Temporary street circuit Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South Australia 2.362 3.780 82 193.684 309.960 Sunny Gerhard Berger Ferrari AUT 1:17.267 Gerhard Berger Ferrari AUT 1:20.416 72 Gerhard Berger Ferrari AUT Michele Alboreto Ferrari ITA Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford BEL AUS 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix 1987 Japanese Grand Prix The 1987 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 15 November 1987. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. The 82-lap race was won by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger, who started from pole position, achieved the fastest lap and led every lap in his Ferrari, earning him his only grand chelem in his career. The win would end up being the last Ferrari win during team founder Enzo Ferrari's life, who would die in August of the following year. Brazilian Ayrton Senna finished second in his Lotus-Honda but was subsequently disqualified, thus promoting Berger's Italian teammate Michele Alboreto to second and the Benetton-Ford of Belgian Thierry Boutsen to third. Following Senna's disqualification, it was a rare distinction of the dubbed "Big Four" failing to score points at the same Grand Prix for various reasons.While Mansell did not even enter the Grand Prix due to injury, Prost and eventual champion Piquet retired from the race along with Senna's disqualification. Background Nigel Mansell was still recovering from his accident in the previous race in Japan and so Riccardo Patrese, who had already signed for Williams to partner Mansell in 1988, was given permission by Brabham owner Bernie Ecclestone to stand in for the Briton in this race; he was replaced at Brabham by Formula 3000 champion Stefano Modena, making his Formula One debut. Qualifying report Despite being ill during qualifying, Gerhard Berger took pole position in his Ferrari by 0.7 seconds from Alain Prost in the McLaren. In his final race for Williams Nelson Piquet took third, with compatriot Ayrton Senna fourth in his final race for Lotus; they were followed by Thierry Boutsen in the Benetton and Michele Alboreto in the second Ferrari. Patrese was seventh in the second Williams, with Stefan Johansson in the second McLaren, Teo Fabi in the second Benetton and Andrea de Cesaris in the Brabham completing the top ten. Modena took 15th, just behind Satoru Nakajima in the second Lotus. Qualifying classification Pos No Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 28AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:17.267 1:18.142 2 1FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:18.200 1:17.967 +0.700 3 6BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:18.017 1:18.176 +0.750 4 12BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:18.508 1:18.488 +1.221 5 20BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:18.943 1:18.523 +1.256 6 27ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:18.578 1:19.612 +1.311 7 5ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Honda 1:19.507 1:18.813 +1.546 8 2SWE Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:19.761 1:18.826 +1.559 9 19ITA Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:19.461 1:20.301 +2.194 10 8ITA Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:19.768 1:19.590 +2.323 11 18USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:20.187 1:21.592 +2.920 12 17GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:20.638 1:20.837 +3.371 13 24ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:20.701 1:21.523 +3.434 14 11JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:21.708 1:20.891 +3.624 15 7Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-BMW 1:21.887 1:21.014 +3.747 16 9GBR Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:22.224 1:21.483 +4.216 17 30France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:21.888 1:22.846 +4.621 18 4France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.971 1:22.434 +4.704 19 3GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.315 1:22.087 +4.820 20 25France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:24.833 1:22.303 +5.036 21 29France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 1:25.021 1:22.650 +5.383 22 26Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:22.689 1:24.652 +5.422 23 16ITA Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:22.698 1:22.704 +5.437 24 10FRG Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:23.046 1:22.736 +5.469 25 14Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno AGS-Ford 1:23.659 1:24.149 +6.392 26 23ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:25.760 1:24.121 +6.859DNQ Did not qualify 21ITA Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:25.872 1:27.331 +8.585Source:Foster's Australian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/526/australia/qualifying-1.html formula1.com 2 May 2018Foster's Australian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/526/australia/qualifying-2.html formula1.com 2 May 2018Foster's Australian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/526/australia/qualifying-0.html formula1.com 2 May 2018 Race report At the green light, Piquet darted past Berger to take the lead into the first chicane, whilst Alessandro Nannini in the Minardi was out immediately after crashing into the wall on the exit. A confident Berger, fresh from his victory in the previous race in Japan, re-passed Piquet at Wakefield Corner and began to pull away from the field. Early retirements included Philippe Streiff spinning off in his Tyrrell on lap 7 and Nakajima suffering a hydraulics failure on lap 23. Modena's debut ended on lap 32 when he stopped in the pits due to exhaustion. The battle for second between Piquet, Prost, Alboreto and Senna changed little until lap 35, when Piquet pitted for tyres and dropped to sixth. On lap 42, Prost found himself baulked by former teammate René Arnoux in the Ligier on the pit straight and Alboreto slipped through, before Senna powered past both the McLaren and the Ferrari. Attrition kicked in as the race continued, with brakes in particular becoming a big issue. Fabi was the first brake-related retirement on lap 47, followed by Johansson on lap 49 and Prost on lap 54. Piquet's brakes also failed on lap 59, leaving Berger, Senna and Alboreto as the top three followed by Boutsen and Patrese. In the latter stages of the race Senna made a charge, closing to within eight seconds of Berger, before the Austrian pulled away again, setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 72. Berger crossed the finish line just under 35 seconds ahead of Senna, with Alboreto the only other driver on the lead lap and Boutsen, Jonathan Palmer in the second Tyrrell and Yannick Dalmas in the Larrousse completing the top six after Patrese suffered a late oil leak. In post-race scrutineering it was discovered that the brake ducts on Senna's Lotus were oversized, resulting in his disqualification from the race. Alboreto was duly promoted to second, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish, with Boutsen third, Palmer fourth, Dalmas fifth and Roberto Moreno sixth, scoring the AGS team's first World Championship point. The only other classified finishers were Christian Danner in the Zakspeed, de Cesaris and Patrese. Dalmas did not receive the two points for his fifth place, as he was driving Larrousse's second car and the team had officially entered only one car for the championship, with that car being driven by Philippe Alliot. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 82 1:52:56.144 1 9 2 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 82 + 1:07.884 6 6 3 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 81 + 1 lap 5 4 4 (1) 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 2 laps 19 3 5 (2) 29 France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 79 + 3 laps 21 0* 6 (3) 14 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno AGS-Ford 79 + 3 laps 25 1 7 10 Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 79 + 3 laps 24   8 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 78 Spun off 10   9 5 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Honda 76 Oil leak 7   DSQ Disqualified 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 82 Illegal brake ductsPritchard Anthony March 2006 Lotus: The Competition Cars Haynes Publishing 246 1-84425-006-7 4   Ret Retired 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 58 Brakes 3   Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 58 Spun off 23   Ret Retired 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 53 Brakes 2   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 53 Overheating 11   Ret Retired 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 48 Brakes 8   Ret Retired 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 46 Brakes 9   Ret Retired 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 46 Transmission 26   Ret Retired 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 45 Electrical 17   Ret Retired 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 41 Ignition 20   Ret Retired 7 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-BMW 31 Physical 15   Ret Retired 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 26 Ignition 22   Ret Retired 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 22 Hydraulics 14   Ret Retired 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 19 Transmission 12   Ret Retired 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 18 Engine 16   Ret Retired 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 6 Spun off 18   Ret Retired 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 0 Accident 13  Source:1987 Australian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/294/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141210230016/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/294/ 10 December 2014 23 December 2015 * Dalmas did not receive points towards the Drivers' Championship or the Jim Clark Trophy, as he was driving Larrousse-Lola's second car and the team had officially entered only one car for the entire championship. Notes Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 73 (76) 2 GBR Nigel Mansell 61 3 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 57 4 FRA Alain Prost 46 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 36Source:Australia 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/australie/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda137 2 GBR McLaren-TAG76 3 GBR Lotus-Honda64 4 ITA Ferrari53 5 GBR Benetton-Ford28Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Jonathan Palmer 95 2 FRA Philippe Streiff 74 3 FRA Philippe Alliot 43 4 ITA Ivan Capelli 38 5 FRA Pascal Fabre 35 Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford169 2 FRA Lola-Ford43 3 FRA AGS-Ford39 4 GBR March-Ford38 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. 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