1987 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 45e Grand Prix de Monaco 31 May 1987 Circuit de Monaco 1986.png 4 16 Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco Street circuit 2.068 3.328 78 161.298 259.584 Sunny and warm Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:23.039 UK Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:27.685 72 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda Brazil 1968 Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy MON The 1987 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the 45e Grand Prix de MonacoMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1987 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/monaco870531.jpg The Programme Covers Project 21 February 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 May 1987 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the fourth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a Lotus-Honda. It was the first of an eventual six wins for the Brazilian driver at Monaco. Compatriot Nelson Piquet was second in a Williams-Honda, with Italian Michele Alboreto third in a Ferrari. The win promoted Senna to second in the Drivers' Championship, three points behind McLaren driver Alain Prost. Race summary Traditionally the number of competitors permitted for the Monaco Grand Prix was lower than at all other races, due to the short, tight and twisty nature of the Monte Carlo circuit. Originally 16, it was later increased to 20. For 1987, however, it was increased to a full grid of 26. According to FISA, this move was made in order to bring the race into line with the other races on the F1 calendar, but there were cynical views that it was made in order to reduce the number of non-qualifiers to appease team sponsors. There was widespread concern about the results of overcrowding on the track and the speed difference of various cars. During the practice session, Michele Alboreto's Ferrari tangled with Christian Danner's slow-moving Zakspeed on the uphill section after the Ste-Devote corner. Alboreto's car was thrown in the air and caught fire, but landed back on the track. FISA blamed Danner for the accident and decided to exclude him from the weekend, the first such event in the history of the Formula One World Championship. There were widespread objections throughout the paddock, particularly as there were several other practice accidents and it was felt that Danner had no more to blame than any other driver involved in these accidents.Walker Murray Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 1987 1-870066-04-9 144 Alboreto himself believed that Danner was not to blame for the accident. Nigel Mansell took pole position in the Williams, with Ayrton Senna's Lotus alongside on the front row and Nelson Piquet third in the other Williams. At the start, Mansell led away from Senna, Piquet, Alboreto and Alain Prost in the McLaren. Mansell led until lap 30 when he retired with a loss of turbo boost; Senna then led for the remainder of the race; despite making a pit stop for tyres. Senna eventually won by 33 seconds from Piquet. Prost was running third when his engine failed with three laps to go, promoting Alboreto to the final podium position. Gerhard Berger finished fourth in the other Ferrari, with the top six completed by the first two naturally-aspirated finishers, Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell and Ivan Capelli in the March. Senna's victory was the first for a car with active suspension, with the Brazilian driver stating that "she was so excellent that, if she could, she would do and win another two-hour race in Monaco right after". Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap Grid 1 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:24.514 1:23.039 — 1 2 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:25.255 1:23.711 +0.672 2 3 6 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:25.917 1:24.755 +1.716 3 4 1 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:25.574 1:25.083 +2.044 4 5 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:27.017 1:26.102 +3.063 5 6 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:27.716 1:26.175 +3.136 6 7 2 SWE Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:27.701 1:26.317 +3.278 7 8 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:29.281 1:26.323 +3.284 8 9 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:27.082 1:26.630 +3.591 9 10 7 ITA Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:26.957 1:26.763 +3.724 10 11 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:27.685 1:27.294 +4.255 11 12 19 ITA Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:29.264 1:27.622 +4.583 12 13 24 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:28.517 1:27.731 +4.692 13 14 9 GBR Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:29.801 1:27.894 +4.855 14 15 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.307 1:28.088 +5.049 15 16 21 ITA Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.267 1:28.233 +5.194 16 17 11 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:30.606 1:28.890 +5.851 17 18 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:29.114 1:29.459 +6.075 18 19 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:31.589 1:29.147 +6.108 19 20 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:31.098 1:29.258 +6.219 20 21 8 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:32.643 1:29.827 +6.788 21 22 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:31.270 1:30.000 +6.961 22 23 4 FRA Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.765 1:30.143 +7.104 23 24 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:30.805 — +7.766 DNS Did not start 25 14 FRA Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:35.179 1:31.667 +8.628 24 EX Excluded 10 FRG Christian Danner Zakspeed — — — —Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco/qualifying-1.html Monaco Grand Prix - Qualifying 1 formula1.com 17 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco/qualifying-2.html Monaco Grand Prix - Qualifying 2 formula1.com 17 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco/qualifying-0.html Monaco Grand Prix - Overall Qualifying formula1.com 17 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco/starting-grid.html Monaco Grand Prix - Starting Grid formula1.com 17 September 2017 Race Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy. Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 78 1:57:54.085 2 9 2 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 78 + 33.212 3 6 3 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 78 + 1:12.839 5 4 4 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 77 + 1 lap 8 3 5 (1) 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 76 + 2 laps 15 2 6 (2) 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 76 + 2 laps 19 1 7 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 76 + 2 laps 14   8 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 76 + 2 laps 12   9 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 75 Engine 4   10 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 75 + 3 laps 17   11 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 74 + 4 laps 22   12 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 74 + 4 laps 20   13 (3) 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 71 + 7 laps 24   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 59 Overheating 6   Ret Retired 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 58 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 57 Engine 7   Ret Retired 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 42 Engine 18   Ret Retired 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 41 Electrical 10   Ret Retired 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 39 Electrical 16   Ret Retired 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 38 Suspension 21   Ret Retired 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 29 Turbo/Exhaust 1   Ret Retired 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 21 Electrical 13   Ret Retired 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 9 Accident 23   Ret Retired 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 5 Transmission 9   DNS Did not start 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni Non Starter   EX Excluded 10 Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed   Excluded   Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco.html 1987 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 21 November 2017 18 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230418085816/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/514/monaco.html dead Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 18 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 15 3 SWE Stefan Johansson 13 4 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 12 5 GBR Nigel Mansell 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-TAG31 2 GBR Williams-Honda22 3 GBR Lotus-Honda18 4 ITA Ferrari14 5 GBR Brabham-BMW4Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Philippe Streiff 21 2 GBR Jonathan Palmer 18 3 FRA Pascal Fabre 16 4 FRA Philippe Alliot 15 5 ITA Ivan Capelli 6 Colin Chapman trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford39 2 FRA AGS-Ford16 3 FRA Lola-Ford15 4 GBR March-Ford6 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. References Monaco Grand Prix 1987 1987 Belgian Grand Prix 1987 Detroit Grand Prix 1986 Monaco Grand Prix 1988 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix