1987 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Spanish Spain Circuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg 27 September 1987 13 16 Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.620 4.218 72 188.708 303.696 Sunny and hot Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:22.461 Brazil 1968 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:26.986 49 Austria Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda UK Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG Sweden ESP The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 27 September 1987. It was the thirteenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 29th Spanish Grand Prix and the second to be held at Jerez. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.22 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 304 km mi. The race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's fifth victory of 1987 and the eighth for the Williams team, securing them their second consecutive Constructors' Championship and fourth in all. Frenchman Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, some 22 seconds behind Mansell, with Swedish teammate Stefan Johansson third. Mansell's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Nelson Piquet, finished fourth. Prost achieved his 55th podium finish at this race, surpassing the record of Niki Lauda. The win moved Mansell ahead of Ayrton Senna, who finished fifth in his Lotus-Honda, into second place in the Drivers' Championship, albeit 18 points behind Piquet with three races remaining. Summary Nelson Piquet secured his 24th and final F1 pole position in his Williams-Honda with Nigel Mansell completing an all-Williams front row. The race was comfortably won by Mansell who passed Piquet at the end of the first lap and was never headed. The battle for third (then second) was led for much of the time by Ayrton Senna, who like the previous year tried to complete the race without changing tyres. Both Senna and Lotus were of the opinion that the 99T's computerised active suspension system would help preserve his tyres throughout the race. Senna had a queue of both Ferraris, Prost's McLaren and Thierry Boutsen's Benetton behind him, which was joined by Piquet after a long pit-stop. For lap after lap, Senna held off all-comers, similar to Gilles Villeneuve's performance in his Ferrari at Jarama for the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix. The Lotus-Honda was very fast in a straight line with a low downforce setup, but was slow through Jerez's many twists and turns as a result. Senna's pursuers could not pass him on the long pit straight, and with Jerez generally having a lot of dust and sand off the racing line, they were not able pass him through the corners without losing grip. However, Piquet's similarly powered Williams was able to get by (not before having a spin) followed eventually by Boutsen and Prost as the Brazilian's tyres finally went off. Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet - Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off - and then between Piquet and Prost, with Prost getting the better of the Williams driver who also lost third place to McLaren's Stefan Johansson who put in another strong drive. Both Ferraris blew their engines. Martin Brundle, who finished 11th in his Zakspeed, described his drive as "the time I got out the car thinking no human could have done [any] better".F1 Racing, October 2009, You Ask The Questions Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:23.621 1:22.461 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:23.081 no time +0.620 3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:23.164 1:25.250 +0.703 4 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:24.192 1:24.832 +1.731 5 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:25.162 1:24.320 +1.859 6 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:25.263 1:24.523 +2.062 7 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:24.596 1:24.905 +2.135 8 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:26.372 1:25.295 +2.834 9 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:26.639 1:25.335 +2.874 10 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:31.981 1:25.811 +3.350 11 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:26.147 1:26.147 +3.686 12 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:26.728 1:26.882 +4.267 13 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:27.062 1:27.970 +4.601 14 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:28.241 1:28.362 +5.780 15 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.970 1:28.330 +5.869 16 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.353 1:28.426 +5.892 17 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:29.147 1:28.361 +5.900 18 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:28.776 1:28.367 +5.906 19 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:28.477 1:28.694 +6.016 20 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:28.876 1:28.597 +6.136 21 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:28.823 1:28.602 +6.141 22 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:30.325 1:28.667 +6.206 23 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:29.663 1:29.066 +6.605 24 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.538 1:30.204 +7.077 25 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:32.490 1:30.694 +8.233 26 32 Italy Nicola Larini Coloni-Ford 1:31.319 1:30.982 +8.521DNQ Did not qualify 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:31.284 1:31.069 +8.608DNQ Did not qualify 22 Switzerland Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:34.723 1:35.572 +12.262Source:1987 Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/523/spain/qualifying-1.html formula1.com 6 May 20181987 Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/523/spain/qualifying-2.html formula1.com 6 May 20181987 Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/523/spain/qualifying-0.html formula1.com 6 May 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 72 1:49:12.692 2 9 2 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 72 + 22.225 7 6 3 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 72 + 30.818 11 4 4 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 72 + 31.450 1 3 5 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 72 + 1:13.507 5 2 6 (1) 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 71 + 1 lap 17 1 7 (2) 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 71 + 1 lap 15   8 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 70 Out of fuel 13   9 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 70 + 2 laps 18   10 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 70 + 2 laps 12   11 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 70 + 2 laps 20   12 (3) 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 70 + 2 laps 19   13 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 68 + 4 laps 9   14 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 68 + 4 laps 24   15 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 67 Engine 4   16 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 66 Accident 8   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 62 Engine 3   Ret Retired 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 55 Collision 16   Ret Retired 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 55 Collision 14   Ret Retired 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 50 Transmission 22   Ret Retired 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 45 Turbo 21   Ret Retired 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 40 Brakes 6   Ret Retired 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 26 Gearbox 10   Ret Retired 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 24 Ignition 23   Ret Retired 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 10 Clutch 25   Ret Retired 32 Italy Nicola Larini Coloni-Ford 8 Suspension 26  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/291/ 1987 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143554/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/291/ 3 November 2014 Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 70 2 GBR Nigel Mansell 52 3 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 51 4 FRA Alain Prost 46 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 26Source:Spain 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/espagne/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda122 2 GBR McLaren-TAG72 3 GBR Lotus-Honda57 4 ITA Ferrari26 5 GBR Benetton-Ford20Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Jonathan Palmer 71 2 FRA Philippe Streiff 64 3 ITA Ivan Capelli 38 4 FRA Pascal Fabre 35 5 FRA Philippe Alliot 34 Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford135 2 GBR March-Ford38 3 FRA AGS-Ford35 4 FRA Lola-Ford34 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. References Spanish Grand Prix 1987 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix 1987 Mexican Grand Prix 1986 Spanish Grand Prix 1988 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix