1987 British Grand Prix

April 2017 April 2017 F1 Silverstone_Circuit_1987_to_1988.png Great Britain British XL Shell Oils British Grand Prix 12 July 1987 7 16 Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, England Permanent racing facility 2.969 4.778 65 192.979 310.570 Sunny and warm Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:07.110 Brazil 1968 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:09.832 58 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda UK Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda Brazil 1968 GBR The 1987 British Grand Prix (formally the XL Shell Oils British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 July 1987 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone. It was the seventh race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 42nd British Grand Prix and the 23rd to be held at Silverstone. The race was held over 65 laps of the 4.78 km mi on circuit for race distance of 311 km mi. The race was won by local driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. In one of his most memorable Formula One performances, Mansell hunted down Brazilian team-mate Nelson Piquet, who had started from pole position, with three laps remaining. It was Mansell's third win of the season, and his second consecutive British Grand Prix victory. Ayrton Senna finished third in his Lotus-Honda, one lap behind. The win moved Mansell into second place in the Drivers' Championship, level on points with Piquet and one point behind Senna. Qualifying report As usual, Honda-powered cars dominated the qualifying sessions, with Nelson Piquet taking pole position and Ayrton Senna third in his Lotus despite being a full second slower than Mansell. Alain Prost was fourth in his McLaren, while the Benettons of Thierry Boutsen and Teo Fabi were fifth and sixth, and the Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and Gerhard Berger seventh and eighth. Completing the top ten were Andrea de Cesaris in the Brabham and Stefan Johansson in the second McLaren. During qualifying, Piercarlo Ghinzani's Ligier ran out of fuel in front of the pits. His mechanics jumped the pit wall, refuelled him on the track and then push-started him, a clear violation of the rules leading to Ghinzani's exclusion from the remainder of the event. Before the incident, the Italian had set a time which would have put him 19th on the grid. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver ConstructorQ1 Q2 Gap 1 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda1:07.596 1:07.110 — 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda1:07.725 1:07.180 +0.070 3 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda1:09.255 1:08.181 +1.071 4 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG1:08.577 1:09.492 +1.467 5 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford1:09.724 1:08.972 +1.862 6 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford1:10.264 1:09.246 +2.136 7 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari1:10.441 1:09.274 +2.164 8 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari1:10.328 1:09.408 +2.298 9 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW1:10.787 1:09.475 +2.365 10 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG1:10.242 1:09.541 +2.431 11 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW1:10.012 1:10.020 +2.902 12 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda1:10.619 1:10.998 +3.509 13 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron1:10.654 1:10.781 +3.544 14 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron1:11.053 1:11.310 +3.943 15 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni1:13.737 1:12.293 +5.183 16 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron1:12.503 1:12.402 +5.292 17 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed1:12.852 1:12.632 +5.522 18 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed1:15.833 1:13.337 +6.227 19 23 Spain Adrián CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:15.719 1:13.793 +6.683 20 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo1:18.495 1:15.558 +8.448 21 30 France Philippe AlliotLola-Ford1:16.770 1:15.868 +8.758 22 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford1:17.208 1:16.524 +9.414 23 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford1:16.644 1:17.105 +9.534 24 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford1:17.122 1:16.692 +9.582 25 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford1:19.163 1:18.237 +11.127 EX Excluded 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron1:13.381 no time +6.271 Race report At the start, Prost was the quickest and took the lead, only to be passed by Piquet at Maggotts; Mansell soon followed his teammate. The race then developed into a battle between the two Williams drivers, with Piquet leading. On lap 35, Mansell was around two seconds behind his teammate. Both Williams drivers were scheduled to complete the race without a tyre change, but Mansell and the team elected to make a stop to change tyres. Mansell rejoined the race some 29 seconds behind Piquet, with 28 laps remaining. On fresh rubber, Mansell began an epic charge, breaking the lap record eight times to the delight of the over 100,000 strong British crowd. By lap 62 Mansell was right on Piquet's tail, and on lap 63 the Englishman overtook his teammate. Shortly after crossing the finish line, Mansell's car slowed down and was engulfed by the crowd. Initially it was thought that he had run out of fuel, but he had actually blown up the engine, out of the stress of running the last 6 laps on "Q" mode (which gives the engine +100 hp), and risking running out of fuel at any moment (his fuel display was reading "minus 2.5 laps"). In fact that incident was the last straw for the patience of the Honda management, since it had – again – threatened their easily attainable 1-2 result. Honda would switch their supply of engines from Williams to McLaren for 1988, while Piquet would sign for Lotus – also running Hondas – in the following weeks.http://www.grandprixengines.co.uk/Egs_69_70_71_Honda.pdf Honda engines report 27 October 2016 26 April 2001 Honda Senna finished third, one lap down, with a further lap back to teammate Satoru Nakajima in fourth. Derek Warwick was fifth in the Arrows-Megatron, with Fabi completing the top six. Race classification 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 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 65 1:19:11.780 2 9 2 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 65 + 1.918 1 6 3 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 64 + 1 lap 3 4 4 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 63 + 2 laps 12 3 5 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 63 + 2 laps 13 2 6 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 63 + 2 laps 6 1 7 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 62 + 3 laps 5   8 (1) 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 60 + 5 laps 23   9 (2) 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 59 + 6 laps 25   Ret Retired 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 57 Engine 22   NC Not classified 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 54 + 11 laps 17   Ret Retired 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 53 Engine 4   Ret Retired 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 52 Suspension 7   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 45 Engine 14   Ret Retired 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 34 Fuel system 19   Ret Retired 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 32 Engine 20   Ret Retired 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 32 Gearbox 18   Ret Retired 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 28 Turbo 11   Ret Retired 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 18 Engine 10   Ret Retired 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 10 Engine 15   Ret Retired 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 8 Turbo 9   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 7 Accident 8   Ret Retired 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 7 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 3 Electrical 16   Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 3 Accident 24  EX1 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 0 Excluded 19  Source:1987 British Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/285/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143522/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/285/ 3 November 2014 23 December 2015 1 1* Piercarlo Ghinzani was excluded from the race due to refuelling his car on the track during qualifying. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 31 2 GBR Nigel Mansell 30 3 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 30 4 FRA Alain Prost 26 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda60 2 GBR McLaren-TAG39 3 GBR Lotus-Honda37 4 ITA Ferrari17 5 GBR Arrows-Megatron6Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Jonathan Palmer 42 2 FRA Pascal Fabre 34 3 FRA Philippe Streiff 30 4 FRA Philippe Alliot 15 5 ITA Ivan Capelli 6 Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford72 2 FRA AGS-Ford32 3 FRA Lola-Ford15 4 GBR March-Ford6 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. 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