1987 Austrian Grand Prix

F1 Austria Austrian Österreichring 1977-1987.svg The Österreichring (last modified in 1977) 16 August 1987 XXV Großer Preis von Österreich 10 16 Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria Permanent racing facility 3.692 5.942 52 191.984 308.984 Dry Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:23.357 Brazil 1968 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:28.318 31 (lap record) UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda UK Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda Brazil 1968 Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford Italy AUT The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 16 August 1987. It was the tenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the twentieth Austrian Grand Prix, and the last to be held until 1997. The race was run over 52 laps of the 5.94 km mi on circuit for a total race distance of 308.9 km mi, also being the last race in the original track. The race needed to be restarted twice following crashes on the starting grid. It was eventually won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. Mansell took his third victory of the season by 56 seconds from Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet, with Italian Teo Fabi third in a Benetton-Ford. Race summary The race was plagued with accidents. The first major incident came when Stefan Johansson hit a deer with his McLaren MP4/3 after it wandered onto the circuit during Friday practice. The terrified deer was crossing the track to seek refuge from the noise of the cars when it was struck by Johansson traveling at close to 140 mph km/h 0 on, killing it instantly. The McLaren left front suspension was broken in the impact causing it to spear off into the guardrail and all four corners of the car, as well as the carbon fibre monocoque were destroyed.https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/15/sports/sports-people-race-car-hits-deer.html?scp=1&sq=stefan%20johansson&st=cse The New York Times SPORTS PEOPLE; Race Car Hits Deer August 15, 1987 Johansson was fortunate to escape with little more than a headache, though he was later flown by helicopter to a hospital in Klagenfurt for x-rays after complaining of headaches and neck pains. His crash caused McLaren to have to fly a spare car overnight from the team's base in Woking. Nelson Piquet's Williams-Honda had collided with the AGS of Pascal Fabre, ending with the Williams impacting in the wall. Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:23.357 1:49.991 — 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:23.459 1:33.779 +0.102 3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:24.213 1:38.388 +0.856 4 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:24.348 1:48.124 +0.991 5 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:25.054 no time +1.697 6 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:25.077 1:45.518 +1.720 7 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:25.492 1:39.647 +2.135 8 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:25.766 1:53.119 +2.409 9 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:26.170 1:43.132 +2.813 10 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:27.672 no time +4.315 11 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:27.762 no time +4.405 12 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:28.370 1:37.908 +5.013 13 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:28.786 1:43.002 +5.429 14 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:29.003 1:41.711 +5.646 15 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.435 1:49.566 +6.078 16 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:29.733 no time +6.376 17 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:29.893 1:42.383 +6.536 18 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:30.682 no time +7.325 19 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:30.797 1:47.128 +7.440 20 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:31.015 1:48.880 +7.658 21 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:32.313 1:50.273 +8.956 22 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:33.741 1:48.595 +10.384 23 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:34.199 1:54.807 +10.842 24 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.619 1:49.308 +11.262 25 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:35.338 1:51.624 +11.981 26 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:40.633 1:57.236 +17.276Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/520/austria/qualifying-1.html Austrian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 4 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/520/austria/qualifying-2.html Austrian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 4 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/520/austria/qualifying-0.html Austrian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 4 May 2018 Race Two Start line accidents The race started at 2:30 pm Central European Time (UTC+1). The first race start ended quickly after the Zakspeed of Martin Brundle crashed, then the two Tyrrells of Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Streiff collided in the ensuing chaos with Piercarlo Ghinzani also crashing his Ligier. The second attempt to start was more serious. Mansell on the front row crawled away with clutch problems and the grid compacted behind him. The Österreichring's narrow front straight saw to the rest when Eddie Cheever (Arrows) and Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) collided and half the grid, including Johansson, Alex Caffi (Osella), Ivan Capelli (March), Pascal Fabre, Philippe Alliot (Larrousse-Lola), and both Zakspeeds of Brundle and Christian Danner were involved in the ensuing pile-up. Restart For the third start Streiff was missing as Tyrrell had simply run out of usable cars and Palmer got the use of the surviving DG016 as he had qualified higher than his team mate (exactly the reverse of the situation earlier in the year in Belgium when Palmer was forced to sit out the restart with both race Tyrrells wrecked, Streiff got the spare as he had qualified ahead of Palmer). Several drivers were in repaired cars or in spare cars, including Ayrton Senna after a CV joint failed in his Lotus during the second start. The third start, over two hours late, continued to claim cars. Alain Prost (McLaren) had an electrical failure as the warm-up lap began. The team mechanics got the car going and Prost started from the pitlane along with Senna and the Ferrari of Michele Alboreto. The third attempt to start had no problems although Johansson soon pitted with a puncture then had a tyre fall off on his out lap after a chaotic pitstop. Johansson made it back to the pits and resumed. Piquet led early from Thierry Boutsen in his Benetton and Mansell. Boutsen pitted with gear linking problems and Mansell leapt past Piquet while negotiating lapped cars on the straight leading into the Bosch Kurve. Fabi (Benetton) was a lap down in third ahead of Boutsen in a season best result for the team. Recovering from their difficulties, Senna, Prost and Johansson finished fifth, sixth and seventh. Ghinzani was eighth for Ligier ahead of Danner and René Arnoux in the second Ligier. Sixteen cars finished although Fabre had not completed enough laps to be classified and 14th placed Brundle would be disqualified for a bodywork infringement on the spare Zakspeed 871, pressed into service after the startline collisions. Classification Numbers in brackets refer to positions of naturally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy. Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 52 1:18:44.898 2 9 2 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 52 + 55.704 1 6 3 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 5 4 4 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 4 3 5 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 50 + 2 Laps 7 2 6 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 50 + 2 Laps 9 1 7 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 50 + 2 Laps 14   8 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 50 + 2 Laps 18   9 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 49 + 3 Laps 20   10 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 49 + 3 Laps 16   11 (1) 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 49 + 3 Laps 23   12 (2) 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 49 + 3 Laps 22   13 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 49 + 3 Laps 13   DSQ Disqualified 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 48 Bodywork infringement 17   14 (3) 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 47 + 5 Laps 24   NC Not classified 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 45 + 7 Laps 26   Ret Retired 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 43 Engine 8   Ret Retired 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 42 Turbo 6   Ret Retired 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 35 Engine 10   Ret Retired 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 35 Engine 11   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 31 Tyre 12   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 Turbo 3   Ret Retired 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 3 Electrical 19   Ret Retired 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1 Engine 15   Ret Retired 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 0 Electrical 21   Ret Retired 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 0 Accident 25  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/288/ 1987 Austrian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143537/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/288/ 3 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 54 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 43 3 GBR Nigel Mansell 39 4 FRA Alain Prost 31 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 19Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/autriche/championnat.aspx Austria 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda93 2 GBR McLaren-TAG50 3 GBR Lotus-Honda49 4 ITA Ferrari17 5 GBR Benetton-Ford15Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Jonathan Palmer 61 2 FRA Philippe Streiff 45 3 FRA Pascal Fabre 35 4 FRA Philippe Alliot 25 5 ITA Ivan Capelli 19 Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford106 2 FRA AGS-Ford35 3 FRA Lola-Ford25 4 GBR March-Ford19 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. References Austrian Grand Prix 1987 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix 1987 Italian Grand Prix 1986 Austrian Grand Prix 1997 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Austrian Grand Prix Category:August 1987 sports events in Europe