1987 German Grand Prix

F1 West Germany German 26 July 1987 8 16 Circuit Hockenheimring-1982.svg Mobil Grosser Preis von Deutschland Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany 4.227https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1987-german-grand-prix/ 1987 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 6.802 44 185.832 299.068 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:42.616Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1987-88 Hazleton Publishing 1987 0-905138-47-3 157 UK GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:45.716 24 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda BRA 1968 Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG SWE Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda BRA 1968 GER The 1987 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 26 July 1987. It was the eighth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 49th German Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at the Hockenheimring. It was held over 44 laps of the seven kilometre circuit for a race distance of 298.760 km (185.812 mi). Pre-race In the week leading up to the German Grand Prix a number of teams tested at the Hockenheim circuit. During testing Ayrton Senna had a very lucky escape when he had a rear tyre failure at over 300 km/h mph 0 on on the long straight leading to the Bremsschikane. The rear corner of his Lotus 99T was destroyed and parts were reported to be hard to find as most ended up flying off into the forest. As a result of the crash Goodyear took the precaution of immediately flying in new compound tyres from their plant in Akron in the United States in time for the Grand Prix weekend. The tyre failure was determined to be the result of Senna picking up a puncture late on his previous lap. However the Lotus' active suspension system compensated for that and kept the car at its correct ride height, masking the problem from Senna. This caused many to question the system as the general belief was that with a passively suspended car Senna would have known he had a puncture and would not have continued to drive at high speed. Race thumb|Ayrton Senna of Brazil in his Lotus car leads the pack after the start of the West German F1 Grand Prix in Hockenheim on July 26, 1987. Senna is followed by Alain Prost of France (left) and Britain's Nigel Mansell. The race was won by eventual 1987 World Champion, Nelson Piquet driving a Williams FW11B. It was his first win of the season and his third win in the German Grand Prix having previously won for Brabham in 1981, and Williams in the previous year. Piquet won by over a minute and a half from Swedish driver Stefan Johansson driving a McLaren MP4/3, who coasted over the finish line on three wheels due to a tyre puncture suffered just past the pits on his last lap. The Swede's second place was the 50th podium finish for the Porsche-designed TAG turbo engine. Piquet inherited the win after engine failure claimed his team-mate, Briton Nigel Mansell, and reigning champion, Frenchman Alain Prost (McLaren MP4/3). Ayrton Senna finished third in his Lotus 99T. Just seven cars were classified at the end of the race, as the long straights took their toll on engine reliability. Naturally aspirated cars finished as high as fourth place with Frenchman Philippe Streiff leading home a team one-two in the Jim Clark/Colin Chapman Trophy standings for Tyrrell as Jonathan Palmer finished in fifth place. In sixth was French driver Philippe Alliot driving a Lola LC87 for the new Larrousse team. It was Alliot's second top six finish in Formula One and Larrousse's first world championship point, although the Constructor's Championship point would be credited to the chassis designers, Lola Cars. Piquet's win vaulted him into the championship lead for the first time in 1987, putting him four points ahead of Senna and nine ahead of Mansell. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:42.616 2:00.832 — 2 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:42.873 1:01:19.245 +0.257 3 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:43.202 no time +0.586 4 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:43.705 no time +1.089 5 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:43.921 2:05.139 +1.305 6 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:45.066 2:02.981 +2.450 7 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:45.411 no time +2.795 8 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:45.428 no time +2.812 9 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:45.497 2:06.857 +2.881 10 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:45.902 2:03.172 +3.286 11 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:46.096 no time +3.480 12 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:46.323 no time +3.707 13 17 UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:46.525 no time +3.909 14 11 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:46.760 no time +4.144 15 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:47.780 2:04.003 +5.164 16 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:47.887 no time +5.271 17 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:49.236 2:09.440 +6.620 18 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:49.668 no time +7.052 19 9 UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:51.062 2:12.913 +8.446 20 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:51.448 2:11.115 +8.832 21 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:52.760 2:11.588 +10.144 22 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:53.528 2:10.404 +10.912 23 3 UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:54.491 2:06.769 +11.875 24 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:54.616 2:09.992 +12.000 25 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:54.997 no time +12.381 26 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 6:04.561 2:07.753 +25.137Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/518/germany/qualifying-1.html Mobil German Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 4 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/518/germany/qualifying-2.html Mobil German Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 4 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/518/germany/qualifying-0.html Mobil German Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 4 May 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 44 1:21:25.091 4 9 2 2 SWE Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 44 + 1:39.591 8 6 3 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 43 + 1 Lap 2 4 4 (1) 4 FRA Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 43 + 1 Lap 22 3 5 (2) 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 43 + 1 Lap 23 2 6 (3) 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 42 + 2 Laps 21 1 7 1 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 39 Electrical 3   NC Not classified 9 GBR Martin Brundle Zakspeed 34 + 10 Laps 19   Ret Retired 26 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 32 Engine 17   Ret Retired 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 28 Engine 18   Ret Retired 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 26 Engine 6   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 25 Engine 1   Ret Retired 24 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 25 Engine 16   Ret Retired 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 23 Turbo 13   Ret Retired 10 FRG Christian Danner Zakspeed 21 Halfshaft 20   Ret Retired 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 19 Turbo 10   Ret Retired 19 ITA Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 18 Engine 9   Ret Retired 21 ITA Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 17 Engine 26   Ret Retired 8 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 12 Engine 7   Ret Retired 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 Turbo 5   Ret Retired 14 FRA Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 10 Engine 25   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 9 Throttle 15   Ret Retired 11 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 9 TurboPritchard Anthony Lotus: The Competition Cars Haynes Publishing March 2006 1-84425-006-7 246 14   Ret Retired 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Ford 7 Engine 24   Ret Retired 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 6 Ignition 12   Ret Retired 7 ITA Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 5 Ignition 11  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/286/ 1987 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143527/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/286/ 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 39 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 35 3 GBR Nigel Mansell 30 4 FRA Alain Prost 26 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 19Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1987 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda69 2 GBR McLaren-TAG45 3 GBR Lotus-Honda41 4 ITA Ferrari17 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ford8Source: Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Jonathan Palmer 48 2 FRA Philippe Streiff 39 3 FRA Pascal Fabre 34 4 FRA Philippe Alliot 19 5 ITA Ivan Capelli 6 Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Tyrrell-Ford87 2 FRA AGS-Ford32 3 FRA Lola-Ford19 4 GBR March-Ford6 Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings. References German Grand Prix 1987 1987 British Grand Prix 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix 1986 German Grand Prix 1988 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix German Grand Prix