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25px The flag of Portugal  1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season
Circuit Estoril 1984-1993
Date September 20, 1987
Official name 5o Grande Prémio de Portugal
Location Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course Permanent Racing Facility
4.35 km (2.702 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 304.5 km (189.14 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari
Time 1:17.620
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari
Time 1:19.282 on lap 66
Podium
First 25px France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Second 25px Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari
Third 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda

The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Estoril on September 20, 1987. It was the twelfth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 16th Portuguese Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Estoril. The race was held over 70 laps of the four kilometre venue for a race distance of 304 kilometres.

The race was won by the reigning world champion, Frenchman Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/3. Prost finished 20 seconds ahead of Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a Ferrari F1/87. Nelson Piquet finished third driving a Williams FW11B. The win was Prost's 28th grand prix victory, eclipsing Jackie Stewart's all-time record.

The race was marred by a multi-car collision on the opening lap. Piquet and Michele Alboreto (Ferrari F1/87) collided at the start with Derek Warwick (Arrows A10), Satoru Nakajima (Lotus 99T), Martin Brundle (Zakspeed 871), Christian Danner (Zakspeed 871), Philippe Alliot (Lola LC87), René Arnoux (Ligier JS29C) and Adrián Campos (Minardi M186) were all involved in the ensuing accident. Only Danner was unable to restart as the Zakspeed team had only one usable car which went to Brundle.

With Piquet finishing third ahead of both Mansell and Senna, Piquet expanded his championship points lead to 18 points over Senna and 24 over Mansell.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 25px France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70 1:37:03.906 3 9
2 28 25px Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 70 + 20.493 1 6
3 6 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 70 + 1:03.295 4 4
4 19 25px Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 69 Out of fuel 10 3
5 2 25px Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 69 + 1 Lap 8 2
6 18 25px USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 68 + 2 Laps 11 1
7 12 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 68 + 2 Laps 5  
8 11 25px Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 68 + 2 Laps 15  
9 (1) 16 25px Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 67 + 3 Laps 22  
10 (2) 3 25px UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 67 + 3 Laps 24  
11 24 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 66 Out of fuel 14  
12 (3) 4 25px France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 66 + 4 Laps 21  
13 17 25px UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 66 + 4 Laps 12  
14 20 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 64 + 6 Laps 9  
Ret 8 25px Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 54 Injection 13  
Ret 27 25px Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 38 Gearbox 6  
Ret 9 25px UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 35 Gearbox 17  
Ret 22 25px Switzerland Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 32 Suspension 26  
Ret 30 25px France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 31 Engine 19  
Ret 25 25px France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 29 Radiator 18  
Ret 21 25px Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 27 Turbo 25  
Ret 26 25px Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 24 Ignition 23  
Ret 23 25px Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 24 Accident 20  
Ret 5 25px UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 13 Electrical 2  
Ret 7 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 13 Engine 7  
Ret 10 25px Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 0 Accident 16  

Notes[]

  • Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet 67
2 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna 49
3 25px Great Britain Nigel Mansell 43
4 25px France Alain Prost 40
5 25px Sweden Stefan Johansson 22
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Great Britain Williams-Honda 110
2 25px Great Britain McLaren-TAG 62
3 25px Great Britain Lotus-Honda 55
4 25px Italy Ferrari 26
5 25px Great Britain Benetton-Ford 20
Jim Clark Trophy standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Great Britain Jonathan Palmer 71
2 25px France Philippe Streiff 58
3 25px France Pascal Fabre 35
4 25px Italy Ivan Capelli 34
5 25px France Philippe Alliot 25
Colin Chapman Trophy standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Great Britain Tyrrell-Ford 129
2 25px France AGS-Ford 35
3 25px Great Britain March-Ford 34
4 25px France Lola-Ford 25
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings.

References[]


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1987 Italian Grand Prix
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