1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

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1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date20 September 1987
Official name 16º Grande Prémio de Portugal
Location Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course Permanent Racing Facility
Course length 4.35 km (2.702 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 304.5 km (189.14 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:17.620
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari
Time 1:19.282 on lap 66
Podium
First McLaren-TAG
Second Ferrari
Third Williams-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 20 September 1987. It was the twelfth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 16th Portuguese Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Estoril. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.35-kilometre (2.7 mi) circuit for a race distance of 304.5 kilometres (189.2 mi).

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The race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Austrian driver Gerhard Berger took pole position in his Ferrari and led for most of the race, until he spun with three laps remaining. Prost duly went through to take his 28th Grand Prix victory, surpassing Jackie Stewart's all-time record; he also achieved his 54th podium finish, equalling Niki Lauda's record. Berger finished second, some 20 seconds behind Prost, with Drivers' Championship leader, Brazilian Nelson Piquet, third in his Williams-Honda.

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) 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

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
128 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:18.4481:17.620
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:17.9511:18.235+0.331
31 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:18.4041:17.994+0.374
46 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:18.164no time+0.544
512 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:18.3821:18.354+0.734
627 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:20.0691:18.540+0.920
77 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:21.5061:19.965+2.345
82 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:20.1341:20.227+2.514
920 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:20.3051:20.558+2.685
1019 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:20.4831:20.548+2.863
1118 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:21.3241:21.207+3.587
1217 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:21.3971:21.587+3.777
138 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:22.0601:21.725+4.105
1424 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:21.7841:22.128+4.164
1511 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:22.222no time+4.602
1610 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:22.4241:22.358+4.738
179 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:22.4001:22.794+4.780
1825 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:23.6371:23.237+5.617
1930 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:24.1811:23.580+5.960
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:24.8221:23.591+5.971
214 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.8101:24.436+6.190
2216 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:24.5331:23.905+6.285
2326 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:24.1051:24.979+6.485
243 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.3921:24.217+6.597
2521 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:24.7921:25.232+7.172
2622 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:27.2191:26.635+9.015
DNQ14 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:28.7561:26.946+9.326
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Race

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

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 701:37:03.90639
228 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 70+ 20.49316
36 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 70+ 1:03.29544
419 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 69Out of fuel103
52 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 69+ 1 lap82
618 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 68+ 2 laps111
712 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 68+ 2 laps5 
811 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 68+ 2 laps15 
9 (1)16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 67+ 3 laps22 
10 (2)3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 67+ 3 laps24 
1124 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 66Out of fuel14 
12 (3)4 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 66+ 4 laps21 
1317 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 66+ 4 laps12 
1420 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 64+ 6 laps9 
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 54Injection13 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 38Gearbox6 
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 35Gearbox17 
Ret22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 32Suspension26 
Ret30 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 31Engine19 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 29Radiator18 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 27Turbo25 
Ret26 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 24Ignition23 
Ret23 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 24Accident20 
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 13Electrical2 
Ret7 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 13Engine7 
Ret10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 0Accident16 
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

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