1987 Spanish Grand Prix

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1987 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Circuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg
Race details
Date27 September 1987
Location Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.218 km (2.620 mi)
Distance 72 laps, 303.696 km (188.708 mi)
Weather Sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver Williams-Honda
Time 1:22.461
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari
Time 1:26.986 on lap 49
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second McLaren-TAG
Third McLaren-TAG
Lap leaders
  • 1987 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 27 September 1987. It was the thirteenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 29th Spanish Grand Prix and the second to be held at Jerez. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.22-kilometre (2.62 mi) circuit for a race distance of 304 kilometres (189 mi).

Contents

The race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's fifth victory of 1987 and the eighth for the Williams team, securing them their second consecutive Constructors' Championship and fourth in all. Frenchman Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, some 22 seconds behind Mansell, with Swedish teammate Stefan Johansson third. Mansell's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Nelson Piquet, finished fourth. Prost achieved his 55th podium finish at this race, surpassing the record of Niki Lauda.

The win moved Mansell ahead of Ayrton Senna, who finished fifth in his Lotus-Honda, into second place in the Drivers' Championship, albeit 18 points behind Piquet with three races remaining.

Summary

Nelson Piquet secured his 24th and final F1 pole position in his Williams-Honda with Nigel Mansell completing an all-Williams front row. The race was comfortably won by Mansell who passed Piquet at the end of the first lap and was never headed. The battle for third (then second) was led for much of the time by Ayrton Senna, who like the previous year tried to complete the race without changing tyres. Both Senna and Lotus were of the opinion that the 99T's computerised active suspension system would help preserve his tyres throughout the race.

Senna had a queue of both Ferraris, Prost's McLaren and Thierry Boutsen's Benetton behind him, which was joined by Piquet after a long pit-stop. For lap after lap, Senna held off all-comers, similar to Gilles Villeneuve's performance in his Ferrari at Jarama for the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix. The Lotus-Honda was very fast in a straight line with a low downforce setup, but was slow through Jerez's many twists and turns as a result. Senna's pursuers could not pass him on the long pit straight, and with Jerez generally having a lot of dust and sand off the racing line, they were not able pass him through the corners without losing grip.

However, Piquet's similarly powered Williams was able to get by (not before having a spin) followed eventually by Boutsen and Prost as the Brazilian's tyres finally went off. Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet - Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off - and then between Piquet and Prost, with Prost getting the better of the Williams driver who also lost third place to McLaren's Stefan Johansson who put in another strong drive. Both Ferraris blew their engines.

Martin Brundle, who finished 11th in his Zakspeed, described his drive as "the time I got out the car thinking no human could have done [any] better". [1]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
16 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:23.6211:22.461
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:23.081no time+0.620
328 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:23.1641:25.250+0.703
427 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:24.1921:24.832+1.731
512 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:25.1621:24.320+1.859
619 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:25.2631:24.523+2.062
71 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:24.5961:24.905+2.135
820 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:26.3721:25.295+2.834
97 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:26.6391:25.335+2.874
108 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:31.9811:25.811+3.350
112 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:26.1471:26.147+3.686
1217 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:26.7281:26.882+4.267
1318 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:27.0621:27.970+4.601
1425 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:28.2411:28.362+5.780
154 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.9701:28.330+5.869
163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.3531:28.426+5.892
1730 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:29.1471:28.361+5.900
1811 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:28.7761:28.367+5.906
1916 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:28.4771:28.694+6.016
209 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:28.8761:28.597+6.136
2124 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:28.8231:28.602+6.141
2210 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:30.3251:28.667+6.206
2326 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:29.6631:29.066+6.605
2423 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.5381:30.204+7.077
2514 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:32.4901:30.694+8.233
2632 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Coloni-Ford 1:31.3191:30.982+8.521
DNQ21 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:31.2841:31.069+8.608
DNQ22 Flag of Switzerland.svg Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:34.7231:35.572+12.262
Source: [2] [3] [4]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 721:49:12.69229
21 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 72+ 22.22576
32 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 72+ 30.818114
46 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 72+ 31.45013
512 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 72+ 1:13.50752
6 (1)30 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 71+ 1 lap171
7 (2)4 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 71+ 1 lap15 
818 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 70Out of fuel13 
911 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 70+ 2 laps18 
1017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 70+ 2 laps12 
119 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 70+ 2 laps20 
12 (3)16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 70+ 2 laps19 
137 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 68+ 4 laps9 
1423 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 68+ 4 laps24 
1527 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 67Engine4 
1620 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 66Accident8 
Ret28 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 62Engine3 
Ret3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 55Collision16 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 55Collision14 
Ret10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 50Transmission22 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 45Turbo21 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 40Brakes6 
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 26Gearbox10 
Ret26 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 24Ignition23 
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 10Clutch25 
Ret32 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Coloni-Ford 8Suspension26 
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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