1987 German Grand Prix

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1987 German Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Hockenheimring-1982.svg
Race details
Date26 July 1987
Official name Mobil Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.802 km (4.227 [1] miles)
Distance 44 laps, 299.068 km (185.832 miles)
Pole position
Driver Williams-Honda
Time 1:42.616 [2]
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Time 1:45.716 [2] on lap 24
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second McLaren-TAG
Third Lotus-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1987 German Grand Prix

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).

Contents

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 (186 mph) 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

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

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:42.6162:00.832
212 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:42.8731:01:19.245+0.257
31 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:43.202no time+0.586
46 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:43.705no time+1.089
527 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:43.9212:05.139+1.305
620 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:45.0662:02.981+2.450
78 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:45.411no time+2.795
82 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:45.428no time+2.812
919 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:45.4972:06.857+2.881
1028 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:45.9022:03.172+3.286
117 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:46.096no time+3.480
1225 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:46.323no time+3.707
1317 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:46.525no time+3.909
1411 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:46.760no time+4.144
1518 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:47.7802:04.003+5.164
1624 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:47.887no time+5.271
1726 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:49.2362:09.440+6.620
1823 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:49.668no time+7.052
199 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:51.0622:12.913+8.446
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:51.4482:11.115+8.832
2130 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:52.7602:11.588+10.144
224 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:53.5282:10.404+10.912
233 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:54.4912:06.769+11.875
2416 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:54.6162:09.992+12.000
2514 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:54.997no time+12.381
2621 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 6:04.5612:07.753+25.137
Source: [3] [4] [5]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 441:21:25.09149
22 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 44+ 1:39.59186
312 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 43+ 1 Lap24
4 (1)4 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 43+ 1 Lap223
5 (2)3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 43+ 1 Lap232
6 (3)30 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 42+ 2 Laps211
71 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 39Electrical3 
NC9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Zakspeed 34+ 10 Laps19 
Ret26 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 32Engine17 
Ret23 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 28Engine18 
Ret20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 26Engine6 
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 25Engine1 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 25Engine16 
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 23Turbo13 
Ret10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Zakspeed 21Halfshaft20 
Ret28 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 19Turbo10 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 18Engine9 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 17Engine26 
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 12Engine7 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10Turbo5 
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 10Engine25 
Ret18 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 9Throttle15 
Ret11 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 9Turbo [6] 14 
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Ford 7Engine24 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 6Ignition12 
Ret7 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 5Ignition11 
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race

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