1987 Australian Grand Prix

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Contents 1 Race 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Race

The third Australian Grand Prix to be held at Adelaide and the final round of the 1987 Formula One Grand Prix season proved to be another eventful race. Gerhard Berger started from his third pole position of the year despite being ill during qualifying. The event had one vital missing ingredient in the form of Nigel Mansell, still recovering from his accident during qualifying for the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix. Standing in for Mansell at Williams was Italian veteren Riccardo Patrese, who was given special dispensation from Bernie Ecclestone of the Brabham team. The young Italian Stefano Modena replaced Patrese making his Formula One debut. At the green light, it was Nelson Piquet in his last race for Williams Honda before moving to Lotus Honda who got away best of all, darting past Berger to take the lead into the first chicane. Alessandro Nannini in the Minardi was out immediately after crashing into the wall. Berger, still oozing with confidence from his victory at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix re-passed Piquet going into turn three. The Austrian then went on to lead until the chequered flag to claim his third Grand Prix victory. Behind Berger developed a sparkling battle between Piquet, Prost, Alboreto and Senna. Piquet pitted for new tyres and later retired leaving the other trio to fight over second position. Senna eventually made a break from Alboreto and Prost who were being held up by back markers. Alliot in particular proved difficult to pass. Prost uncharacteristically appeared to make a mistake and slammed into the tyre wall and subsequently retired. He earlier jumped over a chicane when behind Alliot. Senna made a late charge in an attempt to catch Berger but the Austrian had enough in hand to respond despite having what appeared to be a dragging under-tray. Senna finished second but was later disqualified for technical infringements on his Lotus. Alboreto was promoted up to second to make it a Ferrari 1-2, the first since the 1985 Canadian Grand Prix.

Results from the 1987 Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 15, 1987.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	82	1:52:56.144	1	9
2	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	82	+ 1:07.884	6	6
3	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	81	+ 1 Lap	5	4
4 (1)	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	80	+ 2 Laps	19	3
5 (2)	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford	79	+ 3 Laps	21	0*
6 (3)	14	Roberto Moreno	AGS-Ford	79	+ 3 Laps	25	1
7	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	79	+ 3 Laps	24
8	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	78	Spun Off	10
9	5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Honda	76	Oil Leak	7
DSQ	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	82	Disqualified[1]	4
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	58	Brakes	3
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	58	Spun Off	23
Ret	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	53	Brakes	2
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	53	Overheating	11
Ret	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	48	Brakes	8
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	46	Brakes	9
Ret	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	46	Transmission	26
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	45	Electrical	17
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	41	Ignition	20
Ret	7	Stefano Modena	Brabham-BMW	31	Physical	15
Ret	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	26	Ignition	22
Ret	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	22	Hydraulics[1]	14
Ret	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	19	Transmission	12
Ret	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	18	Engine	16
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	6	Spun Off	18
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	0	Accident	13
DNQ	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	-	Did not qualify	27

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Gerhard Berger - 1:17.267^[2]
• Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:20.416 on lap 72^[2]
• Ayrton Senna finished second but was excluded from the race results due to illegal front brake cooling duct dimensions.
• Yannick Dalmas finished fifth but scored no points: he was racing in a second Larrousse car that wasn't eligible to score points because at the start of the season the team had only submitted an official entry for one car for the full championship.
• Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally-aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

[edit] References

• Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.

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