1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
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| Race 1 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season. | ||
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| Date | April 12, 1987 | |
| Official name | 16o Grande Premio do Brasil | |
| Location | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.126 mi / 5.031 km |
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| Distance | 61 laps, 190.70 mi / 306.891 km | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
| Time | 1:26.128 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda |
| Time | 1:33.861 on lap 41 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG |
| Second | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda |
| Third |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG |
The 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 12, 1987 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro. It was the 1st race of the 1987 Formula One season.
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[edit] Race summary
Qualifings were dominated by the Honda powered Williams, with Nigel Mansell ahead of Nelson Piquet. Third was Ayrton Senna, with Lotus.
The total number of cars entered for the event was 23, but on race day the March team ran out of engines and there were only 22 entrants. At the start Piquet was fastest, taking the lead from Senna, while Mansell made a bad start; the Benettons of Thierry Boutsen and Teo Fabi outdragged him and Alain Prost. Piquet's lead did not last long: on lap 7, he had to pit with engine overheating caused by litter on the track getting into the radiator sidepods. He rejoined back in 11th position, leaving Senna to lead Mansell (who in the meantime fought back to second) although he too entered in the pits to have his radiators cleared. He rejoined behind Piquet, and the pair began to climb through the field.
Then, Senna pitted because of handling troubles of his Lotus and so Prost went into the lead. When he stopped for fresh tires the lead was briefly passed to Thierry Boutsen, who was performing admirably with his Benetton, before Piquet went back to first before his second stop, on lap 21. Prost then went ahead again and led for the rest of the race, never looking threatened as he preserved his tyres to only require two stops, while his rivals Senna and Piquet had three.
Mansell's race was compromised late in the race by a tyre puncture, who sent him back to seventh place. On lap 51 Senna suffered an engine failure, causing him to retire from the 2nd place he held for much of the race despite problems with the Lotus' active suspensions. Prost won ahead of Piquet, his teammate Stefan Johansson, Gerhard Berger (who battled for the whole race with handling problems of his Ferrari), Boutsen and Mansell, who caught the last point.
[edit] Classification
Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally-aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 | Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 61 | 1:39:45.141 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 61 | + 40.547 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 61 | + 56.758 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 61 | + 1:39.235 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 60 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 60 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 59 | + 2 Laps | 12 | |
| 8 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 58 | Spun Off | 9 | |
| 9 | 10 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 58 | + 3 Laps | 17 | |
| 10 (1) | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 58 | + 3 Laps | 18 | |
| 11 (2) | 4 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 57 | + 4 Laps | 20 | |
| 12 (3) | 14 | Pascal Fabre |
AGS-Ford | 55 | + 6 Laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 52 | Overheating | 14 | |
| Ret | 12 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 50 | Engine | 3 | |
| Ret | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 48 | Electrical | 11 | |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 21 | Differential | 13 | |
| Ret | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 20 | Engine | 8 | |
| Ret | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 20 | Withdrew | 21 | |
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 17 | Suspension | 15 | |
| Ret | 9 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 15 | Turbo | 19 | |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 9 | Turbo | 4 | |
| DSQ | 23 |  Adrián Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 3 | Disqualified | 16 | |
| DNS | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | 0 | Non Starter | 23 |
[edit] Notes
- This was Prost's 26th victory, which made him the second most successful Grand Prix driver at the time, after Jackie Stewart.
- Adrián Campos was disqualified for an incorrect starting procedure.
[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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