1987 Formula One season

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1987 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1987 Formula One season was the 38th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on April 12, 1987, and ended on November 15 after sixteen races.

1 Drivers & Constructors
2 Season review
3 1987 Constructors Championship final standings
- 3.1 Colin Chapman Trophy (for naturally-aspirated runners)
4 1987 Drivers Championship final standings
- 4.1 Jim Clark Trophy (for naturally-aspirated runners)
5 Notes

[edit] Drivers & Constructors

The following drivers and constructors competed in the 1987 season

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/3	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	G	1	Alain Prost	n/a
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/3	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	G	2	Stefan Johansson	n/a
Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	DG/016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	3	Jonathan Palmer	n/a
Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	DG/016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	4	Philippe Streiff	n/a
Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams	FW11B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6T	G	5	Nigel Mansell	Jean-Louis Schlesser
					5	Riccardo Patrese
					6	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BT56	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	7	Riccardo Patrese	n/a
					7	Stefano Modena
					8	Andrea de Cesaris
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	861 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4T	G	9	Martin Brundle	n/a
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	861 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4T	G	10	Christian Danner	n/a
Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus	99T	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6T	G	11	Satoru Nakajima	n/a
Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus	99T	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6T	G	12	Ayrton Senna	n/a
Team El Charro AGS	AGS	JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	14	Pascal Fabre	n/a
Team El Charro AGS	AGS	JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	14	Roberto Moreno	n/a
Leyton House March Racing Team	March	87P 871	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	16	Ivan Capelli	Kris Nissen
USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows	A10	Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	17	Derek Warwick	n/a
USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows	A10	Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	18	Eddie Cheever	n/a
Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton	B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6T	G	19	Teo Fabi	Johnny Dumfries Emanuele Pirro
Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton	B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6T	G	20	Thierry Boutsen	Johnny Dumfries Emanuele Pirro
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	G	21	Alex Caffi	n/a
					22	Gabriele Tarquini
					22	Franco Forini
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	M187	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6T	G	23	Adrian Campos	Franco Scapini
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	M187	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6T	G	24	Alessandro Nannini	Franco Scapini
Ligier Loto	Ligier	JS29 JS29B JS29C	Alfa Romeo Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	25	René Arnoux	n/a
Ligier Loto	Ligier	JS29 JS29B JS29C	Alfa Romeo Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	n/a
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	F1/87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6T	G	27	Michele Alboreto	n/a
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	F1/87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6T	G	28	Gerhard Berger	n/a
Larrousse Calmels	Lola	LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	29	Yannick Dalmas	n/a
Larrousse Calmels	Lola	LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	30	Philippe Alliot	n/a
Enzo Coloni Racing Car System	Coloni	FC187	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	32	Nicola Larini	n/a

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	April 12	Jacarepaguá	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
2	San Marino Grand Prix	May 3	Imola	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	May 17	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
4	Monaco Grand Prix	May 31	Monaco	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	Report
5	United States Grand Prix East	June 21	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 5	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 12	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
8	German Grand Prix	July 26	Hockenheimring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
9	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 9	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
10	Austrian Grand Prix	August 16	Österreichring	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
11	Italian Grand Prix	September 6	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
12	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 20	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
13	Spanish Grand Prix	September 27	Jerez	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
14	Mexican Grand Prix	October 18	Hermanos Rodriguez	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	November 1	Suzuka	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Report
16	Australian Grand Prix	November 15	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Report

[edit] 1987 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Honda	FW11B	Honda RA167E	G	137	9	18	12
2	McLaren-TAG	MP4/3	TAG Porsche P01	G	76	3	12
3	Lotus-Honda	99T	Honda RA166E	G	64	2	8	1
4	Ferrari	F1-87	Ferrari 033D	G	53	2	6	3
5	Benetton-Ford	B187	Ford GBA	G	28		2
6	Tyrrell-Ford	DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ	G	11
7	Arrows-Megatron	A10	(BMW) Megatron M12/13	G	11
8	Brabham-BMW	BT56	BMW M12/13	G	10		2
9	Lola-Ford	LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ	G	5
10	Zakspeed	861B 871	Zakspeed 1500/4	G	2
11	AGS-Ford	JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ	G	1
12	Ligier-Alfa Romeo Ligier-Megatron	JS29B JS29C	Alfa Romeo 415T (BMW) Megatron M12/13	G	1
13	March-Ford	87P 871	Ford Cosworth DFZ	G	1
14	Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1I FA1G	Alfa Romeo 890T	G
15	Minardi-Motori Moderni	M86	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90	G
16	Coloni-Ford	FC187	Ford Cosworth DFZ	G

[edit] Colin Chapman Trophy (for naturally-aspirated runners)

Place	Constructor	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford	169
2	Lola-Ford	50
3	AGS-Ford	41
4	March-Ford	38
5	Coloni-Ford	0

[edit] 1987 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Points^[1]
1	Nelson Piquet	2	DNS	Ret	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	4	2	15	Ret	73 (76)
2	Nigel Mansell	6	1	Ret	Ret	5	1	1	Ret	14	1	3	Ret	1	1	DNS	INJ	61
3	Ayrton Senna	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	4	3	3	2	5	2	7	5	Ret	2	DSQ	57
4	Alain Prost	1	Ret	1	9	3	3	Ret	7	3	6	15	1	2	Ret	7	Ret	46
5	Gerhard Berger	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	36
6	Stefan Johansson	3	4	2	Ret	7	8	Ret	2	Ret	7	6	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	30
7	Michele Alboreto	8	3	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	4	2	17
8	Thierry Boutsen	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	4	4	5	14	16	Ret	5	3	16
9	Teo Fabi	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	3	7	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12
10	Eddie Cheever	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	8	4	9	Ret	8
11	Jonathan Palmer	10	Ret	Ret	5	11	7	8	5	7	14	14	10	Ret	7	8	4	7
12	Satoru Nakajima	7	6	5	10	Ret	NC	4	Ret	Ret	13	11	8	9	Ret	6	Ret	7
13	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	3	11	9	6
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	4
15	Philippe Streiff	11	8	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	4	9	Ret	12	12	7	8	12	Ret	4
16	Derek Warwick	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	13	10	Ret	10	Ret	3
17	Philippe Alliot		10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	3
18	Martin Brundle	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
19	Ivan Capelli	DNS	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	11	13	9	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
20	René Arnoux		DNS	6	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
21	Roberto Moreno															Ret	6	1
22	Yannick Dalmas														9	14	5	0*
23	Christian Danner	9	7	Ret	EX	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	0
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani		Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	12	8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
25	Pascal Fabre	12	13	10	13	12	9	9	Ret	13	NC			Ret				0
26	Alessandro Nannini	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	16	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
27	Alex Caffi	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	0
28	Adrián Campos	DSQ	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Franco Forini											Ret	Ret					0
—	Nicola Larini											DNQ		Ret				0
—	Gabriele Tarquini		Ret															0
—	Stefano Modena																Ret	0
Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Nelson Piquet	6	Brazil	73 (76)	3	11	4
2	Nigel Mansell	5	Britain	61	6	7	8
3	Ayrton Senna	12	Brazil	57	2	8	1
4	Alain Prost	1	France	46	3	7
5	Gerhard Berger	28	Austria	36	2	3	3
6	Stefan Johansson	2	Sweden	30		5
7	Michele Alboreto	27	Italy	17		3
8	Thierry Boutsen	20	Belgium	16		1
9	Teo Fabi	19	Italy	12		1
10	Eddie Cheever	18	USA	8
11	Jonathan Palmer	3	Britain	7
12	Satoru Nakajima	11	Japan	7
13	Riccardo Patrese	5	Italy	6		1
14	Andrea de Cesaris	8	Italy	4		1
15	Philippe Streiff	4	France	4
16	Derek Warwick	17	Britain	3
17	Philippe Alliot	30	France	3
18	Martin Brundle	9	Britain	2
19	Ivan Capelli	16	Italy	1
20	René Arnoux	25	France	1
21	Roberto Moreno	14	Brazil	1
22	Yannick Dalmas	29	France	0*
23	Christian Danner	10	Germany	0
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	26	Italy	0
25	Pascal Fabre	14	France	0
26	Alessandro Nannini	24	Italy	0
27	Alex Caffi	21	Italy	0
28	Adrián Campos	23	Spain	0
—	Franco Forini	22	Switzerland	0
—	Nicola Larini	32	Italy	0
—	Gabriele Tarquini	22	Italy	0
—	Stefano Modena	7	Italy	0

[edit] Jim Clark Trophy (for naturally-aspirated runners)

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Jonathan Palmer	1	Ret	DNS	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	Ret	2	1	1	95
2	Philippe Streiff	2	1	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	3	2	3	2	Ret	74
3	Philippe Alliot		2	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	43
4	Ivan Capelli	DNS	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	2	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	40
5	Pascal Fabre	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	Ret	4	NC	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ			35
6	Roberto Moreno															Ret	3	4
7	Yannick Dalmas														4	3	2	0*
8	Nicola Larini											DNQ		Ret				0
Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	Points

*Ineligible for points.

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b Only the best 11 results counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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