1987 Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Nelson Piquet · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Prost | 5 | 23 | 40.547 | 61 | 306.9 | Nelson Piquet |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | TAG | 61 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | Honda | 61 | ★ | +40.547s | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | TAG | 61 | +56.758s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 7 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 61 | +99.235s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 6 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Ford | 60 | +1 lap | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Honda | 60 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Honda | 59 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 8 | 9 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Ferrari | 58 | — | Spun off | ||
| 9 | 17 | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 58 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 10 | 18 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 58 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 20 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | Ford | 57 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 22 | 14 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | Ford | 55 | +6 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 14 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Megatron | 52 | +9 laps | Not classified | ||
| — | 3 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | Honda | 50 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | BMW | 48 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 13 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | BMW | 21 | — | Differential | ||
| — | 8 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Megatron | 20 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 21 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella | Alfa Romeo | 20 | — | Withdrew | ||
| — | 15 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | Motori Moderni | 17 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 19 | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 15 | — | Turbo | ||
| — | 4 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | Ford | 9 | — | Turbo | ||
| — | 16 | 23 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | Motori Moderni | 3 | — | Incorrect starting procedure | ||
| — | 23 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Ford | — | Not classified |