1987 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Berger | 1 | 26 | 17.384 | 51 | 298.9 | Alain Prost |
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 | 1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 51 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | Honda | 51 | +17.384s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | TAG | 51 | +17.694s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Ferrari | 51 | +80.441s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Ford | 51 | +85.576s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Honda | 51 | +96.479s | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | TAG | 50 | ★ | +1 lap | Finished | |
| 8 | 19 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 12 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Megatron | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 10 | 13 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Megatron | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | BMW | 49 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 25 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | Ford | 49 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 13 | 24 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | Megatron | 48 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 14 | 22 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | Ford | 47 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | Honda | 46 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 17 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Megatron | 44 | — | Out of fuel | ||
| — | 23 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella | Alfa Romeo | 43 | — | Out of fuel | ||
| — | 26 | 14 | Roberto Moreno | AGS | Ford | 38 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 14 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | Motori Moderni | 35 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 15 | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 32 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 10 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | BMW | 26 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 6 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | Ford | 16 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 16 | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 13 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 20 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Ford | 13 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 21 | 23 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | Motori Moderni | 2 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 18 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Ford | 0 | — | Accident | ||
| — | — | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Honda | — | Accident in practice |