Detroit Grand Prix 1987: results

Round 5 of the 1987 season, 21 June 1987, at Detroit Street Circuit. Ayrton Senna won for Lotus from P2 on the grid. Nigel Mansell took pole position. Fastest lap: Ayrton Senna, 1:40.464 (lap 39).

Race result

PosDriverTeamTimePoints
1Ayrton SennaLotus1:50:16.3589
2Nelson PiquetWilliams+33.8196
3Alain ProstMcLaren+45.3274
4Gerhard BergerFerrari+1:02.6013
5Nigel MansellWilliams+1 lap2
6Eddie CheeverArrows+3 laps1
7Stefan JohanssonMcLaren+3 laps0
8Christian DannerZakspeed+3 laps0
9Riccardo PatreseBrabham+3 laps0
10René ArnouxLigier+3 laps0
11Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+3 laps0
12Pascal FabreAGS+5 laps0
DNFThierry BoutsenBenettonBrakes0
NCPiercarlo GhinzaniLigier+12 laps0
DNFPhilippe StreiffTyrrellWheel0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaAccident0
DNFMichele AlboretoFerrariGearbox0
DNFAlessandro NanniniMinardiGearbox0
DNFMartin BrundleZakspeedTurbo0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsAccident0
DNFIvan CapelliMarchElectrical0
DNFTeo FabiBenettonAccident0
DNFAlex CaffiOsellaTransmission0
DNFAndrea De CesarisBrabhamGearbox0
DNFAdrián CamposMinardiAccident0
DNFSatoru NakajimaLotusCollision0

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamBest time
1Nigel MansellWilliams
2Ayrton SennaLotus
3Nelson PiquetWilliams
4Thierry BoutsenBenetton
5Alain ProstMcLaren
6Eddie CheeverArrows
7Michele AlboretoFerrari
8Teo FabiBenetton
9Riccardo PatreseBrabham
10Derek WarwickArrows
11Stefan JohanssonMcLaren
12Gerhard BergerFerrari
13Jonathan PalmerTyrrell
14Philippe StreiffTyrrell
15Martin BrundleZakspeed
16Christian DannerZakspeed
17Andrea De CesarisBrabham
18Alessandro NanniniMinardi
19Alex CaffiOsella
20Philippe AlliotLola
21René ArnouxLigier
22Ivan CapelliMarch
23Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier
24Satoru NakajimaLotus
25Adrián CamposMinardi
26Pascal FabreAGS

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