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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Type = F1
|Country = Brazil
|Country = Brazil
|Grand Prix = Brazilian
|Grand Prix = Brazilian
|Official name = 16o [[Brazilian Grand Prix|Grande Premio do Brasil]]
|Official name = 16º [[Brazilian Grand Prix|Grande Premio do Brasil]]
|Image = Jacarepaguá.svg
|Image = Autódromo_de_Jacarepaguá_1978-1995.png
|Date = April 12
|Date = 12 April
|Year = 1987
|Year = 1987
|Race_No = 1
|Race_No = 1
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|Course_km = 5.031
|Course_km = 5.031
|Distance_laps = 61
|Distance_laps = 61
|Distance_mi = 190.70
|Distance_mi = 190.693
|Distance_km = 306.891
|Distance_km = 306.891
|Weather = Sunny
|Weather = Sunny
|Pole_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]]
|Pole_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]]
|Pole_Team = [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Pole_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Pole_Time = 1:26.128
|Pole_Time = 1:26.128
|Pole_Country = UK
|Pole_Country = GBR
|Fast_Driver = [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Fast_Driver = [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Fast_Team = [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Fast_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Fast_Time = 1:33.861
|Fast_Time = 1:33.861
|Fast_Lap = 41
|Fast_Lap = 41
|Fast_Country = Brazil
|Fast_Country = BRA
|fast_flag_suffix = 1968
|First_Driver = [[Alain Prost]]
|First_Driver = [[Alain Prost]]
|First_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
|First_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
|First_Country = France
|First_Country = FRA
|Second_Driver = [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Second_Driver = [[Nelson Piquet]]
|Second_Team = [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Second_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Second_Country = Brazil
|Second_Country = BRA
|second_flag_suffix = 1968
|Third_Driver = [[Stefan Johansson]]
|Third_Driver = [[Stefan Johansson]]
|Third_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
|Third_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
|Third_Country = Sweden
|Third_Country = SWE
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1987|BRA}}
}}
}}


The '''1987 Brazilian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] race held on April 12, 1987 at the [[Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet|Jacarepaguá Circuit]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. It was the first race of the [[1987 Formula One season]]. It was the sixteenth [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] and the eighth to be held at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. It was held over 61 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.
The '''1987 Brazilian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on 12 April 1987 at the [[Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet|Jacarepaguá Circuit]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The race, contested over 61 laps, was the sixteenth [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] and the eighth to be held at Jacarepaguá, and the first race of the [[1987 Formula One season]].


The race was won by the reigning world champion, Frenchman [[Alain Prost]] driving a [[McLaren MP4/3]]. It was Prost's fourth victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix, expanding his own record. Prost won the race by 40 seconds over local hero [[Nelson Piquet]] driving a [[Williams FW11B]]. Third was Prost's Swedish team mate [[Stefan Johansson]].
The race was won by defending World Champion [[Alain Prost]], driving a [[McLaren MP4/3|McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]. Local hero [[Nelson Piquet]] was second in a [[Williams FW11|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]], while Prost's new teammate [[Stefan Johansson]] took third.


== Race summary ==
==Qualifying==
[[March Engineering]] returned to Formula One for the first time since the [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix]], entering a single car driven by [[Ivan Capelli]].
Qualifying was dominated by the [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] powered [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], with [[Nigel Mansell]] ahead of [[Nelson Piquet]]. Third was [[Ayrton Senna]], with [[Team Lotus|Lotus]].<br>
The total number of cars entered for the event was 23, but on race day the [[March Engineering|March]] team ran out of Cosworth DFZs, blowing their last in the Sunday morning warm-up and there were only 22 starters. At the start Piquet was fastest, taking the lead from Senna, while Mansell made a bad start; the [[Benetton B187]]s of [[Thierry Boutsen]] and [[Teo Fabi]] outdragged Mansell and [[Alain Prost]]. [[Adrián Campos]] was disqualified for an incorrect starting procedure, he had forgotten his ear plugs and by the time he had fitted them on the grid the rest of the field had moved away on the warm-up lap. Campos resumed his grid position instead of starting at the rear and race officials removed him for his rookie mistake.<ref>{{cite journal |coauthors=[[Nigel Roebuck]] & [[Alan Henry]] |year=1987 |journal=Grand Prix |volume=3 |page=40 |chapter=Round 1:Brazil The More Things Change... |location=Glen Waverly, Victoria |publisher=Garry Sparke & Associates |editor1-first=Barry |editor1-last=Naismith |isbn=0-908081-27-8 |accessdate=21-01-2012 }}</ref> 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 eleventh 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.


In almost a repeat of {{f1|1982}}, prior to the race there was talk of a drivers boycott due to the [[FIA]]'s new [[FIA Super Licence|Super Licence]] fees for 1987. Previously the fee for a drivers Super Licence had been [[United States dollar|US$]]825. However, from 1987 drivers who scored World Championship points the previous season would be required to pay more (i.e. the more points a driver scored, the more he paid for his licence) with drivers such as World Champion [[Alain Prost]] and [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] pair [[Nigel Mansell]] and [[Nelson Piquet]] were all required to pay around $12,000 (while others such as [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] rookie [[Satoru Nakajima]] only had to pay the basic fee). According to the drivers, it wasn't so about the money, it was the principle that a licence is a licence and that the fee should be the same for everyone. However, by the time the cars were ready for Friday morning's first practice session, everyone (or in some cases the teams) had paid the required licence fee.
Senna pitted because of handling troubles of his [[Lotus 99T]] and so Prost went into the lead. When Prost stopped for fresh tyres the lead was briefly passed to [[Thierry Boutsen]], who was performing admirably with his Benetton B187, 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.


Qualifying was dominated by the [[Honda F1|Honda]] powered [[Williams FW11|Williams]], with Mansell ahead of Piquet. Third was [[Ayrton Senna]] with his Lotus. The [[Lotus 99T]], now in the Yellow and Blue colours of new sponsors [[Camel Cigarettes]], was using the computer-controlled [[active suspension]] for the first time in the hope that its advantages (keeping the car at the optimum ride height) would give them an edge over the rest of the field. The total number of cars entered for the event was 23, but on race day the [[March Engineering|March]] team, who went into the race with a modified [[Formula 3000]] car for F1 rookie [[Ivan Capelli]] due to their [[March 871|new car]] not being ready, ran out of [[Cosworth DFZ]]s, blowing their last in the Sunday morning warm-up and there were only 22 starters.
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 second place he held for much of the race despite problems with the Lotus' active suspensions.


Qualifying also saw the [[FIA]]'s controversial pop-off valves used for the first time on the turbocharged cars. The valves limited turbo boost pressure to 4.0 Bar where previously boost was only limited to what the engineers felt the engines could take. The valves were far from popular with the teams and drivers, however, with some drivers complaining throughout the weekend that they were cutting in too early and not allowing enough boost. Arrows driver [[Derek Warwick]] told that at times his valve was opening at just 2.6 Bar (a loss of approximately {{Convert|280|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}}) while [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]'s [[Thierry Boutsen]] told that the two valves on his [[Cosworth#The GBA V6|Ford V6]] were both opening at different levels and both well below the 4 Bar limit. [[McLaren]] got around the pop-off valve problem by limiting turbo boost on their [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]-[[Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]] engines to just 3.6 Bar of pressure throughout the weekend, thus never allowing the valves to come into play.<ref name="The More Things Change">{{cite journal |last1=Roebuck |first1=Nigel |author-link1=Nigel Roebuck |last2=Henry |first2=Alan |author-link2=Alan Henry |year=1987 |journal=Grand Prix |volume=3 |page=40 |title=Round 1:Brazil The More Things Change... |location=Glen Waverly, Victoria |publisher=Garry Sparke & Associates |editor1-first=Barry |editor1-last=Naismith |isbn=0-908081-27-8}}</ref> One unnamed team mechanic was reported to have said that the valves were the only crude piece of engineering on a modern Grand Prix car.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
Prost won ahead of Piquet, his teammate [[Stefan Johansson]], [[Gerhard Berger]] (who battled for the whole race with handling problems of his [[Ferrari F1/87]]), Boutsen and Mansell, who caught the last point. [[Satoru Nakajima]]'s first Grand Prix, saw him finish just outside of the points in seventh in his Lotus 99T. This was Prost's 26th victory, which made him the second most successful Grand Prix winner at the time, moving him ahead of [[Jim Clark]] and just one win behind tying with [[Jackie Stewart]] as the most successful.


The [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] team was absent from Rio, missing their first race since the French boycott of the [[1985 South African Grand Prix]]. The team had been set to use a new [[4-cylinder]], turbocharged [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] engine for the season. However, during pre-season testing lead driver [[René Arnoux]] compared the new 415T to used food. This gave Alfa's parent company [[Fiat]] the excuse they wanted to pull out of its association with the team leaving Ligier without an engine for the season, though Ligier were able to secure a supply of [[BMW M12|Megatron]] turbo's from the [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]] team sponsors [[USF&G]] and would use them from San Marino until the end of the season.
== Classification ==

==Race==
At the start Piquet was fastest, taking the lead from Senna, while Mansell made a bad start; the [[Benetton B187]]s of Boutsen and [[Teo Fabi]] out dragged Mansell and Prost. [[Adrián Campos]] was disqualified for an incorrect starting procedure, he had forgotten his ear plugs and by the time he had fitted them on the grid the rest of the field had moved away on the warm-up lap. Campos resumed his grid position instead of starting at the rear, and race officials removed him for his rookie mistake.<ref name="The More Things Change"/> 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 eleventh 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.

Senna pitted because of handling troubles of his Lotus 99T and so Prost went into the lead. When Prost stopped for fresh tyres the lead was briefly passed to [[Thierry Boutsen]], who was performing admirably with his Benetton-Ford, but his lead lasted less than half a lap 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 second place he held for much of the race despite problems with the Lotus's active suspensions. Senna, who pulled off the track in front of the pits, reported that his engine had not actually blown, but that he could feel it was seizing and felt it would be better to retire rather than to destroy the engine.

Prost won ahead of Piquet, his teammate [[Stefan Johansson]], [[Gerhard Berger]] (who battled for the whole race with handling problems of his [[Ferrari F1/87]]), Boutsen and Mansell, who caught the last point. Satoru Nakajima's first Grand Prix, saw him finish just outside the points in seventh in his Lotus. This was Prost's 26th victory, which made him the second most successful Grand Prix winner at the time, moving him ahead of [[Jim Clark]] and just one win behind tying with [[Jackie Stewart]] as the most successful.

==Classification==
=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Q1 !! Q2 !! Gap
|-
! 1
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:27.901
| '''1:26.128'''
| align="center"| &mdash;
|-
! 2
| 6
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:27.822
| '''1:26.567'''
| +0.439
|-
! 3
| 12
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:29.002
| '''1:28.408'''
| +2.280
|-
! 4
| 19
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Teo Fabi]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:30.439
| '''1:28.417'''
| +2.289
|-
! 5
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
| 1:29.522
| '''1:29.175'''
| +3.047
|-
! 6
| 20
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thierry Boutsen]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:30.166
| '''1:29.450'''
| +3.322
|-
! 7
| 28
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Gerhard Berger]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:31.444
| '''1:30.357'''
| +4.229
|-
! 8
| 17
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12|Megatron]]
| 1:32.531
| '''1:30.467'''
| +4.339
|-
! 9
| 27
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 1:31.218
| '''1:30.468'''
| +4.340
|-
! 10
| 2
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Johansson]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
| 1:31.343
| '''1:30.476'''
| +4.348
|-
! 11
| 7
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| 1:32.001
| '''1:31.179'''
| +5.051
|-
! 12
| 11
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:34.445
| '''1:32.276'''
| +6.148
|-
! 13
| 8
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| '''1:32.402'''
| 1:34.115
| +6.274
|-
! 14
| 18
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12|Megatron]]
| 1:33.084
| '''1:32.769'''
| +6.641
|-
! 15
| 24
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Nannini]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
| 1:33.980
| '''1:33.729'''
| +7.601
|-
! 16
| 23
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Adrián Campos]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
| align="center"| &mdash;
| '''1:33.825'''
| +7.697
|-
! 17
| 10
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christian Danner]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| 1:36.178
| '''1:35.212'''
| +9.084
|-
! 18
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jonathan Palmer]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:37.488
| '''1:36.091'''
| +9.963
|-
! 19
| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Martin Brundle]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| 1:37.235
| '''1:36.160'''
| +10.032
|-
! 20
| 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Streiff]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:38.822
| '''1:36.274'''
| +10.146
|-
! 21
| 21
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
| [[Osella]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 1:39.931
| '''1:38.770'''
| +12.642
|-
! 22
| 14
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pascal Fabre]]
| [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:44.126
| '''1:39.816'''
| +13.688
|-
! 23
| 16
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ivan Capelli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| '''1:43.580'''
| 2:02.966
| +17.452
|-
!colspan="8"|Source:<ref name="qual1">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/5/brazil/qualifying-1.html|title=1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1|website=formula1.com |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="qual2">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/5/brazil/qualifying-2.html|title=1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2|website=formula1.com |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="qual0">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1987/races/5/brazil/qualifying-0.html|title=1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING|website=formula1.com |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
|}

=== Race ===
Numbers in brackets refer to positions of [[Naturally aspirated engine|normally aspirated]] entrants competing for the [[1987 Formula One season#Jim Clark Trophy (for normally aspirated runners)|Jim Clark Trophy]].
Numbers in brackets refer to positions of [[Naturally aspirated engine|normally aspirated]] entrants competing for the [[1987 Formula One season#Jim Clark Trophy (for normally aspirated runners)|Jim Clark Trophy]].


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! 1
! 1
| 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Alain Prost]]'''
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Alain Prost]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]'''
| 61
| 61
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! 2
! 2
| 6
| 6
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
| '''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 61
| 61
| + 40.547
| + 40.547
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! 3
! 3
| 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} '''[[Stefan Johansson]]'''
| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Stefan Johansson]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]'''
| 61
| 61
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! 4
! 4
| 28
| 28
| {{flagicon|Austria}} '''[[Gerhard Berger]]'''
| {{flagicon|AUT}} '''[[Gerhard Berger]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| 61
| 61
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! 5
! 5
| 20
| 20
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} '''[[Thierry Boutsen]]'''
| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Thierry Boutsen]]'''
| '''[[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 60
| 60
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! 6
! 6
| 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Nigel Mansell]]'''
| {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Nigel Mansell]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
| '''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 60
| 60
| + 1 Lap
| + 1 Lap
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! 7
! 7
| 11
| 11
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 59
| 59
| + 2 Laps
| + 2 Laps
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! 8
! 8
| 27
| 27
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| 58
| 58
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! 9
! 9
| 10
| 10
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Christian Danner]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christian Danner]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| 58
| 58
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! 10 (1)
! 10 (1)
| 3
| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jonathan Palmer]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jonathan Palmer]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 58
| 58
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! 11 (2)
! 11 (2)
| 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Philippe Streiff]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Streiff]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 57
| 57
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! 12 (3)
! 12 (3)
| 14
| 14
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Pascal Fabre]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pascal Fabre]]
| [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 55
| 55
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| 18
| 18
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12|Megatron]]
| 52
| 52
| Overheating
| Overheating
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! Ret
! Ret
| 12
| 12
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 50
| 50
| Engine
| Engine
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! Ret
! Ret
| 7
| 7
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| 48
| 48
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! Ret
! Ret
| 8
| 8
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
| 21
| 21
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! Ret
! Ret
| 17
| 17
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12|Megatron]]
| 20
| 20
| Engine
| Engine
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! Ret
! Ret
| 21
| 21
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alex Caffi]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
| [[Osella]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[Osella]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
| 20
| 20
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! Ret
! Ret
| 24
| 24
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alessandro Nannini]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Nannini]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
| 17
| 17
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! Ret
! Ret
| 9
| 9
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Martin Brundle]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Martin Brundle]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| 15
| 15
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! Ret
! Ret
| 19
| 19
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Teo Fabi]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Teo Fabi]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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! DSQ
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| 23
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Adrián Campos]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Adrián Campos]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Motori Moderni]]
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| 3
| Incorrect starting procedure
| Disqualified
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| 16
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! DNS
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| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ivan Capelli]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ivan Capelli]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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!colspan="8"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/279/ |title=1987 Brazilian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143452/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/279/ |archive-date=3 November 2014}}</ref>}}
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==Standings after the race==
==Championship standings after the race==
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| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thierry Boutsen]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thierry Boutsen]]
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!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1987/bresil/championnat.aspx|title=Brazil 1987 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
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| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]]-[[Ford]]
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==References==
==References==
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* ''Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from {{cite web |title=The Official Formula 1 website |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/279/ |accessdate=2007-07-08}}


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Latest revision as of 22:30, 27 December 2024

1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 12 April 1987
Official name 16º Grande Premio do Brasil
Location Jacarepaguá Circuit,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.031 km (3.126 miles)
Distance 61 laps, 306.891 km (190.693 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
Williams-Honda
Time 1:26.128
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Time 1:33.861 on lap 41
Podium
First
McLaren-TAG
Second
Williams-Honda
Third
McLaren-TAG
Lap leaders

The 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 April 1987 at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro. The race, contested over 61 laps, was the sixteenth Brazilian Grand Prix and the eighth to be held at Jacarepaguá, and the first race of the 1987 Formula One season.

The race was won by defending World Champion Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG. Local hero Nelson Piquet was second in a Williams-Honda, while Prost's new teammate Stefan Johansson took third.

Qualifying

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March Engineering returned to Formula One for the first time since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, entering a single car driven by Ivan Capelli.

In almost a repeat of 1982, prior to the race there was talk of a drivers boycott due to the FIA's new Super Licence fees for 1987. Previously the fee for a drivers Super Licence had been US$825. However, from 1987 drivers who scored World Championship points the previous season would be required to pay more (i.e. the more points a driver scored, the more he paid for his licence) with drivers such as World Champion Alain Prost and Williams pair Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet were all required to pay around $12,000 (while others such as Lotus rookie Satoru Nakajima only had to pay the basic fee). According to the drivers, it wasn't so about the money, it was the principle that a licence is a licence and that the fee should be the same for everyone. However, by the time the cars were ready for Friday morning's first practice session, everyone (or in some cases the teams) had paid the required licence fee.

Qualifying was dominated by the Honda powered Williams, with Mansell ahead of Piquet. Third was Ayrton Senna with his Lotus. The Lotus 99T, now in the Yellow and Blue colours of new sponsors Camel Cigarettes, was using the computer-controlled active suspension for the first time in the hope that its advantages (keeping the car at the optimum ride height) would give them an edge over the rest of the field. The total number of cars entered for the event was 23, but on race day the March team, who went into the race with a modified Formula 3000 car for F1 rookie Ivan Capelli due to their new car not being ready, ran out of Cosworth DFZs, blowing their last in the Sunday morning warm-up and there were only 22 starters.

Qualifying also saw the FIA's controversial pop-off valves used for the first time on the turbocharged cars. The valves limited turbo boost pressure to 4.0 Bar where previously boost was only limited to what the engineers felt the engines could take. The valves were far from popular with the teams and drivers, however, with some drivers complaining throughout the weekend that they were cutting in too early and not allowing enough boost. Arrows driver Derek Warwick told that at times his valve was opening at just 2.6 Bar (a loss of approximately 280 bhp (209 kW; 284 PS)) while Benetton's Thierry Boutsen told that the two valves on his Ford V6 were both opening at different levels and both well below the 4 Bar limit. McLaren got around the pop-off valve problem by limiting turbo boost on their TAG-Porsche engines to just 3.6 Bar of pressure throughout the weekend, thus never allowing the valves to come into play.[1] One unnamed team mechanic was reported to have said that the valves were the only crude piece of engineering on a modern Grand Prix car.[citation needed]

The Ligier team was absent from Rio, missing their first race since the French boycott of the 1985 South African Grand Prix. The team had been set to use a new 4-cylinder, turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine for the season. However, during pre-season testing lead driver René Arnoux compared the new 415T to used food. This gave Alfa's parent company Fiat the excuse they wanted to pull out of its association with the team leaving Ligier without an engine for the season, though Ligier were able to secure a supply of Megatron turbo's from the Arrows team sponsors USF&G and would use them from San Marino until the end of the season.

Race

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At the start Piquet was fastest, taking the lead from Senna, while Mansell made a bad start; the Benetton B187s of Boutsen and Teo Fabi out dragged Mansell and Prost. Adrián Campos was disqualified for an incorrect starting procedure, he had forgotten his ear plugs and by the time he had fitted them on the grid the rest of the field had moved away on the warm-up lap. Campos resumed his grid position instead of starting at the rear, and race officials removed him for his rookie mistake.[1] 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 eleventh 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.

Senna pitted because of handling troubles of his Lotus 99T and so Prost went into the lead. When Prost stopped for fresh tyres the lead was briefly passed to Thierry Boutsen, who was performing admirably with his Benetton-Ford, but his lead lasted less than half a lap 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 second place he held for much of the race despite problems with the Lotus's active suspensions. Senna, who pulled off the track in front of the pits, reported that his engine had not actually blown, but that he could feel it was seizing and felt it would be better to retire rather than to destroy the engine.

Prost won ahead of Piquet, his teammate Stefan Johansson, Gerhard Berger (who battled for the whole race with handling problems of his Ferrari F1/87), Boutsen and Mansell, who caught the last point. Satoru Nakajima's first Grand Prix, saw him finish just outside the points in seventh in his Lotus. This was Prost's 26th victory, which made him the second most successful Grand Prix winner at the time, moving him ahead of Jim Clark and just one win behind tying with Jackie Stewart as the most successful.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:27.901 1:26.128 —
2 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:27.822 1:26.567 +0.439
3 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:29.002 1:28.408 +2.280
4 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:30.439 1:28.417 +2.289
5 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:29.522 1:29.175 +3.047
6 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:30.166 1:29.450 +3.322
7 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:31.444 1:30.357 +4.229
8 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:32.531 1:30.467 +4.339
9 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:31.218 1:30.468 +4.340
10 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:31.343 1:30.476 +4.348
11 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:32.001 1:31.179 +5.051
12 11 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:34.445 1:32.276 +6.148
13 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:32.402 1:34.115 +6.274
14 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:33.084 1:32.769 +6.641
15 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:33.980 1:33.729 +7.601
16 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni — 1:33.825 +7.697
17 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:36.178 1:35.212 +9.084
18 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.488 1:36.091 +9.963
19 9 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:37.235 1:36.160 +10.032
20 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:38.822 1:36.274 +10.146
21 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:39.931 1:38.770 +12.642
22 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:44.126 1:39.816 +13.688
23 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:43.580 2:02.966 +17.452
Source:[2][3][4]

Race

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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
1 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 61 1:39:45.141 5 9
2 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 61 + 40.547 2 6
3 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 61 + 56.758 10 4
4 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 61 + 1:39.235 7 3
5 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 60 + 1 Lap 6 2
6 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 60 + 1 Lap 1 1
7 11 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 59 + 2 Laps 12  
8 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 58 Spun Off 9  
9 10 West Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 58 + 3 Laps 17  
10 (1) 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 58 + 3 Laps 18  
11 (2) 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 57 + 4 Laps 20  
12 (3) 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 55 + 6 Laps 22  
Ret 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 52 Overheating 14  
Ret 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 50 Engine 3  
Ret 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 48 Electrical 11  
Ret 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 21 Differential 13  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 20 Engine 8  
Ret 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 20 Withdrew 21  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 17 Suspension 15  
Ret 9 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 Turbo 19  
Ret 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 9 Turbo 4  
DSQ 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 3 Incorrect starting procedure 16  
DNS 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 0 Non Starter 23  
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ a b Roebuck, Nigel; Henry, Alan (1987). Naismith, Barry (ed.). "Round 1:Brazil The More Things Change...". Grand Prix. 3. Glen Waverly, Victoria: Garry Sparke & Associates: 40. ISBN 0-908081-27-8.
  2. ^ "1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ "1987 Brazilian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  5. ^ "1987 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Brazil 1987 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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