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Japanese Grand Prix

1987 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 of 16Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaNov 1 198751 laps

Podium

SENLotus

BERFerrari

JOHMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerBER1:32:58.072 from P1

PoleBER1:40.042

Fastest lapPRO1:43.844 on lap 35

Finishers15 / 27classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	–	51	1:32:58.072	9	1:45.540
2	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	7	▲5	51	+17.384s	6	1:45.805
3	JOHStefan Johansson	McLaren	9	▲6	51	+17.694s	4	1:46.323
4	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	4	–	51	+80.441s	3	1:46.534
5	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	3	▼2	51	+85.576s	2	1:47.182
6	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	11	▲5	51	+96.479s	1	1:48.206
7	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	2	▼5	50	+1 lap		1:43.844
8	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	19	▲11	50	+1 lap		1:50.111
9	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	12	▲3	50	+1 lap		1:47.421
10	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	13	▲3	50	+1 lap		1:49.221
11	PATRiccardo Patrese	Brabham	8	▼3	49	+2 laps		1:48.581
12	STRPhilippe Streiff	Tyrrell	25	▲13	49	+2 laps		1:51.236
13	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	24	▲11	48	+3 laps		1:49.915
14	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	22	▲8	47	+4 laps		1:52.080
15	PIQNelson Piquet	Williams	5	▼10	46	+5 laps		1:46.706
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	17		44	Out of fuel		1:49.384
DNF	CAFAlex Caffi	Osella	23		43	Out of fuel		1:51.917
DNF	MORRoberto Moreno	AGS	26		38	Electrical		1:54.015
DNF	NANAlessandro Nannini	Minardi	14		35	Engine		1:51.848
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	Zakspeed	15		32	Engine		1:50.367
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Brabham	10		26	Engine		1:50.422
DNF	FABTeo Fabi	Benetton	6		16	Engine		1:49.170
DNF	DANChristian Danner	Zakspeed	16		13	Engine		1:52.813
DNF	CAPIvan Capelli	March	20		13	Accident		1:52.213
DNF	CAMAdrián Campos	Minardi	21		2	Engine		1:59.121
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	18		0	Accident		–
DNS	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	–		0	Accident in practice		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:40.042
2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:40.652	+0.610s
3	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:40.850	+0.808s
4	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:40.984	+0.942s
5	PIQNelson Piquet	Williams	1:41.144	+1.102s
6	FABTeo Fabi	Benetton	1:41.679	+1.637s
7	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:42.616	+2.574s
8	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	1:42.723	+2.681s
9	PATRiccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:43.304	+3.262s
10	JOHStefan Johansson	McLaren	1:43.371	+3.329s
11	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Brabham	1:43.618	+3.576s
12	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:43.685	+3.643s
13	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:44.277	+4.235s
14	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	1:44.626	+4.584s
15	NANAlessandro Nannini	Minardi	1:45.612	+5.570s
16	BRUMartin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:46.023	+5.981s
17	DANChristian Danner	Zakspeed	1:46.116	+6.074s
18	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:46.200	+6.158s
19	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:47.395	+7.353s
20	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:47.775	+7.733s
21	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:48.212	+8.170s
22	CAMAdrián Campos	Minardi	1:48.337	+8.295s
23	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	1:48.887	+8.845s
24	CAFAlex Caffi	Osella	1:49.017	+8.975s
25	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	1:49.641	+9.599s
26	STRPhilippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:49.741	+9.699s
27	MORRoberto Moreno	AGS	1:50.212	+10.170s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1987. Outline from F1DB.

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