1987 Italian Grand Prix

The 1987 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 6 September 1987. It was the eleventh race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 57th Italian Grand Prix and the 52nd to be held at Monza. The race was held over 50 laps of the 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) circuit for a race distance of 290 kilometres (180 mi).

1987 Italian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	6 September 1987
Official name	58º Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.800 km (3.604 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 290.00 km (180.2 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Time	1:23.460
Fastest lap
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
Time	1:26.796 on lap 49
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Second	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
Third	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Lap leaders

The race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Piquet took his third victory of the season by 1.8 seconds from compatriot Ayrton Senna, who led in his Lotus-Honda before running wide at the Parabolica with eight laps to go. Piquet's British team-mate, Nigel Mansell, finished third, nearly 50 seconds adrift. It was also the sixth consecutive victory for the Williams team, a run of wins that had begun at the French Grand Prix in early July.

French Tyrrell driver Philippe Streiff was the first naturally aspirated Jim Clark Trophy car to finish in 12th, three laps down on Piquet.

The win strengthened Piquet's championship points lead to 14 points over Senna and 20 over Mansell.

During qualifying, Piquet recorded a speed of 352.135 km/h (218.807 mph), the fastest achieved by a Formula One car during the first turbo era of the sport (1977-88).

Due to the entries of AGS and Coloni, for the first time in the 1987 season, there would be drivers who would fail to qualify for the race - in this case, it was to be Nicola Larini in the Coloni and Pascal Fabre in the AGS.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:24.617	1:23.460
2	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:24.350	1:23.559	+0.099
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:25.211	1:23.933	+0.473
4	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	1:25.535	1:24.907	+1.447
5	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:25.340	1:24.946	+1.486
6	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1:25.250	1:25.004	+1.544
7	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1:26.894	1:25.020	+1.560
8	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:25.290	1:25.247	+1.787
9	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:26.453	1:25.525	+2.065
10	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1:40.285	1:26.802	+3.342
11	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	1:27.420	1:27.031	+3.571
12	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:27.543	1:28.083	+4.083
13	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:29.273	1:28.022	+4.562
14	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:28.463	1:28.160	+4.700
15	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1:28.946	no time	+5.486
16	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:30.389	1:29.465	+6.005
17	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:30.144	1:29.725	+6.265
18	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:29.738	1:31.069	+6.278
19	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1:29.898	no time	+6.438
20	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:31.094	1:30.782	+7.322
21	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:32.768	1:31.029	+7.569
22	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.218	1:33.028	+9.568
23	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	1:34.748	1:33.170	+9.710
24	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.760	1:33.264	+9.804
25	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1:34.205	1:33.311	+9.851
26	22	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:34.467	1:33.816	+10.356
DNQ	32	Nicola Larini	Coloni-Ford	1:38.460	1:35.721	+12.261
DNQ	14	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1:39.393	1:36.679	+13.219
Source:

Race

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	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	50	1:14:47.707	1	9
2	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	50	+ 1.806	4	6
3	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	50	+ 49.036	2	4
4	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	50	+ 57.979	3	3
5	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	50	+ 1:21.319	6	2
6	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	50	+ 1:28.787	11	1
7	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	49	+ 1 lap	7
8	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	48	+ 2 laps	19
9	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	48	+ 2 laps	16
10	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	48	+ 2 laps	15
11	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	47	+ 3 laps	14
12 (1)	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	47	+ 3 laps	24
13 (2)	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	47	+ 3 laps	25
14 (3)	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	47	+ 3 laps	22
15	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	46	+ 4 laps	5
16	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	45	+ 5 laps	18
Ret	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	43	Gearbox	17
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	37	Spun off	23
Ret	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	34	Engine	20
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	27	Halfshaft	13
Ret	22	Franco Forini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	27	Turbo	26
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	16	Suspension	21
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	13	Turbo	8
Ret	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	9	Electrical	12
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	7	Suspension	10
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	5	Engine	9
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	63
2	Ayrton Senna	49
3	Nigel Mansell	43
4	Alain Prost	31
5	Stefan Johansson	20
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Honda	106
2	Lotus-Honda	55
3	McLaren-TAG	51
4	Ferrari	20
5	Benetton-Ford	17
Source:

Jim Clark Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jonathan Palmer	65
2	Philippe Streiff	54
3	Pascal Fabre	35
4	Philippe Alliot	25
5	Ivan Capelli	25

Colin Chapman Trophy standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford	119
2	AGS-Ford	35
3	Lola-Ford	25
4	March-Ford	25

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