Round 5 | Detroit Street Circuit

1987 Detroit Grand Prix

Detroit Grand Prix at Detroit Street Circuit, 1987-06-21. Ayrton Senna won it for Team Lotus. Podium: Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost.

Winner

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus

Pole

not available

Fastest lap

not available

Circuit

Detroit Street Circuit

USA

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 63 Finished 9.0
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 63 Finished 6.0
3 Alain Prost McLaren 5 63 Finished 4.0
4 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 12 63 Finished 3.0
5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 62 +1 Lap 2.0
6 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 60 +3 Laps 1.0
7 Stefan Johansson McLaren 11 60 +3 Laps 0.0
8 Christian Danner Zakspeed 16 60 +3 Laps 0.0
9 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 9 60 +3 Laps 0.0
10 René Arnoux Ligier 21 60 +3 Laps 0.0
11 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 13 60 +3 Laps 0.0
12 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 58 +5 Laps 0.0
R Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 52 Brakes 0.0
R Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 23 51 Clutch 0.0
R Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 14 44 Wheel 0.0
R Philippe Alliot Larrousse 20 38 Accident 0.0
R Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 25 Gearbox 0.0
R Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 22 Gearbox 0.0
R Martin Brundle Zakspeed 15 16 Turbo 0.0
R Derek Warwick Arrows 10 12 Accident 0.0
R Ivan Capelli March 22 9 Electrical 0.0
R Teo Fabi Benetton 8 6 Accident 0.0
R Alex Caffi Osella 19 3 Transmission 0.0
R Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 17 2 Gearbox 0.0
R Adrián Campos Minardi 25 1 Accident 0.0
R Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 24 0 Accident 0.0

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 26 to P12 (+14)

Pascal Fabre

AGS

Grid 21 to P10 (+11)

René Arnoux

Ligier

Grid 23 to P14 (+9)

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Ligier

Grid 12 to P4 (+8)

Gerhard Berger

Ferrari

Grid 16 to P8 (+8)

Christian Danner

Zakspeed

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