Pit Lane F1
1987 Season - Round 4 - 1987-05-31
Ayrton Senna won the 1987 Monaco Grand Prix for Team Lotus, with Nelson Piquet (Williams) second and Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Ivan Capelli (March) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P19 on the grid to P6 at the flag — a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 14 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1987 Monaco Grand Prix, completing round 4 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 5 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Gerhard Berger |
| Ferrari |
| 8 |
| +1 Lap |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 15 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 19 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 14 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 12 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 4 | Engine | 0 |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 17 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 22 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 20 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 24 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 6 | Overheating | 0 |
| 15 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 11 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 16 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 10 | Electrical | 0 |
| 19 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 16 | Electrical | 0 |
| 20 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 21 | Suspension | 0 |
| 21 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | Turbo | 0 |
| 22 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 13 | Electrical | 0 |
| 23 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 23 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 9 | Transmission | 0 |
| 25 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 26 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 0 | Excluded | 0 |
