Pit Lane F1
1987 Season - Round 5 - 1987-06-21
Ayrton Senna won the 1987 Detroit Grand Prix for Team Lotus, with Nelson Piquet (Williams) second and Alain Prost (McLaren) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Pascal Fabre (AGS) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P26 on the grid to P12 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 14 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1987 Detroit Grand Prix, completing round 5 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 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Gerhard Berger |
| Ferrari |
| 12 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 6 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 11 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 9 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 21 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 13 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 26 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 4 | Brakes | 0 |
| 14 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 23 | Clutch | 0 |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 14 | Wheel | 0 |
| 16 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| 17 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 7 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 18 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 18 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | Turbo | 0 |
| 20 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 10 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 22 | Electrical | 0 |
| 22 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 19 | Transmission | 0 |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 17 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 25 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 25 | Accident | 0 |
| 26 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 24 | Accident | 0 |
