Pit Lane F1
1987 Season - Round 7 - 1987-07-12
Nigel Mansell won the 1987 British Grand Prix for Williams, with Nelson Piquet (Williams) second and Ayrton Senna (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Pascal Fabre (AGS) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P25 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 16-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 17 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1987 British Grand Prix, completing round 7 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Satoru Nakajima |
| Team Lotus |
| 12 |
| +2 Laps |
| 3 |
| 5 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 13 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 23 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 25 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 22 | Engine | 0 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 17 | Not classified | 0 |
| 12 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 4 | Engine | 0 |
| 13 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 7 | Suspension | 0 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 19 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 20 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 18 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 18 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 11 | Turbo | 0 |
| 19 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 9 | Turbo | 0 |
| 22 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 21 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 24 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 16 | Electrical | 0 |
| 25 | Ivan Capelli | March | 24 | Accident | 0 |
| 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 19 | Excluded | 0 |
