Pit Lane F1
1987 Season - Round 8 - 1987-07-26
Nelson Piquet won the 1987 German Grand Prix for Williams, with Stefan Johansson (McLaren) second and Ayrton Senna (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P4 on the grid.
Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P22 on the grid to P4 at the flag — a 18-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 20 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1987 German Grand Prix, completing round 8 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 4 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 8 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Philippe Streiff |
| Tyrrell |
| 22 |
| +1 Lap |
| 3 |
| 5 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 23 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 21 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 3 | Electrical | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 19 | Not classified | 0 |
| 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 10 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| 13 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 13 | Turbo | 0 |
| 15 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 20 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| 16 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 10 | Turbo | 0 |
| 17 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 9 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 26 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
| 21 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 25 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 15 | Throttle | 0 |
| 23 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 14 | Turbo | 0 |
| 24 | Ivan Capelli | March | 24 | Engine | 0 |
| 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 12 | Ignition | 0 |
| 26 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 11 | Ignition | 0 |
