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1987 Japanese Grand Prix: Full Race Analysis and Statistics - F1 BoxBox

The Japanese Grand Prix 1987 was the 15th round of the 1987 F1 season, and took place at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, on November 1st.

Gerhard Berger won the race from the pole, followed by Ayrton Senna, and Stefan Johansson completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
1:32:58.072
Finished
2
5
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
+17.384
Finished
3
6
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
+17.694
Finished
4
-
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
+1:20.441
Finished
5
2
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
+1:25.576
Finished
6
5
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
+1:36.479
Finished
7
5
Alain Prost
McLaren
+1 Lap
8
11
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
+1 Lap
9
3
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
Out of fuel
10
3
Derek Warwick
Arrows
+1 Lap
11
3
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
+2 Laps
12
13
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
+2 Laps
13
11
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
+3 Laps
14
8
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
+4 Laps
15
10
Nelson Piquet
Williams
Engine
16
1
René Arnoux
Ligier
Out of fuel
17
6
Alex Caffi
Osella
Out of fuel
18
8
Roberto Moreno
AGS
Electrical
19
5
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
Engine
20
5
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
Engine
21
11
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
Engine
22
16
Teo Fabi
Benetton
Engine
23
7
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
Engine
24
4
Ivan Capelli
March
Accident
25
4
Adrián Campos
Minardi
Engine
26
8
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
Accident
27
27
Nigel Mansell
Williams
Accident
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 15 drivers out of the original 27 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Eddie Cheever, René Arnoux, and Alex Caffi, all of whom run out of fuel, Nelson Piquet, Alessandro Nannini, Martin Brundle, Andrea de Cesaris, Teo Fabi, Christian Danner, and Adrián Campos, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Roberto Moreno, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 38, and Ivan Capelli, Philippe Alliot, and Nigel Mansell, all of whom had to retire due to an accident.

Out of fuel

  • Eddie Cheever
    Lap 50
  • René Arnoux
    Lap 44
  • Alex Caffi
    Lap 43

Engine

  • Nelson Piquet
    Lap 46
  • Alessandro Nannini
    Lap 35
  • Martin Brundle
    Lap 32
  • Andrea de Cesaris
    Lap 26
  • Teo Fabi
    Lap 16
  • Christian Danner
    Lap 13
  • Adrián Campos
    Lap 2

Electrical

  • Roberto Moreno
    Lap 38

Accident

  • Ivan Capelli
    Lap 13
  • Philippe Alliot
    Lap 0
  • Nigel Mansell
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.