Brazilian Grand Prix
1987 · Round 1 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Apr 12, 1987Race summary
Victory went to Prost (from 5th on the grid), with a 40.5s margin. Fabre made the biggest gain, from 22nd on the grid to 12th (up 10 places). Mansell had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 6th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 61 | 1:39:45.141 | 9 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 2 | 61 | +40.547 | 6 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 10 | 61 | +56.758 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 7 | 61 | +1:39.235 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 6 | 60 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 60 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 59 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 58 | Spun off | 0 |
| 9 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 17 | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 18 | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 20 | 57 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 22 | 55 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| – | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 14 | 52 | Overheating | 0 |
| – | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | 50 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 11 | 48 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 13 | 21 | Differential | 0 |
| – | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 8 | 20 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Alex Caffi | Osella | 21 | 20 | Withdrew | 0 |
| – | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 15 | 17 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 19 | 15 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 4 | 9 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 16 | 3 | Disqualified | 0 |
| – | Ivan Capelli | March | 23 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |