Detroit Grand Prix
1987 · Round 5 · Detroit, United States · Jun 21, 1987Race summary
Victory went to Senna (from 2nd on the grid), with a 33.8s margin. Fabre made the biggest gain, from 26th on the grid to 12th (up 14 places). Mansell had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 5th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | 63 | 1:50:16.358 | 9 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | 63 | +33.819 | 6 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 63 | +45.327 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 12 | 63 | +1:02.601 | 3 |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 62 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 6 | 60 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 11 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 9 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 21 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 13 | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 26 | 58 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| – | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 4 | 52 | Brakes | 0 |
| – | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 23 | 51 | Clutch | 0 |
| – | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 14 | 44 | Wheel | 0 |
| – | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 20 | 38 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 7 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 18 | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | 16 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 10 | 12 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Ivan Capelli | March | 22 | 9 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 8 | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Alex Caffi | Osella | 19 | 3 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 17 | 2 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 25 | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 24 | 0 | Accident | 0 |