1987 / ROUND 15

Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerGerhard BergerPublished race classification

Official poleGerhard BergerSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance298.86 km51 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1	1	51	1:32:58.072	9
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	8	7	51	1:33:15.456	6
3	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	10	9	51	1:33:15.766	4
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	4	4	51	1:34:18.513	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	3	3	51	1:34:23.648	2
6	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	12	11	51	1:34:34.551	1
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	2	50	+1 lap	0
8	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	20	19	50	+1 lap	0
9	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	13	12	50	+1 lap	0
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	14	13	50	+1 lap	0
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	9	8	49	+2 laps	0
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	26	25	49	+2 laps	0
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	25	24	48	+3 laps	0
14	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	23	22	47	+4 laps	0
15	Nelson Piquet	Williams	5	5	46	Engine	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	18	17	44	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	24	23	43	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Roberto Moreno	AGS	27	26	38	Electrical	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	15	14	35	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	16	15	32	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	11	10	26	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	6	6	16	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	17	16	13	Engine	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	21	20	13	Accident	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	22	21	2	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	19	18	0	Accident	0
DNS	Nigel Mansell	Williams	7	—	—	Accident in practice	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Gerhard Berger	1:40.042
2	Alain Prost	1:40.652
3	Thierry Boutsen	1:40.850
4	Michele Alboreto	1:40.984
5	Nelson Piquet	1:41.144
6	Teo Fabi	1:41.679
7	Nigel Mansell	1:42.616
8	Ayrton Senna	1:42.723
9	Riccardo Patrese	1:43.304
10	Stefan Johansson	1:43.371
11	Andrea de Cesaris	1:43.618
12	Satoru Nakajima	1:43.685
13	Eddie Cheever	1:44.277
14	Derek Warwick	1:44.626
15	Alessandro Nannini	1:45.612
16	Martin Brundle	1:46.023
17	Christian Danner	1:46.116
18	René Arnoux	1:46.200
19	Philippe Alliot	1:47.395
20	Jonathan Palmer	1:47.775
21	Ivan Capelli	1:48.212
22	Adrián Campos	1:48.337
23	Yannick Dalmas	1:48.887
24	Alex Caffi	1:49.017
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:49.641
26	Philippe Streiff	1:49.741
27	Roberto Moreno	1:50.212

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.