Round 15 · 1987
Japanese Grand Prix
WinnerBEGFerrari · from P1
PoleBEG
Fastest lap1:43.844Prost · L35
Biggest gain+13Streiff P25→P12
Retirements11of 26 starters
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / Status | Pits | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger BEG | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1:32:58.072 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna SEY | Team Lotus | 7 | +5 | 51 | +17.380 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson JOF | McLaren | 9 | +6 | 51 | +17.690 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto ALB | Ferrari | 4 | 0 | 51 | +1:20.440 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen BOS | Benetton | 3 | -2 | 51 | +1:25.580 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima NAJ | Team Lotus | 11 | +5 | 51 | +1:36.480 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 2 | -5 | 50 | +1 lap FL | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer PAO | Tyrrell | 19 | +11 | 50 | +1 lap | — | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever Jr CHE | Arrows | 12 | +3 | 50 | +1 lap | — | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick WAW | Arrows | 13 | +3 | 50 | +1 lap | — | |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese PAC | Brabham | 8 | -3 | 49 | +2 laps | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff STI | Tyrrell | 25 | +13 | 49 | +2 laps | — | |
| 13 | Ligier | 24 | +11 | 48 | +3 laps | — | ||
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas DAS | Lola | 22 | +8 | 47 | +4 laps | — | |
| 15 | Williams | 5 | -10 | 46 | +5 laps | — | ||
| — | Martin Brundle BRL | Zakspeed | 15 | 32 | DNF · L32 | — | ||
| — | Roberto Moreno MOO | AGS | 26 | 38 | DNF · L38 | — | ||
| — | Ligier | 17 | 44 | DNF · L44 | — | |||
| — | Brabham | 10 | 26 | DNF · L26 | — | |||
| — | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | — | 0 | DNS | — | ||
| — | Teo Fabi FAB | Benetton | 6 | 16 | DNF · L16 | — | ||
| — | Philippe Alliot ALI | Lola | 18 | 0 | DNF · L0 | — | ||
| — | Ivan Capelli CAP | March | 20 | 13 | DNF · L13 | — | ||
| — | Christian Danner DAN | Zakspeed | 16 | 13 | DNF · L13 | — | ||
| — | Minardi | 14 | 35 | DNF · L35 | — | |||
| — | Alex Caffi CAF | Osella | 23 | 43 | DNF · L43 | — | ||
| — | Minardi | 21 | 2 | DNF · L2 | — |
Session schedule
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