1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Round
- 1 of 1987
- Circuit
- Jacarepagua
- Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Alain Prost
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-TAG
- Pole position
- Nigel Mansell
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 61 | 9 | — |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 2 | 61 | 6 | — · fastest lap |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 10 | 61 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 7 | 61 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 6 | 60 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 60 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 59 | — | — |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 58 | — | Spun off |
| 9 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 17 | 58 | — | — |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 18 | 58 | — | — |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 20 | 57 | — | — |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 22 | 55 | — | — |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | 50 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 4 | 9 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 8 | 20 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 11 | 48 | — | Electrical |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 13 | 21 | — | Differential |
| NC | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 14 | 52 | — | NC |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 15 | 17 | — | Suspension |
| DSQ | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 16 | 3 | — | Incorrect starting procedure |
| DNF | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 19 | 15 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Alex Caffi | Osella | 21 | 20 | — | Withdrew |
| DNS | Ivan Capelli | March | 23 | — | — | DNS |