Race · Round 12 of 16 · 20 September 1987

1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Autodromo do Estoril. 12 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 28 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Autodromo do EstorilEstoril, Portugal
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Gerhard Berger
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2714 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	3	70	Finished	9
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	1	70	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	4	70	Finished	4
4	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	10	69	Out of fuel	3
5	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	8	69	Finished	2
6	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	11	68	Finished	1
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	5	68	Finished	0
8	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	15	68	Finished	0
9	Ivan Capelli	March	—	22	67	Finished	0
10	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	24	67	Finished	0
11	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	14	66	Finished	0
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	21	66	Finished	0
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	12	66	Finished	0
14	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	9	64	Finished	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	13	54	Injection	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	6	38	Gearbox	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	17	35	Gearbox	0
DNF	Franco Forini	Osella	—	26	32	Suspension	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	19	31	Engine	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	18	29	Radiator	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	25	27	Turbo	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	23	24	Ignition	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	20	24	Accident	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	2	13	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	7	13	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	16	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout estoril-1 · 4.349 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	3	1	70
Gerhard Berger	1	2	70
Nelson Piquet	4	3	70
Teo Fabi	10	4	69
Stefan Johansson	8	5	69
Eddie Cheever	11	6	68
Ayrton Senna	5	7	68
Satoru Nakajima	15	8	68
Ivan Capelli	22	9	67
Jonathan Palmer	24	10	67
Alessandro Nannini	14	11	66
Philippe Streiff	21	12	66
Derek Warwick	12	13	66
Thierry Boutsen	9	14	64
Andrea de Cesaris	13	DNF	54
Michele Alboreto	6	DNF	38
Martin Brundle	17	DNF	35
Franco Forini	26	DNF	32
Philippe Alliot	19	DNF	31
Rene Arnoux	18	DNF	29
Alex Caffi	25	DNF	27
Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	DNF	24
Adrián Campos	20	DNF	24
Nigel Mansell	2	DNF	13
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	13
Christian Danner	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:17.620	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:17.951	+0.331	+0.331
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:17.994	+0.374	+0.043
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:18.164	+0.544	+0.170
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:18.354	+0.734	+0.190
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:18.540	+0.920	+0.186
7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:19.965	+2.345	+1.425
8	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:20.134	+2.514	+0.169
9	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:20.305	+2.685	+0.171
10	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:20.483	+2.863	+0.178
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:21.207	+3.587	+0.724
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:21.397	+3.777	+0.190
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:21.725	+4.105	+0.328
14	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:21.784	+4.164	+0.059
15	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:22.222	+4.602	+0.438
16	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:22.358	+4.738	+0.136
17	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:22.400	+4.780	+0.042
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:23.237	+5.617	+0.837
19	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:23.580	+5.960	+0.343
20	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:23.591	+5.971	+0.011
21	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:23.810	+6.190	+0.219
22	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:23.905	+6.285	+0.095
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:24.105	+6.485	+0.200
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:24.217	+6.597	+0.112
25	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:24.792	+7.172	+0.575
26	Franco Forini	Osella	22	1:26.635	+9.015	+1.843
27	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:26.946	+9.326	+0.311

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:21.623	—	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:21.724	+0.101	+0.101	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:21.757	+0.134	+0.033	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:22.050	+0.427	+0.293	—
5	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:22.692	+1.069	+0.642	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:22.694	+1.071	+0.002	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:22.822	+1.199	+0.128	—
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:22.877	+1.254	+0.055	—
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:23.032	+1.409	+0.155	—
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:24.208	+2.585	+1.176	—
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:24.369	+2.746	+0.161	—
12	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:24.558	+2.935	+0.189	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:24.703	+3.080	+0.145	—
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:24.983	+3.360	+0.280	—
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:25.899	+4.276	+0.916	—
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:25.976	+4.353	+0.077	—
17	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:26.038	+4.415	+0.062	—
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:26.053	+4.430	+0.015	—
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:26.111	+4.488	+0.058	—
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:26.203	+4.580	+0.092	—
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:26.480	+4.857	+0.277	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:26.894	+5.271	+0.414	—
23	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:26.906	+5.283	+0.012	—
24	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:26.977	+5.354	+0.071	—
25	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	2:36.372	+1:14.749	+1:09.395	—
26	Franco Forini	Osella	22	9:49.291	+8:27.668	+7:12.919	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1987
Grand Prix: Portuguese Grand Prix
Dates: 20 Sep 1987
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.