Race · Round 4 of 16 · 31 May 1987

1987 Monaco Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Ayrton Senna
Entries: 2613 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	2	78	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	3	78	Finished	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	5	78	Finished	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	8	77	Finished	3
5	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	15	76	Finished	2
6	Ivan Capelli	March	—	19	76	Finished	1
7	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	14	76	Finished	0
8	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	12	76	Finished	0
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	4	75	Engine	0
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	17	75	Finished	0
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	22	74	Finished	0
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	20	74	Finished	0
13	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	24	71	Finished	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	6	59	Overheating	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	11	58	Gearbox	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	7	57	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	18	42	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	10	41	Electrical	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	16	39	Electrical	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	21	38	Suspension	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	1	29	Turbo	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	13	21	Electrical	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	23	9	Accident	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	9	5	Transmission	0
DNS	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	—	—	DNS	0
EX	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	—	—	EX	0

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

F1DB layout monaco-5 · 3.328 km · 20 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
Ayrton Senna	2	1	78
Nelson Piquet	3	2	78
Michele Alboreto	5	3	78
Gerhard Berger	8	4	77
Jonathan Palmer	15	5	76
Ivan Capelli	19	6	76
Martin Brundle	14	7	76
Teo Fabi	12	8	76
Alain Prost	4	9	75
Satoru Nakajima	17	10	75
Rene Arnoux	22	11	74
Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	12	74
Pascal Fabre	24	13	71
Eddie Cheever	6	DNF	59
Derek Warwick	11	DNF	58
Stefan Johansson	7	DNF	57
Philippe Alliot	18	DNF	42
Riccardo Patrese	10	DNF	41
Alex Caffi	16	DNF	39
Andrea de Cesaris	21	DNF	38
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	29
Alessandro Nannini	13	DNF	21
Philippe Streiff	23	DNF	9
Thierry Boutsen	9	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.039	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.711	+0.672	+0.672
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.755	+1.716	+1.044
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:25.083	+2.044	+0.328
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:26.102	+3.063	+1.019
6	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:26.175	+3.136	+0.073
7	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:26.317	+3.278	+0.142
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:26.323	+3.284	+0.006
9	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:26.630	+3.591	+0.307
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:26.763	+3.724	+0.133
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:27.294	+4.255	+0.531
12	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:27.622	+4.583	+0.328
13	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:27.731	+4.692	+0.109
14	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:27.894	+4.855	+0.163
15	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:28.088	+5.049	+0.194
16	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:28.233	+5.194	+0.145
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:28.890	+5.851	+0.657
18	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:29.114	+6.075	+0.224
19	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:29.147	+6.108	+0.033
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:29.258	+6.219	+0.111
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:29.827	+6.788	+0.569
22	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:30.000	+6.961	+0.173
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:30.143	+7.104	+0.143
24	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:30.805	+7.766	+0.662
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:31.667	+8.628	+0.862

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	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:26.796	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:27.617	+0.821	+0.821	—
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:29.123	+2.327	+1.506	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:29.169	+2.373	+0.046	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:29.486	+2.690	+0.317	—
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:29.615	+2.819	+0.129	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:29.676	+2.880	+0.061	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:30.056	+3.260	+0.380	—
9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:30.432	+3.636	+0.376	—
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:30.500	+3.704	+0.068	—
11	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.772	+3.976	+0.272	—
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:30.990	+4.194	+0.218	—
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.011	+4.215	+0.021	—
14	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:31.878	+5.082	+0.867	—
15	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:32.178	+5.382	+0.300	—
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:32.305	+5.509	+0.127	—
17	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:32.767	+5.971	+0.462	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:32.875	+6.079	+0.108	—
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:33.034	+6.238	+0.159	—
20	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:34.003	+7.207	+0.969	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:34.677	+7.881	+0.674	—
22	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:34.985	+8.189	+0.308	—
23	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:38.023	+11.227	+3.038	—
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	2:05.477	+38.681	+27.454	—

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: 4 of 1987
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 31 May 1987
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Honda
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.