1987 Detroit Grand Prix
- Round
- 5 of 1987
- Circuit
- Detroit Street Circuit
- Location
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Ayrton Senna
- Constructor
- Team Lotus
- Entrant
- Lotus-Honda
- Pole position
- Nigel Mansell
- Fastest lap
- Ayrton Senna
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | 63 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | 63 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 63 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 12 | 63 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 62 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 6 | 60 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 11 | 60 | — | — |
| 8 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | 60 | — | — |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 9 | 60 | — | — |
| 10 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 21 | 60 | — | — |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 13 | 60 | — | — |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 26 | 58 | — | — |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 4 | 52 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 7 | 25 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 8 | 6 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 10 | 12 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 14 | 44 | — | Wheel |
| DNF | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | 16 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 17 | 2 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 18 | 22 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Alex Caffi | Osella | 19 | 3 | — | Transmission |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 20 | 38 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli | March | 22 | 9 | — | Electrical |
| NC | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 23 | 51 | — | NC |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 24 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 25 | 1 | — | Accident |