1987 German Grand Prix
| Race details | ||
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| Race 8 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | July 26, 1987 | |
| Official name | Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland | |
| Location | Hockenheimring Hockenheim, West Germany |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 6.79 km (4.223 mi) |
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| Distance | 44 laps, 298.760 km (185.812 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
| Time | 1:42.616[1] | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
| Time | 1:45.716[1] on lap 24 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda |
| Second |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG |
| Third | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda |
The 1987 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Hockenheimring on July 26, 1987. It was the eighth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 49th German Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at the Hockenheimring. It was held over 44 laps of the seven kilometre circuit for a race distance of 299 kilometres.
The race was won by eventual 1987 World Champion, Nelson Piquet driving a Williams FW11B. It was his first win of the season and his third win in the German Grand Prix having previously won for Brabham in 1981 and Williams in the previous year. Piquet won by over a minute and a half from Swedish driver Stefan Johansson driving a McLaren MP4/3. Piquet inherited the win after engine failure claimed his team mate Briton Nigel Mansell and reigning champion Frenchman Alain Prost. Ayrton Senna finished third in his Lotus 99T.
Just seven cars finished the event as the long straights took their toll on engine reliability. Naturally asiprated cars finished as high as fourth place with Frenchman Philippe Streiff leading home a team one-two in the Jim Clark/Colin Chapman Trophy standings for Tyrrell. In sixth was French driver Philippe Alliot driving a Lola LC87 for the new Larrousse team. It was Alliot's second top six finish in Formula One and Larrousse's first world championship point, although the Constructor's Championship point would be creditted to the chassis designers, Lola Cars.
Piquet's win vaulted him into the championship lead for the first time in 1987, putting him four points ahead of Senna and nine ahead of Mansell.
[edit] Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 44 | 1:21:25.091 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 44 | + 1:39.591 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 43 | + 1 Lap | 2 | 4 |
| 4 (1) | 4 |  Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 43 | + 1 Lap | 22 | 3 |
| 5 (2) | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 43 | + 1 Lap | 23 | 2 |
| 6 (3) | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Ford | 42 | + 2 Laps | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 39 | Electrical | 3 | |
| NC | 9 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 34 | Not Classified | 19 | |
| Ret | 26 |  Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ligier-Megatron | 32 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Adrián Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 28 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 26 | Engine | 6 | |
| Ret | 5 | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 25 | Engine | 1 | |
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 25 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 23 | Turbo | 13 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 21 | Halfshaft | 20 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 19 | Turbo | 10 | |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 18 | Engine | 9 | |
| Ret | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 17 | Engine | 26 | |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 12 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 10 | Turbo | 5 | |
| Ret | 14 | Pascal Fabre |
AGS-Ford | 10 | Engine | 25 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 9 | Throttle | 15 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 9 | Turbo[2] | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | 7 | Engine | 24 | |
| Ret | 25 | René Arnoux |
Ligier-Megatron | 6 | Ignition | 12 | |
| Ret | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 5 | Ignition | 11 |
- Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.
[edit] Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hamilton, Maurice (1987). AUTOCOURSE 1987-88. Hazleton Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 0-905138-47-3.
- ^ Anthony, Pritchard (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.
- Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/286/. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
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