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Round 5 · 1987

Detroit Grand Prix

USA Detroit Street Circuit · 1987-06-21
P1
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
P2
Nelson Piquet
Williams
P3
Alain Prost
McLaren

Ayrton Senna won the Detroit Grand Prix 1987 at Detroit Street Circuit on 21 June 1987, starting from P2 on the grid. Nelson Piquet finished second for Williams, with Alain Prost completing the podium for McLaren.

Race Results

PosGridDriverTeamLapsTime / StatusPtsFL
12Ayrton SennaSENTeam Lotus631:50:16.3589
23Nelson PiquetPIQWilliams63+33.8196
35Alain ProstPROMcLaren63+45.3274
412Gerhard BergerBERFerrari63+1:02.6013
51Nigel MansellMANWilliams62+1 Lap2
66Eddie CheeverCHEArrows60+3 Laps1
711Stefan JohanssonJOHMcLaren60+3 Laps0
816Christian DannerDANZakspeed60+3 Laps0
99Riccardo PatresePATBrabham60+3 Laps0
1021René ArnouxARNLigier60+3 Laps0
1113Jonathan PalmerPALTyrrell60+3 Laps0
1226Pascal FabreFABAGS58+5 Laps0
R4Thierry BoutsenBOUBenetton52Brakes0
R23Piercarlo GhinzaniGHILigier51Clutch0
R14Philippe StreiffSTRTyrrell44Wheel0
R20Philippe AlliotALLLarrousse38Accident0
R7Michele AlboretoALBFerrari25Gearbox0
R18Alessandro NanniniNANMinardi22Gearbox0
R15Martin BrundleBRUZakspeed16Turbo0
R10Derek WarwickWARArrows12Accident0
R22Ivan CapelliCAPMarch9Electrical0
R8Teo FabiFABBenetton6Accident0
R19Alex CaffiCAFOsella3Transmission0
R17Andrea de CesarisDECBrabham2Gearbox0
R25Adrián CamposCAMMinardi1Accident0
R24Satoru NakajimaNAKTeam Lotus0Accident0
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