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1987

16 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

32 classified

1 Nelson Piquet Williams 73 points · 3 wins

2 Nigel Mansell Williams 61 points · 6 wins

3 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 57 points · 2 wins

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4 Alain Prost McLaren 46 points · 3 wins

5 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 36 points · 2 wins

6 Stefan Johansson McLaren 30 points · 0 wins

7 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 17 points · 0 wins

8 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 16 points · 0 wins

9 Teo Fabi Benetton 12 points · 0 wins

10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 8 points · 0 wins

11 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 7 points · 0 wins

12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 7 points · 0 wins

13 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 points · 0 wins

14 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4 points · 0 wins

15 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4 points · 0 wins

16 Derek Warwick Arrows 3 points · 0 wins

17 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 3 points · 0 wins

18 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 points · 0 wins

19 Ivan Capelli March 1 points · 0 wins

20 René Arnoux Ligier 1 points · 0 wins

21 Roberto Moreno AGS 1 points · 0 wins

- Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 0 points · 0 wins

- Christian Danner Zakspeed 0 points · 0 wins

- Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 0 points · 0 wins

- Pascal Fabre AGS 0 points · 0 wins

- Alessandro Nannini Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Alex Caffi Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Adrián Campos Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Franco Forini Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Gabriele Tarquini Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Stefano Modena Brabham 0 points · 0 wins

- Nicola Larini Coloni 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

16 classified

1 Williams British 137 points · 9 wins

2 McLaren British 76 points · 3 wins

3 Team Lotus British 64 points · 2 wins

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4 Ferrari Italian 53 points · 2 wins

5 Benetton Italian 28 points · 0 wins

6 Tyrrell British 11 points · 0 wins

7 Arrows British 11 points · 0 wins

8 Brabham British 10 points · 0 wins

9 Larrousse French 3 points · 0 wins

10 Zakspeed German 2 points · 0 wins

11 Ligier French 1 points · 0 wins

12 AGS French 1 points · 0 wins

13 March British 1 points · 0 wins

- Minardi Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Osella Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Coloni Italian 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1987. First place is shown at the top.

Championship calendar

Race results

16 rounds

01 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 April 1987 → 02 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Imola, Italy 3 May 1987 → 03 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Spa, Belgium 17 May 1987 → 04 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco 31 May 1987 → 05 Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Street Circuit · Detroit, USA 21 June 1987 → 06 French Grand Prix Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France 5 July 1987 → 07 British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK 12 July 1987 → 08 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring · Hockenheim, Germany 26 July 1987 → 09 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring · Budapest, Hungary 9 August 1987 → 10 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Austria 16 August 1987 → 11 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Monza, Italy 6 September 1987 → 12 Portuguese Grand Prix Autódromo do Estoril · Estoril, Portugal 20 September 1987 → 13 Spanish Grand Prix Circuito de Jerez · Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 27 September 1987 → 14 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1987 → 15 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan 1 November 1987 → 16 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia 15 November 1987 →