Round 15 · 1 November 1987
Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
30 drivers
After Round 14
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
73
pts
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
61
pts
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
51
pts
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
46
pts
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
26
pts
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
18
pts
7
Teo Fabi
Benetton
12
pts
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
10
pts
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
8
pts
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
8
pts
11
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
6
pts
12
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
6
pts
13
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
4
pts
14
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
4
pts
15
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
4
pts
16
Derek Warwick
Arrows
3
pts
17
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
3
pts
18
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
2
pts
19
Ivan Capelli
March
1
pts
20
René Arnoux
Ligier
1
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
0
pts
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
0
pts
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
0
pts
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
0
pts
-
Franco Forini
Osella
0
pts
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
0
pts
After the race
31 drivers
After Round 15
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
—
73
+0
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
—
61
+0
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
—
57
+6
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
46
+0
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
—
30
+4
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
—
27
+9
7
Teo Fabi
Benetton
—
12
+0
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
—
12
+2
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
11
+3
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
—
8
+0
11
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
↑1
7
+1
12
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
↓1
6
+0
13
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
—
4
+0
14
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
—
4
+0
15
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
—
4
+0
16
Derek Warwick
Arrows
—
3
+0
17
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
—
3
+0
18
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
—
2
+0
19
Ivan Capelli
March
—
1
+0
20
René Arnoux
Ligier
—
1
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Franco Forini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Roberto Moreno
AGS
NEW
0
+0
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
—
0
+0
Circuit map
Suzuka Circuit
The correct circuit geometry is now available for this race. Named segments and race events will be layered onto it as the editorial dataset is authored.
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Race classification
27 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1 | 1:32:58.072 | 9 |
| 2 | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 7 | +17.384 | 6 |
| 3 | JOH Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 9 | +17.694 | 4 |
| 4 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 4 | +1:20.441 | 3 |
| 5 | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 3 | +1:25.576 | 2 |
| 6 | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 11 | +1:36.479 | 1 |
| 7 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 12 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 13 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 8 | 2L | 0 |
| 12 | STR Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | 2L | 0 |
| 13 | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 24 | 3L | 0 |
| 14 | DAL Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 22 | 4L | 0 |
| 15 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Williams | 5 | 5L | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | CAF Alex Caffi | Osella | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | MOR Roberto Moreno | AGS | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | BRU Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | FAB Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | DAN Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | CAM Adrián Campos | Minardi | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | — | 0 |
| W | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | Pit | — | 0 |