Round 16 · 15 November 1987
Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
31 drivers
After Round 15
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
73
pts
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
61
pts
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
57
pts
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
46
pts
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
30
pts
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
27
pts
7
Teo Fabi
Benetton
12
pts
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
12
pts
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
11
pts
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
8
pts
11
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
7
pts
12
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
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
-
Roberto Moreno
AGS
0
pts
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
0
pts
After the race
32 drivers
After Round 16
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
—
73
+0
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
—
61
+0
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
—
57
+0
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
46
+0
5
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
↑1
36
+9
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6
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
↓1
30
+0
7
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
↑2
17
+6
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
—
16
+4
9
Teo Fabi
Benetton
↓2
12
+0
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
—
8
+0
11
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
↑4
7
+3
12
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
↓1
7
+0
13
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
↓1
6
+0
14
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
↓1
4
+0
15
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
↓1
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
21
Roberto Moreno
AGS
↑978
1
+1
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Franco Forini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Stefano Modena
Brabham
NEW
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1 | 1:52:56.144 | 9 |
| 2 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | +1:07.884 | 6 |
| 3 | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | 1L | 4 |
| 4 | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 19 | 2L | 3 |
| 5 | DAL Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 21 | 3L | 0 |
| 6 | MOR Roberto Moreno | AGS | 25 | 3L | 1 |
| 7 | DAN Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 24 | 3L | 0 |
| 8 | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | 4L | 0 |
| 9 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 7 | 6L | 0 |
| D | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | JOH Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | FAB Teo Fabi | Benetton | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | CAM Adrián Campos | Minardi | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | MOD Stefano Modena | Brabham | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | BRU Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | STR Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 13 | — | 0 |