Australian GP 1987
Australian GP, 1987
With Nigel Mansell out of action with injury after the Japanese GP, Williams did a deal with Brabham to use 1988 signing Riccardo Patrese for the final race of 1987 and Brabham took on youngster Stefano Modena was Patrese's replacement. Otherwise the field was as before. Japanese GP winner Gerhard Berger was on pole position in his Ferrari from Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG, Nelson Piquet's Williams-Honda and the Lotus-Honda of Ayrton Senna. Thierry Boutsen was fifth quickest in his Benetton-Ford ahead of Michele Alboreto's Ferrari, Patrese's Williams, Stefan Johansson's McLaren, Teo Fabi's Benetton and Andrea de Cesaris's Brabham. Berger did as he had done in Japan, leading from flag to flag. He was chased initially by Piquet and Senna but the Lotus soon fell behind Prost. After the midrace pit stops Senna moved to second with Alboreto third. The final World Championship points went to Jonathan Palmer (Tyrrell) in fourth place, Yannick Dalmas (Larrousse Lola) in fifth and Roberto Moreno (AGS) in sixth.
POS | NO | DRIVER | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIREMENT | QUAL POS |
1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 82 | 1h52m56.144s | 1 |
dq | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda | 82 | Brake Duct Irregularities | 4 |
2 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 82 | 1h54m04.028s | 6 |
3 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Cosworth | 81 | 5 | |
4 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 80 | 19 | |
5 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola-Cosworth | 79 | 21 | |
6 | 14 | Roberto Moreno | AGS-Cosworth | 79 | 25 | |
7 | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 79 | 24 | |
8r | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW | 78 | Spin | 10 |
9r | 5 | Ricardo Patrese | Williams-Honda | 76 | Engine | 7 |
r | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 58 | Brakes/gear Linkkage | 3 |
r | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Cosworth | 58 | Spin | 23 |
r | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG Porsche | 53 | Brakes/accident | 2 |
r | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 53 | Engine Over Heating | 11 |
r | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG Porsche | 48 | Brakes | 8 |
r | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Cosworth | 46 | Brakes | 9 |
r | 23 | Adrian Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 46 | Gearbox | 26 |
r | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Cosworth | 45 | Electrics | 17 |
r | 25 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron | 41 | Electrics | 20 |
r | 7 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-BMW | 31 | Driver Exhausted | 15 |
r | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron | 26 | Engine | 22 |
r | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 22 | Suspension Hydraulics | 14 |
r | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 19 | Transmission | 12 |
r | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 18 | Gear Selector/turbo | 16 |
r | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Cosworth | 6 | Spin | 18 |
r | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 0 | Accident | 13 |
nq | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 27 |