1987 Spanish Grand Prix

Results from the 1987 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix held at Jerez on September 27, 1987.

Summary

The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix was won fairly comfortably by Nigel Mansell who took pole sitter Nelson Piquet at the end of the first lap and was never headed. What was memorable about the race was the battle for 3rd (then 2nd) which was held for much of the time by Ayrton Senna, who like the previous year tried to complete the race without changing tyres.

Senna had a queue of both Ferraris, Prost's McLaren and Boutsen's Benetton behind him, which was joined by Piquet after a long pit-stop. For lap after lap, Senna held off all-comers, similar to Gilles Villeneuve's performance at Jarama in 1981. However, Piquet's similarly powered Williams was able to get by (not before having a spin) followed by Boutsen and Prost. Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet - Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off - and then by Piquet and Prost, which Prost won. Both Ferraris blew engines (in Alboreto's case, spectacularly).

Classification

Notes

*Pole position: Nelson Piquet - 1:22.461cite book| last = Hamilton | first = Maurice | title = AUTOCOURSE 1987-88 | publisher = Hazleton Publishing | year = 1987 | pages = p199 | isbn = 0-905138-47-3]
*Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:26.986 on lap 49
*Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally-aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

References

* "Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/291/ | accessdate = 2007-07-08

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Spanish Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1987
Previous_race_in_season = 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1987 Mexican Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1986 Spanish Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1988 Spanish Grand Prix