Race · Round 10 of 16 · 16 August 1987

1987 Austrian Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 20 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 2615 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	2	52	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	1	52	Finished	6
3	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	5	51	Finished	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	4	51	Finished	3
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	7	50	Finished	2
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	9	50	Finished	1
7	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	14	50	Finished	0
8	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	18	50	Finished	0
9	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	20	49	Finished	0
10	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	16	49	Finished	0
11	Ivan Capelli	March	—	23	49	Finished	0
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	22	49	Finished	0
13	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	13	49	Finished	0
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	24	47	Finished	0
25	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	25	0	Accident	0
DSQ	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	17	48	Illegal bodywork	0
NC	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	26	45	NC	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	8	43	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	6	42	Turbo	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	10	35	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	11	35	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	12	31	Tyre	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	3	5	Turbo	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	19	3	Electrical	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	15	1	Engine	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	21	0	Electrical	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nigel Mansell	2	1	52
Nelson Piquet	1	2	52
Teo Fabi	5	3	51
Thierry Boutsen	4	4	51
Ayrton Senna	7	5	50
Alain Prost	9	6	50
Stefan Johansson	14	7	50
Piercarlo Ghinzani	18	8	50
Christian Danner	20	9	49
Rene Arnoux	16	10	49
Ivan Capelli	23	11	49
Philippe Alliot	22	12	49
Satoru Nakajima	13	13	49
Jonathan Palmer	24	14	47
Philippe Streiff	25	25	0
Martin Brundle	17	DSQ	48
Pascal Fabre	26	NC	45
Riccardo Patrese	8	DNF	43
Michele Alboreto	6	DNF	42
Andrea de Cesaris	10	DNF	35
Derek Warwick	11	DNF	35
Eddie Cheever	12	DNF	31
Gerhard Berger	3	DNF	5
Adrián Campos	19	DNF	3
Alessandro Nannini	15	DNF	1
Alex Caffi	21	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:23.357	—	0 m	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.459	+0.102	7 m	+0.102
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:24.213	+0.856	61 m	+0.754
4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:24.348	+0.991	71 m	+0.135
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:25.054	+1.697	121 m	+0.706
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:25.077	+1.720	123 m	+0.023
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.492	+2.135	152 m	+0.415
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:25.766	+2.409	172 m	+0.274
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:26.170	+2.813	201 m	+0.404
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:27.672	+4.315	308 m	+1.502
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:27.762	+4.405	314 m	+0.090
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:28.370	+5.013	357 m	+0.608
13	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:28.786	+5.429	387 m	+0.416
14	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:29.003	+5.646	402 m	+0.217
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:29.435	+6.078	433 m	+0.432
16	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:29.733	+6.376	455 m	+0.298
17	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:29.893	+6.536	466 m	+0.160
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:30.682	+7.325	522 m	+0.789
19	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:30.797	+7.440	530 m	+0.115
20	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:31.015	+7.658	546 m	+0.218
21	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:32.313	+8.956	638 m	+1.298
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:33.741	+10.384	740 m	+1.428
23	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:34.199	+10.842	773 m	+0.458
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:34.619	+11.262	803 m	+0.420
25	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:35.338	+11.981	854 m	+0.719
26	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:40.633	+17.276	1,231 m	+5.295

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:28.265	—	0 m	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:28.420	+0.155	10 m	+0.155	—
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:28.747	+0.482	32 m	+0.327	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:28.913	+0.648	44 m	+0.166	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:29.006	+0.741	50 m	+0.093	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:29.153	+0.888	60 m	+0.147	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:29.433	+1.168	79 m	+0.280	—
8	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:29.576	+1.311	88 m	+0.143	—
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:31.133	+2.868	193 m	+1.557	—
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:31.668	+3.403	229 m	+0.535	—
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:31.779	+3.514	237 m	+0.111	—
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.980	+3.715	250 m	+0.201	—
13	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:32.035	+3.770	254 m	+0.055	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:32.589	+4.324	291 m	+0.554	—
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:32.789	+4.524	305 m	+0.200	—
16	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:33.402	+5.137	346 m	+0.613	—
17	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:34.073	+5.808	391 m	+0.671	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:35.149	+6.884	463 m	+1.076	—
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:35.453	+7.188	484 m	+0.304	—
20	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:35.659	+7.394	498 m	+0.206	—
21	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:35.669	+7.404	498 m	+0.010	—
22	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:36.582	+8.317	560 m	+0.913	—
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:37.304	+9.039	609 m	+0.722	—
24	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:42.559	+14.294	962 m	+5.255	—
25	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	2:29.423	+1:01.158	4,117 m	+46.864	—
26	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	3:04.968	+1:36.703	6,510 m	+35.545	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1987
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Aug 1987
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.