Race · Round 13 of 16 · 27 September 1987

1987 Spanish Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Circuito de Jerez. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 26 °C, 0.2 mm of 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: Circuito de JerezJerez de la Frontera, Spain
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2816 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	2	72	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	7	72	Finished	6
3	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	11	72	Finished	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	1	72	Finished	3
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	5	72	Finished	2
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	17	71	Finished	1
7	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	15	71	Finished	0
8	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	13	70	Out of fuel	0
9	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	18	70	Finished	0
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	12	70	Finished	0
11	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	20	70	Finished	0
12	Ivan Capelli	March	—	19	70	Finished	0
13	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	9	68	Finished	0
14	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	24	68	Finished	0
15	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	4	67	Engine	0
16	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	8	66	Accident	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	3	62	Engine	0	fastest lap
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	16	55	Collision	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	14	55	Collision	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	22	50	Transmission	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	21	45	Turbo	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	6	40	Brakes	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	10	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	23	24	Ignition	0
DNF	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	25	10	Clutch	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Coloni	FC187	26	8	Suspension	0
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Franco Forini	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0

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

F1DB layout jerez-1 · 4.218 km · 16 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	72
Alain Prost	7	2	72
Stefan Johansson	11	3	72
Nelson Piquet	1	4	72
Ayrton Senna	5	5	72
Philippe Alliot	17	6	71
Philippe Streiff	15	7	71
Eddie Cheever	13	8	70
Satoru Nakajima	18	9	70
Derek Warwick	12	10	70
Martin Brundle	20	11	70
Ivan Capelli	19	12	70
Riccardo Patrese	9	13	68
Adrián Campos	24	14	68
Michele Alboreto	4	15	67
Thierry Boutsen	8	16	66
Gerhard Berger	3	DNF	62
Jonathan Palmer	16	DNF	55
Rene Arnoux	14	DNF	55
Christian Danner	22	DNF	50
Alessandro Nannini	21	DNF	45
Teo Fabi	6	DNF	40
Andrea de Cesaris	10	DNF	26
Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	DNF	24
Pascal Fabre	25	DNF	10
Nicola Larini	26	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:22.461	—	0 m	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.081	+0.620	32 m	+0.620
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:23.164	+0.703	36 m	+0.083
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:24.192	+1.731	89 m	+1.028
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:24.320	+1.859	95 m	+0.128
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:24.523	+2.062	105 m	+0.203
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:24.596	+2.135	109 m	+0.073
8	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:25.295	+2.834	145 m	+0.699
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:25.335	+2.874	147 m	+0.040
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:25.811	+3.350	171 m	+0.476
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:26.147	+3.686	189 m	+0.336
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:26.728	+4.267	218 m	+0.581
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:27.062	+4.601	235 m	+0.334
14	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:28.241	+5.780	296 m	+1.179
15	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:28.330	+5.869	300 m	+0.089
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:28.353	+5.892	301 m	+0.023
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:28.361	+5.900	302 m	+0.008
18	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:28.367	+5.906	302 m	+0.006
19	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:28.477	+6.016	308 m	+0.110
20	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:28.597	+6.136	314 m	+0.120
21	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:28.602	+6.141	314 m	+0.005
22	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:28.667	+6.206	317 m	+0.065
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:29.066	+6.605	338 m	+0.399
24	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:29.538	+7.077	362 m	+0.472
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:30.694	+8.233	421 m	+1.156
26	Nicola Larini	Coloni	32	1:30.982	+8.521	436 m	+0.288
27	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:31.069	+8.608	440 m	+0.087
28	Franco Forini	Osella	22	1:34.723	+12.262	627 m	+3.654

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	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:27.648	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:27.958	+0.310	15 m	+0.310	—
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:28.013	+0.365	18 m	+0.055	—
4	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:28.342	+0.694	33 m	+0.329	—
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:28.359	+0.711	34 m	+0.017	—
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:29.152	+1.504	72 m	+0.793	—
7	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:29.362	+1.714	82 m	+0.210	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:29.393	+1.745	84 m	+0.031	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:29.587	+1.939	93 m	+0.194	—
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:30.591	+2.943	142 m	+1.004	—
11	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:30.779	+3.131	151 m	+0.188	—
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:31.079	+3.431	165 m	+0.300	—
13	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:31.082	+3.434	165 m	+0.003	—
14	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:31.170	+3.522	169 m	+0.088	—
15	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:31.229	+3.581	172 m	+0.059	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.472	+3.824	184 m	+0.243	—
17	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:31.564	+3.916	188 m	+0.092	—
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:32.100	+4.452	214 m	+0.536	—
19	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:32.413	+4.765	229 m	+0.313	—
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:32.746	+5.098	245 m	+0.333	—
21	Nicola Larini	Coloni	32	1:32.765	+5.117	246 m	+0.019	—
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:32.896	+5.248	253 m	+0.131	—
23	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:34.581	+6.933	334 m	+1.685	—
24	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:34.752	+7.104	342 m	+0.171	—
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:35.375	+7.727	372 m	+0.623	—
26	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:35.416	+7.768	374 m	+0.041	—

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.

2 more photographs

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.

Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 1987
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Sep 1987
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.