Race · Round 16 of 16 · 15 November 1987

1987 Australian Grand Prix

Gerhard Berger won for Ferrari from pole at Adelaide Street Circuit. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 31 °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: Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, Australia
Winner: Gerhard BergerFerrari
Pole: Gerhard Berger
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 279 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	1	82	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	6	82	Finished	6
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	5	81	Finished	4
4	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	19	80	Finished	3
5	Yannick Dalmas (see the note under the table)	Lola	LC87	21	79	Finished	0
6	Roberto Moreno	AGS	JH22	25	79	Finished	1
7	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	24	79	Finished	0
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	10	78	Spun off	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW11B	7	76	Oil leak	0
DSQ	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	4	82	Illegal brake ducts	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	3	58	Brakes	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	23	58	Spun off	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	2	53	Brakes	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	11	53	Overheating	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	8	48	Brakes	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	9	46	Brakes	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	26	46	Transmission	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	17	45	Electrical	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	20	41	Ignition	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT56	15	31	Physical	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	22	26	Ignition	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	14	22	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	12	19	Transmission	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	16	18	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	18	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	13	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0

* Yannick Dalmas: The team's second car, when the team had entered only one car for the championship, so not eligible for points. A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout adelaide-1 · 3.78 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
Gerhard Berger	1	1	82
Michele Alboreto	6	2	82
Thierry Boutsen	5	3	81
Jonathan Palmer	19	4	80
Yannick Dalmas	21	5	79
Roberto Moreno	25	6	79
Christian Danner	24	7	79
Andrea de Cesaris	10	8	78
Riccardo Patrese	7	9	76
Ayrton Senna	4	DSQ	82
Nelson Piquet	3	DNF	58
Ivan Capelli	23	DNF	58
Alain Prost	2	DNF	53
Eddie Cheever	11	DNF	53
Stefan Johansson	8	DNF	48
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	46
Adrián Campos	26	DNF	46
Philippe Alliot	17	DNF	45
Rene Arnoux	20	DNF	41
Stefano Modena	15	DNF	31
Piercarlo Ghinzani	22	DNF	26
Satoru Nakajima	14	DNF	22
Derek Warwick	12	DNF	19
Martin Brundle	16	DNF	18
Philippe Streiff	18	DNF	6
Alessandro Nannini	13	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:17.267	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:17.967	+0.700	34 m	+0.700
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:18.017	+0.750	37 m	+0.050
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:18.488	+1.221	60 m	+0.471
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:18.523	+1.256	61 m	+0.035
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:18.578	+1.311	64 m	+0.055
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	5	1:18.813	+1.546	76 m	+0.235
8	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:18.826	+1.559	76 m	+0.013
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:19.461	+2.194	107 m	+0.635
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:19.590	+2.323	114 m	+0.129
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:20.187	+2.920	143 m	+0.597
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:20.638	+3.371	165 m	+0.451
13	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:20.701	+3.434	168 m	+0.063
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:20.891	+3.624	177 m	+0.190
15	Stefano Modena	Brabham	7	1:21.014	+3.747	183 m	+0.123
16	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:21.483	+4.216	206 m	+0.469
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:21.888	+4.621	226 m	+0.405
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:21.971	+4.704	230 m	+0.083
19	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:22.087	+4.820	236 m	+0.116
20	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:22.303	+5.036	246 m	+0.216
21	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:22.650	+5.383	263 m	+0.347
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:22.689	+5.422	265 m	+0.039
23	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:22.698	+5.431	266 m	+0.009
24	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:22.736	+5.469	268 m	+0.038
25	Roberto Moreno	AGS	14	1:23.659	+6.392	313 m	+0.923
26	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:24.121	+6.854	335 m	+0.462
27	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:25.872	+8.605	421 m	+1.751

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	1:21.738	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:21.953	+0.215	10 m	+0.215	—
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:22.274	+0.536	25 m	+0.321	—
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:23.184	+1.446	67 m	+0.910	—
5	Stefano Modena	Brabham	7	1:23.332	+1.594	74 m	+0.148	—
6	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:23.529	+1.791	83 m	+0.197	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:23.628	+1.890	87 m	+0.099	—
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.701	+1.963	91 m	+0.073	—
9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:24.413	+2.675	124 m	+0.712	—
10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:24.526	+2.788	129 m	+0.113	—
11	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:24.551	+2.813	130 m	+0.025	—
12	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:24.690	+2.952	137 m	+0.139	—
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:24.820	+3.082	143 m	+0.130	—
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:25.141	+3.403	157 m	+0.321	—
15	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:25.296	+3.558	165 m	+0.155	—
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:25.328	+3.590	166 m	+0.032	—
17	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:25.506	+3.768	174 m	+0.178	—
18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:25.593	+3.855	178 m	+0.087	—
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:25.622	+3.884	180 m	+0.029	—
20	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:25.713	+3.975	184 m	+0.091	—
21	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:25.922	+4.184	193 m	+0.209	—
22	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	5	1:26.193	+4.455	206 m	+0.271	—
23	Roberto Moreno	AGS	14	1:26.354	+4.616	213 m	+0.161	—
24	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:27.761	+6.023	279 m	+1.407	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:28.074	+6.336	293 m	+0.313	—
26	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:28.918	+7.180	332 m	+0.844	—

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: 16 of 1987
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Nov 1987
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.