Race · Round 2 of 16 · 3 May 1987

1987 San Marino Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 12 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °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: Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Italy
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Teo Fabi
Entries: 2713 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	2	59	Finished	9
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	1	59	Finished	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	6	59	Finished	4
4	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	8	59	Finished	3
5	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	15	57	Finished	2
6	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	12	57	Out of fuel	1
7	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	18	57	Finished	0
8	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	21	57	Finished	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	7	57	Finished	0
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	22	56	Finished	0
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	10	55	Out of fuel	0
12	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	20	54	Out of fuel	0
13	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	25	53	Finished	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	4	51	Turbo	0	fastest lap
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	11	48	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	9	48	Clutch	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	24	48	Clutch	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	14	39	Spun off	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	17	30	Gearbox	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	Osella	—	26	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	16	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	23	18	Engine	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	5	16	Electrical	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	3	14	Electrical	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	19	7	Handling	0
DNS	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	13	—	Suspension	0
DNS	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	—	—	Injury	0

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

F1DB layout imola-1 · 5.04 km · 22 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	59
Ayrton Senna	1	2	59
Michele Alboreto	6	3	59
Stefan Johansson	8	4	59
Martin Brundle	15	5	57
Satoru Nakajima	12	6	57
Christian Danner	18	7	57
Philippe Streiff	21	8	57
Riccardo Patrese	7	9	57
Philippe Alliot	22	10	56
Derek Warwick	10	11	55
Alex Caffi	20	12	54
Pascal Fabre	25	13	53
Teo Fabi	4	DNF	51
Thierry Boutsen	11	DNF	48
Eddie Cheever	9	DNF	48
Jonathan Palmer	24	DNF	48
Andrea de Cesaris	14	DNF	39
Adrián Campos	17	DNF	30
Gabriele Tarquini	26	DNF	26
Alessandro Nannini	16	DNF	25
Ivan Capelli	23	DNF	18
Gerhard Berger	5	DNF	16
Alain Prost	3	DNF	14
Piercarlo Ghinzani	19	DNF	7

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.826	—	0 m	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:25.946	+0.120	7 m	+0.120
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:25.997	+0.171	10 m	+0.051
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:26.135	+0.309	18 m	+0.138
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:27.270	+1.444	85 m	+1.135
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:27.280	+1.454	85 m	+0.010
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:28.074	+2.248	132 m	+0.794
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:28.421	+2.595	152 m	+0.347
9	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:28.708	+2.882	169 m	+0.287
10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:28.848	+3.022	177 m	+0.140
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:28.887	+3.061	180 m	+0.039
12	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:28.908	+3.082	181 m	+0.021
13	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:29.579	+3.753	220 m	+0.671
14	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:29.861	+4.035	237 m	+0.282
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:30.382	+4.556	268 m	+0.521
16	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:31.094	+5.268	309 m	+0.712
17	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:31.789	+5.963	350 m	+0.695
18	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:31.818	+5.992	352 m	+0.029
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:31.903	+6.077	357 m	+0.085
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:32.248	+6.422	377 m	+0.345
21	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:32.308	+6.482	381 m	+0.060
22	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:33.155	+7.329	430 m	+0.847
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:33.846	+8.020	471 m	+0.691
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:33.872	+8.046	472 m	+0.026
25	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:34.632	+8.806	517 m	+0.760
26	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:36.159	+10.333	607 m	+1.527
27	Gabriele Tarquini	Osella	22	1:43.446	+17.620	1,035 m	+7.287

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	1:30.605	—	0 m	—	—
2	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.634	+0.029	2 m	+0.029	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:30.853	+0.248	14 m	+0.219	—
4	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:31.535	+0.930	52 m	+0.682	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:31.551	+0.946	53 m	+0.016	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:31.984	+1.379	77 m	+0.433	—
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:32.416	+1.811	101 m	+0.432	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:32.477	+1.872	104 m	+0.061	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:33.450	+2.845	158 m	+0.973	—
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:33.567	+2.962	165 m	+0.117	—
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:33.662	+3.057	170 m	+0.095	—
12	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:33.855	+3.250	181 m	+0.193	—
13	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:34.421	+3.816	212 m	+0.566	—
14	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:34.542	+3.937	219 m	+0.121	—
15	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:35.277	+4.672	260 m	+0.735	—
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:35.788	+5.183	288 m	+0.511	—
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:36.368	+5.763	321 m	+0.580	—
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:36.422	+5.817	324 m	+0.054	—
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:36.483	+5.878	327 m	+0.061	—
20	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:36.491	+5.886	327 m	+0.008	—
21	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:37.320	+6.715	374 m	+0.829	—
22	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:38.515	+7.910	440 m	+1.195	—
23	Gabriele Tarquini	Osella	22	1:41.415	+10.810	601 m	+2.900	—
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	8:22.515	+6:51.910	22,913 m	+6:41.100	—
25	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	8:59.511	+7:28.906	24,971 m	+36.996	—
26	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	20:41.214	+19:10.609	64,004 m	+11:41.703	—

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: 2 of 1987
Grand Prix: San Marino Grand Prix
Dates: 3 May 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.