Race · Round 4 of 16 · 31 May 1987

1987 Monaco Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 21 °C, 0.3 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: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Ayrton Senna
Entries: 2613 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	2	78	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	3	78	Finished	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	5	78	Finished	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	8	77	Finished	3
5	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	15	76	Finished	2
6	Ivan Capelli	March	—	19	76	Finished	1
7	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	14	76	Finished	0
8	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	12	76	Finished	0
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	4	75	Engine	0
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	17	75	Finished	0
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	22	74	Finished	0
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	20	74	Finished	0
13	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	24	71	Finished	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	6	59	Overheating	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	11	58	Gearbox	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	7	57	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	18	42	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	10	41	Electrical	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	16	39	Electrical	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	21	38	Suspension	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	1	29	Turbo	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	13	21	Electrical	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	23	9	Accident	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	9	5	Transmission	0
DNS	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	—	—	DNS	0
EX	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	—	—	EX	0

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

F1DB layout monaco-5 · 3.328 km · 20 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
Ayrton Senna	2	1	78
Nelson Piquet	3	2	78
Michele Alboreto	5	3	78
Gerhard Berger	8	4	77
Jonathan Palmer	15	5	76
Ivan Capelli	19	6	76
Martin Brundle	14	7	76
Teo Fabi	12	8	76
Alain Prost	4	9	75
Satoru Nakajima	17	10	75
Rene Arnoux	22	11	74
Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	12	74
Pascal Fabre	24	13	71
Eddie Cheever	6	DNF	59
Derek Warwick	11	DNF	58
Stefan Johansson	7	DNF	57
Philippe Alliot	18	DNF	42
Riccardo Patrese	10	DNF	41
Alex Caffi	16	DNF	39
Andrea de Cesaris	21	DNF	38
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	29
Alessandro Nannini	13	DNF	21
Philippe Streiff	23	DNF	9
Thierry Boutsen	9	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.039	—	0 m	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.711	+0.672	27 m	+0.672
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.755	+1.716	69 m	+1.044
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:25.083	+2.044	82 m	+0.328
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:26.102	+3.063	123 m	+1.019
6	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:26.175	+3.136	126 m	+0.073
7	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:26.317	+3.278	131 m	+0.142
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:26.323	+3.284	132 m	+0.006
9	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:26.630	+3.591	144 m	+0.307
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:26.763	+3.724	149 m	+0.133
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:27.294	+4.255	171 m	+0.531
12	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:27.622	+4.583	184 m	+0.328
13	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:27.731	+4.692	188 m	+0.109
14	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:27.894	+4.855	195 m	+0.163
15	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:28.088	+5.049	202 m	+0.194
16	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:28.233	+5.194	208 m	+0.145
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:28.890	+5.851	234 m	+0.657
18	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:29.114	+6.075	243 m	+0.224
19	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:29.147	+6.108	245 m	+0.033
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:29.258	+6.219	249 m	+0.111
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:29.827	+6.788	272 m	+0.569
22	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:30.000	+6.961	279 m	+0.173
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:30.143	+7.104	285 m	+0.143
24	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:30.805	+7.766	311 m	+0.662
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:31.667	+8.628	346 m	+0.862

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	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:26.796	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:27.617	+0.821	31 m	+0.821	—
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:29.123	+2.327	89 m	+1.506	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:29.169	+2.373	91 m	+0.046	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:29.486	+2.690	103 m	+0.317	—
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:29.615	+2.819	108 m	+0.129	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:29.676	+2.880	110 m	+0.061	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:30.056	+3.260	125 m	+0.380	—
9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:30.432	+3.636	139 m	+0.376	—
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:30.500	+3.704	142 m	+0.068	—
11	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.772	+3.976	152 m	+0.272	—
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:30.990	+4.194	161 m	+0.218	—
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.011	+4.215	162 m	+0.021	—
14	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:31.878	+5.082	195 m	+0.867	—
15	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:32.178	+5.382	206 m	+0.300	—
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:32.305	+5.509	211 m	+0.127	—
17	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:32.767	+5.971	229 m	+0.462	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:32.875	+6.079	233 m	+0.108	—
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:33.034	+6.238	239 m	+0.159	—
20	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:34.003	+7.207	276 m	+0.969	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:34.677	+7.881	302 m	+0.674	—
22	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:34.985	+8.189	314 m	+0.308	—
23	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:38.023	+11.227	430 m	+3.038	—
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	2:05.477	+38.681	1,483 m	+27.454	—

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: 4 of 1987
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 31 May 1987
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-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.