Race · Round 7 of 16 · 12 July 1987

1987 British Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 20 °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: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 269 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	2	65	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	1	65	Finished	6
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	3	64	Finished	4
4	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	12	63	Finished	3
5	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	13	63	Finished	2
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	6	63	Finished	1
7	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	5	62	Finished	0
8	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	23	60	Finished	0
9	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	25	59	Finished	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	22	57	Engine	0
NC	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	17	54	NC	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	4	53	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	7	52	Suspension	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	14	45	Engine	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	19	34	Fuel system	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	20	32	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	18	32	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	11	28	Turbo	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	10	18	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	15	10	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	9	8	Turbo	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	8	7	Accident	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	21	7	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	16	3	Electrical	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	24	3	Accident	0
EX	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	—	—	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 silverstone-3 · 4.778 km · 9 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	65
Nelson Piquet	1	2	65
Ayrton Senna	3	3	64
Satoru Nakajima	12	4	63
Derek Warwick	13	5	63
Teo Fabi	6	6	63
Thierry Boutsen	5	7	62
Jonathan Palmer	23	8	60
Pascal Fabre	25	9	59
Philippe Streiff	22	DNF	57
Martin Brundle	17	NC	54
Alain Prost	4	DNF	53
Michele Alboreto	7	DNF	52
Eddie Cheever	14	DNF	45
Adrián Campos	19	DNF	34
Alex Caffi	20	DNF	32
Christian Danner	18	DNF	32
Riccardo Patrese	11	DNF	28
Stefan Johansson	10	DNF	18
Alessandro Nannini	15	DNF	10
Andrea de Cesaris	9	DNF	8
Gerhard Berger	8	DNF	7
Philippe Alliot	21	DNF	7
Rene Arnoux	16	DNF	3
Ivan Capelli	24	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:07.110	—	0 m	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:07.180	+0.070	5 m	+0.070
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:08.181	+1.071	76 m	+1.001
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:08.577	+1.467	104 m	+0.396
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:08.972	+1.862	133 m	+0.395
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:09.246	+2.136	152 m	+0.274
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:09.274	+2.164	154 m	+0.028
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:09.408	+2.298	164 m	+0.134
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:09.475	+2.365	168 m	+0.067
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:09.541	+2.431	173 m	+0.066
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:10.012	+2.902	207 m	+0.471
12	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:10.619	+3.509	250 m	+0.607
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:10.654	+3.544	252 m	+0.035
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:11.053	+3.943	281 m	+0.399
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:12.293	+5.183	369 m	+1.240
16	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:12.402	+5.292	377 m	+0.109
17	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:12.632	+5.522	393 m	+0.230
18	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:13.337	+6.227	443 m	+0.705
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:13.381	+6.271	446 m	+0.044
20	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:13.793	+6.683	476 m	+0.412
21	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:15.558	+8.448	601 m	+1.765
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:15.868	+8.758	624 m	+0.310
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:16.524	+9.414	670 m	+0.656
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:16.644	+9.534	679 m	+0.120
25	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:16.692	+9.582	682 m	+0.048
26	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:18.237	+11.127	792 m	+1.545

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	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:12.190	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:12.598	+0.408	27 m	+0.408	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:12.889	+0.699	46 m	+0.291	—
4	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:13.063	+0.873	58 m	+0.174	—
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:13.212	+1.022	68 m	+0.149	—
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:13.448	+1.258	83 m	+0.236	—
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:13.450	+1.260	83 m	+0.002	—
8	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:13.852	+1.662	110 m	+0.402	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:14.096	+1.906	126 m	+0.244	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:14.117	+1.927	128 m	+0.021	—
11	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:14.412	+2.222	147 m	+0.295	—
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:14.499	+2.309	153 m	+0.087	—
13	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:14.672	+2.482	164 m	+0.173	—
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:14.752	+2.562	170 m	+0.080	—
15	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:15.781	+3.591	238 m	+1.029	—
16	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:16.127	+3.937	261 m	+0.346	—
17	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:16.385	+4.195	278 m	+0.258	—
18	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:16.660	+4.470	296 m	+0.275	—
19	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:17.003	+4.813	319 m	+0.343	—
20	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:18.016	+5.826	386 m	+1.013	—
21	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:18.170	+5.980	396 m	+0.154	—
22	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:18.517	+6.327	419 m	+0.347	—
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:18.956	+6.766	448 m	+0.439	—
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:19.483	+7.293	483 m	+0.527	—
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:20.234	+8.044	532 m	+0.751	—

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: 7 of 1987
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Jul 1987
Layout raced: With Bridge chicane · 4.778 km
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.