Race · Round 8 of 16 · 26 July 1987

1987 German Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Williams from 4th on the grid at Hockenheimring. 20 of the starters were not classified.

High of 17 °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: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Nelson PiquetWilliams
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 266 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	4	44	Finished	9
2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	8	44	Finished	6
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	2	43	Finished	4
4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	22	43	Finished	3
5	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	23	43	Finished	2
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	21	42	Finished	1
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	3	39	Electrical	0
NC	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	19	34	NC	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	17	32	Engine	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	18	28	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	6	26	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	1	25	Engine	0	fastest lap
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	16	25	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	13	23	Turbo	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	20	21	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	10	19	Turbo	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	9	18	Engine	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	26	17	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	7	12	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	5	10	Turbo	0
DNF	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	25	10	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	15	9	Throttle	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	14	9	Turbo	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	24	7	Engine	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	12	6	Ignition	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	11	5	Ignition	0

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

F1DB layout hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 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
Nelson Piquet	4	1	44
Stefan Johansson	8	2	44
Ayrton Senna	2	3	43
Philippe Streiff	22	4	43
Jonathan Palmer	23	5	43
Philippe Alliot	21	6	42
Alain Prost	3	DNF	39
Martin Brundle	19	NC	34
Piercarlo Ghinzani	17	DNF	32
Adrián Campos	18	DNF	28
Thierry Boutsen	6	DNF	26
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	25
Alessandro Nannini	16	DNF	25
Derek Warwick	13	DNF	23
Christian Danner	20	DNF	21
Gerhard Berger	10	DNF	19
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	18
Alex Caffi	26	DNF	17
Andrea de Cesaris	7	DNF	12
Michele Alboreto	5	DNF	10
Pascal Fabre	25	DNF	10
Eddie Cheever	15	DNF	9
Satoru Nakajima	14	DNF	9
Ivan Capelli	24	DNF	7
Rene Arnoux	12	DNF	6
Riccardo Patrese	11	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:42.616	—	0 m	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:42.873	+0.257	17 m	+0.257
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:43.202	+0.586	39 m	+0.329
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:43.705	+1.089	72 m	+0.503
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:43.921	+1.305	87 m	+0.216
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:45.066	+2.450	162 m	+1.145
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:45.411	+2.795	185 m	+0.345
8	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:45.428	+2.812	186 m	+0.017
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:45.497	+2.881	191 m	+0.069
10	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:45.902	+3.286	218 m	+0.405
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:46.096	+3.480	231 m	+0.194
12	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:46.323	+3.707	246 m	+0.227
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:46.525	+3.909	259 m	+0.202
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:46.760	+4.144	275 m	+0.235
15	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:47.780	+5.164	342 m	+1.020
16	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:47.887	+5.271	349 m	+0.107
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:49.236	+6.620	439 m	+1.349
18	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:49.668	+7.052	467 m	+0.432
19	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:51.062	+8.446	560 m	+1.394
20	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:51.448	+8.832	585 m	+0.386
21	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:52.760	+10.144	672 m	+1.312
22	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:53.528	+10.912	723 m	+0.768
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:54.491	+11.875	787 m	+0.963
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:54.616	+12.000	795 m	+0.125
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:54.997	+12.381	821 m	+0.381
26	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	2:07.753	+25.137	1,666 m	+12.756

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:48.207	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:48.216	+0.009	1 m	+0.009	—
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:48.851	+0.644	40 m	+0.635	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:49.038	+0.831	52 m	+0.187	—
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:49.047	+0.840	53 m	+0.009	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:49.484	+1.277	80 m	+0.437	—
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:49.718	+1.511	95 m	+0.234	—
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:49.838	+1.631	103 m	+0.120	—
9	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:50.021	+1.814	114 m	+0.183	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:50.347	+2.140	135 m	+0.326	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:50.417	+2.210	139 m	+0.070	—
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:50.561	+2.354	148 m	+0.144	—
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:50.646	+2.439	153 m	+0.085	—
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:50.702	+2.495	157 m	+0.056	—
15	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:51.291	+3.084	194 m	+0.589	—
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:51.796	+3.589	226 m	+0.505	—
17	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:52.299	+4.092	257 m	+0.503	—
18	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:53.142	+4.935	310 m	+0.843	—
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:53.434	+5.227	329 m	+0.292	—
20	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:54.574	+6.367	400 m	+1.140	—
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:55.637	+7.430	467 m	+1.063	—
22	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:56.000	+7.793	490 m	+0.363	—
23	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:56.020	+7.813	491 m	+0.020	—
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:57.126	+8.919	561 m	+1.106	—
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:57.975	+9.768	614 m	+0.849	—
26	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	2:07.093	+18.886	1,187 m	+9.118	—

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: 8 of 1987
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Jul 1987
Layout raced: Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 turns
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.