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1987 Season
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1987 Hungarian GP
1986 Austrian GP

1987 Austrian GP

1987 Italian GP
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Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 16 August 1987
Start time14:00
Event Austrian GP
Circuit Osterreichring
Event FormatRace of 52 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#10 of 16 in 1987
#446 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps52
Circuit Perimeter5942 m
Race Distance5942 × 52 = 308.984 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherCloudy, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries26
Qualifiers26
Finishers14
DebutantsNone
MilestonesLigier Loto – 50th Race Entry (Entrant)
 Jonathan Palmer – 50th Race Entry (Driver)
Records Broken 1. Most 5th Place Finishes Lotus (55),
2. Most 14th Place Finishes Tyrrell (9),
3. Most Races Led Nélson Piquet (52)
Records Extended 1. Most Retirements Riccardo Patrese (95),
2. Most 13th Place Finishes Lotus (16),
3. Most Race Entries Lotus (1096),
4. Most 3rd Place Qualifications Ferrari (99),
5. Most 6th Place Qualifications Ferrari (81),
6. Most 10th Place Qualifications Brabham (49),
7. Most 13th Place Qualifications Lotus (53),
8. Most 23rd Place Qualifications March (24)

World Championship standings
1  Nélson Piquet 54 
2  Ayrton Senna 43 
3  Nigel Mansell 39 
4  Alain Prost 31 
5  Stefan Johansson 19 
6  Gerhard Berger 9 
7  Michele Alboreto 8 
8  Thierry Boutsen 8 up
9  Teo Fabi 7 up
10  Satoru Nakajima 6 up
11  Andrea de Cesaris 4 up
12  Philippe Streiff 4 up
  Eddie Cheever 4 up
14  Jonathan Palmer 4 up
15  Derek Warwick 3 up
16  Riccardo Patrese 2 
  Martin Brundle 2 
18  René Arnoux 1 
  Ivan Capelli 1 
  Philippe Alliot 1 
1  Williams / Honda 93 
2  McLaren / TAG 50 
3  Lotus / Honda 49 
4  Ferrari / Ferrari 17 
5  Benetton / Ford 15 
6  Tyrrell / Ford 8 up
7  Arrows / Megatron 7 
8  Brabham / BMW 6 
9  Zakspeed / Zakspeed 2 
10  Ligier / Megatron 1 
  March / Ford 1 
  Lola / Ford 1 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 5Car 6Car 5
EntrantCanon Williams Honda TeamCanon Williams Honda TeamCanon Williams Honda Team
Driver Nigel Mansell Nélson Piquet Nigel Mansell
Car Williams FW11B Williams FW11B Williams FW11B
EngineHonda 1.5 V6THonda 1.5 V6THonda 1.5 V6T
Time1:18'44.8981'23.3571'28.318
Speed235.421 km/h256.622 km/h242.207 km/h