The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 20 September 1987. It was the twelfth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 16th Portuguese Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Estoril. The race was held over 70 laps of the circuit for a race distance of .
The race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Austrian driver Gerhard Berger took pole position in his Ferrari and led for most of the race, until he spun with three laps remaining. Prost duly went through to take his 28th Grand Prix victory, surpassing Jackie Stewart's all-time record; he also achieved his 54th podium finish, equalling Niki Lauda's record. Berger finished second, some 20 seconds behind Prost, with Drivers' Championship leader, Brazilian Nelson Piquet, third in his Williams-Honda.
The race was marred by a multi-car collision on the opening lap. Piquet and Michele Alboreto (Ferrari F1/87) collided at the start, with Derek Warwick (Arrows A10), Satoru Nakajima (Lotus 99T), Martin Brundle (Zakspeed 871), Christian Danner (Zakspeed 871), Philippe Alliot (Lola LC87), René Arnoux (Ligier JS29C) and Adrián Campos (Minardi M186) all involved in the ensuing accident. Only Danner was unable to restart as the Zakspeed team had only one usable car which went to Brundle.
With Piquet finishing third ahead of both Mansell and Senna, Piquet expanded his championship points lead to 18 points over Senna and 24 over Mansell.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:18.448 1:17.620 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:17.951 1:18.235 +0.331 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:18.404 1:17.994 +0.374 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:18.164 no time +0.544 5 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:18.382 1:18.354 +0.734 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:20.069 1:18.540 +0.920 7 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:21.506 1:19.965 +2.345 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:20.134 1:20.227 +2.514 9 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:20.305 1:20.558 +2.685 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:20.483 1:20.548 +2.863 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:21.324 1:21.207 +3.587 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:21.397 1:21.587 +3.777 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:22.060 1:21.725 +4.105 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:21.784 1:22.128 +4.164 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:22.222 no time +4.602 16 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:22.424 1:22.358 +4.738 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:22.400 1:22.794 +4.780 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:23.637 1:23.237 +5.617 19 30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:24.181 1:23.580 +5.960 20 23 Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:24.822 1:23.591 +5.971 21 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.810 1:24.436 +6.190 22 16 Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:24.533 1:23.905 +6.285 23 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:24.105 1:24.979 +6.485 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.392 1:24.217 +6.597 25 21 Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:24.792 1:25.232 +7.172 26 22 Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:27.219 1:26.635 +9.015 14 Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:28.756 1:26.946 +9.326Source:
Race Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy. Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70 1:37:03.906 3 9 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 70 + 20.493 1 6 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 70 + 1:03.295 4 4 4 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 69 Out of fuel 10 3 5 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 69 + 1 lap 8 2 6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 68 + 2 laps 11 1 7 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 68 + 2 laps 5 8 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 68 + 2 laps 15 9 (1) 16 Ivan Capelli March-Ford 67 + 3 laps 22 10 (2) 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 67 + 3 laps 24 11 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 66 Out of fuel 14 12 (3) 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 66 + 4 laps 21 13 17 Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 66 + 4 laps 12 14 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 64 + 6 laps 9 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 54 Injection 13 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 38 Gearbox 6 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 35 Gearbox 17 22 Franco Forini Osella-Alfa Romeo 32 Suspension 26 30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 31 Engine 19 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 29 Radiator 18 21 Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 27 Turbo 25 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 24 Ignition 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 24 Accident 20 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 13 Electrical 2 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 13 Engine 7 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 0 Accident 16
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Nelson Piquet 67 2 Ayrton Senna 49 3 Nigel Mansell 43 4 Alain Prost 40 5 Stefan Johansson 22Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda110 2 McLaren-TAG62 3 Lotus-Honda55 4 Ferrari26 5 Benetton-Ford20Source:
Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 Jonathan Palmer 71 2 Philippe Streiff 58 3 Pascal Fabre 35 4 Ivan Capelli 34 5 Philippe Alliot 25
Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Tyrrell-Ford129 2 AGS-Ford35 3 March-Ford34 4 Lola-Ford25
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