The 1987 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–2 August 1987 at Donington Park.
Classification
500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 50'09.770 15 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +4.610 12 3 Randy Mamola Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +14.920 10 4 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain Yamaha +21.440 8 5 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +24.640 6 6 Didier de Radiguès Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva +31.540 5 7 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Honda +31.930 4 8 Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +32.970 3 9 Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda +35.960 2 10 Kenny Irons Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki +52.140 1 11 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'07.580 12 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1'15.960 13 Richard Scott Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +1'21.440 14 Marco Gentile Fior Fior +1'23.430 15 Fabio Biliotti Honda +1'24.120 16 Wolfgang Von Muralt Suzuki +1 lap 17 Bruno Kneubühler Honda +1 lap 18 Hervé Guilleux Fior +1 lap 19 Alessandro Valesi Honda +1 lap 20 Joey Dunlop Honda +1 lap 21 Louis-Luc Maisto Honda +1 lap 22 Alan Irwin Honda +1 lap 23 Maarten Duyzers Honda +1 lap 24 Fabio Barchitta Honda +1 lap 25 Silvo Habat Honda +2 laps 26 Hennie Boerman Racing Team Docshop Honda +2 laps Ret Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retired Ret Simon Buckmaster Honda Retired Ret Roger Marshall Suzuki Retired Ret Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Accident Ret Andy McGladdery Honda Retired Ret Mark Phillips Suzuki Retired Ret Steve Henshaw Honda Retired Ret Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retired Ret Ray Swann Honda Retired Ret Freddie Spencer Team HRC Honda Retired DNQ Alan Jeffery Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Andreas Leuthe Honda Did not qualify DNQ Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Dennis Ireland Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Josef Doppler Honda Did not qualify DNQ Steve Manley Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Claus Wulff Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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