Season
1987
Race
15. Japanese Grand Prix
1987 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 451
Race winner
Winning driver
9.0 pts
- Race
- 9.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 73 | 3 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 61 | 6 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 51 | 2 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 46 | 3 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 26 | 0 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 18 | 0 |
| 7 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Ivan Capelli | March | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1 | 0 |
| — | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 0 | 0 |
| — | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 0 | 0 |
| — | Pascal Fabre | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 0 | 0 |
| — | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Alex Caffi | Osella | 0 | 0 |
| — | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Franco Forini | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Gabriele Tarquini | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Nicola Larini | — | 0 | 0 |