Season
1987
Race
15. Japanese Grand Prix
1987 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 451
R
01/11/1987 00:00 · Asia/Tokyo · 51 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1 | = | 51 | 1:32:58.072 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 7 | +5 | 51 | 1:33:15.456 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 9 | +6 | 51 | 1:33:15.766 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 4 | = | 51 | 1:34:18.513 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 3 | -2 | 51 | 1:34:23.648 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 11 | +5 | 51 | 1:34:34.551 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | -5 | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 19 | +11 | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 12 | +3 | 50 | — | 0 | Out of fuel | — | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 13 | +3 | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 8 | -3 | 49 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | +13 | 49 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 24 | +11 | 48 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 22 | +8 | 47 | — | 0 | +4 Laps | — | |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 5 | -10 | 46 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 16 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 17 | +1 | 44 | — | 0 | Out of fuel | — | |
| 17 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 23 | +6 | 43 | — | 0 | Out of fuel | — | |
| 18 | Roberto Moreno | AGS | 26 | +8 | 38 | — | 0 | Electrical | — | |
| 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | -5 | 35 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 20 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | -5 | 32 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | -11 | 26 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 22 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | -16 | 16 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 23 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | -7 | 13 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 24 | Ivan Capelli | March | 20 | -4 | 13 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 25 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 21 | -4 | 2 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | -8 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 27 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |