1987 Formula 1 World Championship
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
Profile & context
Championship season: 1987
- Name
- 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · seasons/1987
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Season coverage
16 of 16 source-calendar events have race results; 16 have qualifying; 16 have grids.
Rules audit: incomplete; published standings retained without summing gross race points. A populated calendar does not establish historical completeness.
Constructor championship: source_reported.
Historical scoring context
Finishing-point scale: Not yet audited for this season. Retention: Not yet audited.
Use source participant awards; eligibility and allocation vary historically. Use recorded awards; no universal half-points inference. Source decimals may round fractional awards; no guessed exact restoration.
Partial rule context only; this does not replace the source's retained championship standings.
Championship calendar
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1987 | 1987-04-12 | completed |
| 2 | Gran Premio di San Marino 1987 | 1987-05-03 | completed |
| 3 | 1987 Belgian Grand Prix | 1987-05-17 | completed |
| 4 | Grand Prix de Monaco 1987 | 1987-05-31 | completed |
| 5 | 1987 Detroit Grand Prix | 1987-06-21 | completed |
| 6 | Grand Prix de France 1987 | 1987-07-05 | completed |
| 7 | 1987 Shell Oils British Grand Prix | 1987-07-12 | completed |
| 8 | Mobil Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1987 | 1987-07-26 | completed |
| 9 | Magyar Nagydíj 1987 | 1987-08-09 | completed |
| 10 | Grosser Preis von Österreich 1987 | 1987-08-16 | completed |
| 11 | Gran Premio d'Italia 1987 | 1987-09-06 | completed |
| 12 | Grande Prémio de Portugal 1987 | 1987-09-20 | completed |
| 13 | Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1987 | 1987-09-27 | completed |
| 14 | Gran Premio de México 1987 | 1987-10-18 | completed |
| 15 | 1987 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | 1987-11-01 | completed |
| 16 | 1987 Foster's Australian Grand Prix | 1987-11-15 | completed |
Driver championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 73 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 61 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 57 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 46 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 36 |
| 6 | Stefan Johansson | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 30 |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 17 |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 16 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 12 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 3 |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 3 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 19 | René Arnoux | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 19 | Ivan Capelli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 19 | Roberto Moreno | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
Constructor championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not recorded | Williams | Time not recorded · honda | 137 |
| 2 | Not recorded | McLaren | Time not recorded · tag | 76 |
| 3 | Not recorded | Lotus | Time not recorded · honda | 64 |
| 4 | Not recorded | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | 53 |
| 5 | Not recorded | Benetton | Time not recorded · ford | 28 |
| 6 | Not recorded | Tyrrell | Time not recorded · ford | 11 |
| 7 | Not recorded | Arrows | Time not recorded · megatron | 11 |
| 8 | Not recorded | Brabham | Time not recorded · bmw | 10 |
| 9 | Not recorded | Lola | Time not recorded · ford | 3 |
| 10 | Not recorded | Zakspeed | Time not recorded · zakspeed | 2 |
| 11 | Not recorded | Ligier | Time not recorded · megatron | 1 |
| 11 | Not recorded | March | Time not recorded · ford | 1 |
| 11 | Not recorded | AGS | Time not recorded · ford | 1 |