Brazilian Grand Prix
Round 1 · 12 April 1987 ·Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Piquet
Williams
2
Prost
McLaren
1
Johansson
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 61 | 1:39:45.141 | 9 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Williams | 61 | +40.547 | 6 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | McLaren | 61 | +56.758 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Ferrari | 61 | +1:39.235 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Benetton | 60 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell |  British | Williams | 60 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima |  Japanese | Team Lotus | 59 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto |  Italian | Ferrari | 58 | Spun off | 0 |
| 9 | Christian Danner |  German | Zakspeed | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer | British | Tyrrell | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 57 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | French | AGS | 55 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| R | Eddie Cheever |  American | Arrows | 52 | Overheating | 0 |
| R | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | Team Lotus | 50 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Brabham | 48 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Brabham | 21 | Differential | 0 |
| R | Derek Warwick | British | Arrows | 20 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alex Caffi | Italian | Osella | 20 | Withdrew | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 17 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Martin Brundle | British | Zakspeed | 15 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Teo Fabi | Italian | Benetton | 9 | Turbo | 0 |
| D | Adrián Campos |  Spanish | Minardi | 3 | Disqualified | 0 |
| W | Ivan Capelli | Italian | March | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- W
- Withdrew
- D
- Disqualified