Detroit Grand Prix
Round 5 · 21 June 1987 ·Detroit Street Circuit, Detroit, United States
Piquet
Williams
2
Senna
Team Lotus
1
Prost
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna |  Brazilian | Team Lotus | 63 | 1:50:16.358 | 9 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Williams | 63 | +33.819 | 6 |
| 3 | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 63 | +45.327 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Ferrari | 63 | +1:02.601 | 3 |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell |  British | Williams | 62 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever |  American | Arrows | 60 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | McLaren | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Christian Danner |  German | Zakspeed | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Brabham | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | British | Tyrrell | 60 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre | French | AGS | 58 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| R | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Benetton | 52 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Ligier | 51 | Clutch | 0 |
| R | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 44 | Wheel | 0 |
| R | Philippe Alliot | French | Larrousse | 38 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Ferrari | 25 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Martin Brundle | British | Zakspeed | 16 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Derek Warwick | British | Arrows | 12 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Ivan Capelli | Italian | March | 9 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Teo Fabi | Italian | Benetton | 6 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Alex Caffi | Italian | Osella | 3 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Brabham | 2 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Adrián Campos |  Spanish | Minardi | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Satoru Nakajima |  Japanese | Team Lotus | 0 | Accident | 0 |
- R
- Retired