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Foster's Australian Grand Prix

15 Nov 1987Adelaide309.878 km (3779 m x 82 Laps)

 Pole Position: Gerhard Berger, Ferrari F1-87, 1:17.267 (176.070 km/h) Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11B-Honda, 1:20.416 (169.175 km/h lap 72) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:52:56.144 164.631 km/h DQ 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:53:30.989 163.788 km/h (Illegal brake duct) 2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:54:04.028 162.998 km/h 3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford -1 Lap 4 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford -2 Laps 5 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford -3 Laps 6 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford -3 Laps 7 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 -3 Laps 8 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 78 Spun off 9 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 76 Oil leak Did Not Finish: 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 58 Brakes/Gear linkkage 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 58 Spun off 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 53 Brakes/Accident 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 53 Overheating 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 48 Brakes 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 46 Brakes 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 46 Transmission 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 45 Electrical 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 41 Ignition 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 31 Driver exhausted 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 26 Ignition 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 22 Suspension hydraulics 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 19 Transmission 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 18 Gear Selector/Turbo 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 6 Spun off 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 0 Accident Did Not Qualify: 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1-82 82 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:20.416 169.175 72 DQ 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:20.456 169.091 63 2 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:20.917 168.128 65 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:21.124 167.699 48 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:21.381 167.169 47 5 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:21.491 166.944 52 6 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:21.981 165.946 40 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:22.232 165.439 38 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:22.246 165.411 44 9 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:22.769 164.366 45 10 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:23.197 163.520 59 11 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:23.207 163.501 55 12 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:23.296 163.326 55 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:23.390 163.142 18 14 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:23.999 161.959 30 15 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:24.119 161.728 35 16 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:24.294 161.392 4 17 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:24.478 161.041 18 18 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:24.488 161.022 62 19 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:24.834 160.365 39 20 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:24.926 160.191 18 21 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:25.196 159.684 24 22 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:25.554 159.015 11 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:26.823 156.691 6 24 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:27.676 155.167 35 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:17.267 176.070 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:17.967 174.489 Marlboro McLaren International 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:18.017 174.377 Canon Williams Honda Team 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:18.488 173.331 Camel Team Lotus Honda 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:18.523 173.254 Benetton Formula Ltd 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:18.578 173.132 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 7 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:18.813 172.616 Canon Williams Honda Team 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:18.826 172.588 Marlboro McLaren International 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:19.461 171.209 Benetton Formula Ltd 10 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:19.590 170.931 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.187 169.658 USF&G Arrows Megatron 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.638 168.710 USF&G Arrows Megatron 13 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:20.701 168.578 Minardi Team 14 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:20.891 168.182 Camel Team Lotus Honda 15 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:21.014 167.927 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 16 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:21.483 166.960 West Zakspeed Racing 17 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:21.888 166.134 Larrousse Calmels 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:21.971 165.966 Data General Team Tyrrell 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.087 165.731 Data General Team Tyrrell 20 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:22.303 165.297 Ligier Loto 21 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:22.650 164.603 Larrousse Calmels 22 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:22.689 164.525 Ligier Loto 23 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:22.698 164.507 Leyton House March Racing Team 24 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:23.046 163.818 West Zakspeed Racing 25 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:23.659 162.617 Team El Charro AGS 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:24.121 161.724 Minardi Team Did Not Qualify: 27 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:25.872 158.426 Osella Squadra Corse Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:17.267 176.117 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:18.017 174.424 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:18.200 174.015 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:18.508 173.333 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:18.578 173.178 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:18.943 172.378 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:19.461 171.254 8 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:19.507 171.155 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:19.761 170.610 10 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:19.768 170.595 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.187 169.703 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.638 168.754 13 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:20.701 168.622 14 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:21.708 166.544 15 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:21.887 166.180 16 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:21.888 166.178 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:21.971 166.010 18 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:22.224 165.499 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.315 165.316 20 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:22.689 164.568 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:22.698 164.551 22 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:23.046 163.861 23 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:23.659 162.660 24 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:24.833 160.409 25 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:25.021 160.055 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:25.760 158.675 27 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:25.872 158.468 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:17.967 174.535 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:18.142 174.145 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:18.176 174.069 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:18.488 173.377 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:18.523 173.300 6 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:18.813 172.662 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:18.826 172.633 8 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:19.590 170.976 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:19.612 170.929 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:20.301 169.462 11 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.837 168.339 12 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:20.891 168.226 13 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:21.014 167.971 14 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:21.483 167.004 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:21.523 166.922 16 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:21.592 166.781 17 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.087 165.775 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:22.303 165.340 19 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.434 165.078 20 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:22.650 164.646 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:22.704 164.539 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:22.846 164.257 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:24.121 161.767 24 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:24.149 161.713 25 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:24.652 160.752 26 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:27.331 155.821 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:18.351 173.679 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:19.378 171.432 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:19.796 170.534 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:20.093 169.902 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:20.205 169.665 6 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:20.779 168.459 7 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:20.854 168.303 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:20.958 168.087 9 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:21.347 167.283 10 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:21.422 167.129 11 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:21.458 167.055 12 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:22.499 164.947 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:22.615 164.715 14 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.802 164.343 15 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:22.807 164.333 16 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:22.999 163.953 17 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:23.178 163.600 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:23.615 162.745 19 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:23.654 162.670 20 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:24.046 161.911 21 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:24.321 161.383 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:24.353 161.322 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:24.846 160.384 24 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:25.119 159.870 25 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:27.702 155.161 26 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:27.799 154.990 27 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:36.094 141.611 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:18.433 173.498 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:19.293 171.616 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:19.503 171.163 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:20.028 170.040 5 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:20.204 169.667 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:20.291 169.483 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:20.673 168.680 8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:21.241 167.501 9 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:21.423 167.127 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:21.469 167.032 11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:21.667 166.627 12 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:22.370 165.205 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:22.481 164.983 14 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:22.692 164.562 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:23.195 163.567 16 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:23.328 163.306 17 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:23.393 163.179 18 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:23.602 162.771 19 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:23.691 162.598 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:23.996 162.007 21 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:24.005 161.990 22 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:24.063 161.878 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:24.324 161.377 24 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:25.093 159.919 25 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:25.737 158.717 26 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:25.876 158.461 27 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:29.530 151.993 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:21.738 166.483 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:21.953 166.046 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:22.274 165.399 4 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:23.184 163.589 5 7 Stefano Modena Brabham BT56-BMW 1:23.332 163.299 6 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:23.529 162.913 7 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:23.628 162.721 8 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:23.701 162.579 9 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:24.413 161.207 10 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:24.526 160.992 11 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:24.551 160.944 12 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:24.690 160.680 13 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:24.820 160.434 14 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:25.141 159.829 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:25.296 159.539 16 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:25.328 159.479 17 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:25.506 159.147 18 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:25.593 158.985 19 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:25.622 158.931 20 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:25.713 158.762 21 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:25.922 158.376 22 5 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW11B-Honda 1:26.193 157.878 23 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:26.354 157.584 24 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:27.761 155.057 25 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:28.074 154.506 26 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:28.918 153.040 Notes:
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    With Nigel Mansell out of action with injury after the Japanese GP, Williams did a deal with Brabham to use 1988 signing Riccardo Patrese for the final race of 1987 and Brabham took on youngster Stefano Modena was Patrese's replacement. Otherwise the field was as before. Japanese GP winner Gerhard Berger was on pole position in his Ferrari from Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG, Nelson Piquet's Williams-Honda and the Lotus-Honda of Ayrton Senna. Thierry Boutsen was fifth quickest in his Benetton-Ford ahead of Michele Alboreto's Ferrari, Patrese's Williams, Stefan Johansson's McLaren, Teo Fabi's Benetton and Andrea de Cesaris's Brabham.

    Berger did as he had done in Japan, leading from flag to flag. He was chased initially by Piquet and Senna but the Lotus soon fell behind Prost. After the midrace pit stops Senna moved to second with Alboreto third. The final World Championship points went to Jonathan Palmer (Tyrrell) in fourth place, Yannick Dalmas (Larrousse Lola) in fifth and Roberto Moreno (AGS) in sixth.