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Fuji Television Japan Grand Prix

01 Nov 1987Suzuka298.809 km (5859 m x 51 Laps)

 Pole Position: Gerhard Berger, Ferrari F1-87, 1:40.042 (210.850 km/h) Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/3-TAG, 1:43.844 (203.130 km/h lap 35) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:32:58.072 192.860 km/h 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:33:15.456 192.261 km/h 3 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:33:15.766 192.250 km/h 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:34:18.513 190.118 km/h 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:34:23.648 189.946 km/h 6 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:34:34.551 189.581 km/h 7 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG -1 Lap 8 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford -1 Lap 9 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron -1 Lap 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron -1 Lap 11 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 49 Engine 12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford -2 Laps 13 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 48 Out of fuel 14 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 47 Electrical 15 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 46 Engine Did Not Finish: 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 44 Out of fuel 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 43 Out of fuel 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 38 Electrical 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 35 Engine 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 32 Engine 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 26 Engine 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 16 Engine 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 13 Engine/Accident 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 13 Collision with Arnoux 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2 Engine 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 0 Accident Did Not Start: 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda FW11B Accident in friday qualifying/Injury Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1-24 50 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 25 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 26-51 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.844 203.130 35 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:45.540 199.869 34 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:45.805 199.365 49 4 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.323 198.394 34 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:46.534 198.001 28 6 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:46.706 197.682 41 7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:47.182 196.804 41 8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:47.421 196.366 41 9 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:48.206 194.942 27 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:48.581 194.268 24 11 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:49.170 193.220 9 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:49.221 193.130 33 13 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:49.384 192.842 28 14 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:49.915 191.910 29 15 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:50.111 191.569 34 16 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:50.367 191.125 28 17 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:50.422 191.029 18 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:51.236 189.631 44 19 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:51.848 188.594 32 20 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:51.917 188.478 35 21 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:52.080 188.203 40 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:52.213 187.980 13 23 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:52.813 186.981 7 24 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:54.015 185.009 15 25 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:59.121 177.079 2 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:40.042 210.850 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:40.652 209.572 Marlboro McLaren International 3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:40.850 209.161 Benetton Formula Ltd 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:40.984 208.883 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:41.144 208.553 Canon Williams Honda Team 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:41.679 207.455 Benetton Formula Ltd 7 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:42.616 205.561 Canon Williams Honda Team 8 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:42.723 205.347 Camel Team Lotus Honda 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.304 204.192 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 10 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.371 204.060 Marlboro McLaren International 11 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.618 203.573 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 12 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:43.685 203.442 Camel Team Lotus Honda 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:44.277 202.287 USF&G Arrows Megatron 14 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:44.626 201.612 USF&G Arrows Megatron 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:45.612 199.730 Minardi Team 16 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:46.023 198.955 West Zakspeed Racing 17 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:46.116 198.781 West Zakspeed Racing 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:46.200 198.624 Ligier Loto 19 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:47.395 196.414 Larrousse Calmels 20 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:47.775 195.721 Data General Team Tyrrell 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:48.212 194.931 Leyton House March Racing Team 22 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:48.337 194.706 Minardi Team 23 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:48.887 193.722 Larrousse Calmels 24 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:49.017 193.491 Osella Squadra Corse 25 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:49.641 192.390 Ligier Loto 26 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:49.741 192.215 Data General Team Tyrrell 27 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:50.212 191.393 Team El Charro AGS Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:41.423 207.980 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:42.160 206.480 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:42.416 205.963 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:42.496 205.803 5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:42.616 205.562 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:43.130 204.537 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:43.351 204.100 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.612 203.586 9 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:44.026 202.776 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:44.767 201.342 11 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:44.768 201.340 12 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:45.427 200.081 13 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:45.898 199.191 14 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:46.399 198.253 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:46.715 197.666 16 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:48.902 193.697 17 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:48.948 193.615 18 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:49.017 193.492 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:49.337 192.926 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:49.470 192.692 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:49.814 192.088 22 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:50.542 190.823 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:50.896 190.214 24 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:51.230 189.643 25 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:51.554 189.092 26 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:51.835 188.617 27 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:53.455 185.923 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:40.042 210.851 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:40.652 209.573 3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:40.850 209.162 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:40.984 208.884 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:41.144 208.554 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:41.679 207.456 7 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:42.723 205.348 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.304 204.193 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.371 204.061 10 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.618 203.574 11 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:43.685 203.443 12 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:44.277 202.288 13 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:44.626 201.613 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:45.612 199.731 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:46.023 198.956 16 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:46.116 198.782 17 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:46.200 198.625 18 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:47.395 196.415 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:47.775 195.722 20 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:48.212 194.932 21 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:48.337 194.707 22 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:48.887 193.723 23 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:49.641 192.391 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:49.741 192.216 25 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:50.212 191.394 26 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:50.902 190.204 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:42.101 206.597 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:42.921 204.951 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:43.232 204.334 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:43.395 204.012 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:43.576 203.655 6 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:44.622 201.619 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:44.655 201.555 8 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:44.921 201.044 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:45.081 200.738 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:46.408 198.235 11 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:46.584 197.908 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:47.837 195.608 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:47.917 195.463 14 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:48.237 194.885 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:48.293 194.784 16 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:49.951 191.847 17 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:49.995 191.770 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:50.013 191.739 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:50.250 191.327 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:50.274 191.285 21 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:50.357 191.141 22 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:51.094 189.873 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:51.166 189.750 24 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:52.009 188.322 25 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:52.033 188.282 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:52.777 187.040 27 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:53.131 186.454 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.436 205.922 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:42.437 205.920 3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.836 205.121 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:43.123 204.550 5 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:44.424 202.001 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:44.493 201.868 7 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:44.647 201.571 8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:45.219 200.475 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:45.273 200.372 10 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:45.314 200.294 11 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:45.407 200.118 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:46.392 198.265 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:47.280 196.624 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:48.154 195.035 15 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:48.391 194.608 16 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:48.781 193.911 17 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:48.819 193.843 18 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:48.910 193.681 19 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:49.425 192.769 20 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:50.067 191.645 21 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:50.325 191.197 22 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:50.421 191.031 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:50.959 190.104 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:52.492 187.514 25 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 16:52.258 20.836 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.113 198.788 2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:46.201 198.623 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:46.590 197.898 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:46.590 197.898 5 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.890 197.343 6 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:47.740 195.786 7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:47.802 195.673 8 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:48.607 194.223 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:49.781 192.146 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:49.794 192.123 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:49.834 192.053 12 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:50.114 191.565 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:50.604 190.716 14 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:50.986 190.060 15 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:51.230 189.643 16 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:51.514 189.160 17 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:51.687 188.867 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:52.262 187.899 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:52.573 187.380 20 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:52.661 187.234 21 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola LC87-Ford 1:52.816 186.977 22 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:52.821 186.968 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:53.218 186.313 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:53.944 185.126 25 14 Roberto Moreno AGS JH22-Ford 1:56.362 181.279 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:57.255 179.898 Notes:
  • Weather: Cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    Formula 1 returned to Japan for the first time in 10 years with an exciting World Championship showdown between Williams-Honda team mates Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell. The Brazilian was 12 points ahead on points so Mansell was the man under pressure and in qualifying he cracked and crashed heavily the fast sweepers behind the paddock. The accident left Mansell with severe bruising to his backbone and it was decided that he should not be allowed to race. Having spent Friday night in hospital Mansell flew back to Europe on Saturday evening. Nelson Piquet was World Champion for the third time.

    The entry was much as it had been in Mexico although AGS decided to replace Pascal Fabre with Roberto Moreno.

    With Piquet having nothing to prove and Mansell out of the way Gerhard Berger took pole position in his Ferrari ahead of Alain Prost's McLaren, Thierry Boutsen's Benetton-Ford and Michele Alboreto in the second Ferrari. Then came Piquet and Teo Fabi (Benetton) with the top 10 completed by Ayrton Senna (Lotus), Riccardo Patrese (Brabham-BMW), Stefan Johansson's McLaren and the second Brabham of Andrea de Cesaris.

    In the race Berger took the lead at the start and was never threatened, winning a dominant victory. Boutsen chased him early on but dropped behind Senna, Piquet and Johansson. Piquet's race ended with an engine failure in the closing laps and so fourth place went to Alboreto with Boutsen fifth and Satoru Nakajima sixth.