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Detroit Grand Prix VI

21 Jun 1987Detroit253.449 km (4023 m x 63 Laps)

 Pole Position: Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11B-Honda, 1:39.264 (145.916 km/h) Fastest Lap: Ayrton Senna, Lotus 99T-Honda, 1:40.464 (144.173 km/h lap 39) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:50:16.358 137.917 km/h 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:50:50.177 137.215 km/h 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:51:01.685 136.978 km/h 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:51:18.959 136.624 km/h 5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda -1 Lap 6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 60 Out of fuel 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG -3 Laps 8 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 -3 Laps 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW -3 Laps 10 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron -3 Laps 11 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford -3 Laps 12 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford -5 Laps Did Not Finish: 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 52 Brake disc 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 51 Clutch 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 44 Wheel 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 38 Collision with Arnoux 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 25 Gearbox 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 22 Gearbox 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 16 Turbo/Fire 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 12 Accident 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 9 Electrical 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 6 Collision with Cheever 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 3 Transmission 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2 Gearbox 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1 Collision with Nakajima 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 0 Collision with Campos Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1-33 33 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 34-63 30 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:40.464 144.173 39 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:40.535 144.072 36 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:41.196 143.131 57 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:41.340 142.927 56 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:42.238 141.672 46 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.252 141.652 41 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:42.332 141.542 53 8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:43.951 139.337 35 9 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:44.048 139.207 41 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:44.255 138.931 46 11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:45.016 137.924 19 12 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:45.869 136.813 33 13 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:46.048 136.582 35 14 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:46.937 135.446 38 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:47.069 135.279 13 16 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:47.260 135.039 11 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:47.477 134.766 21 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:47.532 134.697 38 19 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:48.325 133.711 4 20 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:48.744 133.196 14 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:49.341 132.469 5 22 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:50.309 131.306 32 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:53.496 127.619 2 24 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:53.860 127.211 2 25 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:16.237 106.316 1 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:39.264 145.916 Canon Williams Honda Team 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:40.607 143.969 Camel Team Lotus Honda 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:40.942 143.491 Canon Williams Honda Team 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.050 141.933 Benetton Formula Ltd 5 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:42.357 141.507 Marlboro McLaren International 6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:42.361 141.502 USF&G Arrows Megatron 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:42.684 141.056 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.918 140.736 Benetton Formula Ltd 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.479 139.973 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:43.541 139.889 USF&G Arrows Megatron 11 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.797 139.544 Marlboro McLaren International 12 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:43.816 139.518 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 13 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:44.350 138.804 Data General Team Tyrrell 14 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:45.037 137.897 Data General Team Tyrrell 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:45.291 137.564 West Zakspeed Racing 16 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:45.740 136.980 West Zakspeed Racing 17 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:46.046 136.584 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:46.083 136.537 Minardi Team 19 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:46.124 136.484 Osella Squadra Corse 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:46.194 136.394 Larrousse Calmels 21 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:46.211 136.372 Ligier Loto 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:46.269 136.298 Leyton House March Racing Team 23 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:47.471 134.773 Ligier Loto 24 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:48.801 133.126 Camel Team Lotus Honda 25 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:50.495 131.085 Minardi Team 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:53.644 127.453 Team El Charro AGS Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:42.223 141.691 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:42.985 140.643 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:43.152 140.415 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:44.686 138.358 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:45.054 137.873 6 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:45.234 137.637 7 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:45.296 137.556 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:45.437 137.372 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.042 136.588 10 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:46.449 136.066 11 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.623 135.844 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:46.932 135.451 13 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:47.010 135.353 14 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:47.064 135.284 15 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:47.470 134.773 16 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:47.670 134.523 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:47.963 134.158 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:48.338 133.694 19 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:48.661 133.296 20 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:48.867 133.044 21 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:48.932 132.965 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:49.969 131.711 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:50.495 131.084 24 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:51.355 130.071 25 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:55.787 125.093 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:57.475 123.295 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:39.264 145.915 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:40.607 143.967 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:40.942 143.489 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.050 141.931 5 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:42.357 141.506 6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:42.361 141.500 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:42.684 141.055 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:42.918 140.734 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:43.479 139.971 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:43.541 139.888 11 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:43.797 139.543 12 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:43.816 139.517 13 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:44.350 138.803 14 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:45.037 137.895 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:45.291 137.563 16 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:45.740 136.978 17 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:46.046 136.583 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:46.083 136.536 19 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:46.124 136.483 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:46.194 136.393 21 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:46.211 136.371 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:46.269 136.297 23 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:47.471 134.772 24 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:48.801 133.125 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:53.644 127.451 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 3:26.319 70.202 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:43.580 139.836 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:45.303 137.548 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:46.283 136.279 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:46.753 135.679 5 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:46.831 135.580 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:47.104 135.235 7 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:47.186 135.131 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:47.605 134.605 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:48.272 133.776 10 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:48.610 133.360 11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:49.054 132.817 12 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:49.236 132.595 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:49.268 132.557 14 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:49.462 132.322 15 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:49.653 132.091 16 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:49.780 131.938 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:49.914 131.777 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:50.414 131.181 19 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:50.706 130.835 20 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:51.553 129.841 21 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:51.929 129.405 22 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:52.064 129.249 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:54.109 126.933 24 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:54.790 126.180 25 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:55.785 125.095 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:59.981 120.721 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:44.470 138.644 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:45.263 137.600 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:45.291 137.563 4 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:45.688 137.047 5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:46.282 136.281 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:46.396 136.135 7 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:46.612 135.859 8 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:46.886 135.511 9 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:47.103 135.236 10 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 1:48.005 134.107 11 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:48.273 133.775 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:49.592 132.165 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:49.949 131.735 14 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:50.258 131.366 15 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:50.713 130.826 16 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:51.581 129.809 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:51.947 129.384 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:52.391 128.873 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:53.463 127.656 20 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:55.173 125.760 21 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:55.683 125.206 22 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:56.081 124.777 23 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:57.578 123.188 24 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:02.304 118.428 25 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:07.526 113.578 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:08.179 113.000 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 2:08.593 112.635 2 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:10.231 111.218 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 2:10.638 110.872 4 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:10.875 110.671 5 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:11.004 110.562 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2:11.344 110.276 7 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:11.514 110.133 8 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:11.606 110.057 9 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:12.402 109.395 10 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 861 2:12.441 109.363 11 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:12.476 109.334 12 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 2:12.754 109.105 13 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:13.334 108.630 14 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:13.647 108.376 15 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:13.648 108.375 16 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:13.914 108.160 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:14.048 108.052 18 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:14.108 108.003 19 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:14.375 107.789 20 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:15.931 106.555 21 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 2:17.446 105.380 22 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:17.850 105.071 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:19.299 103.978 24 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:23.912 100.646 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:26.634 98.777 Notes:
  • Weather: Cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The entry was unchanged from the field that had raced at Monaco three weeks earlier and as usual the battle for pole position was between the Honda-powered cars with Nigel Mansell fastest on this occasion with his Williams. Just behind him was Ayrton Senna's Lotus and Nelson Piquet's Williams. There was then a big gap back to Thierry Boutsen's Benetton-Ford, Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG, Eddie Cheever's Arrows-Megatron and Michele Alboreto's Ferrari. The top 10 was completed by Teo Fabi (Benetton), Riccardo Patrese (Brabham-BMW) and Derek Warwick in the second Arrows.

    Mansell took the lead at the start and began to pull away from Senna while behind in the midfield Stefan Johansson (McLaren) damaged a front wing on the back of Warwick's Arrows and Satoru Nakajima (Lotus-Honda) crashed into the back of Ivan Capelli's Leyton House March and then managed to collide with Adrián Campos's Minardi at the next corner.

    Behind the two front-runners Piquet had trouble keeping Cheever behind him and eventually gave himself a puncture when he tapped a wheel and had to pit for new tyres. Cheever then had to fight to hold off Fabi and on lap seven the Benetton driver tried to pass and made a mess of it and ended up removing the nose of his car. Both drivers pitted, Fabi to retire and Cheever for new tyres. He rejoined at the back. This left Alboreto third ahead of Boutsen and Prost and the only change in the next few laps was as Prost moved up ahead of the Benetton. Alboreto went out with gearbox failure and so Prost was third as the pit stops approached. During the stops Mansell had a wheel nut stick on his car and lost 10 seconds and that meant that Senna went into the lead with Mansell second, Prost third and Piquet, who had charged up through the field in fourth. Nelson continued his charge and overtook Prost and closed on Mansell, who was suffering from leg cramps. He eventually fell behind the Brazilian, Prost and Gerhard Berger (Ferrari).

    Senna won at his ease with Piquet second and Prost third. The remaining points went to Berger, Mansell and the recovering Cheever.