1987 Spanish Grand Prix
| 1987 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 27 September 1987 | ||
| Location | Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.218 km (2.620 miles) | ||
| Distance | 72 laps, 303.696 km (188.708 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:22.461 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:26.986 on lap 49 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1987 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 27 September 1987. It was the thirteenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 29th Spanish Grand Prix and the second to be held at Jerez. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.22-kilometre (2.62 mi) circuit for a race distance of 304 kilometres (189 mi).
The race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's fifth victory of 1987 and the eighth for the Williams team, securing them their second consecutive Constructors' Championship and fourth in all. Frenchman Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, some 22 seconds behind Mansell, with Swedish teammate Stefan Johansson third. Mansell's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Nelson Piquet, finished fourth. Prost achieved his 55th podium finish at this race, surpassing the record of Niki Lauda.
The win moved Mansell ahead of Ayrton Senna, who finished fifth in his Lotus-Honda, into second place in the Drivers' Championship, albeit 18 points behind Piquet with three races remaining.