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Alain Prost won the 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nelson Piquet and Stefan Johansson at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

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Race recap

Winner
Alain Prost
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, and Stefan Johansson
Race date
April 12, 1987
Pole
Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap
Nelson Piquet
Classified drivers
23
Circuit
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

The decisive result

Alain Prost finished first for McLaren. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Williams, with Stefan Johansson 3 for McLaren.

Grid to finish

Pascal Fabre from P22 to P12 (+10), Philippe Streiff from P20 to P11 (+9), and Christian Danner from P17 to P9 (+8) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nigel Mansell started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 4 Finished, 2 +1 lap, 2 +3 laps, 2 Engine, and 2 Turbo. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:33.861 on lap 42. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alain ProstMcLaren1:39:45.1419
2Nelson PiquetWilliams1:40:25.6886
3Stefan JohanssonMcLaren1:40:41.8994
4Gerhard BergerFerrari1:41:24.3763
5Thierry BoutsenBenetton+1 lap2
6Nigel MansellWilliams+1 lap1
7Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus+2 laps0
8Michele AlboretoFerrariSpun off0
9Christian DannerZakspeed+3 laps0
10Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+3 laps0
11Philippe StreiffTyrrell+4 laps0
12Pascal FabreAGS+6 laps0
NCEddie CheeverArrows+9 laps0
DNFAyrton SennaTeam LotusEngine0
DNFRiccardo PatreseBrabhamElectrical0
DNFAndrea de CesarisBrabhamDifferential0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsEngine0
DNFAlex CaffiOsellaWithdrew0
DNFAlessandro NanniniMinardiSuspension0
DNFMartin BrundleZakspeedTurbo0