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Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Spanish Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Spanish Grand Prix for Williams, ahead of Alain Prost and Stefan Johansson at Circuito de Jerez.

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Race recap

Winner
Nigel Mansell
Team
Williams
Top listed
Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Stefan Johansson
Race date
September 27, 1987
Pole
Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap
Gerhard Berger
Classified drivers
28
Circuit
Circuito de Jerez

The decisive result

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

Grid to finish

Philippe Alliot from P17 to P6 (+11), Adrián Campos from P24 to P14 (+10), and Satoru Nakajima from P18 to P9 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nelson Piquet started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 Finished, 4 +2 laps, 2 +1 lap, 2 +4 laps, and 2 Collision. Gerhard Berger holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:26.986 on lap 49. 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
1Nigel MansellWilliams1:49:12.6929
2Alain ProstMcLaren1:49:34.9176
3Stefan JohanssonMcLaren1:49:43.5104
4Nelson PiquetWilliams1:49:44.1423
5Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus1:50:26.1992
6Philippe AlliotLola+1 lap1
7Philippe StreiffTyrrell+1 lap0
8Eddie CheeverArrowsOut of fuel0
9Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus+2 laps0
10Derek WarwickArrows+2 laps0
11Martin BrundleZakspeed+2 laps0
12Ivan CapelliMarch+2 laps0
13Riccardo PatreseBrabham+4 laps0
14Adrián CamposMinardi+4 laps0
15Michele AlboretoFerrariEngine0
16Thierry BoutsenBenettonAccident0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariEngine0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrellCollision0
DNFRené ArnouxLigierCollision0
DNFChristian DannerZakspeedTransmission0