- Winner
- Ayrton Senna
- Team
- Team Lotus
- Top listed
- Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, and Alain Prost
- Race date
- June 21, 1987
- Pole
- Nigel Mansell
- Fastest lap
- Ayrton Senna
- Classified drivers
- 26
- Circuit
- Detroit Street Circuit
The decisive result
Ayrton Senna finished first for Team Lotus. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Williams, with Alain Prost 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Pascal Fabre from P26 to P12 (+14), René Arnoux from P21 to P10 (+11), and Gerhard Berger from P12 to P4 (+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 6 +3 laps, 4 Accident, 4 Finished, 3 Gearbox, and 1 +1 lap. Ayrton Senna holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:40.464 on lap 39. 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.