1987 Japanese Grand Prix
Grand Prix
| Position | Driver Number | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 51 | 1:32:58.072 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 51 | + 17.384 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 51 | + 17.694 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 51 | + 1:20.441 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 51 | + 1:25.576 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 51 | + 1:36.479 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 50 | + 1 lap | 2 | |
| 9 | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 50 | Out of fuel | 12 | |
| 10 | 17 |  Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 50 | + 1 lap | 13 | |
| 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 49 | + 2 laps | 8 | |
| 13 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ligier-Megatron | 48 | + 3 laps | 24 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 46 | Engine | 5 |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver Number | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 1:42.160 | 1:40.042 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 1:42.496 | 1:40.652 | +0.610 | 2 |
| 3 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 1:43.130 | 1:40.850 | +0.808 | 3 |
| 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 1:42.416 | 1:40.984 | +0.942 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 1:41.423 | 1:41.144 | +1.099 | 5 |
| 6 | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 1:43.351 | 1:41.679 | +1.673 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 1:42.616 | no time | +2.573 | DNS |
| 8 | 12 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 1:44.026 | 1:42.723 | +2.681 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 1:44.767 | 1:43.304 | +3.262 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 1:43.612 | 1:43.371 | +3.329 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 1:46.399 | 1:43.618 | +3.576 | 10 |
| 12 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 1:45.898 | 1:43.685 | +3.643 | 11 |
| 13 | 18 | Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 1:45.427 | 1:44.277 | +4.385 | 12 |
| 14 | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 1:44.768 | 1:44.626 | +4.584 | 13 |
| 15 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:48.948 | 1:45.612 | +5.570 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 1:46.715 | 1:46.023 | +5.981 | 15 |
| 17 | 10 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 1:49.337 | 1:46.116 | +6.074 | 16 |
| 18 | 25 | René Arnoux |
Ligier-Megatron | 1:50.542 | 1:46.200 | +6.158 | 17 |
| 19 | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Ford | 1:49.470 | 1:47.395 | +7.353 | 18 |
| 20 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:48.902 | 1:47.775 | +7.733 | 19 |
| 21 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | 1:49.814 | 1:48.212 | +8.170 | 20 |
| 22 | 23 |  Adrián Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:53.455 | 1:48.337 | +8.295 | 21 |
| 23 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas |
Lola-Ford | 1:51.230 | 1:48.887 | +8.845 | 22 |
| 24 | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:49.017 | 1:50.902 | +8.975 | 23 |
| 25 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ligier-Megatron | 1:51.554 | 1:49.641 | +9.599 | 24 |
| 26 | 4 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:50.896 | 1:49.741 | +9.699 | 25 |
| 27 | 14 | Roberto Moreno |
AGS-Ford | 1:51.835 | 1:50.212 | +10.170 | 26 |