Round 15 · 1 November 1987
1987 Japanese Grand Prix: results
Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) won the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix, round 15 of the championship, held on 1 November 1987 at Suzuka Circuit (Japan), starting from position 1. Ayrton Senna (Team Lotus) and Stefan Johansson (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1 | 1:32:58.072 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 7 | +17.384 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 9 | +17.694 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 4 | +80.441 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 3 | +85.576 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 11 | +96.479 s | 1 | Finished |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 12 | — | — | Out of fuel |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 13 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 8 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 13 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 24 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 22 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 5 | — | — | Engine |
| 16 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 17 | — | — | Out of fuel |
| 17 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 23 | — | — | Out of fuel |
| 18 | Roberto Moreno | AGS | 26 | — | — | Electrical |
| 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | — | — | Engine |
| 22 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | — | — | Engine |
| 23 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 16 | — | — | Engine |
| 24 | Ivan Capelli | March | 20 | — | — | Accident |
| 25 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 21 | — | — | Engine |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | — | — | Accident |
| 27 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | — | — | — | Accident |