1987 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1987 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–27 September 1987 at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.

  1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 September 1987
Official name	GP Brasil[1]
Location	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.835 km (2.383 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Time 1:27.360 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Wayne Gardner Second Eddie Lawson Third Randy Mamola
250 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Dominique Sarron Second Sito Pons Third Carlos Cardús
125 cc
Pole position Rider No 125cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 125cc was held Podium First No 125cc was held Second No 125cc was held Third No 125cc was held
80 cc
Pole position Rider No 80cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 80cc was held Podium First No 80cc was held Second No 80cc was held Third No 80cc was held

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	47'39.570	15
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+5.190	12
3	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+12.610	10
4	Didier de Radiguès	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	+24.420	8
5	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain	Yamaha	+25.590	6
6	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+42.330	5
7	Tadahiko Taira	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+51.710	4
8	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+56.690	3
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1'01.120	2
10	Mike Baldwin	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+1'03.720	1
11	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+1 lap
12	Marco Gentile		Fior	+1 lap
13	Wolfgang Von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Vincenzo Cascino		Suzuki	+3 laps
15	Gerhard Vogt		Suzuki	+3 laps
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Accident
DNS	Freddie Spencer	Team HRC	Honda	Did not start
Sources: [2][3]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
2. "1987 Brazilian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. "motogp.com · BRASILIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". www.motogp.com.