- 1987 San Marino Grand Prix
Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = San Marino
Grand Prix = San Marino
Official name = 7o Gran Premio di San Marino
Date = May 3
Year = 1987
Race_No = 2
Season_No = 16
Location = Autodromo Dino Ferrari,Imola ,Italy
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 3.131
Course_km = 5.040
Distance_laps = 59
Distance_mi = 184.770
Distance_km = 297.360
Weather = Sunny, warm
Pole_Driver =Ayrton Senna
Pole_Team = Lotus-Honda
Pole_Time = 1:25.826
Pole_Country = Brazil
Fast_Driver =Teo Fabi
Fast_Team = Benetton-Ford
Fast_Time = 1:29.246
Fast_L
Fast_Country = Italy
First_Driver =Nigel Mansell
First_Team = Williams-Honda
First_Country = UK
Second_Driver =Ayrton Senna
Second_Team = Lotus-Honda
Second_Country = Brazil
Third_Driver =Michele Alboreto
Third_Team =Ferrari
Third_Country = ItalyThe 1987 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 3, 1987 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari,
Imola . It was the 2nd race of the1987 Formula One season .Race summary
In Friday practice, championship contender
Nelson Piquet was eliminated from the race after an accident at the Tamburello corner. A tyre of his Williams failed, which resulted in a violent impact against the wall. Whilst in his opinion he had only sustained a sore ankle, he was taken to the nearbyBellaria-Igea Marina hospital, and after medical checks he was forbidden to start by FIA Medical DelegateSid Watkins .Alarmed by excessive blistering and the suggestion that Piquet's accident may have been caused by a tyre deflation, Goodyear withdrew all the tyres issued to teams. A replacement selection was flown in and despite the lack of Customs officials due to an Italian public holiday, the new rubber was available for all teams to race on by Sunday.
Saturday's qualifing went on smoothly, with
Ayrton Senna claiming pole position on his Lotus, withNigel Mansell , on the second Williams, aside him in the front row. The second row was occupied byTeo Fabi in the Benetton andAlain Prost 's McLaren; "home" team Ferrari took the whole third row withMichele Alboreto ahead ofGerhard Berger .
The race required two starts asMartin Brundle ,Thierry Boutsen andEddie Cheever stalled on the original grid.Satoru Nakajima started from the pit lane owing to a faulty battery, andRené Arnoux failed to take the second start after the suspension of hisLigier failed.On the second start, Senna led off the line but Mansell overtook him on lap two, at the Tosa corner, and went on to dominate the race. Prost got the second place overtaking Senna on lap 6; the Brazilian was then engaged in a battle with the two Ferraris, and got back second when Prost retired with an alternator failure on lap 15. Berger retired with turbo boost failure on lap 17, and by that time Alboreto passed Senna to take second place.
On lap 22, Mansell pitted early due to a loose wheel balance weight and for 3 laps Alboreto led the race. Senna retook first position with Alboreto's pit stop, then before Mansell returned to the front when the Brazilian stopped.Riccardo Patrese in aBrabham was now holding second place but he retired when his alternator failed on lap 51. Simultaneously, Teo Fabi retired with engine problems. Fabi's race had been wrecked by front wing damage on the first lap, although his attempted fightback did produce the fastest lap.Mansell took a comfortable win with Senna holding second after Alboreto's turbo experienced problems.
Stefan Johansson was in fourth place whilstDerek Warwick 's retirement (out of fuel) handed fifth to Brundle and first points ever toZakspeed with Nakajima rounding off the points.Classification
Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally-aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.
Notes
* Finishing the race in sixth place, Nakajima became the first Japanese driver to score a World Championship point.
References
* "Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web |title=The Official Formula 1 website |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1987/280/ |accessdate=2007-07-08
F1 race report
Name_of_race =San Marino Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1987
Previous_race_in_season =1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =1987 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =1986 San Marino Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =1988 San Marino Grand Prix
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