Japanese Grand Prix
Round 15 · 1 November 1987 ·Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Senna
Team Lotus
2
Berger
Ferrari
1
Johansson
McLaren
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Ferrari | 51 | 1:32:58.072 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna |  Brazilian | Team Lotus | 51 | +17.384 | 6 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | McLaren | 51 | +17.694 | 4 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto |  Italian | Ferrari | 51 | +1:20.441 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Benetton | 51 | +1:25.576 | 2 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima |  Japanese | Team Lotus | 51 | +1:36.479 | 1 |
| 7 | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer |  British | Tyrrell | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever |  American | Arrows | 50 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | British | Arrows | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Brabham | 49 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 49 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Ligier | 48 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas | French | Larrousse | 47 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Williams | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| R | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 44 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| R | Alex Caffi | Italian | Osella | 43 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| R | Roberto Moreno | Brazilian | AGS | 38 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 35 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Martin Brundle | British | Zakspeed | 32 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Brabham | 26 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Teo Fabi | Italian | Benetton | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Christian Danner |  German | Zakspeed | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Ivan Capelli | Italian | March | 13 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Adrián Campos |  Spanish | Minardi | 2 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Philippe Alliot | French | Larrousse | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| W | Nigel Mansell | British | Williams | 0 | Accident | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- W
- Withdrew