1987 British Grand Prix

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Results from the 1987 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 12, 1987. The race is remembered by British fans for Mansells determination, coming from 20 seconds behind Piquet on lap 45 and overtaking him 15 laps later. The Brit ovetook his Brazilian teammate at Stowe corner after performing a "double-shuffle". Viewers of BBC's coverage may recall Murray Walker cheering in the background of the English commentary after Mansell overtook Piquet.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	65	19:12.2	2	9
2	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	65	1.918	1	6
3	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	64	+ 1 Lap	3	4
4	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	63	+ 2 Laps	12	3
5	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	63	+ 2 Laps	13	2
6	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	63	+ 2 Laps	6	1
7	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	62	+ 3 Laps	5
8	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	60	+ 5 Laps	23
9	14	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	59	+ 6 Laps	25
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	57	Engine	22
NC	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	54	Not Classified	17
Ret	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	53	Engine	4
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	52	Suspension	7
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	45	Engine	14
Ret	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	34	Fuel System	19
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	32	Engine	20
Ret	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	32	Gearbox	18
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	28	Turbo	11
Ret	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	18	Engine	10
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	10	Engine	15
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	8	Turbo	9
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	7	Accident	8
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	7	Gearbox	21
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	3	Electrical	16
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	3	Accident	24
DSQ	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	0	Excluded	19

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Nigel Mansell 1'9.832

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