1987 Austrian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 10 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 16 August 1987 | ||
Official name | XXV Großer Preis von Österreich | ||
Location | Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.942 km (3.692 miles) | ||
Distance | 52 laps, 308.984 km (191.984 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
Time | 1:23.357 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | |
Time | 1:28.318 on lap 31 (lap record) | ||
Podium | |||
First | Williams-Honda | ||
Second | Williams-Honda | ||
Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 16 August 1987. It was the tenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the twentieth Austrian Grand Prix, and the last to be held until 1997. The race was run over 52 laps of the 5.94-kilometre (3.69 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 308.9 kilometres (191.9 mi), also being the last race in the original track.
The race needed to be restarted twice following crashes on the starting grid. It was eventually won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. Mansell took his third victory of the season by 56 seconds from Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet, with Italian Teo Fabi third in a Benetton-Ford.