1987 Monaco Grand Prix

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1987 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 31 May 1987
Official name 45e Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.328 km (2.068 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 miles)
Weather Sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver Williams-Honda
Time 1:23.039
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda
Time 1:27.685 on lap 72
Podium
First Lotus-Honda
Second Williams-Honda
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1987 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the 45e Grand Prix de Monaco[1]) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 May 1987 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the fourth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship.

The 78-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a Lotus-Honda. It was the first of an eventual six wins for the Brazilian driver at Monaco. Compatriot Nelson Piquet was second in a Williams-Honda, with Italian Michele Alboreto third in a Ferrari.

The win promoted Senna to second in the Drivers' Championship, three points behind McLaren driver Alain Prost.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1987". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 21 February 2018.