The 1987 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–27 September 1987 at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.
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Race 14 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 27 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | GP Brasil[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 47'39.570 | 15 | ||
2 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +5.190 | 12 | ||
3 | Randy Mamola | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +12.610 | 10 | ||
4 | Didier de Radiguès | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | +24.420 | 8 | ||
5 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain | Yamaha | +25.590 | 6 | ||
6 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +42.330 | 5 | ||
7 | Tadahiko Taira | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +51.710 | 4 | ||
8 | Niall Mackenzie | Team HRC | Honda | +56.690 | 3 | ||
9 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1'01.120 | 2 | ||
10 | Mike Baldwin | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +1'03.720 | 1 | ||
11 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +1 lap | |||
12 | Marco Gentile | Fior | +1 lap | ||||
13 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Vincenzo Cascino | Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
15 | Gerhard Vogt | Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
Ret | Raymond Roche | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | Retired | |||
Ret | Rob McElnea | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Accident | |||
DNS | Freddie Spencer | Team HRC | Honda | Did not start | |||
Sources: [2][3] |