| «1987-01» | Brazil Grand Prix - XVI Grande Premio do Brasil |
| 1987-04-12 | Jacarepagua - Autódromo do Rio de Janeiro - 61 laps × 5.031 km : 306.891 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren • TAG Porsche | 61 | 1:39:45.141 | 184.592 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams • Honda | 61 | +40.547 | +40.547 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren • TAG Porsche | 61 | +56.758 | +16.211 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 61 | +01:39.235 | +42.477 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 60 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams • Honda | 60 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 59 | +2 laps | ||
| 8 | 9 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 58 | spin | ||
| 9 | 17 | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 58 | +3 laps | ||
| 10 | 18 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 58 | +3 laps | ||
| 11 | 20 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 57 | +4 laps | ||
| 12 | 22 | 14 | Pascal Fabre | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 55 | +6 laps | ||
| 14 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 52 | overheating | |||
| 3 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus • Honda | 50 | oil pressure | |||
| 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham • BMW | 48 | battery | |||
| 13 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham • BMW | 21 | differential | |||
| 8 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 20 | valve | |||
| 21 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella • Alfa Romeo | 20 | exhausted | |||
| 15 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi • Motori Moderni | 17 | wheel lost | |||
| 19 | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 15 | turbo | |||
| 4 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 9 | overheating | |||
| DSQ | 16 | 23 | Adrian Campos | Minardi • Motori Moderni | 3 | starting procedure | ||
| DNS | 23 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Ford Cosworth | engine | |||
| WDR | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | car unavailable | ||||
| WDR | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Alfa Romeo | engine unavailable | ||||
| WDR | 8 | Mauro Baldi | Brabham • BMW | fired |
Fastest lap - 01:33.861 - 192.962 km/h - Nelson Piquet (lap 42)