| «1987-05» | USA Grand Prix - VI Detroit Grand Prix |
| 1987-06-21 | Detroit - 63 laps × 4.023 km : 253.449 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus • Honda | 63 | 1:50:16.358 | 137.903 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams • Honda | 63 | +33.819 | +33.819 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren • TAG Porsche | 63 | +45.327 | +11.508 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 63 | +01:02.601 | +17.274 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams • Honda | 62 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 60 | +3 laps | 1 | |
| 7 | 11 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren • TAG Porsche | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 8 | 16 | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 9 | 9 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham • BMW | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 10 | 21 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Megatron | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 11 | 13 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 60 | +3 laps | ||
| 12 | 26 | 14 | Pascal Fabre | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 58 | +5 laps | ||
| 4 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 52 | brakes | |||
| DNC | 23 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier • Megatron | 51 | |||
| 14 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 44 | wheel lost | |||
| 20 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 38 | collision | |||
| 7 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 25 | gearbox | |||
| 18 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi • Motori Moderni | 22 | gearbox | |||
| 15 | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 16 | turbo | |||
| 10 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 12 | cardan | |||
| 22 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Ford Cosworth | 9 | battery | |||
| 8 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 6 | collision | |||
| 19 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella • Alfa Romeo | 3 | gearbox | |||
| 17 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham • BMW | 2 | gearbox | |||
| 25 | 23 | Adrian Campos | Minardi • Motori Moderni | 1 | collision | |||
| 24 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 0 | collision |
Fastest lap - 01:40.464 - 144.159 km/h - Ayrton Senna (lap 39)