The 1987 Japanese Grand Prix was Round 15 of the 1987 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Suzuka, Japan on Sunday, 1 November 1987. Gerhard Berger started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1987 Drivers World Championship and Nelson Piquet won the world title for the third and last time.
1987 Japanese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 51 | 1:32:58.072 | 1:32:58.072 | - | - | 1:45.540 | 34 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 51 | +17.384 | 1:33:15.456 | +17.384 | +17.384 | 1:45.805 | 49 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 51 | +17.694 | 1:33:15.766 | +17.694 | +0.310 | 1:46.323 | 34 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 51 | +1:20.441 | 1:34:18.513 | +1:20.441 | +1:02.747 | 1:46.534 | 28 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 51 | +1:25.576 | 1:34:23.648 | +1:25.576 | +5.135 | 1:47.182 | 41 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 51 | +1:36.479 | 1:34:34.551 | +1:36.479 | +10.903 | 1:48.206 | 27 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 50 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:43.844 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 50 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:50.111 | 34 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 50 | Out of Fuel | 1 lap | 1:47.421 | 41 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 50 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:49.221 | 33 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 49 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:48.581 | 24 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 49 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:51.236 | 44 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 48 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:49.915 | 29 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 47 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:52.080 | 40 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 46 | Engine | 5 laps | 1 lap | 1:46.706 | 41 | 5 | ||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 44 | Out of Fuel | 7 laps | 2 laps | 1:49.384 | 28 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 43 | Out of Fuel | 8 laps | 1 lap | 1:51.917 | 35 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 38 | Electrical | 13 laps | 5 laps | 1:54.015 | 15 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 35 | Engine | 16 laps | 3 laps | 1:51.848 | 32 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 32 | Engine | 19 laps | 3 laps | 1:50.367 | 28 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 26 | Engine | 25 laps | 6 laps | 1:50.422 | 18 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Engine | 35 laps | 10 laps | 1:49.170 | 9 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Christian Danner | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 13 | Engine | 38 laps | 3 laps | 1:52.813 | 7 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 13 | Accident | 38 laps | 1:52.213 | 13 | 20 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Adrian Campos | Spain | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 2 | Engine | 49 laps | 11 laps | 1:59.121 | 2 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 51 laps | 2 laps | 18 | |||||
| DNS | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | Accident | 51 laps |