The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was Round 12 of the 1987 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Estoril, Portugal on Sunday, 20 September 1987. Gerhard Berger started on pole position for Ferrari and Alain Prost was the race winner in the McLaren TAG.
1987 Portuguese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 70 | 1:37:03.906 | 1:37:03.906 | - | - | 1:19.509 | 65 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 70 | +20.493 | 1:37:24.399 | +20.493 | +20.493 | 1:19.282 | 66 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 70 | +1:03.295 | 1:38:07.201 | +1:03.295 | +42.802 | 1:21.191 | 41 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 69 | Out of fuel | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.821 | 45 | 10 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.807 | 45 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.682 | 53 | 11 | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:20.217 | 62 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:23.828 | 63 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:25.012 | 64 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:24.652 | 64 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 66 | Out of fuel | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.626 | 48 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 66 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1:25.003 | 51 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 66 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1:23.259 | 55 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 64 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 2 laps | 1:21.535 | 50 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 54 | Injection | 16 laps | 10 laps | 1:22.504 | 52 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 38 | Gearbox | 32 laps | 16 laps | 1:22.989 | 33 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 35 | Gearbox | 35 laps | 3 laps | 1:25.760 | 28 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Franco Forini | Switzerland | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 32 | Suspension | 38 laps | 3 laps | 1:29.223 | 20 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 31 | Engine | 39 laps | 1 lap | 1:27.020 | 22 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 29 | Radiator | 41 laps | 2 laps | 1:26.131 | 21 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 27 | Turbo | 43 laps | 2 laps | 1:26.811 | 23 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 24 | Ignition | 46 laps | 3 laps | 1:26.811 | 20 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Adrian Campos | Spain | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 24 | Accident | 46 laps | 1:26.892 | 8 | 20 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 13 | Electrical | 57 laps | 11 laps | 1:22.834 | 12 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 13 | Engine | 57 laps | 1:24.433 | 12 | 7 | |||
| DNS | 10 | Christian Danner | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | Accident | 70 laps | 13 laps | 16 | |||||
| DNQ | 14 | Pascal Fabre | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear |