Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · 12 April 1987
Alain Prost won the 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren from 5th on the grid, 40.547s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Pascal Fabre gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Prost 9 + Johansson 4 | Prost 9 + Johansson 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Williams Piquet 6 + Mansell 1 | Piquet 6 + Mansell 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Benetton Boutsen 2 + Fabi 0 | Boutsen 2 + Fabi 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus Nakajima 0 + Senna 0 | Nakajima 0 + Senna 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Zakspeed Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | AGS Fabre 0 | Fabre 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Brabham Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Osella Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Minardi Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | 1:39:45.141 | 61 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +40.547s | 61 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | +56.758s | 61 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:39.235 | 61 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 60 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 60 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 58 | — | — | |
| 9 | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | +3 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +4 Laps | 57 | — | — | |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre AGS | AGS | +6 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Overheating | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Electrical | 48 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Differential | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Withdrew | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Suspension | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Turbo | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Turbo | 9 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DSQ | 3 | — | — | |
| DNS | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — |