Detroit Street Circuit · 21 June 1987
Ayrton Senna won the 1987 Detroit Grand Prix for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid, 33.819s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Pascal Fabre gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Senna 9 + Nakajima 0 | Senna 9 + Nakajima 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Williams Piquet 6 + Mansell 2 | Piquet 6 + Mansell 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | McLaren Prost 4 + Johansson 0 | Prost 4 + Johansson 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Arrows Cheever 1 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 1 + Warwick 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Zakspeed Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brabham Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | AGS Fabre 0 | Fabre 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Benetton Boutsen 0 + Fabi 0 | Boutsen 0 + Fabi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:50:16.358 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +33.819s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +45.327s | 63 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:02.601 | 63 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +3 Laps | 60 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 8 | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 10 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 12 | Pascal Fabre AGS | AGS | +5 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | DNF Brakes | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier | Ligier | DNF Clutch | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Wheel | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Accident | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Turbo | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Electrical | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Accident | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Gearbox | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |