Suzuka Circuit · 1 November 1987
Gerhard Berger won the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix for Ferrari from 1st on the grid, 17.384s ahead of Ayrton Senna. Philippe Streiff gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Berger 9 + Alboreto 3 | Berger 9 + Alboreto 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | Team Lotus Senna 6 + Nakajima 1 | Senna 6 + Nakajima 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | McLaren Johansson 4 + Prost 0 | Johansson 4 + Prost 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Benetton Boutsen 2 + Fabi 0 | Boutsen 2 + Fabi 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brabham Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Ghinzani 0 + Arnoux 0 | Ghinzani 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lola Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Williams Piquet 0 + Mansell 0 | Piquet 0 + Mansell 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Osella Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | AGS Moreno 0 | Moreno 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Zakspeed Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:32:58.072 | 51 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +17.384s | 51 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | +17.694s | 51 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:20.441 | 51 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +1:25.576 | 51 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:36.479 | 51 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 50 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 50 | — | — | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Out of fuel | 50 | — | — | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 50 | — | — | |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 49 | — | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 49 | — | — | |
| 13 | Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 48 | — | — | |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | +4 Laps | 47 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Out of fuel | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Out of fuel | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Roberto Moreno AGS | AGS | DNF Electrical | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Accident | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Engine | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNS Accident | 0 | — | — |