Autódromo do Estoril · 20 September 1987
Alain Prost won the 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix for McLaren from 3rd on the grid, 20.493s ahead of Gerhard Berger. Jonathan Palmer gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Prost 9 + Johansson 2 | Prost 9 + Johansson 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Berger 6 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 6 + Alboreto 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Williams Piquet 4 + Mansell 0 | Piquet 4 + Mansell 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Benetton Fabi 3 + Boutsen 0 | Fabi 3 + Boutsen 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Arrows Cheever 1 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 1 + Warwick 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Senna 0 + Nakajima 0 | Senna 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Minardi Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | Nannini 0 + Campos 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Brabham de Cesaris 0 + Patrese 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Zakspeed Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Osella Forini 0 + Caffi 0 | Forini 0 + Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ligier Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | 1:37:03.906 | 70 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +20.493s | 70 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +1:03.295 | 70 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Out of fuel | 69 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 69 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +2 Laps | 68 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| 9 | Ivan Capelli March | March | +3 Laps | 67 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 67 | — | — | |
| 11 | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Out of fuel | 66 | — | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +4 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 13 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +4 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 14 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +6 Laps | 64 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Injection | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Gearbox | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Franco Forini Osella | Osella | DNF Suspension | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Radiator | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Turbo | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier | Ligier | DNF Ignition | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Accident | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Electrical | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |