1987 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 16 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 15 November 1987 | ||
| Official name | LII Foster's Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.780 km (2.362 mi) | ||
| Distance | 82 laps, 309.960 km (193.684 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:17.267 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:20.416 on lap 72 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
The 1987 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 15 November 1987.
1987 was the first time in the history of the Australian Grand Prix (dating back to the first race in 1928) that no Australian driver was on the grid. As it turned out, no Australian driver would compete in an AGP until David Brabham drove for the Brabham team (founded in 1962 by his father, triple World Champion Jack Brabham) in the 1990 Australian Grand Prix.
The third Australian Grand Prix to be held at Adelaide and the final round of the 1987 Formula One World Championship proved to be another eventful race. Gerhard Berger started from his third pole position of the year despite being ill during qualifying. The event had one vital missing ingredient in the form of Nigel Mansell, still recovering from his accident during qualifying for the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix. Standing in for Mansell at Williams was Italian veteran Riccardo Patrese, who was given permission from Brabham owner Bernie Ecclestone to join Williams one race early, having already signed for the team for 1988. 1987 Formula 3000 champion, young Italian Stefano Modena, replaced Patrese at Brabham to make his Formula One debut.
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