1987 Australian Grand Prix
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The 1987 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 15 November 1987. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship.
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1987 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 16 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 15 November 1987 | ||
Official name | LII Foster's Australian Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
Course length | 3.780 km (2.362 miles) | ||
Distance | 82 laps, 309.960 km (193.684 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:17.267 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:20.416 on lap 72 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
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The 82-lap race was won by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger, who started from pole position and led every lap in his Ferrari. Also was the last Ferrari's win during the Enzo Ferrari's life, then he would die in August of the following year. Brazilian Ayrton Senna finished second in his Lotus-Honda but was subsequently disqualified, thus promoting Berger's Italian teammate Michele Alboreto to second and the Benetton-Ford of Belgian Thierry Boutsen to third.