1987 British motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 9 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 2 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Donington Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–2 August 1987 at Donington Park.
Classification
[edit]500 cc
[edit]| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 50'09.770 | 15 | ||
| 2 |  Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +4.610 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Randy Mamola | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +14.920 | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain | Yamaha | +21.440 | 8 | ||
| 5 |  Niall Mackenzie | Team HRC | Honda | +24.640 | 6 | ||
| 6 |  Didier de Radiguès | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | +31.540 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +31.930 | 4 | ||
| 8 |  Tadahiko Taira | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +32.970 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Roger Burnett | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +35.960 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Kenny Irons | Heron Suzuki GB | Suzuki | +52.140 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1'07.580 | |||
| 12 |  Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1'15.960 | |||
| 13 |  Richard Scott | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +1'21.440 | |||
| 14 |  Marco Gentile | Fior | Fior | +1'23.430 | |||
| 15 | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | +1'24.120 | ||||
| 16 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
| 17 | Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 18 | Hervé Guilleux | Fior | +1 lap | ||||
| 19 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 20 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 21 | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 22 |  Alan Irwin | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 23 |  Maarten Duyzers | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 24 |  Fabio Barchitta | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
| 25 |  Silvo Habat | Honda | +2 laps | ||||
| 26 | Hennie Boerman | Racing Team Docshop | Honda | +2 laps | |||
| Ret | Rob McElnea | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retired | |||
| Ret | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Roger Marshall | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret |  Gustav Reiner | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Accident | |||
| Ret | Andy McGladdery | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Mark Phillips | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Steve Henshaw | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Manfred Fischer | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret | Ray Swann | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Freddie Spencer | Team HRC | Honda | Retired | |||
| DNQ | Alan Jeffery | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ |  Andreas Leuthe | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Ian Pratt | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ |  Larry Moreno Vacondio | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ |  Josef Doppler | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Steve Manley | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ |  Claus Wulff | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1987 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1987 British MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". www.motogp.com.