Race Result
| GP n. 437 - 12/04/1987 - Grand Prix of Brazil Jacarepagua |
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| Winner: | Alain Prost / McLaren-TAG - 1:39'45.141 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Nigel Mansell / Williams-Honda - 1:26.128 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Nelson Piquet / Williams-Honda - 1:33.861 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 61 | 1:39'45.141 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 61 | +40.547 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 61 | +56.758 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 61 | + 1'39.235 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 60 | + 1 lap | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 60 | + 1 lap | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 59 | + 2 laps | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 58 | spun off | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 58 | + 3 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 58 | + 3 laps | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 57 | + 4 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | Pascal Fabre |
AGS-Ford | 55 | + 6 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Dsq | 23 |  Adrian Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 3 | disqualified | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 52 | overheating | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 50 | engine | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 48 | electrical | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 21 | differential | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 20 | engine | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 20 | withdrew | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 17 | suspension | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 15 | turbo | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 9 | turbo | 4 | 0 |
| Dns | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | did not start | 23 | 0 | |