Race Result
| GP n. 451 - 01/11/1987 - Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka International Racing Course |
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| Winner: | Gerhard Berger / Ferrari - 1:32'58.072 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Gerhard Berger / Ferrari - 1:40.042 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alain Prost / McLaren-TAG - 1:43.844 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 51 | 1:32'58.072 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 51 | +17.384 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 51 | +17.694 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 51 | + 1'20.441 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 51 | + 1'25.576 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 51 | + 1'36.479 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 50 | + 1 lap | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 |  Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 50 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 50 | out of fuel | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 50 | + 1 lap | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 49 | + 2 laps | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 49 | + 2 laps | 25 | 0 |
| 13 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ligier-Megatron | 48 | + 3 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas |
Lola-Ford | 47 | + 4 laps | 22 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 46 | engine | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Megatron | 44 | out of fuel | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 43 | out of fuel | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Roberto Moreno |
AGS-Ford | 38 | electrical | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 35 | engine | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 32 | engine | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 26 | engine | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 16 | engine | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | 13 | accident | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 13 | engine | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 |  Adrian Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 2 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Ford | 0 | accident | 18 | 0 |
| Dns | 5 | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | accident | 0 | ||