The 1987 Italian Grand Prix was a

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motor race held at

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on 6 September 1987. It was the eleventh race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 57th

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and the 52nd to be held at Monza. The race was held over 50 laps of the circuit for a race distance of . The race was won from

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by Brazilian driver

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, driving a Williams-

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. Piquet took his third victory of the season by 1.8 seconds from compatriot

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, who led in his Lotus-Honda before running wide at the Parabolica with eight laps to go. Piquet's British team-mate,

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, finished third, nearly 50 seconds adrift. It was also the sixth consecutive victory for the Williams team, a run of wins that had begun at the

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in early July. French Tyrrell driver

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was the first naturally aspirated Jim Clark Trophy car to finish in 12th, three laps down on Piquet. The win strengthened Piquet's championship points lead to 14 points over Senna and 20 over Mansell. During qualifying, Piquet recorded a speed of , the fastest achieved by a Formula One car during the first turbo era of the sport (1977-88). Due to the entries of AGS and Coloni, for the first time in the 1987 season, there would be drivers who would fail to qualify for the race - in this case, it was to be

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in the Coloni and

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in the AGS.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Numbers in brackets refer to positions of

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entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Jim Clark Trophy standings ;Colin Chapman Trophy standings *

References

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Italian Grand Prix

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