1987 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1987 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 August 1987
Official name	Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.020 km (2.498 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Time 1:38.290 Fastest lap Rider Tadahiko Taira Podium First Eddie Lawson Second Wayne Gardner Third Randy Mamola
250cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Igoa Fastest lap Rider Martin Wimmer Podium First Anton Mang Second Loris Reggiani Third Martin Wimmer
125cc
Pole position Rider Bruno Casanova Fastest lap Rider Fausto Gresini Podium First Fausto Gresini Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Jean-Claude Selini
80cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Podium First Jorge Martínez Second Ian McConnachie Third Gerhard Waibel

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

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
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
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