SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID
01 - 03 May 1987
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, San Marino
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ayrton SennaSEN | Lotus Honda | 1:25.826 | 
| 2 | 5 | Nigel MansellMAN | Williams Honda | 1:25.946 | 
| 3 | 6 | Nelson PiquetPIQ | Williams Honda | 1:25.997 | 
| 4 | 1 | Alain ProstPRO | McLaren TAG | 1:26.135 | 
| 5 | 19 | Teo FabiFAB | Benetton Ford | 1:27.270 | 
| 6 | 28 | Gerhard BergerBER | Ferrari | 1:27.280 | 
| 7 | 27 | Michele AlboretoALB | Ferrari | 1:28.074 | 
| 8 | 7 | Riccardo PatresePAT | Brabham BMW | 1:28.421 | 
| 9 | 2 | Stefan JohanssonJOH | McLaren TAG | 1:28.708 | 
| 10 | 18 | Eddie CheeverCHE | Arrows Megatron | 1:28.848 | 
| 11 | 17 | Derek WarwickWAR | Arrows Megatron | 1:28.887 | 
| 12 | 20 | Thierry BoutsenBOU | Benetton Ford | 1:28.908 | 
| 13 | 11 | Satoru NakajimaNAK | Lotus Honda | 1:29.579 | 
| 14 | 25 | Rene ArnouxARN | Ligier Megatron | 1:29.861 | 
| 15 | 8 | Andrea de CesarisDEC | Brabham BMW | 1:30.382 | 
| 16 | 9 | Martin BrundleBRU | Zakspeed | 1:31.094 | 
| 17 | 24 | Alessandro NanniniNAN | Minardi Motori Moderni | 1:31.789 | 
| 18 | 23 | Adrian CamposCAM | Minardi Motori Moderni | 1:31.818 | 
| 19 | 10 | Christian DannerDAN | Zakspeed | 1:31.903 | 
| 20 | 26 | Piercarlo GhinzaniGHI | Ligier Megatron | 1:32.248 | 
| 21 | 21 | Alex CaffiCAF | Osella Alfa Romeo | 1:32.308 | 
| 22 | 4 | Philippe StreiffSTR | Tyrrell Ford | 1:33.155 | 
| 23 | 30 | Philippe AlliotALL | Lola Ford | 1:33.846 | 
| 24 | 16 | Ivan CapelliCAP | March Ford | 1:33.872 | 
| 25 | 3 | Jonathan PalmerPAL | Tyrrell Ford | 1:34.632 | 
| 26 | 14 | Pascal FabreFAB | AGS Ford | 1:36.159 | 
| 27 | 22 | Gabriele TarquiniTAR | Osella Alfa Romeo | 1:43.446 |