April 12, 1987 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Lap distance 5.031 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 61 | 1:39'45.141 | 5 | 1'29.175 | 9 | 1'35.811 | (45) | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 61 | 1:40'25.688 | +40.547 | 2 | 1'26.567 | 1 | 1'33.861 | (42) |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 61 | 1:40'41.899 | +56.758 | 10 | 1'30.476 | 4 | 1'35.299 | (43) |
| 4 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 61 | 1:41'24.376 | +1'39.235 | 7 | 1'30.357 | 7 | 1'35.769 | (54) |
| 5 | 2 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 60 | 1:40'29.148 | +1 lap | 6 | 1'29.450 | 6 | 1'35.737 | (50) |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 60 | 1:41'23.874 | +1 lap | 1 | 1'26.128 | 3 | 1'34.602 | (49) |
| 7 | 11 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 59 | 1:41'26.362 | +2 laps | 12 | 1'32.276 | 14 | 1'38.482 | (40) | |
| 8 | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 58 | 1:36'31.385 | +3 laps | 9 | 1'30.468 | 8 | 1'35.773 | (37) | |
| 9 | 10 | Christian Danner (GER) | Zakspeed 861B | Zakspeed 861 | Goodyear | 58 | 1:41'09.369 | +3 laps | 17 | 1'35.212 | 16 | 1'40.112 | (38) | |
| 10 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 58 | 1:41'34.177 | +3 laps | 18 | 1'36.091 | 18 | 1'41.495 | (26) | |
| 11 | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 57 | 1:41'15.688 | +4 laps | 20 | 1'36.274 | 19 | 1'43.049 | (23) | |
| 12 | 14 | Pascal Fabre (FRA) | AGS JH22 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 55 | 1:40'54.893 | +6 laps | 22 | 1'39.816 | 20 | 1'43.129 | (27) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| overheating | 18 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 52 | 1:39'55.392 | 14 | 1'32.769 | 2 | 1'33.978 | (48) | ||
| engine | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 50 | 1:22'44.875 | 3 | 1'28.408 | 5 | 1'35.312 | (48) | ||
| electrical | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 48 | 1:20'32.474 | 11 | 1'31.179 | 12 | 1'36.846 | (44) | ||
| differential | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 21 | 36'05.894 | 13 | 1'32.402 | 13 | 1'38.194 | (19) | ||
| engine | 17 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 20 | 34'02.191 | 8 | 1'30.467 | 11 | 1'36.553 | (18) | ||
| withdrew | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Osella FA1I | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 20 | 36'15.612 | 21 | 1'38.770 | 21 | 1'44.130 | (3) | ||
| suspension | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 17 | 29'16.640 | 15 | 1'33.729 | 15 | 1'39.108 | (16) | ||
| turbo | 9 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Zakspeed 861B | Zakspeed 861 | Goodyear | 15 | 25'52.431 | 19 | 1'36.160 | 17 | 1'40.683 | (4) | ||
| turbo | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 9 | 14'47.016 | 4 | 1'28.417 | 10 | 1'36.511 | (5) | ||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 23 | Adrián Campos (ESP) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 3 | 5'24.369 | 16 | 1'33.825 | 1'40.714 | (2) | |||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March 87P | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 23 | 1'43.580 | |||||||
