June 21, 1987 Detroit Street Circuit | Lap distance 4.023 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 63 | 1:50'16.358 | 2 | 1'40.607 | 1 | 1'40.464 | (39) | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 63 | 1:50'50.177 | +33.819 | 3 | 1'40.942 | 3 | 1'41.196 | (57) |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 63 | 1:51'01.685 | +45.327 | 5 | 1'42.357 | 4 | 1'41.340 | (56) |
| 4 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 63 | 1:51'18.959 | +1'02.601 | 12 | 1'43.816 | 5 | 1'42.238 | (46) |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 62 | 1:50'34.832 | +1 lap | 1 | 1'39.264 | 2 | 1'40.535 | (36) |
| 6 | 1 | 18 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 60 | 1:48'58.338 | +3 laps | 6 | 1'42.361 | 8 | 1'43.951 | (35) |
| 7 | 2 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 60 | 1:50'16.597 | +3 laps | 11 | 1'43.797 | 7 | 1'42.332 | (53) | |
| 8 | 10 | Christian Danner (GER) | Zakspeed 871 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 60 | 1:50'40.144 | +3 laps | 16 | 1'45.740 | 18 | 1'47.532 | (38) | |
| 9 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 60 | 1:50'57.292 | +3 laps | 9 | 1'43.479 | 10 | 1'44.255 | (46) | |
| 10 | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS29B | Megatron | Goodyear | 60 | 1:51'08.353 | +3 laps | 21 | 1'46.211 | 14 | 1'46.937 | (38) | |
| 11 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 60 | 1:51'27.149 | +3 laps | 13 | 1'44.350 | 9 | 1'44.048 | (41) | |
| 12 | 14 | Pascal Fabre (FRA) | AGS JH22 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 58 | 1:50'43.574 | +5 laps | 26 | 1'53.644 | 22 | 1'50.309 | (32) | |
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| brakes | 20 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 52 | 1:34'16.754 | 4 | 1'42.050 | 6 | 1'42.252 | (41) | ||
| clutch | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Ligier JS29B | Megatron | Goodyear | 51 | 1:50'25.489 | 23 | 1'47.471 | 17 | 1'47.477 | (21) | ||
| wheel | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 44 | 1:20'09.338 | 14 | 1'45.037 | 13 | 1'46.048 | (35) | ||
| accident | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC87 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 38 | 1:10'11.754 | 20 | 1'46.194 | 12 | 1'45.869 | (33) | ||
| gearbox | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 25 | 44'54.244 | 7 | 1'42.684 | 11 | 1'45.016 | (19) | ||
| gearbox | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 22 | 41'43.222 | 18 | 1'46.083 | 15 | 1'47.069 | (13) | ||
| turbo | 9 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Zakspeed 861 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 16 | 32'56.416 | 15 | 1'45.291 | 20 | 1'48.744 | (14) | ||
| accident | 17 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 12 | 30'25.377 | 10 | 1'43.541 | 16 | 1'47.260 | (11) | ||
| electrical | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March 871 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 9 | 17'50.134 | 22 | 1'46.269 | 21 | 1'49.341 | (5) | ||
| accident | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 6 | 11'10.477 | 8 | 1'42.918 | 19 | 1'48.325 | (4) | ||
| transmission | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Osella FA1I | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 3 | 6'01.884 | 19 | 1'46.124 | 23 | 1'53.496 | (2) | ||
| gearbox | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 2 | 4'02.473 | 17 | 1'46.046 | 24 | 1'53.860 | (2) | ||
| accident | 23 | Adrián Campos (ESP) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 1 | 2'16.237 | 25 | 1'50.495 | 25 | 2'16.237 | (1) | ||
| accident | 11 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 0 | 24 | 1'48.801 | ||||||
