July 26, 1987 Hockenheimring | Lap distance 6.797 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 44 | 1:21'25.091 | 4 | 1'43.705 | 3 | 1'47.517 | (39) | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 44 | 1:23'04.682 | +1'39.591 | 8 | 1'45.428 | 7 | 1'49.778 | (22) |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 43 | 1:22'52.066 | +1 lap | 2 | 1'42.873 | 4 | 1'49.187 | (5) |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 43 | 1:23'05.134 | +1 lap | 22 | 1'53.528 | 19 | 1'54.228 | (20) |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 43 | 1:23'06.022 | +1 lap | 23 | 1'54.491 | 20 | 1'54.294 | (20) |
| 6 | 1 | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC87 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 42 | 1:23'17.334 | +2 laps | 21 | 1'52.760 | 23 | 1'54.771 | (7) |
| 7 | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 39 | 1:11'33.332 | +5 laps | 3 | 1'43.202 | 2 | 1'46.807 | (24) | |
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Zakspeed 871 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 34 | 1:22'14.654 | 19 | 1'51.062 | 6 | 1'49.742 | (34) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Ligier JS29C | Megatron | Goodyear | 32 | 1:01'34.598 | 17 | 1'49.236 | 16 | 1'52.512 | (5) | ||
| engine | 23 | Adrián Campos (ESP) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 28 | 55'27.378 | 18 | 1'49.668 | 22 | 1'54.705 | (23) | ||
| engine | 20 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 26 | 49'04.363 | 6 | 1'45.066 | 8 | 1'49.864 | (4) | ||
| engine | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 25 | 45'51.785 | 1 | 1'42.616 | 1 | 1'45.716 | (24) | ||
| engine | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 25 | 47'36.687 | 16 | 1'47.887 | 15 | 1'52.382 | (6) | ||
| turbo | 17 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 23 | 43'31.402 | 13 | 1'46.525 | 10 | 1'50.608 | (17) | ||
| halfshaft | 10 | Christian Danner (GER) | Zakspeed 871 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 21 | 50'41.037 | 20 | 1'51.448 | 21 | 1'54.464 | (7) | ||
| turbo | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 19 | 35'36.262 | 10 | 1'45.902 | 11 | 1'50.667 | (6) | ||
| engine | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 18 | 34'16.681 | 9 | 1'45.497 | 12 | 1'50.758 | (8) | ||
| engine | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Osella FA1I | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 17 | 35'40.513 | 26 | 2'07.753 | 24 | 1'55.549 | (5) | ||
| engine | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 12 | 22'26.305 | 7 | 1'45.411 | 9 | 1'50.436 | (7) | ||
| turbo | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 10 | 18'55.976 | 5 | 1'43.921 | 5 | 1'49.509 | (5) | ||
| engine | 14 | Pascal Fabre (FRA) | AGS JH22 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 10 | 20'27.299 | 25 | 1'54.997 | 26 | 1'58.770 | (2) | ||
| throttle | 18 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 9 | 17'31.982 | 15 | 1'47.780 | 13 | 1'51.014 | (8) | ||
| suspension | 11 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 9 | 18'21.658 | 14 | 1'46.760 | 14 | 1'51.054 | (6) | ||
| engine | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March 871 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 7 | 14'06.952 | 24 | 1'54.616 | 25 | 1'57.292 | (6) | ||
| ignition | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS29C | Megatron | Goodyear | 6 | 18'49.660 | 12 | 1'46.323 | 18 | 1'53.433 | (2) | ||
| ignition | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 5 | 17'51.214 | 11 | 1'46.096 | 17 | 1'53.002 | (3) | ||
