1987 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Oct 4 Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina Autodromo Municipal de Buenos Aires, , Argentina
3.435 km autodrome
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Eddie Lawson 1 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 34 46:38.22 3 1:22.09
2 Randy Mamola 3 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop 34 +11.42 2 1:21.79
3 Wayne Gardner 2 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 34 +14.06 1 1:21.56
4 Shunji Yatsushiro 16 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 34 +35.83 5 1:22.77
5 Raymond Roche 8 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin 34 +50.10 7 1:22.94
6 Mike Baldwin 4 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop 34 +50.38 8 1:23.28
7 Niall MacKenzie 11 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 37 47:29.41 4 1:22.77
8 Tadahiko Taira 21 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Tech21 Racing Michelin 34 47:52.65 11 1:24.05
9 Pierfrancesco Chili 10 500 Honda NS Honda Team Gallina Michelin 33 10 1:23.51
10 Ron Haslam 9 500 ROC-Honda NS Honda ELF Team ROC Michelin 33 12 1:24.23
11 Marco Gentile 25 500 Fior-Honda RS Team Fior Dunlop 33 13 1:26.15
12 Gerhard Vogt 500 Suzuki RG AC Mayen 32 17 1:33.29
13 Vincenzo Cascino 500 Suzuki 32 15 1:29.22
R Christian Sarron 6 500 Yamaha OW86 Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin DNF 6 1:22.79
R Didier de Radiguès 7 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin DNF 9 1:23.31
NS Wolfgang von Muralt 24 500 Suzuki RGB Team Frankonia Suzuki Did not start 14 1:26.51
NS Rob McElnea 5 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin Did not start 16 1:31.97
Distance 34 laps = 116.8 km Speed 150.3 km/h
PP Wayne Gardner 1:21.56 - 151.6 km/h FL Tadahiko Taira
Started 15 Classified 13 DNF 2 DNS 2
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Sito Pons 2 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 30 42:56.52 4 1:24.84
2 Dominique Sarron 3 250 Honda NSR Honda France Michelin 30 +00.19 13 1:25.63
3 Masahiro Shimizu 250 Honda NSR Honda Ajinomoto 30 +00.44 2 1:24.51
4 Luca Cadalora 22 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 30 +00.69 8 1:25.05
5 Carlos Cardus 12 250 Honda NSR Honda Team Nieto Michelin 30 +02.25 9 1:25.10
6 Reinhold Roth 24 250 Honda NSR Honda Römer Team Michelin 30 +03.65 6 1:24.90
7 Juan Garriga 31 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Racing Michelin 30 +04.00 5 1:24.84
8 Patrick Igoa 17 250 Yamaha YZR Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin 30 +04.30 12 1:25.62
9 Carlos Lavado 1 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin 30 +25.30 3 1:24.80
10 Stefano Caracchi 250 Honda RS Gazzaniga Corse 30 +39.23 10 1:24.27
11 Guy Bertin 250 Honda RS Guy Bertin 30 +1:06.24 18 1:27.14
12 Jean-Michel Mattioli 25 250 Honda RS Honda France Michelin 30 +1:18.46 17 1:26.54
13 Alberto Puig 250 Kobas-Yamaha JJ Cobas 29 20 1:27.78
14 Bruno Bonhuil 250 Honda RS Motor Team Development 29 22 1:28.12
15 Hervé Duffard 250 Honda RS 29 21 1:27.85
16 Luis Lavado 250 Yamaha TZ Yamaha Team Venemotos 29 26 1:29.59
17 Miguel Gonzalez 250 Yamaha TZ 29 24 1:28.89
18 Eduardo Aleman 250 Yamaha TZ 28 28 1:30.77
19 Paul Piloni 250 Kobas 28 32 1:32.29
20 Fernando Gonzalez 250 Kobas-Honda RS 28 33 1:32.86
21 Philippe Pagano 250 Honda RS 27 34 1:34.15
22 Francisco Incorvaia 250 Yamaha TZ 27 35 1:35.81
23 Oscar Cobas 250 Yamaha TZ 26 30 1:31.52
R Martin Wimmer 6 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin DNF 1 1:24.23
R Loris Reggiani 250 Aprilia-Rotax AFI Team Aprilia Fell 7 1:24.95
R Stéphane Mertens 14 250 Armstrong-Honda Racing Team Katayama Dunlop Fell 14 1:25.70
R Jean-Philippe Ruggia 21 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin DNF 15 1:26.12
R Urs Luzi 250 Honda NSR Team Parisienne ELF Dunlop DNF 16 1:26.29
R Anton Mang 4 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin DNF 19 1:27.30
R Jean Foray 250 Chevallier-Yamaha Jean Foray DNF 23 1:28.15
R Alain Bronec 250 Honda RS DNF 27 1:30.04
R Ricardo Blanco 250 Yamaha TZ DNF 31 1:31.78
R Alfredo Rios 250 Yamaha TZ DNF 36 1:36.27
NS Jean-François Baldé 5 250 Défi-Rotax Team Pole-Position Did not start 11 1:25.44
NS René Zanatta 250 Yamaha TZ Did not start 25 1:28.93
NS Sergio Granton 250 Yamaha TZ Did not start 29 1:31.36
Q Raul Calvelo 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 37
Q Claudio Incorvaia 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 38
Distance 30 laps = 103.1 km Speed 144.1 km/h
PP Martin Wimmer 1:24.23 - 146.8 km/h
Started 33 Classified 23 DNF 10 DNS 3
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2