1987 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1987 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8–9 August at the Scandinavian Raceway.

  1987 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 August 1987
Official name	Swedish TT[1][2][3]
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.031 km (2.505 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Time 1:35.720 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Wayne Gardner Second Eddie Lawson Third Randy Mamola
250cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Luca Cadalora Third Loris Reggiani
125cc
Pole position Rider Fausto Gresini Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Fausto Gresini Second Bruno Casanova Third Domenico Brigaglia

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	48'46.360	15
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+2.200	12
3	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+19.930	10
4	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+21.160	8
5	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+29.660	6
6	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+34.400	5
7	Freddie Spencer	Team HRC	Honda	+35.760	4
8	Didier de Radiguès	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	+42.640	3
9	Kenny Irons	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	+46.730	2
10	Roger Burnett	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+51.230	1
11	Richard Scott	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+1'18.870
12	Fabio Biliotti		Honda	1'34.720
13	Tadahiko Taira	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1'36.020
14	Bruno Kneubühler		Honda	+1 lap
15	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 lap
16	Peter Sköld		Honda	+1 lap
17	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 lap
18	Fabio Barchitta		Honda	+1 lap
19	Louis-Luc Maisto		Honda	+1 lap
20	Maarten Duyzers		Honda	+1 lap
21	Marco Gentile	Fior	Fior	+1 lap
22	Ray Swann		Honda	+1 lap
23	Ari Rämö		Honda	+2 laps
24	Gerold Fischer		Honda	+1 lap
25	Geir Hestmann		Suzuki	+3 laps
Ret	Alessandro Valesi		Honda	Retired
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Accident
Ret	Pavel Dekanek		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Wolfgang Von Muralt		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Peter Linden		Honda	Retired
Ret	Claus Wulff		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Hervé Guilleux		Fior	Retired
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Accident
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1987 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Anderstorp Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
4. "1987 Swedish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
5. "motogp.com · SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". www.motogp.com.

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