Total de pilots participants: 32
Total d’equips participants: 16
Debutants: 8 (Adrián Campos, Yannick Dalmas, Pascal Fabre, Franco Forini, Nicola Larini, Stefano Modena, Satoru Nakajima, Gabriele Tarquini)
Última temporada: 3 (Teo Fabi, Pascal Fabre, Franco Forini)
Defuncions a la F1: 0
Defuncions en altres categories: 0
Defuncions en altres categories: 0
Defuncions no relacionades amb l’esport: 0
Retirats per lesions a la F1: 0
Retirats per lesions a la F1: 0
Retirats per lesions en altres categories: 0
Pilot més jove: Alex Caffi, 23 anys i 30 dies, Brasil
Pilot més vell: René Arnoux, 39 anys i 143 dies, Austràlia
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| D’esquerra a dreta, a dalt: Modena, Alboreto, Johansson, Prost, Cheever, Palmer, Dalmas, Warwick, Nakajima, Boutsen, Campos, Capelli i Patrese. A baix, Danner, de Cesaris, Berger, Ghinzani, Alliot, Streiff, Piquet, Brundle, Arnoux, Senna, Fabi, Nannini i Moreno. |
| Entrant | Cotxe | Pneu. | Pilots |
| Marlboro McLaren International |
McLaren MP4/3-TAG | G | 1. Alain Prost 2. Stefan Johansson |
| Data General Team Tyrrell |
Tyrrell DG016-Ford | G | 3. Jonathan Palmer 4. Philippe Streiff |
| Canon Williams Honda Team |
Williams FW11B-Honda | G | 5. Nigel Mansell 5. Riccardo Patrese 6. Nelson Piquet |
| Motor Racing Developments |
Brabham BT56-BMW | G | 7. Riccardo Patrese 7. Stefano Modena 8. Andrea de Cesaris |
| West Zakspeed Racing | Zakspeed 861 Zakspeed 871 |
G | 9. Martin Brundle 10. Christian Danner |
| Camel Team Lotus Honda |
Lotus 99T-Honda | G | 11. Satoru Nakajima 12. Ayrton Senna |
| Team El Charro AGS | AGS JH22-Ford | G | 14. Pascal Fabre 14. Roberto Moreno |
| Leyton House March Racing Team |
March 87P-Ford March 871-Ford |
G | 16. Ivan Capelli |
| USF&G Arrows Megatron |
Arrows A10-Megatron | G | 17. Derek Warwick 18. Eddie Cheever |
| Benetton Formula Ltd | Benetton B187-Ford | G | 19. Teo Fabi 20. Thierry Boutsen |
| Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo | G | 21. Alex Caffi 22. Gabriele Tarquini 22. Franco Forini |
| Minardi Team SpA | Minardi M187-Motori Moderni | G | 23. Adrián Campos 24. Alessandro Nannini |
| Ligier Loto | Ligier JS29-Megatron Ligier JS29B-Megatron Ligier JS29C-Megatron |
G | 25. René Arnoux 26. Piercarlo Ghinzani |
| Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
Ferrari F1/87 | G | 27. Michele Alboreto 28. Gerhard Berger |
| Larrousse Calmels | Lola LC87-Ford | G | 29. Yannick Dalmas 30. Philippe Alliot |
| Enzo Coloni Racing Car System |
Coloni FC187-Ford | G | 32. Nicola Larini |