| Grand Prix: | British |
| Flag: | UK |
| Official Name: | Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] [2] [3] |
| Location: | Donington Park |
| Course Mi: | 2.498 |
| Course Km: | 4.020 |
| Race No: | 9 |
| Season No: | 15 |
| Date: | 2 August |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Pole Rider 500: | Wayne Gardner |
| Pole Rider 500 Country: | AUS |
| Pole Time 500: | 1:38.290 |
| Fast Rider 500: | Tadahiko Taira |
| Fast Rider 500 Country: | JPN |
| First Rider 500: | Eddie Lawson |
| First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Second Rider 500: | Wayne Gardner |
| Second Rider 500 Country: | AUS |
| Third Rider 500: | Randy Mamola |
| Third Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Pole Rider 250: | Patrick Igoa |
| Pole Rider 250 Country: | FRA |
| Fast Rider 250: | Martin Wimmer |
| Fast Rider 250 Country: | BRD |
| First Rider 250: | Anton Mang |
| First Rider 250 Country: | BRD |
| Second Rider 250: | Loris Reggiani |
| Second Rider 250 Country: | ITA |
| Third Rider 250: | Martin Wimmer |
| Third Rider 250 Country: | BRD |
| Pole Rider 125: | Bruno Casanova |
| Pole Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
| Fast Rider 125: | Fausto Gresini |
| Fast Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
| First Rider 125: | Fausto Gresini |
| First Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
| Second Rider 125: | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
| Second Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
| Third Rider 125: | Jean-Claude Selini |
| Third Rider 125 Country: | FRA |
| Pole Rider 80: | Jorge Martínez |
| Pole Rider 80 Country: | ESP |
| Fast Rider 80: | Jorge Martínez |
| Fast Rider 80 Country: | ESP |
| First Rider 80: | Jorge Martínez |
| First Rider 80 Country: | ESP |
| Second Rider 80: | Ian McConnachie |
| Second Rider 80 Country: | GBR |
| Third Rider 80: | Gerhard Waibel |
| Third Rider 80 Country: | BRD |
The 1987 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–2 August 1987 at Donington Park.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 50'09.770 | 15 | |||
| 2 |  Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +4.610 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Randy Mamola | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +14.920 | 10 | |||
| 4 |  Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain | Yamaha | +21.440 | 8 | |||
| 5 |  Niall Mackenzie | Team HRC | Honda | +24.640 | 6 | |||
| 6 |  Didier de Radiguès | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | +31.540 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +31.930 | 4 | |||
| 8 |  Tadahiko Taira | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +32.970 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Roger Burnett | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +35.960 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Kenny Irons | Heron Suzuki GB | Suzuki | +52.140 | 1 | |||
| 11 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1'07.580 | ||||
| 12 |  Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1'15.960 | ||||
| 13 |  Richard Scott | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +1'21.440 | ||||
| 14 | Marco Gentile | Fior | Fior | +1'23.430 | ||||
| 15 | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | +1'24.120 | |||||
| 16 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
| 17 | Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 18 | Hervé Guilleux | Fior | +1 lap | |||||
| 19 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 20 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 21 | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 22 | Alan Irwin | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 23 | Maarten Duyzers | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 24 |  Fabio Barchitta | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
| 25 | Silvo Habat | Honda | +2 laps | |||||
| 26 | Hennie Boerman | Racing Team Docshop | Honda | +2 laps | ||||
| Ret | Rob McElnea | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Roger Marshall | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Gustav Reiner | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Accident | ||||
| Ret | Andy McGladdery | Honda | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Mark Phillips | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Steve Henshaw | Honda | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Manfred Fischer | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Ray Swann | Honda | Retired | |||||
| Ret | Freddie Spencer | Team HRC | Honda | Retired | ||||
| DNQ | Alan Jeffery | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ |  Andreas Leuthe | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Ian Pratt | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ |  Larry Moreno Vacondio | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ |  Josef Doppler | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Steve Manley | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Claus Wulff | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| Sources:[4] [5] | ||||||||