If Wayne Gardner (Rothmans Honda), was to win the 1987 500 World Championship, he HAD to win the Swedish GP. Randy Mamola on the Lucky Strike Yamaha was relishing the challenge of the season and reigning champion Eddie Lawson was delighted to be making substantial improvement with the Marlboro Yamaha. The Anderstorp track would yield no favours for anyone, and the cameramen were in all the right spots to bring viewers of this video inside the very best of the action. Freddie Spencer (Honda), Ron Haslam (Elf-Honda), Niall Mackenzie (Honda) and Rob McElnea (Yamaha) were all likely to push forward too.