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1987 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round3 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 439th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 22nd World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG431hr 27m 03.217s9
2+8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG43+24.764s6
3+10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW42DNF4
4+7(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron42+1 lap3
5+10(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda42+1 lap2
6+10(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron41+2 laps1
7+10(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron40DNF 
8+14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth40+3 laps 
9+14(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth39+4 laps 
10+15(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed19DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda17DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda11DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo11DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari9DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed9DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron8DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW5DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari2DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni0DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 42 in P3 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Piercarlo Ghinzani ended lap 40 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Pascal Fabre ended lap 38 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
6(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
9(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
10(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
11(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
18(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
21(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:52.026 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:53.4161.390
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:53.4261.400
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:53.4511.425
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:53.5111.485
6(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:54.1862.160
7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:54.3002.274
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:55.0643.038
9(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:55.3393.313
10(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:55.7813.755
11(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:55.8993.873
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:56.3594.333
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:57.1015.075
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:58.1326.106
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:58.6496.623
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:59.1177.091
17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:59.2917.265
18(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed2:00.4338.407
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni2:00.7638.737
20(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed2:01.0729.046
21(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth2:02.03610.010
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth2:02.34710.321
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:03.09811.072
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:04.67712.651
25(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth2:07.36115.335
26(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo2:12.08620.060

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost18
2(SWE) Stefan Johansson13
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell10
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet6
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna6
6(ITA) Michele Alboreto4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
8(AUT) Gerhard Berger3
=(USA) Eddie Cheever3
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
13(FRA) Rene Arnoux1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG31
2Williams-Honda16
3Lotus-Honda9
4Ferrari7
5Brabham-BMW4
6Arrows-Megatron3
7Benetton-Ford Cosworth2
=Zakspeed2
9Ligier-Megatron1

Stats & milestones

Wins
27th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Jackie Stewart)
54th for McLaren
Race 1-2
9th for McLaren
Podiums
50th for Alain Prost (2nd driver to score 50 podiums, 1st French driver)
8th for Stefan Johansson
4th for Andrea de Cesaris (first podium since 1983 and last until 1989; only podium for Brabham)
137th & 138th for McLaren
122nd for Brabham
Poles
6th for Nigel Mansell
19th for Williams
1-2 start
5th for Williams
Fastest laps
19th for Alain Prost
37th for McLaren
Front row starts
40th for Nelson Piquet (5th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 1st Brazilian driver)
17th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
13th for Alain Prost