1987 Belgian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 17 May 1987 |
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| Circuit | Spa-Francorchamps, 43 laps |
| Round | 3 of 16 |
| Race numbers | The 1987 Belgian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 |  Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda |
| 2 |  Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda |
| 4 |  Gerhard Berger | Ferrari |
| 5 |  Michele Alboreto | Ferrari |
| 6 |  Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG |
| 7 |  Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford Cosworth |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Ford Cosworth |
| 10 |  Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG |
| 11 |  Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW |
| 14 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni |
| 15 |  Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda |
| 16 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron |
| 17 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed |
| 19 |  Adrian Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni |
| 20 |  Christian Danner | Zakspeed |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March-Ford Cosworth |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford Cosworth |
| 23 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 25 | Pascal Fabre | AGS-Ford Cosworth |
| 26 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo |
Qualifying result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:52.026 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:53.416 | 1.390 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda | 1:53.426 | 1.400 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:53.451 | 1.425 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:53.511 | 1.485 |
| 6 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:54.186 | 2.160 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 1:54.300 | 2.274 |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:55.064 | 3.038 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 1:55.339 | 3.313 |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG | 1:55.781 | 3.755 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 1:55.899 | 3.873 |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 1:56.359 | 4.333 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW | 1:57.101 | 5.075 |
| 14 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:58.132 | 6.106 |
| 15 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 1:58.649 | 6.623 |
| 16 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron | 1:59.117 | 7.091 |
| 17 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron | 1:59.291 | 7.265 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 2:00.433 | 8.407 |
| 19 | Adrian Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 2:00.763 | 8.737 |
| 20 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 2:01.072 | 9.046 |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March-Ford Cosworth | 2:02.036 | 10.010 |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford Cosworth | 2:02.347 | 10.321 |
| 23 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 2:03.098 | 11.072 |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 2:04.677 | 12.651 |
| 25 | Pascal Fabre | AGS-Ford Cosworth | 2:07.361 | 15.335 |
| 26 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 2:12.086 | 20.060 |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Alain Prost | 18 |
| 2 | Stefan Johansson | 13 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 10 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 6 |
| = | Ayrton Senna | 6 |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | 4 |
| = | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | 3 |
| = | Eddie Cheever | 3 |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | 3 |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | 2 |
| = | Martin Brundle | 2 |
| 13 | Rene Arnoux | 1 |
Statistics & 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