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Home / Seasons / 1987 F1 World Championship Season / 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 9 August 1987
Winner
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
CircuitHungaroring, 76 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix was the:

  • 445th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Hungaroring
More 1987 season
More Hungarian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda761hr 59m 26.793s9
2+4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda76+37.727s6
3+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG76+1m 27.456s4
4+3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap3
5+5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW75+1 lap2
6+3(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron74+2 laps1
7+9(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
8+3(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron74+2 laps 
9+5(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
10+8(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
11+9(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni73+3 laps 
12+13(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron73+3 laps 
13+13(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth71+5 laps 
14-13(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda70DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo64DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron57DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed45DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari43DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW43DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG14DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni14DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari13DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed3DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1DNF 

Notes

  • Nigel Mansell ended lap 70 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:28.047 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:28.5490.502
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:29.7241.677
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:30.1562.109
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:30.3102.263
6(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:30.3872.340
7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:30.7482.701
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:31.2283.181
9(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:31.4163.369
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:31.5863.539
11(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:32.3364.289
12(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:32.4524.405
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:32.6284.581
14(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.6445.597
15(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.7775.730
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.8955.848
17(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:34.2976.250
18(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:34.4266.379
19(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:34.5186.471
20(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:34.7706.723
21(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:35.5947.547
22(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:35.7547.707
23(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:35.9307.883
24(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:36.0678.020
25(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:36.1098.062
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:37.7309.683

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet48
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna41
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell30
4(FRA) Alain Prost30
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson19
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
9(BEL) Thierry Boutsen5
10(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
11(USA) Eddie Cheever4
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff4
13(GBR) Jonathan Palmer4
14(ITA) Teo Fabi3
=(GBR) Derek Warwick3
16(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
18(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Alliot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda78
2McLaren-TAG49
3Lotus-Honda47
4Ferrari17
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
=Benetton-Ford Cosworth8
7Arrows-Megatron7
8Brabham-BMW6
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1
=Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
19th for Nelson Piquet
36th for Williams
Podiums
53rd for Alain Prost
46th for Nelson Piquet
23rd for Ayrton Senna
167th for Lotus
142nd for McLaren
91st for Williams
Poles
11th for Nigel Mansell
25th for Williams
Fastest laps
22nd for Nelson Piquet
38th for Williams
Front row starts
23rd for Nigel Mansell
3rd for Gerhard Berger (first for Ferrari)
Win & fastest lap
8th and last for Nelson Piquet

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 1987 World Championship season

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