1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hungaroring on 9 August 1987. It was the ninth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 76 laps of the Template:Convert circuit for a race distance of Template:Convert.

The race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. His teammate, Briton Nigel Mansell, took pole position and led until he lost a wheel nut with six laps remaining. Piquet's compatriot Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Honda, with Frenchman Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG.

The win, Piquet's second in succession, extended his lead over Senna in the Drivers' Championship to seven points, with Mansell and Prost a further eleven points back.

Race summary

Before the race, Ayrton Senna informed Lotus that he would be leaving the team at the end of the year. Almost immediately, Lotus signed Senna's fellow Brazilian and Drivers' Championship leader, Nelson Piquet, who explained that he felt that Williams had not honoured his number one driver status in the team.

Piquet went on to take his second consecutive win in his Williams-Honda. Senna finished second in his Lotus-Honda but 37 seconds behind Piquet, while Alain Prost took third in his McLaren-TAG.

Thierry Boutsen finished fourth in his Benetton-Ford, ahead of the Brabham-BMW of Riccardo Patrese. The final championship point was claimed by Derek Warwick in his Arrows-Megatron, who was battling with influenza and conjunctivitis. Jonathan Palmer claimed the Jim Clark Trophy points finishing seventh in his Tyrrell DG016 with teammate Philippe Streiff finishing ninth behind the second Arrows of Eddie Cheever. Italian driver Ivan Capelli was tenth in the March 871.

The win allowed Piquet to expand his championship points lead to seven over Senna and 18 over Mansell.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:28.047	1:28.682
2	28	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:31.080	1:28.549	+0.502
3	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:30.842	1:29.724	+1.677
4	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:30.156	1:30.327	+2.109
5	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:30.472	1:30.310	+2.263
6	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	1:31.387	1:30.387	+2.340
7	20	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1:30.748	1:30.810	+2.701
8	2	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	1:31.228	1:31.940	+3.181
9	17	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:31.416	1:34.386	+3.369
10	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:31.586	1:32.422	+3.539
11	18	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:32.336	1:33.700	+4.289
12	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1:32.452	1:32.639	+4.405
13	8	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1:32.628	1:43.913	+4.581
14	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1:33.644	1:34.383	+5.597
15	30	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	1:33.777	1:34.014	+5.730
16	3	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.398	1:33.895	+5.848
17	11	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:34.297	1:34.476	+6.250
18	16	Template:Flagicon Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1:34.950	1:34.426	+6.379
19	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1:35.346	1:34.518	+6.471
20	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:34.796	1:34.770	+6.723
21	21	Template:Flagicon Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:36.693	1:35.594	+7.547
22	9	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:35.754	1:35.818	+7.707
23	10	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:35.930	1:36.371	+7.883
24	23	Template:Flagicon Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:36.067	1:37.948	+8.020
25	26	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1:36.411	1:36.109	+8.062
26	14	Template:Flagicon Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1:38.803	1:37.730	+9.683
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Race

Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	76	1:59:26.793	3	9
2	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	76	+ 37.727	6	6
3	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	76	+ 1:27.456	4	4
4	20	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	75	+ 1 lap	7	3
5	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	75	+ 1 lap	10	2
6	17	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	74	+ 2 laps	9	1
7 (1)	3	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	16
8	18	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	74	+ 2 laps	11
9 (2)	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	14
10 (3)	16	Template:Flagicon Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	18
11	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	73	+ 3 laps	20
12	26	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	73	+ 3 laps	25
13 (4)	14	Template:Flagicon Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	71	+ 5 laps	26
14	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	70	Wheel	1
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	64	Fuel system	21
Ret	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	57	Electrical	19
Ret	30	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	48	Accident	15
Ret	9	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	45	Turbo	22
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	43	Engine	5
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	43	Gearbox	13
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	14	Gearbox	8
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	14	Gearbox	12
Ret	23	Template:Flagicon Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	14	Spun off	24
Ret	28	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	13	Differential	2
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Zakspeed	3	Engine	23
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1	Driveshaft<ref name="Lotusp246">Template:Cite book</ref>	17
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	48
2	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	41
3	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	30
4	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	30
5	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	19
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Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Williams-Honda	78
2	Template:Flagicon McLaren-TAG	49
3	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Honda	47
4	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	17
5	Template:Flagicon Tyrrell-Ford	8
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Jim Clark Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	57
2	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	45
3	Template:Flagicon Pascal Fabre	35
4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	19
5	Template:Flagicon Ivan Capelli	10

Colin Chapman Trophy standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Tyrrell-Ford	102
2	Template:Flagicon AGS-Ford	35
3	Template:Flagicon Lola-Ford	19
4	Template:Flagicon March-Ford	10

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