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 circuit for a race distance of .
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 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:28.047 1:28.682 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:31.080 1:28.549 +0.502 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:30.842 1:29.724 +1.677 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:30.156 1:30.327 +2.109 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:30.472 1:30.310 +2.263 6 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 1:31.387 1:30.387 +2.340 7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:30.748 1:30.810 +2.701 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1:31.228 1:31.940 +3.181 9 17 Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:31.416 1:34.386 +3.369 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:31.586 1:32.422 +3.539 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:32.336 1:33.700 +4.289 12 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 1:32.452 1:32.639 +4.405 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 1:32.628 1:43.913 +4.581 14 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 1:33.644 1:34.383 +5.597 15 30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:33.777 1:34.014 +5.730 16 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.398 1:33.895 +5.848 17 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:34.297 1:34.476 +6.250 18 16 Ivan Capelli March-Ford 1:34.950 1:34.426 +6.379 19 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 1:35.346 1:34.518 +6.471 20 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:34.796 1:34.770 +6.723 21 21 Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.693 1:35.594 +7.547 22 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 1:35.754 1:35.818 +7.707 23 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 1:35.930 1:36.371 +7.883 24 23 Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:36.067 1:37.948 +8.020 25 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 1:36.411 1:36.109 +8.062 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 1:38.803 1:37.730 +9.683Source:
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 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 76 1:59:26.793 3 9 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 76 + 37.727 6 6 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 76 + 1:27.456 4 4 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 75 + 1 lap 7 3 5 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 75 + 1 lap 10 2 6 17 Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 74 + 2 laps 9 1 7 (1) 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 2 laps 16 8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 74 + 2 laps 11 9 (2) 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 2 laps 14 10 (3) 16 Ivan Capelli March-Ford 74 + 2 laps 18 11 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 73 + 3 laps 20 12 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 73 + 3 laps 25 13 (4) 14 Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 71 + 5 laps 26 14 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 70 Wheel 1 21 Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 64 Fuel system 21 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 57 Electrical 19 30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 48 Accident 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 45 Turbo 22 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 43 Engine 5 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 43 Gearbox 13 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 14 Gearbox 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 14 Gearbox 12 23 Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 14 Spun off 24 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 13 Differential 2 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 3 Engine 23 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1 Driveshaft 17
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Nelson Piquet 48 2 Ayrton Senna 41 3 Nigel Mansell 30 4 Alain Prost 30 5 Stefan Johansson 19Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda78 2 McLaren-TAG49 3 Lotus-Honda47 4 Ferrari17 5 Tyrrell-Ford8Source:
Jim Clark Trophy standings PosDriverPoints 1 Jonathan Palmer 57 2 Philippe Streiff 45 3 Pascal Fabre 35 4 Philippe Alliot 19 5 Ivan Capelli 10
Colin Chapman Trophy standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Tyrrell-Ford102 2 AGS-Ford35 3 Lola-Ford19 4 March-Ford10
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