1987 Belgian Grand Prix

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Results from the 1987 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on May 17, 1987

[edit] Race summary

The race required two starts-at the first start René Arnoux and Andrea de Cesaris tangled, whilst Thierry Boutsen hit Gerhard Berger's spinning Ferrari. A more serious accident befell Philippe Streiff who crashed heavily at Eau Rouge before the wreckage was hit by team mate Jonathan Palmer. At the second start,Ayrton Senna led Nigel Mansell away before the two controversially tangled leading to their retirement. After the incident,Mansell subsequently visited the Lotus garage where harsh words were exchanged and punches were thrown.

Berger retired on lap 3 with a broken piston whilst on lap 10 second place Michele Alboreto's wheel bearing broke and Nelson Piquet retired with a broken turbo pipe,handing the lead to Alain Prost from Teo Fabi and Stefan Johansson. He maintained this to win easily by 25 seconds,despite concerns with his fuel consumption due to a faulty gauge. This was Prost's 27th win equalling Jackie Stewart's record with team-mate Johansson making it a McLaren 1-2.Andrea de Cesaris drove superbly to finish 3rd for Brabham despite having to push his car over the line with Eddie Cheever, Satoru Nakajima and Arnoux taking the remaining points.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 43 27:03.2 6 9
2 2 Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 43 24.764 10 6
3 8 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 42 + 1 Lap 13 4
4 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 42 + 1 Lap 11 3
5 11 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 42 + 1 Lap 15 2
6 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 41 + 2 Laps 16 1
7 26 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 40 + 3 Laps 17  
8 30 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Ford 40 + 3 Laps 22  
9 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 39 + 4 Laps 23  
10 14 France Pascal Fabre AGS-Ford 38 + 5 Laps 25  
Ret 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 34 Engine 9  
Ret 9 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Zakspeed 19 Overheating 18  
Ret 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 18 Wheel Bearing 7  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 17 Accident 1  
Ret 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 14 Engine 21  
Ret 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 11 Exhaust 2  
Ret 21 Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 11 Fuel Leak 26  
Ret 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 Transmission 5  
Ret 10 Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 9 Brakes 20  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 8 Radiator 12  
Ret 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 5 Clutch 8  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2 Engine 4  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1 Turbo 14  
Ret 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 0 Accident 3  
Ret 23 Spain Adrian Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 0 Gearbox 19  
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 0 Accident 24  

[edit] Notes

  • Fastest Lap: Alain Prost 1'57.153


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