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Grand Prix de Belgique

17 May 1987Spa-Francorchamps298.420 km (6940 m x 43 Laps)

 Pole Position: Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11B-Honda, 1:52.026 (223.020 km/h) Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/3-TAG, 1:57.153 (213.260 km/h lap 26) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:27:03.217 205.680 km/h 2 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:27:27.981 204.710 km/h 3 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 42 Out of fuel 4 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron -1 Lap 5 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda -1 Lap 6 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron -2 Laps 7 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 40 Out of fuel 8 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford -3 Laps 9 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford -4 Laps Did Not Finish: 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 38 Electrical 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 34 Engine 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 19 Overheating 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 18 Wheel bearing 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 17 Accident 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 14 Engine 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 11 Exhaust 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 11 Fuel leak 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 9 Transmission 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 9 Brakes 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 8 Radiator 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 5 Clutch 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2 Engine 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1 Turbo 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 0 Collision with Mansell Did Not Start: 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 0 Gearbox before restart 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 0 Collision with Streiff before restart Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1-9 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 10-43 34 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:57.153 213.260 26 2 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:59.015 209.923 33 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:59.572 208.945 8 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:59.651 208.807 12 5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:59.927 208.327 8 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:00.017 208.171 7 7 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:00.154 207.933 33 8 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:01.020 206.445 4 9 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:02.706 203.609 34 10 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:03.091 202.972 29 11 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:03.843 201.739 6 12 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:04.227 201.116 16 13 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:04.471 200.721 15 14 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:04.691 200.367 13 15 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:05.206 199.543 2 16 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:05.247 199.478 8 17 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:05.456 199.146 16 18 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:05.825 198.561 6 19 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:06.011 198.268 13 20 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2:09.474 192.965 2 21 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:09.872 192.374 19 22 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:09.977 192.219 15 23 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:17.571 181.608 1 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:52.026 223.020 Canon Williams Honda Team 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:53.416 220.286 Canon Williams Honda Team 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:53.426 220.267 Camel Team Lotus Honda 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:53.451 220.218 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:53.511 220.102 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 6 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:54.186 218.801 Marlboro McLaren International 7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:54.300 218.583 Benetton Formula Ltd 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:55.064 217.131 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:55.339 216.614 Benetton Formula Ltd 10 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:55.781 215.787 Marlboro McLaren International 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:55.899 215.567 USF&G Arrows Megatron 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:56.359 214.715 USF&G Arrows Megatron 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:57.101 213.354 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:58.132 211.492 Minardi Team 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:58.649 210.571 Camel Team Lotus Honda 16 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:59.117 209.743 Ligier Loto 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:59.291 209.437 Ligier Loto 18 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:00.433 207.451 West Zakspeed Racing 19 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:00.763 206.885 Minardi Team 20 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:01.072 206.357 West Zakspeed Racing 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:02.036 204.726 Leyton House March Racing Team 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:02.347 204.206 Larrousse Calmels 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:03.098 202.960 Data General Team Tyrrell 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:04.677 200.390 Data General Team Tyrrell 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:07.361 196.167 Team El Charro AGS 26 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:12.086 189.149 Osella Squadra Corse Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2:06.216 197.946 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 2:06.965 196.779 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:07.459 196.016 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 2:08.143 194.970 5 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 2:08.450 194.504 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:08.752 194.047 7 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:09.650 192.703 8 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:10.946 190.796 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:11.203 190.422 10 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:11.441 190.078 11 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:12.063 189.182 12 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 2:12.358 188.761 13 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:12.914 187.971 14 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:13.082 187.734 15 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:13.355 187.350 16 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:13.871 186.627 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:14.432 185.849 18 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:14.931 185.161 19 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:14.945 185.142 20 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:15.012 185.050 21 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:15.321 184.628 22 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:15.339 184.603 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:16.268 183.345 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:18.900 179.870 25 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:20.610 177.683 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:26.498 170.542 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:52.026 223.020 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:53.416 220.286 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:53.426 220.267 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:53.451 220.218 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:53.511 220.102 6 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:54.186 218.801 7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:54.300 218.583 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:55.064 217.131 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:55.339 216.614 10 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:55.781 215.787 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:55.899 215.567 12 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:56.359 214.715 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:57.101 213.354 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:58.132 211.492 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:58.649 210.571 16 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:59.117 209.743 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 1:59.291 209.437 18 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:00.433 207.451 19 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:00.763 206.885 20 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:01.072 206.357 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:02.036 204.726 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:02.347 204.206 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:03.098 202.960 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:04.677 200.390 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:07.361 196.167 26 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:12.086 189.149 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 2:03.563 202.196 2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2:04.498 200.677 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:05.954 198.358 4 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:07.629 195.754 5 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:10.863 190.917 6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:11.346 190.215 7 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:11.850 189.488 8 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:12.351 188.770 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:12.439 188.645 10 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 2:13.531 187.102 11 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 2:14.414 185.873 12 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:15.836 183.927 13 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:16.443 183.109 14 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:16.709 182.753 15 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:17.762 181.356 16 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 2:18.444 180.462 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:18.677 180.159 18 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:18.904 179.865 19 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:18.982 179.764 20 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:19.380 179.250 21 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:19.899 178.585 22 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:20.803 177.439 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:22.097 175.823 24 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:24.251 173.198 25 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:24.783 172.561 26 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:25.650 171.534 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 2:07.454 196.023 2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:09.094 193.533 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:09.737 192.574 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 2:09.860 192.391 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 2:10.173 191.929 6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:10.892 190.874 7 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:11.044 190.653 8 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 2:11.380 190.165 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 2:11.471 190.034 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:12.081 189.156 11 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:12.354 188.766 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:12.395 188.708 13 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 2:13.227 187.529 14 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:14.019 186.421 15 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:14.295 186.038 16 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:14.452 185.820 17 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:14.459 185.811 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:14.466 185.801 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:14.802 185.338 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:16.615 182.878 20 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:16.516 183.011 22 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:17.750 181.372 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:17.918 181.151 24 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:19.377 179.254 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:21.489 176.579 26 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:27.808 169.030 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:58.278 211.231 2 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:59.705 208.713 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:59.859 208.445 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:59.909 208.358 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 2:00.354 207.588 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 2:00.463 207.400 7 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 2:00.693 207.005 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 2:01.165 206.198 9 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 2:01.466 205.687 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 2:01.612 205.440 11 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2:01.762 205.187 12 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 2:02.200 204.452 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 2:02.503 203.946 14 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:02.518 203.921 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 2:02.870 203.337 16 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29B-Megatron 2:05.077 199.749 17 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 2:05.295 199.401 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:05.300 199.393 19 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 2:05.371 199.281 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 2:05.779 198.634 21 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 2:06.350 197.736 22 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 2:06.559 197.410 23 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:07.320 196.230 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 2:07.794 195.502 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 2:11.657 189.766 26 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 2:15.345 184.595 Notes:
  • Race was interrupted after 2nd lap accident (Streiff and Palmer crashed). Restarted for original distance.
  • Weather: Overcast.
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    Race Review:

    The field was much as it had been at the San Marino GP a fortnight earlier, although Osella was back to one car again. Nelson Piquet was back in action after his huge crash at Imola while Zakspeed had two 871 chassis for Martin Brundle and Christian Danner, the German having used an older car in the two previous races.

    Qualifying saw the two Williams-Hondas at the front with Mansell on pole by nearly 1.5secs while Ayrton Senna was third in his Lotus-Honda ahead of the two Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto, Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG, Thierry Boutsen's Benetton-Ford, Riccardo Patrese's Brabham-BMW, Teo Fabi's Benetton and Stefan Johansson in the second McLaren.

    At the start Mansell took the lead and led Senna, Piquet, Alboreto and Prost. At the start of the second lap Philippe Streiff lost control of his Tyrrell at Raidillon and smashed into the barriers, the impact tearing the engine from the car. Jonathan Palmer then arrived on the scene in the second Tyrrell and smashed into the wreck of Streiff's car. The race was stopped but both men were unhurt, although the Tyrrell team's cars were demolished.

    At race was restarted which was good luck for Berger and Boutsen who had collided at the Bus Stop chicane. This time Senna took the lead from Mansell although halfway around the first lap Nigel tried to overtake and the two cars collided and both spun. Senna was out but Mansell was able to get going again. This put Piquet into the lead and Mansell at the back. He would continue until damage from the incident caused him to stop on lap 17. Second place belonged to Alboreto with Prost third, Boutsen fourth and Fabi fifth after Berger went out with an engine failure.

    Piquet went out with an engine failure after 10 laps and with Alboreto stopping with a broken CV joint, Prost went into the lead with Boutsen second and Johansson third, the Swede having overtaken Fabi. Stefan then closed on Boutsen and moved to second on lap 17. The pits stops changed little but in the latter part of the race Boutsen fell behind a charged-up Andrea de Cesaris (Brabham-BMW). Thierry finally retired with a broken CV joint which left fourth place to Eddie Cheever (Arrows-Megatron) with Satoru Nakajima's Lotus-Honda and René Arnoux sixth in the Ligier-Megatron.