The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 3

Belgian Grand Prix

1987  ·  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  ·  17 May 1987  ·  43 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:27:03.217
  2. 2nd Stefan Johansson McLaren · +24.764
  3. 3rd Andrea de Cesaris Brabham

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 2

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

03 Lap 9

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Transmission

04 Lap 11

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Williams  —  Exhaust

05 Lap 17

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

06 Lap 17

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

07 Lap 34

Teo Fabi

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Pascal Fabre

AGS  —  P25 → P10

09 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P6

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 6 43 01:27:03.217 9
2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 43 +24.764 6
3 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 42 +1 Lap 4
4 Eddie Cheever Arrows 11 42 +1 Lap 3
5 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 15 42 +1 Lap 2
6 René Arnoux Ligier 16 41 +2 Laps 1
7 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 40 +3 Laps
8 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 22 40 +3 Laps
9 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 23 39 +4 Laps
10 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 38 +5 Laps
11 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 34 Engine
12 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 18 19 Overheating
13 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 7 18 Wheel bearing
14 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 17 Accident
15 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 17 Accident
16 Ivan Capelli March 21 14 Engine
17 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 11 Exhaust
18 Alex Caffi Osella 26 11 Fuel leak
19 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 9 Transmission
20 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 9 Brakes
21 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 8 Radiator
22 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 5 Clutch
23 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 2 Engine
24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 1 Turbo
25 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 0 Gearbox
26 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 0 Accident

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