1987 season/Round 3
Belgian Grand Prix 1987
- Spa-Francorchamps
- Spa
- 17 May 1987
- 43 laps
- 298.4 km
- 6.940 km a lap
- P1Alain ProstMcLaren1:27:03.217
- P2Stefan JohanssonMcLaren+24.764
- P3Andrea de CesarisBrabham+1 lap
- Pole positionNigel MansellWilliams · 1:52.026
- Fastest lapAlain Prost1:57.153 · lap 26
- Winner started fromP6on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:52.026 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:53.416 | +1.390 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:53.426 | +1.400 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:53.451 | +1.425 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:53.511 | +1.485 |
| 6 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:54.186 | +2.160 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 1:54.300 | +2.274 |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:55.064 | +3.038 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:55.339 | +3.313 |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 1:55.781 | +3.755 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 1:55.899 | +3.873 |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 1:56.359 | +4.333 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 1:57.101 | +5.075 |
| 14 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:58.132 | +6.106 |
| 15 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus | 1:58.649 | +6.623 |
| 16 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:59.117 | +7.091 |
| 17 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 1:59.291 | +7.265 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 2:00.433 | +8.407 |
| 19 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 2:00.763 | +8.737 |
| 20 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 2:01.072 | +9.046 |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 2:02.036 | +10.010 |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 2:02.347 | +10.321 |
| 23 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 2:03.098 | +11.072 |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 2:04.677 | +12.651 |
| 25 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 2:07.361 | +15.335 |
| 26 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 2:12.086 | +20.060 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 26 | 1:57.153 | |
| 2 | Stefan Johansson | 33 | 1:59.015 | +1.862 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 8 | 1:59.572 | +2.419 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 12 | 1:59.651 | +2.498 |
| 5 | Teo Fabi | 8 | 1:59.927 | +2.774 |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | 7 | 2:00.017 | +2.864 |
| 7 | Andrea de Cesaris | 33 | 2:00.154 | +3.001 |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | 4 | 2:01.020 | +3.867 |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | 34 | 2:02.706 | +5.553 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | 29 | 2:03.091 | +5.938 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 18 | ▲1 |
| 2 | Stefan Johansson | 13 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 10 | ▼2 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | 6 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 6 | |
| 6 | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | 4 | |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | 3 | |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | 3 | ▼1 |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | 3 |