1987 Belgian Grand Prix

 1987 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLV Grand Prix de Belgique
Date:	May 17, 1987
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	298.42 km in 43 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 52.026 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 57.153 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Stefan Johansson	McLaren
Third:	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham

The 1987 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 17th at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the third race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Gabriele Tarquini's assignment in the cockpit of a second Osella was discontinued, so the team started again with just one car. At Zakspeed , both factory drivers have now been equipped with the new 871 .

Nelson Piquet , who was injured in training for the San Marino Grand Prix , was able to compete again.

training

Nigel Mansell qualified for pole position with a lap time that was almost 1.5 seconds shorter than his second-placed Williams team- mate Nelson Piquet. This was followed by the two Ferrari pilots Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto ahead of reigning World Champion Alain Prost at McLaren and Benetton -Pilot Thierry Boutsen .

Due to rainy weather on Friday, all pilots completed their fastest training laps during the second qualifying session on Saturday.

run

Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna, Piquet, Alboreto and Prost.

At the beginning of the second lap, Philippe Streiff lost control of his Tyrrell DG016 in the Raidillon curve at the exit of Eau Rouge . He then hit the road so hard that the rear part of the car and engine tore off. When the wreck was thrown back onto the track, the second Tyrrell pilot Jonathan Palmer collided with it. Although both vehicles were badly damaged, both pilots were uninjured. The race was stopped to evacuate the scene of the accident.

When restarting, Senna took the lead from Mansell. When he tried to overtake Senna on the first lap, the two collided and spun. Senna dropped out. Mansell was initially able to continue the race in second behind his team-mate until consequential damage forced him to give up on lap 17. Then Alboreto took second place in front of Prost.

In the tenth lap, Piquet and Alboreto were eliminated due to technical problems, so that Prost, who had previously placed third, took the lead without a fight. He was followed by Teo Fabi , followed by Stefan Johansson and Thierry Boutsen . On lap 17, Johansson extended Prost's lead to a McLaren one-two.

On lap 30 Thierry Boutsen was unable to defend his third place against Andrea de Cesaris . He was eliminated five laps later, so that Eddie Cheever crossed the finish line in fourth ahead of Satoru Nakajima and René Arnoux .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 3	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Stefan Johansson
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT56	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
West Zakspeed Racing	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	10	Christian Danner
Camel Team Lotus Honda	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus 99T	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Team El Charro AGS	14th	Pascal Fabre	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	16	Ivan Capelli	March 871		G
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	20th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Alex Caffi	Osella FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
Minardi F1 team	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS29B	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	30th	Philippe Alliot	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2: 06.965	196.779 km / h	1: 52.026	223.020 km / h	01
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2: 08.143	194.970 km / h	1: 53.416	220.286 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	2: 08.450	194.504 km / h	1: 53.426	220.267 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	2: 06.216	197.946 km / h	1: 53.451	220.218 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	2: 07.459	196.016 km / h	1: 53.511	220.102 km / h	05
06th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	2: 11.203	190.422 km / h	1: 54.186	218.801 km / h	06th
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	2: 08.752	194.047 km / h	1: 54,300	218.583 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2: 12.914	187.971 km / h	1: 55.064	217.131 km / h	08th
09	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	2: 12.358	188.761 km / h	1: 55.339	216.614 km / h	09
10	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	2: 12.063	189.182 km / h	1: 55.781	215.787 km / h	10
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	2: 15.321	184.628 km / h	1: 55.899	215.567 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	2: 10.946	190.796 km / h	1: 56.359	214.715 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	2: 13.871	186.627 km / h	1: 57.101	213.354 km / h	13
14th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	2: 09.650	192.703 km / h	1: 58.132	211.492 km / h	14th
15th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	2: 11.441	190.078 km / h	1: 58.649	210.571 km / h	15th
16	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	2: 15.012	185.050 km / h	1: 59.117	209.743 km / h	16
17th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	2: 15.339	184.603 km / h	1: 59.291	209.437 km / h	17th
18th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	2: 14.432	185.849 km / h	2: 00.433	207.451 km / h	18th
19th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	2: 14.945	185.142 km / h	2: 00.763	206.885 km / h	19th
20th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	2: 20.610	177.683 km / h	2: 01.072	206.357 km / h	20th
21st	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	2: 13.355	187.350 km / h	2: 02.036	204.726 km / h	21st
22nd	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	2: 13.082	187.734 km / h	2: 02.347	204.206 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 18,900	179.870 km / h	2: 03.098	202.960 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 14.931	185.161 km / h	2: 04.677	200.390 km / h	24
25th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	2: 26.498	170.542 km / h	2: 07.361	196.167 km / h	25th
26th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 16.268	183.345 km / h	2: 12.086	189.149 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	43	1	1: 27: 03,217	06th	1: 57.153
02	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	43	1	+ 24.764	10	1: 59.015
03	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	42	0	DNF	13	2: 00.154	Lack of fuel
04th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	42	1	+ 1 lap	11	2: 03.091
05	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	42	1	+ 1 lap	15th	2: 02.706
06th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	41	1	+ 2 rounds	16	2: 04.471
07th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	40	1	DNF	17th	2: 04.691	Lack of fuel
08th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	40	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	2: 05.456
09	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	39	0	+ 4 rounds	23	2: 09.872
10	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	38	0	DNF	25th	2: 09.977	Lack of fuel
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	34	0	DNF	09	1: 59.927	defective exhaust system
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	19th	1	DNF	18th	2: 04.227	Oil pressure loss
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	18th	0	DNF	07th	2: 01.020	broken drive shaft joint
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	17th	0	DNF	01	1: 59.651	Collision damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	14th	0	DNF	21st	2: 06.011	Engine failure
-	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	11	0	DNF	02	1: 59.572	Turbocharger damage
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	11	0	DNF	26th	2: 05.825	Loss of fuel
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	09	0	DNF	05	2: 00.017	broken drive shaft joint
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	09	0	DNF	20th	2: 05.247	Brake defect
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	08th	0	DNF	12	2: 03.843	defective water cooler
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	05	0	DNF	08th	2: 05.206	Clutch damage
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	02	0	DNF	04th	2: 09.474	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	01	0	DNF	14th	2: 17.571	Turbocharger damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	00	0	DNF	03	-	collision
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	00	0	DNF	19th	-	Clutch damage
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	00	0	DNF	24	-	accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren 18th 02  Stefan Johansson McLaren 13 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 10 04th  Nelson Piquet Williams 6th 05  Ayrton Senna lotus 6th 06th  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 07th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Eddie Cheever Arrows 3 09  Satoru Nakajima lotus 3 10  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 11  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 12  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 2 13  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 31 02  Williams 16 03  lotus 9 04th  Ferrari 7th 05  Brabham 4th

Item constructor Points 06th  Arrows 3 07th  Zakspeed 2 08th  Benetton 2 09  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 2, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 2, 2013)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"