Season 1987 · Round 3

Belgian Grand Prix

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1987-05-17 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 43Lap · 298.420km
1 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:27:03.217
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Stefan Johansson
McLaren +24.764
8 Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Teo Fabi L34 Martin Brundle L19 Thierry Boutsen L18 Nigel Mansell L17 Ayrton Senna L17 Ivan Capelli L14 Nelson Piquet L11 Alex Caffi L11 Michele Alboreto L9 Christian Danner L9 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
43Lap 298.420km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L43 Prost · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Johansson · P10 → P2 · +8 10 Johansson JOH 2 Johansson JOH de Cesaris · P13 → P3 · +10 13 de Cesaris DE 3 de Cesaris DE Cheever · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Cheever CHE 4 Cheever CHE Nakajima · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Nakajima NAK 5 Nakajima NAK Arnoux · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Arnoux ARN 6 Arnoux ARN Ghinzani · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Ghinzani GHI 7 Ghinzani GHI Alliot · P22 → P8 · +14 22 Alliot ALL 8 Alliot ALL Streiff · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Streiff STR 9 Streiff STR Fabre · P25 → P10 · +15 25 Fabre FAB 10 Fabre FAB Fabi · P9 → retired L34 Fabi · retired L34 9 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Brundle · P18 → retired L19 Brundle · retired L19 18 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Boutsen · P7 → retired L18 Boutsen · retired L18 7 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Mansell · P1 → retired L17 Mansell · retired L17 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Senna · P3 → retired L17 Senna · retired L17 3 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Capelli · P21 → retired L14 Capelli · retired L14 21 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Piquet · P2 → retired L11 Piquet · retired L11 2 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Caffi · P26 → retired L11 Caffi · retired L11 26 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Alboreto · P5 → retired L9 Alboreto · retired L9 5 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Danner · P20 → retired L9 Danner · retired L9 20 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Warwick · P12 → retired L8 Warwick · retired L8 12 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Patrese · P8 → retired L5 Patrese · retired L5 8 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Berger · P4 → retired L2 Berger · retired L2 4 Berger BER R Berger BER Nannini · P14 → retired L1 Nannini · retired L1 14 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Campos · P19 → retired L0 Campos · retired L0 19 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Palmer · P24 → retired L0 Palmer · retired L0 24 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost McLaren 6 43 1:27:03.217 9
2 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 10 43 +24.764 6
3 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 13 42 +1 Lap 4
4 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 11 42 +1 Lap 3
5 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 15 42 +1 Lap 2
6 25 René Arnoux Ligier 16 41 +2 Laps 1
7 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 40 +3 Laps
8 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 22 40 +3 Laps
9 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 23 39 +4 Laps
10 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 25 38 +5 Laps
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 34 Engine
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 18 19 Overheating
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 7 18 Wheel bearing
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 17 Accident
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 17 Accident
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 21 14 Engine
R 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 11 Exhaust
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 26 11 Fuel leak
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 9 Transmission
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 20 9 Brakes
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 8 Radiator
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 5 Clutch
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 2 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 1 Turbo
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 0 Gearbox
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
6 Nelson Piquet
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
28 Gerhard Berger
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
1 Alain Prost
7
20 Thierry Boutsen
8
5 Riccardo Patrese
9
19 Teo Fabi
10
2 Stefan Johansson
11
18 Eddie Cheever
12
17 Derek Warwick
13
8 Andrea de Cesaris
14
24 Alessandro Nannini
15
11 Satoru Nakajima
16
25 René Arnoux
17
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
18
9 Martin Brundle
19
23 Adrián Campos
20
10 Christian Danner
21
16 Ivan Capelli
22
30 Philippe Alliot
23
4 Philippe Streiff
24
3 Jonathan Palmer
25
14 Pascal Fabre
26
21 Alex Caffi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15