| 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 9 of 16 in the1987 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 9 August 1987 | ||
| Location | Hungaroring,Mogyoród,Hungary | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.014 km (2.495 miles) | ||
| Distance | 76 laps, 305.064 km (189.620 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:28.047 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | |
| Time | 1:30.149 on lap 65(lap record) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Lotus-Honda | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1987 Hungarian Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held at theHungaroring on 9 August 1987. It was the ninth race of the1987 Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 76 laps of the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres (190 mi).
The race was won by Brazilian driverNelson Piquet, driving aWilliams-Honda. His teammate, BritonNigel Mansell, tookpole position and led until he lost a wheel nut with six laps remaining. Piquet's compatriotAyrton Senna finished second in aLotus-Honda, with FrenchmanAlain Prost third in aMcLaren-TAG.
The win, Piquet's second in succession, extended his lead over Senna in the Drivers' Championship to seven points, with Mansell and Prost a further eleven points back.
Before the race,Ayrton Senna informedLotus that he would be leaving the team at the end of the year. Almost immediately, Lotus signed Senna's fellow Brazilian and Drivers' Championship leader,Nelson Piquet, who explained that he felt thatWilliams had not honoured his number one driver status in the team.
Piquet went on to take his second consecutive win in his Williams-Honda. Senna finished second in his Lotus-Honda but 37 seconds behind Piquet, whileAlain Prost took third in hisMcLaren-TAG.
Thierry Boutsen finished fourth in hisBenetton-Ford, ahead of theBrabham-BMW ofRiccardo Patrese. The final championship point was claimed byDerek Warwick in hisArrows-Megatron, who was battling withinfluenza andconjunctivitis.Jonathan Palmer claimed the Jim Clark Trophy points finishing seventh in hisTyrrell DG016 with teammatePhilippe Streiff finishing ninth behind the second Arrows ofEddie Cheever. Italian driverIvan Capelli was tenth in theMarch 871.
The win allowed Piquet to expand his championship points lead to seven over Senna and 18 over Mansell.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap | |
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| 1 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:28.047 | 1:28.682 | ||
| 2 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:31.080 | 1:28.549 | +0.502 | |
| 3 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:30.842 | 1:29.724 | +1.677 | |
| 4 | 1 |  Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:30.156 | 1:30.327 | +2.109 | |
| 5 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:30.472 | 1:30.310 | +2.263 | |
| 6 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda | 1:31.387 | 1:30.387 | +2.340 | |
| 7 | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford | 1:30.748 | 1:30.810 | +2.701 | |
| 8 | 2 |  Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG | 1:31.228 | 1:31.940 | +3.181 | |
| 9 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 1:31.416 | 1:34.386 | +3.369 | |
| 10 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:31.586 | 1:32.422 | +3.539 | |
| 11 | 18 |  Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 1:32.336 | 1:33.700 | +4.289 | |
| 12 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Ford | 1:32.452 | 1:32.639 | +4.405 | |
| 13 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW | 1:32.628 | 1:43.913 | +4.581 | |
| 14 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:33.644 | 1:34.383 | +5.597 | |
| 15 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford | 1:33.777 | 1:34.014 | +5.730 | |
| 16 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:34.398 | 1:33.895 | +5.848 | |
| 17 | 11 |  Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 1:34.297 | 1:34.476 | +6.250 | |
| 18 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Ford | 1:34.950 | 1:34.426 | +6.379 | |
| 19 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron | 1:35.346 | 1:34.518 | +6.471 | |
| 20 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:34.796 | 1:34.770 | +6.723 | |
| 21 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:36.693 | 1:35.594 | +7.547 | |
| 22 | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 1:35.754 | 1:35.818 | +7.707 | |
| 23 | 10 |  Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1:35.930 | 1:36.371 | +7.883 | |
| 24 | 23 |  Adrián Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:36.067 | 1:37.948 | +8.020 | |
| 25 | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron | 1:36.411 | 1:36.109 | +8.062 | |
| 26 | 14 | Pascal Fabre | AGS-Ford | 1:38.803 | 1:37.730 | +9.683 | |
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Numbers in brackets refer to positions ofnormally aspirated entrants competing for theJim Clark Trophy.
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