1987 Hungarian Grand Prix
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| 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 9 of 16 in the 1987 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 | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hungaroring on 9 August 1987. It was the ninth race of the 1987 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 driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. His teammate, Briton Nigel Mansell, took pole position and led until he lost a wheel nut with six laps remaining. Piquet's compatriot Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Honda, with Frenchman Alain Prost third in a McLaren-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 informed Lotus 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 that Williams 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, while Alain Prost took third in his McLaren-TAG.
Thierry Boutsen finished fourth in his Benetton-Ford, ahead of the Brabham-BMW of Riccardo Patrese. The final championship point was claimed by Derek Warwick in his Arrows-Megatron, who was battling with influenza and conjunctivitis. Jonathan Palmer claimed the Jim Clark Trophy points finishing seventh in his Tyrrell DG016 with teammate Philippe Streiff finishing ninth behind the second Arrows of Eddie Cheever. Italian driver Ivan Capelli was tenth in the March 871.
The win allowed Piquet to expand his championship points lead to seven over Senna and 18 over Mansell.
