1987 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 9 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship | |||
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 |
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.