1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

1987 Hungarian Grand Prix
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	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Time	1:28.047
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Time	1:30.149 on lap 65 (lap record)
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Second	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda
Third	Alain Prost	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.