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Nelson Piquet won the 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won the 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix for Williams, ahead of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost at Hungaroring.

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Race recap

Winner
Nelson Piquet
Team
Williams
Top listed
Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, and Alain Prost
Race date
August 9, 1987
Pole
Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap
Nelson Piquet
Classified drivers
26
Circuit
Hungaroring

The decisive result

Nelson Piquet finished first for Williams. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for Team Lotus, with Alain Prost 3 for McLaren.

Grid to finish

Piercarlo Ghinzani from P25 to P12 (+13), Pascal Fabre from P26 to P13 (+13), and Jonathan Palmer from P16 to P7 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nigel Mansell started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 +2 laps, 3 Finished, 3 Gearbox, 2 +1 lap, and 2 +3 laps. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:30.149 on lap 63. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Nelson PiquetWilliams1:59:26.7939
2Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus2:00:4.5206
3Alain ProstMcLaren2:00:54.2494
4Thierry BoutsenBenetton+1 lap3
5Riccardo PatreseBrabham+1 lap2
6Derek WarwickArrows+2 laps1
7Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+2 laps0
8Eddie CheeverArrows+2 laps0
9Philippe StreiffTyrrell+2 laps0
10Ivan CapelliMarch+2 laps0
11Alessandro NanniniMinardi+3 laps0
12Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier+3 laps0
13Pascal FabreAGS+5 laps0
14Nigel MansellWilliamsWheel0
DNFAlex CaffiOsellaFuel system0
DNFRené ArnouxLigierElectrical0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaAccident0
DNFMartin BrundleZakspeedTurbo0
DNFMichele AlboretoFerrariEngine0
DNFAndrea de CesarisBrabhamGearbox0