1987 Belgian Grand Prix

Championship standings

Nigel Mansell leads the Drivers’ Championship by one point over Alain Prost after his victory at Imola, with Piquet absent from the previous race.

Previous race

At Imola, Mansell overtook Senna at Tosa on lap two and dominated the race. Piquet was absent after his violent qualifying crash at Tamburello. Senna took pole — the first ever for an active suspension car — and ran second until Alboreto passed him late on, before Senna reclaimed the place when Alboreto’s turbo lost pressure. Brundle finished fifth, scoring Zakspeed’s first World Championship points.

Entrants

Piquet returns to the Williams alongside Mansell, three weeks after his Imola crash. Zakspeed now runs two updated 871 chassis — Christian Danner joins Brundle in a new car, having raced an older model in the first two rounds. Twenty-six cars are entered.

Weather

Friday practice was wet with temperatures below 7 °C. Race day conditions are expected to be dry with temperatures around 11 °C.