Nelson Piquet beats Nigel Mansell to F1 world title amid acrimonious Williams intra-team rivalry • Ayrton Senna wins first grand prix for car with 'active ride' suspension, with Lotus, at Monaco • Gerhard Berger brings Ferrari back to prominence with two late-season wins • Senna moves to McLaren to create super-team alongside Alain Prost • Brands Hatch owner John Foulston died in a crash testing his Can Am car • AUTOSPORT Awards ceremony held for first time at The Roof Gardens, having been a strictly paper affair for the first six years • Johnny Herbert wins British F3 Championship for Eddie Jordan Racing. • Eddie Irvine wins the Formula Ford Festival • Jaguar takes the World Sportscar crown, Raul Boesel wins drivers' title • Roberto Ravaglia wins first World Touring Car Championship title for BMW, series was then mothballed until until 2005
1987
Nelson Piquet wins the last of this three world titles
Juha Kankkunen switches from Peugeot to Lancia and becomes the first back-to-back World Rally champion
Nigel Mansell's title hopes end when he is injured in practice at Suzuka, confirming Nelson Piquet as champion
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