Summary
The race was won fairly comfortably by Nigel Mansell who passed pole-sitter Nelson Piquet at the end of the first lap and was never headed. The most memorable aspect of the race was the battle for third (then second) which was held for much of the time by Ayrton Senna, who like the previous year tried to complete the race without changing tyres.
Senna had a queue of both Ferraris, Prost's McLaren and Thierry Boutsen's Benetton behind him, which was joined by Piquet after a long pit-stop. For lap after lap, Senna held off all-comers, similar to Gilles Villeneuve's performance at Jarama in 1981. However, Piquet's similarly powered Williams was able to get by (not before having a spin) followed by Boutsen and Prost. Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet - Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off - and then between Piquet and Prost, which Prost won. Both Ferraris blew their engines (in Alboreto's case, spectacularly).
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