Kammala wannan jumla: Ya zama a bayyane yake cewa ci gaba da ci gaba da FW11 yana nufin cewa shi ne mafi kyawun motar a wannan shekara, kuma za a yi jayayya tsakanin Piquet da Mansell a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1987. Duk da cin nasarar tsere da yawa fiye da Mansell a 1987, Piquet ya fito a matsayin zakaran duniya. Daga Detroit zuwa
Portugal, bai taba gamawa daga podium ba, yana tara maki a cikin abin da ya kira "ka'idar tuki kashi" a cikin nasarar da ya yi na lashe gasar zakarun duniya ta 3. Piquet ya sanar a lokacin horo don Grand Prix na Hungary na 1987 cewa ya sanya hannu tare da Lotus a matsayin direban lamba 1 wanda ba a jayayya da shi ba, matsayin da ya yi ikirarin an yi masa alkawarin a Williams daga 1986, amma ba a taɓa girmama shi ba bayan hadarin mota na Frank Williams. An kuma yi imanin cewa wannan babban lamari ne a cikin Honda ya sauke Williams kuma ya koma McLaren don 1988, duk da cewa akwai wata shekara da ta rage a cikin kwangilar. Kamfanin na Japan, wanda ya biya mafi yawan albashin Piquet, ya dauke shi a matsayin lamba 1 kuma suna cikin sirri cewa gudanarwar Williams ba ta kame Mansell ba kuma ta ba Piquet damar samun sauki.