Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akatsiviwa paFerrari nomuAustria Gerhard Berger nokuda kwe uye akatamira kuMcLaren somutyairi wechipiri shure kwechipiri uye mutongi weNyika Alain Prost. McLaren yakanga isiri kukwikwidzana muna 1987 sezvavakanga vari muna 1984-1986, naProst achiwedzera kukunda katatu chete kune rake rundown (uye achirova rekodhi ye 27 Grand Prix kukunda kwakaitwa naJackie Stewart nekukunda kwake kwechi 28 mu
Portugal) uye kukundikana kubudirira kudzivirira Drivers' Championship yake. Mamwe mapodiyamu akazotevera nokuda kwechiSweden uye Johansson akapedza chechitanhatu muMutambo weVatyairi. Nzvimbo yaStefan Johansson paMcLaren yaifungidzirwa nevakawanda sekungosayina kwechikwata chechikwata Ron Dennis uyo akakundikana kukwezva Ayrton Senna kubva kuLotus nekuda kwekuti aive nechibvumirano kusvika pakupera kwa1987 uye aigara achida kusaina muBrazil. Johansson akakurumbira akapedza 1987 German Grand Prix pamakumbo matatu ane puncture pakona yekupedzisira. Akapedzawo ari wechipiri shure kwaProst muBelgium uye akawedzera mamwe mapurisa muBrazil, Spain neJapan. Pasinei 11 podiums mumwaka mitatu, Johansson akanga achiri asina kukunda uye akanga asingadi nechepamusoro chikwata (akanga achitarisira kubatana Williams muna 1988 sezvo yokutsiva kuenda 1987 World Champion Nelson Piquet asi Williams akasaina Riccardo Patrese pachinzvimbo). Akadzokera kuMcLaren semutyairi wekuedza muna 1991, achiedza injini yeHonda V12 kuSuzuka muJapan.