Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvakava pachena kuti kupfuurira kwekugadzirwa kweFW11 kwaireva kuti yakanga iri motokari yakanakisisa gore iroro, uye mutambo we 1987 waizopikiswa pakati paPiquet naMansell. Pasinei zvapo nokukunda mijaho mishomanene kupfuura Mansell muna 1987, Piquet akabuda somukundi wenyika. Kubva kuDetroit Kuenda kuPortugal
, haana kumbobvira apedza ari pachigaro, achiunganidza mapoinzi mune zvaakadana kuti "mutemo wake wokutyaira muzana" mukubudirira kwake mukukunda mukwikwidzi wake wechitatu. Piquet akazivisa panguva yekudzidzira kwe1987 Hungarian Grand Prix kuti akanga asayina neLotus semutyairi asina kupikiswa nhamba 1, chinzvimbo chaakataura kuti chakavimbiswa kuWilliams kubva muna 1986, asi haana kumbobvira aremekedzwa mushure mekunge Frank Williams'tsaona yemotokari. Zvaitendwawo kuti ichi chaive chinhu chikuru muHonda kudonhedza Williams uye kuenda kuMcLaren muna 1988, kunyangwe paine rimwe gore rakasara muchibvumirano. Kambani yeJapan, iyo yaibhadhara mubhadharo mukuru waPiquet, yakamuona seaiva nhamba 1 uye yakanga ichitsamwiswa pachivande kuti manejimendi aWilliams haana kudzora Mansell uye kubvumira Piquet nguva iri nyore.