Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akatsiviwa paFerrari naGerhard Berger wokuAustria uye akatamira kuMcLaren somutyairi wechipiri ari shure kwaAlain Prost uyo akambokunda kaviri uye ari kutonga. McLaren yakanga isingakwikwidzi muna 1987 sezvavakanga vakaita muna 1984-1986, naProst achiwedzera kukunda katatu chete kuhurongwa hwake (uye achirova rekodhi ye 27 Grand Prix inokunda yakachengetwa naJackie Stewart nekukunda kwake kwechi 28 muPortugal
) uye kukundikana kubudirira kudzivirira Mukwikwidzi wake wevatyairi. 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.