Kammala wannan magana: Bayan wani lokacin da ya yi baƙin ciki tare da BT55, tawagar ta koma zuwa zane na al'ada a 1987. Mai tsara Brabham na dogon lokaci Gordon Murray ya koma McLaren ya bar BT56 a matsayin motar Brabham ta farko da Murray bai tsara ba tun lokacin da Ralph Bellamy ya tsara Brabham BT37 wanda ya yi tsere a cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980. BT56 ba mota ce mai gasa sosai ba; kodayake ta fi wasu sauri (Patrese ya yi tsere har zuwa na biyu kafin ya yi ritaya a San Marino Grand Prix a wannan shekarar) ba ta kusa da gasa kamar motocin Williams, McLaren, Ferrari ko Lotus a wannan shekarar. Hakanan motar ba ta da aminci sosai; daga cikin tsere 16, Patrese ya gama tsere 6, kuma de Cesaris ya gama tsere ɗaya ne kawai - wanda shine na uku a Grand Prix na Belgium a wannan shekarar; kodayake yana da mummunan suna don faduwa, yawancin ritayarsa sun kasance saboda gazawar inji, amma wasu suna zargin cewa wannan ya sauka ne saboda yanayin da yake da shi da kuma mummunar mu'amala da motar. Patrese ya kuma yi nasarar samun matsayi na uku a Mexico, kodayake a farkon kakar wasa ta bana ya yi rashin sa'a ya rasa matsayi na biyu a
San Marino Grand Prix tare da lalacewar alternator.