Cika wannan jumlar: An maye gurbinsa a Ferrari da Austrian Gerhard Berger don kuma ya koma McLaren a matsayin mai lamba biyu a baya na biyu kuma mai mulki na Duniya Alain Prost. McLaren ba su da gasa a 1987 kamar yadda suka kasance a cikin 1984<unk>1986, tare da Prost kawai ya ƙara nasara uku a cikin lissafinsa (kuma ya doke rikodin Grand Prix 27 da Jackie Stewart ya yi tare da nasararsa ta 28 a Portugal) kuma ya kasa samun nasarar kare Gasar Drivers 'Championship. Ƙarin podium ya biyo baya ga Swede da Johansson ya gama na shida a gasar zakarun Turai. Matsayin Stefan Johansson a McLaren mutane da yawa sun yi la'akari da shi kawai a matsayin sa hannu ta hanyar sa hannu ta hanyar shugaban kungiyar Ron Dennis wanda ya kasa jawo hankalin Ayrton Senna daga Lotus saboda yana karkashin kwangila har zuwa karshen 1987 kuma koyaushe yana da niyyar sanya hannu kan dan Brazil. Johansson sanannen ya gama gasar Grand Prix ta Jamus ta 1987 a kan ƙafafun uku bayan ya sami rauni a zagaye na ƙarshe. Ya kuma gama na biyu a bayan Prost a Belgium kuma ya kara da karin podium a
Brazil, Spain da kuma Japan. Duk da cin nasara 11 a cikin yanayi uku, Johansson har yanzu ba shi da nasara kuma ba a son shi da babbar ƙungiya (ya yi fatan shiga Williams a 1988 a matsayin mai maye gurbin wanda ya bar Gwarzon Duniya na 1987 Nelson Piquet amma Williams ya sanya hannu Riccardo Patrese maimakon). Ya koma McLaren a matsayin mai gwajin direba a 1991, yana gwada injin Honda V12 a Suzuka a Japan.