 Kunyange zvazvo Nelson Piquet akahwina 1987 Drivers Championship uye Williams akahwina Constructors Championship, Honda akasarudza kusapa chikwata nemainjini avo, anonzi nekuda kwekuramba kwaWilliams kudonhedza Nigel Mansell uye kuhaya mutyairi wechiJapan uye mutyairi wekuedza weHonda Satoru Nakajima uyo akatanga neLotus muna 1987, uye panzvimbo pezvo akapa timu yeMcLaren ye. Prost akanga agutsikana Ron Dennis kusaina Ayrton Senna kuti chibvumirano chemakore matatu, iyo yakaita basa rokunyengedza Honda kugona kwaSenna kwakanga kuchikosheswa zvikuru nehombe yeJapan pavakashandisa injini dzavo neLotus muna 1987 uye vose vakanga vachida kupfuurira kushamwaridzana kwavo. Zvisinei, ikoku kwakatanga rwisano iyo yakasundira vaviri vavatyairi vakakurumbira zvikurusa vomutambo wacho kumwero usingaenzaniswi wokubudirira negakava. McLaren-Honda yakatonga mwaka wacho, ichikunda makwikwi gumi nemashanu pamakwikwi gumi nematanhatu. Prost akapedza ari wokutanga kana kuti wechipiri munhangemutange dzose kunze kwokurega kwake kumhanya kaviri paSilverstone neMonza. Akakunda makwikwi manomwe uye akawana zvibodzwa gumi nerimwe kupfuura mumwe wake mutsva Senna, kunyangwe Senna akahwina imwe nhangemutange kupfuura iye. Zvisinei, migumisiro yakanakisisa 11 bedzi yomwaka yakaverengerwa kunhamba yose yemakwikwi, uye ikoku kwakapa Senna zita racho nemapoinzi matatu. Prost akapfuurira kuva mutsigiri wezvinyorwa zvema1990 scoring system: zvose zvinotarisa zvinotarisa kumigumisiro yekupedzisira, nemukundi wemakwikwi anowana 10 pane 9. 