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25px Mexico  1987 Mexican Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.svg
Date October 18, 1987
Official name Gran Premio de Mexico
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent circuit
4.421 km (2.747 mi)
Distance 63 laps, 278.523 km (173.061 mi)
Weather Sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver 25px UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Time 1:18.383
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Time 1:19.132 on lap 57
Podium
First 25px UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Second 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Third 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW

The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on October 18, 1987. It was the fourteenth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 11th Mexican Grand Prix and the second since the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was renovated and returned to the World Championship calendar.

The race was held over a total of 63 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 279 kilometres. The race was unintentionally divided into two heats after British driver Derek Warwick crashed his Arrows A10 heavily exiting the high-speed Peraltada corner on lap 31. The results of the first 30 laps were combined with the results of the second race of 33 laps to create a combined result.

The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11B. Mansell's combined time over the 63 laps was 26 seconds faster than his Brazilian team mate and eventual 1987 World Champion, Nelson Piquet. Piquet actually took the chequered flag first at the end of the second heat, but Mansell's lead over Piquet at the time of Warwick's accident was substantially larger. Piquet had been delayed after a collision with Alain Prost (McLaren MP4/3) in the early running.

It was Mansell's sixth and last Grand Prix victory for the 1987 season. Riccardo Patrese finished third driving a Brabham BT56. It was Patrese's best result since finishing third in the 1984 Italian Grand Prix. It was just the second podium of the year for Brabham. Brabham would only score one more podium before it would fold in 1992.

Attrition bit heavily into the race with just fifteen cars taking the second race start. Nine survived to the finish. Naturally aspirated Jim Clark Trophy cars climbed into the points with Philippe Alliot (Lola LC87) taking his third top six result for the year.

Mansell's victory allowed him to close to within twelve points of his championship leading team mate. With just two races left, only the Williams drivers had enough points to win the championship.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 25px UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 63 1:26:24.207 1 9
2 6 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 63 + 26.176 3 6
3 7 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 63 + 1:26.879 8 4
4 18 25px USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 63 + 1:41.352 12 3
5 19 25px Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-Ford 61 + 2 Laps 6 2
6 (1) 30 25px France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 60 + 3 Laps 24 1
7 (2) 3 25px UK Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 60 + 3 Laps 22  
8 (3) 4 25px France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Ford 60 + 3 Laps 25  
9 (4) 29 25px France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 59 + 4 Laps 23  
Ret 12 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Honda 54 Clutch 7  
Ret 16 25px Italy Ivan Capelli March-Ford 51 Water Leak 20  
Ret 21 25px Italy Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 50 Engine 26  
Ret 26 25px Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier-Megatron 43 Water Leak 21  
Ret 23 25px Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Motori Moderni 32 Transmission 19  
Ret 25 25px France René Arnoux Ligier-Megatron 29 Overheating 18  
Ret 17 25px UK Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 26 Accident 11  
Ret 8 25px Italy Andrea de Cesaris Brabham-BMW 22 Accident 10  
Ret 28 25px Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 20 Turbo 2  
Ret 20 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 15 Electrical 4  
Ret 24 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 13 Turbo 14  
Ret 27 25px Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 Engine 9  
Ret 9 25px UK Martin Brundle Zakspeed 3 Turbo 13  
Ret 2 25px Sweden Stefan Johansson McLaren-TAG 1 Collision 15  
Ret 11 25px Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1 Collision 16  
Ret 10 25px Germany Christian Danner Zakspeed 1 Collision 17  
Ret 1 25px France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 0 Collision 5  

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet 73 (76)
2 25px Great Britain Nigel Mansell 61
3 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna 51
4 25px France Alain Prost 46
5 25px Sweden Stefan Johansson 26
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Great Britain Williams-Honda 137
2 25px Great Britain McLaren-TAG 72
3 25px Great Britain Lotus-Honda 57
4 25px Italy Ferrari 26
5 25px Great Britain Benetton-Ford 22
Jim Clark Trophy standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Great Britain Jonathan Palmer 77
2 25px France Philippe Streiff 68
3 25px France Philippe Alliot 43
4 25px Italy Ivan Capelli 38
5 25px France Pascal Fabre 35
Colin Chapman Trophy standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Great Britain Tyrrell-Ford 145
2 25px France Lola-Ford 43
3 25px Great Britain March-Ford 38
4 25px France AGS-Ford 35
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings.

Notes[]

  • Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

References[]


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1987 Spanish Grand Prix
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1987 Japanese Grand Prix
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