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1987 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 63 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 450th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Mexico City
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda631hr 26m 24.207s9
2+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda63+26.176s6
3+5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW63+1m 26.879s4
4+8(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron63+1m 41.352s3
5+1(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps2
6+18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps1
7+15(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
8+17(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
9+14(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth59+4 laps 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda54DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo50DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron43DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni32DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron29DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron26DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW22DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari20DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni13DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari12DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed3DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG0DNF 

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 20 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
12(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
13(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
15(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
17(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
18(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
24(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:18.383 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:18.4260.043
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:18.4630.080
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.6910.308
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:18.7420.359
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.9920.609
7(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:19.0890.706
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:19.8891.506
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:19.9671.584
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:20.1411.758
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:21.6643.281
12(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:21.7053.322
13(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:21.7113.328
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:22.0353.652
15(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:22.1853.802
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:22.2143.831
17(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:22.5934.210
18(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:23.0534.670
19(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:23.9555.572
20(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:24.4046.021
21(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:24.5536.170
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:24.7236.340
23(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:24.7456.362
24(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:25.0966.713
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.3057.922
26(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:27.6709.287
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.65510.272

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet73
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell61
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
4(FRA) Alain Prost46
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson26
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger18
7(ITA) Teo Fabi12
8(BEL) Thierry Boutsen10
9(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
10(USA) Eddie Cheever8
11(ITA) Riccardo Patrese6
12(JPN) Satoru Nakajima6
13(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
14(FRA) Philippe Streiff4
15(GBR) Jonathan Palmer4
16(GBR) Derek Warwick3
17(FRA) Philippe Alliot3
18(GBR) Martin Brundle2
19(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda137
2McLaren-TAG72
3Lotus-Honda57
4Ferrari26
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth22
6Arrows-Megatron11
7Brabham-BMW10
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth8
9Lola-Ford Cosworth3
10Zakspeed2
11Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Yannick Dalmas
Milestone race start
100th for Eddie Cheever (29th driver to start 100 races, 2nd American driver)
50th for Gerhard Berger (67th driver to start 50 races, 3rd Austrian driver)
Wins
13th for Nigel Mansell
40th for Williams (4th constructor to win 40 races)
Race 1-2
12th for Williams
Podiums
50th for Nelson Piquet (3rd driver to score 50 podiums, 1st Brazilian driver; last for Williams)
24th for Nigel Mansell
11th for Riccardo Patrese (first podium since 1984 and last until 1989; last for Brabham)
123rd for Brabham
98th & 99th for Williams
Poles
12th for Nigel Mansell (last until 1990; last British polesitter until 1990)
29th for Williams
Fastest laps
23rd and last for Nelson Piquet
40th for Williams (4th constructor to set 40 fastest laps)
Front row starts
28th for Nigel Mansell
5th for Gerhard Berger
Points finishes
9th and last for Teo Fabi
Pole & win
4th for Nigel Mansell (last until 1990; last British driver to win from pole until 1990)