Season 1987 · Round 14

Mexican Grand Prix

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1987-10-18 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 63Lap · 278.523km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:26:24.207
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +26.176
5 Riccardo Patrese
Brabham +1:26.879
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Ayrton Senna L54 Ivan Capelli L51 Alex Caffi L50 Piercarlo Ghinzani L43 Adrián Campos L32 René Arnoux L29 Derek Warwick L26 Andrea de Cesaris L22 Gerhard Berger L20 Thierry Boutsen L15 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
63Lap 278.523km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Riccardo Patrese 4 · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 4 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 4 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Andrea de Cesaris 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Mansell · P1 → P1 1 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Piquet · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Patrese · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Cheever · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Cheever CHE 4 Cheever CHE Fabi · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Fabi FAB 5 Fabi FAB Alliot · P24 → P6 · +18 24 Alliot ALL 6 Alliot ALL Palmer · P22 → P7 · +15 22 Palmer PAL 7 Palmer PAL Streiff · P25 → P8 · +17 25 Streiff STR 8 Streiff STR Dalmas · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Dalmas DAL 9 Dalmas DAL Senna · P7 → retired L54 Senna · retired L54 7 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Capelli · P20 → retired L51 Capelli · retired L51 20 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Caffi · P26 → retired L50 Caffi · retired L50 26 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Ghinzani · P21 → retired L43 Ghinzani · retired L43 21 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Campos · P19 → retired L32 Campos · retired L32 19 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Arnoux · P18 → retired L29 Arnoux · retired L29 18 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Warwick · P11 → retired L26 Warwick · retired L26 11 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR de Cesaris · P10 → retired L22 de Cesaris · retired L22 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Berger · P2 → retired L20 Berger · retired L20 2 Berger BER R Berger BER Boutsen · P4 → retired L15 Boutsen · retired L15 4 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Nannini · P14 → retired L13 Nannini · retired L13 14 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Alboreto · P9 → retired L12 Alboreto · retired L12 9 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Brundle · P13 → retired L3 Brundle · retired L3 13 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Johansson · P15 → retired L1 Johansson · retired L1 15 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Nakajima · P16 → retired L1 Nakajima · retired L1 16 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Danner · P17 → retired L1 Danner · retired L1 17 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Prost · P5 → retired L0 Prost · retired L0 5 Prost PRO R Prost PRO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 63 1:26:24.207 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 63 +26.176 6
3 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 63 +1:26.879 4
4 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 13 63 +1:41.352 3
5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 61 +2 Laps 2
6 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 24 60 +3 Laps 1
7 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 22 60 +3 Laps
8 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 60 +3 Laps
9 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 23 59 +4 Laps
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 54 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 20 51 Water leak
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 26 50 Engine
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 21 43 Water leak
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 32 Transmission
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 18 29 Overheating
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 26 Accident
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 22 Accident
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2 20 Turbo
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 15 Electrical
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 13 Turbo
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 12 Engine
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 13 3 Turbo
R 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 15 1 Accident
R 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 1 Accident
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 17 1 Accident
R 1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
20 Thierry Boutsen
5
1 Alain Prost
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
12 Ayrton Senna
8
5 Riccardo Patrese
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
8 Andrea de Cesaris
11
17 Derek Warwick
13
18 Eddie Cheever
13
9 Martin Brundle
14
24 Alessandro Nannini
15
2 Stefan Johansson
16
11 Satoru Nakajima
17
10 Christian Danner
18
25 René Arnoux
19
23 Adrián Campos
20
16 Ivan Capelli
21
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
22
3 Jonathan Palmer
23
29 Yannick Dalmas
24
30 Philippe Alliot
25
4 Philippe Streiff
26
21 Alex Caffi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15