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The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 18 October 1987. It was the fourteenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship.

The race was divided into two heats after British driver Derek Warwick crashed his Arrows A10 heavily exiting the high-speed Peraltada corner on lap 31 after a rear suspension failure; the Arrows car's rear suspension was weakened by Satoru Nakajima crashing his Lotus-Honda straight into the back of Warwick's car at the end of the main straight earlier in the race. 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 teammate 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.

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.


Offical Name
Gran Premio de Mexico
Date
1987-10-18
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
63 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT-6)
1987-10-16 Friday
1st Free Practice 10:00 - 11:30
1st Qualifying 13:00 - 14:00
1987-10-17 Saturday
2nd Free Practice 10:00 - 11:30
2nd Qualifying 13:00 - 14:00
1987-10-18 Sunday
Warm-up 09:30 - 10:00
Race 13:30

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • 13th win for 
    • 50th podium for 
    • 23rd and last fastest lap for 
    • 50th Grand Prix for 
    • 100th Grand Prix for 
    • 1st time to lead a race for
  • Team
    • 40th win for 
    • 40th fastest lap for 
  • Engine
    • 27th win for Honda
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 27
  • Qualified: 26
  • Classified: 9
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 73
2 61
3 51
4 46
5 26
6 18
7 12
8 10
9 8
10 8
11 6
12 6
13 4
14 4
15 4
16 3
17 3
18 2
19 1
19 1
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 137
2 72
3 57
4 26
5 22
6 11
7 10
8 8
9 3
10 2
11 1
11 1


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