Round 14 · 18 October 1987
1987 Mexican Grand Prix: results
Nigel Mansell (Williams) won the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix, round 14 of the championship, held on 18 October 1987 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico), starting from position 1. Nelson Piquet (Williams) and Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 1:26:24.207 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | +26.176 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 8 | +86.879 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 13 | +101.352 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | +2 Laps | 2 | +2 Laps |
| 6 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | +3 Laps | 1 | +3 Laps |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 22 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 8 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 9 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 23 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 10 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 7 | — | — | Spun off |
| 11 | Ivan Capelli | March | 20 | — | — | Water leak |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 26 | — | — | Engine |
| 13 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 21 | — | — | Water leak |
| 14 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 19 | — | — | Transmission |
| 15 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 18 | — | — | Overheating |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 11 | — | — | Accident |
| 17 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | — | — | Accident |
| 18 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 2 | — | — | Turbo |
| 19 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 4 | — | — | Electrical |
| 20 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | — | — | Turbo |
| 21 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | — | — | Engine |
| 22 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 13 | — | — | Turbo |
| 23 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 15 | — | — | Accident |
| 24 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 16 | — | — | Accident |
| 25 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 17 | — | — | Accident |
| 26 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | — | — | Collision |