Race · Round 14 of 16 · 18 October 1987

1987 Mexican Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from pole at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 279 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	1	63	Finished	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	3	63	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	8	63	Finished	4
4	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	12	63	Finished	3
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	6	61	Finished	2
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	24	60	Finished	1
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	22	60	Finished	0
8	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	25	60	Finished	0
9	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	LC87	23	59	Finished	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	7	54	Clutch	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	20	51	Water leak	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	26	50	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	21	43	Water leak	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	19	32	Transmission	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	18	29	Overheating	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	11	26	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	10	22	Accident	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	2	20	Turbo	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	4	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	14	13	Turbo	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	9	12	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	13	3	Turbo	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	15	1	Collision	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	16	1	Collision	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	17	1	Collision	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	5	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout mexico-city-2 · 4.421 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nigel Mansell	1	1	63
Nelson Piquet	3	2	63
Riccardo Patrese	8	3	63
Eddie Cheever	12	4	63
Teo Fabi	6	5	61
Philippe Alliot	24	6	60
Jonathan Palmer	22	7	60
Philippe Streiff	25	8	60
Yannick Dalmas	23	9	59
Ayrton Senna	7	DNF	54
Ivan Capelli	20	DNF	51
Alex Caffi	26	DNF	50
Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	DNF	43
Adrián Campos	19	DNF	32
Rene Arnoux	18	DNF	29
Derek Warwick	11	DNF	26
Andrea de Cesaris	10	DNF	22
Gerhard Berger	2	DNF	20
Thierry Boutsen	4	DNF	15
Alessandro Nannini	14	DNF	13
Michele Alboreto	9	DNF	12
Martin Brundle	13	DNF	3
Stefan Johansson	15	DNF	1
Satoru Nakajima	16	DNF	1
Christian Danner	17	DNF	1
Alain Prost	5	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:18.383	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:18.426	+0.043	2 m	+0.043
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:18.463	+0.080	5 m	+0.037
4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:18.691	+0.308	17 m	+0.228
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:18.742	+0.359	20 m	+0.051
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:18.992	+0.609	34 m	+0.250
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:19.089	+0.706	40 m	+0.097
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:19.889	+1.506	85 m	+0.800
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:19.967	+1.584	89 m	+0.078
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:20.141	+1.758	99 m	+0.174
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:21.664	+3.281	185 m	+1.523
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:21.705	+3.322	187 m	+0.041
13	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:21.711	+3.328	188 m	+0.006
14	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:22.035	+3.652	206 m	+0.324
15	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:22.185	+3.802	214 m	+0.150
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:22.214	+3.831	216 m	+0.029
17	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:22.593	+4.210	237 m	+0.379
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:23.053	+4.670	263 m	+0.460
19	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:23.955	+5.572	314 m	+0.902
20	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:24.404	+6.021	340 m	+0.449
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:24.553	+6.170	348 m	+0.149
22	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:24.723	+6.340	358 m	+0.170
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:24.745	+6.362	359 m	+0.022
24	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:25.096	+6.713	379 m	+0.351
25	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:26.305	+7.922	447 m	+1.209
26	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:27.670	+9.287	524 m	+1.365
27	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:28.655	+10.272	579 m	+0.985

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:20.666	—	0 m	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:20.863	+0.197	11 m	+0.197	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:21.273	+0.607	33 m	+0.410	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:21.384	+0.718	39 m	+0.111	—
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:21.443	+0.777	43 m	+0.059	—
6	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:21.491	+0.825	45 m	+0.048	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:22.164	+1.498	82 m	+0.673	—
8	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:22.516	+1.850	101 m	+0.352	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:22.599	+1.933	106 m	+0.083	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:22.655	+1.989	109 m	+0.056	—
11	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:23.063	+2.397	131 m	+0.408	—
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:23.117	+2.451	134 m	+0.054	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:24.073	+3.407	187 m	+0.956	—
14	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:24.150	+3.484	191 m	+0.077	—
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:24.631	+3.965	217 m	+0.481	—
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:24.850	+4.184	229 m	+0.219	—
17	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:25.134	+4.468	245 m	+0.284	—
18	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.367	+4.701	258 m	+0.233	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:25.917	+5.251	288 m	+0.550	—
20	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:26.217	+5.551	304 m	+0.300	—
21	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:26.893	+6.227	341 m	+0.676	—
22	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:27.276	+6.610	362 m	+0.383	—
23	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:27.338	+6.672	366 m	+0.062	—
24	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:27.362	+6.696	367 m	+0.024	—
25	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:27.451	+6.785	372 m	+0.089	—
26	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:29.772	+9.106	499 m	+2.321	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 1987
Grand Prix: Mexican Grand Prix
Dates: 18 Oct 1987
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.421 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.