Mexican Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 18th October 1987 12:00am Local
Sun 18th October 1987 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1987

Round
Round 14

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Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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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. It was the 11th Mexican Grand Prix and the second since the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was renovated and returned to the World Championship calendar.

The race was held over a total of 63 laps of the 4.42-kilometre (2.75 mi) circuit for a race distance of 278.5 kilometres (173.1 mi). 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 and eventual 1987 World Champion, Nelson Piquet.

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Result List

01	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	1:26:24.207
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams Racing	+0:26.176
03	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	+1:26.879
04	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1:41.352
05	Teo Fabi	Benetton Formula	+2 Laps
07	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
08	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
10	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	DNF
11	Ivan Capelli	March Engineering	DNF
12	Alex Caffi	Osella	DNF
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	DNF
14	Adrián Campos	Minardi	DNF
15	René Arnoux	Ligier	DNF
16	Derek Warwick	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
17	Andrea De Cesaris	Brabham	DNF
18	Gerhard Berger	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
19	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton Formula	DNF
20	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	DNF
21	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
22	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	DNF
23	Stefan Johansson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
24	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus F1	DNF
25	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	DNF
26	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF