Round 14 · 18 October 1987
Mexican Grand Prix
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico City, Mexico
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 13
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
70
pts
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
52
pts
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
51
pts
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
46
pts
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
26
pts
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
18
pts
7
Teo Fabi
Benetton
10
pts
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
10
pts
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
8
pts
10
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
6
pts
11
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
5
pts
12
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
4
pts
13
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
4
pts
14
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
4
pts
15
Derek Warwick
Arrows
3
pts
16
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
2
pts
17
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
2
pts
18
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
2
pts
19
Ivan Capelli
March
1
pts
20
René Arnoux
Ligier
1
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
0
pts
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
0
pts
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
0
pts
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
0
pts
-
Franco Forini
Osella
0
pts
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
0
pts
After the race
30 drivers
After Round 14
1
Nelson Piquet
Williams
—
73
+3
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
—
61
+9
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
—
51
+0
4
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
46
+0
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
—
26
+0
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
—
18
+0
7
Teo Fabi
Benetton
—
12
+2
8
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
—
10
+0
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
8
+0
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
↑1
8
+3
11
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
↑6
6
+4
12
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
↓2
6
+0
13
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
↓1
4
+0
14
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
↓1
4
+0
15
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
↓1
4
+0
16
Derek Warwick
Arrows
↓1
3
+0
17
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
↑1
3
+1
18
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
↓2
2
+0
19
Ivan Capelli
March
—
1
+0
20
René Arnoux
Ligier
—
1
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
NEW
0
+0
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Franco Forini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Coloni
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 1:26:24.207 | 9 |
| 2 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | +26.176 | 6 |
| 3 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 8 | +1:26.879 | 4 |
| 4 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 13 | +1:41.352 | 3 |
| 5 | FAB Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | 2L | 2 |
| 6 | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | 3L | 1 |
| 7 | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 22 | 3L | 0 |
| 8 | STR Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | 3L | 0 |
| 9 | DAL Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 23 | 4L | 0 |
| R | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | CAF Alex Caffi | Osella | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | CAM Adrián Campos | Minardi | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | BRU Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | JOH Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | DAN Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | — | 0 |