The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 14

Mexican Grand Prix

1987  ·  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez  ·  18 October 1987  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:26:24.207
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +26.176
  3. 3rd Riccardo Patrese Brabham · +1:26.879

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Collision

03 Lap 15

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Benetton  —  Electrical

04 Lap 20

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

05 Lap 50

Alex Caffi

Retirement Osella  —  Engine

06 Lap 51

Ivan Capelli

Retirement March  —  Water leak

07 Lap 54

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Spun off

08 On the Charge

Philippe Alliot

Larrousse  —  P24 → P6

09 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 63 01:26:24.207 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 63 +26.176 6
3 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 63 +1:26.879 4
4 Eddie Cheever Arrows 13 63 +1:41.352 3
5 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 61 +2 Laps 2
6 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 24 60 +3 Laps 1
7 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 22 60 +3 Laps
8 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 60 +3 Laps
9 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 23 59 +4 Laps
10 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 7 54 Spun off
11 Ivan Capelli March 20 51 Water leak
12 Alex Caffi Osella 26 50 Engine
13 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 21 43 Water leak
14 Adrián Campos Minardi 19 32 Transmission
15 René Arnoux Ligier 18 29 Overheating
16 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 26 Accident
17 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 10 22 Accident
18 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2 20 Turbo
19 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 4 15 Electrical
20 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 14 13 Turbo
21 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 12 Engine
22 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 13 3 Turbo
23 Stefan Johansson McLaren 15 1 Accident
24 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 1 Accident
25 Christian Danner Zakspeed 17 1 Accident
26 Alain Prost McLaren 5 0 Collision

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