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Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix for Williams, ahead of Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

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Race recap

Winner
Nigel Mansell
Team
Williams
Top listed
Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, and Riccardo Patrese
Race date
October 18, 1987
Pole
Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap
Nelson Piquet
Classified drivers
27
Circuit
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

The decisive result

Nigel Mansell finished first for Williams. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Williams, with Riccardo Patrese 3 for Brabham.

Grid to finish

Philippe Alliot from P24 to P6 (+18), Philippe Streiff from P25 to P8 (+17), and Jonathan Palmer from P22 to P7 (+15) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nigel Mansell started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 4 Collision, 4 Finished, 3 +3 laps, 3 Turbo, and 2 Accident. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:19.132 on lap 57. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Nigel MansellWilliams1:26:24.2079
2Nelson PiquetWilliams1:26:50.3836
3Riccardo PatreseBrabham1:27:51.0864
4Eddie CheeverArrows1:28:05.5593
5Teo FabiBenetton+2 laps2
6Philippe AlliotLola+3 laps1
7Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+3 laps0
8Philippe StreiffTyrrell+3 laps0
9Yannick DalmasLola+4 laps0
DNFAyrton SennaTeam LotusClutch0
DNFIvan CapelliMarchWater leak0
DNFAlex CaffiOsellaEngine0
DNFPiercarlo GhinzaniLigierWater leak0
DNFAdrián CamposMinardiTransmission0
DNFRené ArnouxLigierOverheating0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsAccident0
DNFAndrea de CesarisBrabhamAccident0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariTurbo0
DNFThierry BoutsenBenettonElectrical0
DNFAlessandro NanniniMinardiTurbo0