1987 Mexican Grand Prix

 1987 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XI Gran Premio de Mexico
Date:	October 18, 1987
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	278.523 km in 63 laps of 4.421 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 18.383 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 19.132 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham

The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix took place in Mexico City on October 18 and was the 14th race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The Osella team only entered one vehicle in the third last race. The Larrousse team, on the other hand, was strengthened by signing the debutant Yannick Dalmas as the second driver alongside Philippe Alliot .

training

During the training there were several accidents, the cause of which was attributed to the undulating road surface. Among other things, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna , who were in a promising position in the world championship standings, were involved in such accidents. Nevertheless, Mansell secured pole position from Gerhard Berger . Nelson Piquet and Thierry Boutsen formed the second row ahead of Alain Prost and Teo Fabi .

run

Due to a bad start, Mansell was overtaken by Berger, Boutsen, Piquet and Prost before the first corner. As a result of a collision with Piquet, Prost was eliminated. As a result, Mansell came in third. Another collision occurred a short time later between Stefan Johansson and Christian Danner , as a result of which both pilots were eliminated. Satoru Nakajima had to end his race prematurely after a collision with Derek Warwick .

In the second round, Boutsen managed to overtake Berger and thus take the lead. Due to engine problems, however, he lost this position again on lap 15 and had to give up the race shortly afterwards. Berger also retired six laps later, which meant that Mansell returned to the top position without a fight.

After a serious accident by Derek Warwick, the race was interrupted at the end of the 30th lap. After the clean-up work, a new starting line-up was formed, which was based on the order at the time the race was canceled. Piquet initially took the lead, but shortly afterwards had to leave it to Mansell, who ultimately won the race. Nelson Piquet finished second ahead of Riccardo Patrese , Eddie Cheever , Teo Fabi and Philippe Alliot .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 3	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Stefan Johansson
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT56	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
West Zakspeed Racing	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	10	Christian Danner
Camel Team Lotus Honda	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus 99T	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Team El Charro AGS	14th	Pascal Fabre	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	16	Ivan Capelli	March 871		G
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	20th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Alex Caffi	Osella FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
Minardi F1 team	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS29C	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 20.696	197.229 km / h	1: 18.383	203.049 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 19.992	198.965 km / h	1: 18.426	202.938 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 20.701	197.217 km / h	1: 18.463	202.842 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 20.766	197.058 km / h	1: 18.691	202.254 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 20.572	197.533 km / h	1: 18.742	202.123 km / h	05
06th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 22.666	192.529 km / h	1: 18.992	201.484 km / h	06th
07th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 21.361	195.617 km / h	1: 19.089	201.237 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 21.720	194.758 km / h	1: 19.889	199.221 km / h	08th
09	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 21.290	195.788 km / h	1: 19.967	199.027 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 22.930	191.916 km / h	1: 20.141	198.595 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 23.347	190.956 km / h	1: 21.664	194.891 km / h	11
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 24.445	188.473 km / h	1: 21.705	194.793 km / h	12
13	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 25.184	186.838 km / h	1: 21.711	194.779 km / h	13
14th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 26.055	184.947 km / h	1: 22.035	194.010 km / h	14th
15th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.185	193.656 km / h	1: 22.382	193.193 km / h	15th
16	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 23.750	190.037 km / h	1: 22.214	193.587 km / h	16
17th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 23.992	189.489 km / h	1: 22.593	192.699 km / h	17th
18th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 24.299	188.799 km / h	1: 23.053	191.632 km / h	18th
19th	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 27.798	181.275 km / h	1: 23.955	189.573 km / h	19th
20th	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 27.161	182.600 km / h	1: 24.404	188.565 km / h	20th
21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 27.059	182.814 km / h	1: 24.553	188.232 km / h	21st
22nd	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 27.306	182.297 km / h	1: 24.723	187.855 km / h	22nd
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	1: 28.156	180.539 km / h	1: 24.745	187.806 km / h	23
24	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 27.184	182.552 km / h	1: 25.096	187.031 km / h	24
25th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 27.011	182.915 km / h	1: 26.305	184.411 km / h	25th
26th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 27.670	181.540 km / h	1: 30.010	176.820 km / h	26th
DNQ	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 30.285	176.282 km / h	1: 28.655	179.523 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	63	0	1: 26: 24.207	01	1: 19.527
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	63	0	+ 26.176	03	1: 19.132
03	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	63	0	+1: 26.879	08th	1: 21.057
04th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	63	0	+1: 41.352	12	1: 20.934
05	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	61	3	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 20.829
06th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 24.320
07th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 24.657
08th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 26.039
09	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	59	0	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 24.405
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	54	0	DNF	07th	1: 20.586	Clutch damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	51	0	DNF	20th	1: 24.274	Engine failure
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	50	0	DNF	26th	1: 23.628	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	43	0	DNF	21st	1: 23.659	Engine failure
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	32	2	DNF	19th	1: 25.734	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	29	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.887	defective ignition
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	26th	1	DNF	11	1: 23.124	accident
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	22nd	0	DNF	10	1: 22.535	accident
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	02	1: 21.520	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	15th	0	DNF	04th	1: 22.170	Electrical damage
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	13	0	DNF	14th	1: 24.668	Turbocharger damage
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	12	0	DNF	09	1: 23.273	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	03	0	DNF	13	1: 28.816	Turbocharger damage
-	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	01	0	DNF	15th	1: 43.361	collision
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	01	0	DNF	16	1: 43.533	collision
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	01	0	DNF	17th	1: 44.266	collision
-	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	00	0	DNF	05	-	collision

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nelson Piquet Williams 73 (76) 02  Nigel Mansell Williams 61 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 51 04th  Alain Prost McLaren 46 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 26th 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 18th 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 12 08th  Teo Fabi Benetton 10 09  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 10  Eddie Cheever Arrows 8th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 6th 12  Satoru Nakajima lotus 6th 13  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 4th 14th  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 4th 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th 16  Philippe Alliot Lola 3 17th  Derek Warwick Arrows 3 18th  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 19th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1 20th  René Arnoux Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 137 02  McLaren 72 03  lotus 57 04th  Ferrari 26th 05  Benetton 22nd 06th  Arrows 11

Item constructor Points 07th  Brabham 10 08th  Tyrrell 8th 09  Lola 3 10  Zakspeed 2 11  March 1 12  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 16, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on July 16, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 16, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"