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1987 Mexican Grand Prix: Full Race Analysis and Statistics - F1 BoxBox

The Mexican Grand Prix 1987 was the 14th round of the 1987 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 18th.

Nigel Mansell won the race from the pole, followed by Nelson Piquet, and Riccardo Patrese completing the podium.

Final results

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

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 18 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Ayrton Senna, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 54, Ivan Capelli, and Piercarlo Ghinzani, both suffered a water leak, Alex Caffi, and Michele Alboreto, both suffered an engine malfunction, Adrián Campos, who had a transmission problem on lap 32, René Arnoux, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 29, Derek Warwick, Andrea de Cesaris, Stefan Johansson, Satoru Nakajima, and Christian Danner, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Gerhard Berger, Alessandro Nannini, and Martin Brundle, all of whom had a turbo failure, Thierry Boutsen, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 15, and Alain Prost, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0.

Spun off

  • Ayrton Senna
    Lap 54

Water leak

  • Ivan Capelli
    Lap 51
  • Piercarlo Ghinzani
    Lap 43

Engine

  • Alex Caffi
    Lap 50
  • Michele Alboreto
    Lap 12

Transmission

  • Adrián Campos
    Lap 32

Overheating

  • René Arnoux
    Lap 29

Accident

  • Derek Warwick
    Lap 26
  • Andrea de Cesaris
    Lap 22
  • Stefan Johansson
    Lap 1
  • Satoru Nakajima
    Lap 1
  • Christian Danner
    Lap 1

Turbo

  • Gerhard Berger
    Lap 20
  • Alessandro Nannini
    Lap 13
  • Martin Brundle
    Lap 3

Electrical

  • Thierry Boutsen
    Lap 15

Collision

  • Alain Prost
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.