The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix was Round 14 of the 1987 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday, 18 October 1987. Nigel Mansell started on pole position in the Williams Honda and was the race winner.
1987 Mexican Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 63 | 1:26:24.207 | 1:26:24.207 | - | - | 1:19.527 | 59 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 63 | +26.176 | 1:26:50.383 | +26.176 | +26.176 | 1:19.132 | 57 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 63 | +1:26.879 | 1:27:51.086 | +1:26.879 | +1:00.703 | 1:21.057 | 57 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 63 | +1:41.352 | 1:28:05.559 | +1:41.352 | +14.473 | 1:20.934 | 54 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 61 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 2 laps | 1:20.829 | 38 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 60 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.320 | 39 | 24 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 60 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:24.657 | 39 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 60 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:26.039 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 59 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.405 | 39 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 54 | Spun Off | 9 laps | 5 laps | 1:20.586 | 44 | 7 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 51 | Water Leak | 12 laps | 3 laps | 1:24.274 | 36 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 50 | Engine | 13 laps | 1 lap | 1:23.628 | 49 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 43 | Water Leak | 20 laps | 7 laps | 1:23.659 | 39 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Adrian Campos | Spain | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 32 | Transmission | 31 laps | 11 laps | 1:25.734 | 31 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 29 | Overheating | 34 laps | 3 laps | 1:23.887 | 19 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 26 | Accident | 37 laps | 3 laps | 1:23.124 | 15 | 11 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 22 | Accident | 41 laps | 4 laps | 1:22.535 | 17 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 20 | Turbo | 43 laps | 2 laps | 1:21.520 | 19 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 15 | Electrical | 48 laps | 5 laps | 1:22.170 | 9 | 4 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 13 | Turbo | 50 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.668 | 12 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 12 | Engine | 51 laps | 1 lap | 1:23.273 | 9 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 3 | Turbo | 60 laps | 9 laps | 1:28.816 | 2 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 2 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 62 laps | 2 laps | 1:43.361 | 1 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 62 laps | 1:43.533 | 1 | 16 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Christian Danner | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 62 laps | 1:44.266 | 1 | 17 | |||
| DNF | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | Collision | 63 laps | 1 lap | 5 | |||||
| DNQ | 14 | Pascal Fabre | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear |