The 1987 Mexican Grand Prix was a

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motor race held at

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on 18 October 1987. It was the fourteenth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 11th

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and the second since the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was renovated and returned to the World Championship calendar. The race was held over a total of 63 laps of the circuit for a race distance of . The race was divided into two heats after British driver

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crashed his

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heavily exiting the high-speed Peraltada corner on lap 31 after a rear suspension failure; the Arrows car's rear suspension was weakened by

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crashing his Lotus-Honda straight into the back of Warwick's car at the end of the main straight earlier in the race. The results of the first 30 laps were combined with the results of the second race of 33 laps to create a combined result. The race was won by British driver

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driving a Williams FW11B. Mansell's combined time over the 63 laps was 26 seconds faster than his Brazilian teammate and eventual 1987 World Champion,

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. Piquet actually took the chequered flag first at the end of the second heat, but Mansell's lead over Piquet at the time of Warwick's accident was substantially larger. Piquet had been delayed after a collision with

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( McLaren MP4/3) in the early running. It was Mansell's sixth and last Grand Prix victory for the 1987 season.

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finished third driving a

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. It was Patrese's best result since finishing third in the

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. It was just the second podium of the year for Brabham. Brabham would only score one more podium before it would fold in 1992. Attrition bit heavily into the race with just fifteen cars taking the second race start. Nine survived to the finish. Naturally aspirated Jim Clark Trophy cars climbed into the points with

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( Lola LC87) taking his third top six result for the year. Mansell's victory allowed him to close to within twelve points of his championship leading teammate. With just two races left, only the Williams drivers had enough points to win the championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Numbers in brackets refer to positions of

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entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Jim Clark Trophy standings ;Colin Chapman Trophy standings *

References

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Mexican Grand Prix

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October 1987 sports events in Mexico