Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1987 Mexican Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Avg Speed | Grid | Pts | ||
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 63 | 1:26:24.207 | 193.411 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 63 | + 26.176 secs | 192.439 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 63 | + 1m 26.879 secs | 190.223 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 63 | + 1m 41.352 secs | 189.702 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 61 | + 2 Laps | 184.855 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford Cosworth | 60 | + 3 Laps | 183.553 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 60 | + 3 Laps | 182.843 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 60 | + 3 Laps | 179.958 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola-Ford Cosworth | 59 | + 4 Laps | 178.837 | 23 | |||
| Ret | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda | 54 | Spun off | 190.467 | 7 | |||
| Ret | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Ford Cosworth | 51 | Water leak | 178.752 | 20 | |||
| Ret | 21 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 50 | Engine | 183.578 | 26 | |||
| Ret | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron | 43 | Water leak | 184.216 | 21 | |||
| Ret | 23 | Adrián Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 32 | Transmission | 162.629 | 19 | |||
| Ret | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron | 29 | Overheating | 184.382 | 18 | |||
| Ret | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 26 | Spun off | 164.771 | 11 | |||
| Ret | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW | 22 | Collision | 187.582 | 10 | |||
| Ret | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 20 | Turbo | 191.203 | 2 | |||
| Ret | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 15 | Electrical | 189.525 | 4 | |||
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 13 | Turbo | 182.450 | 14 | |||
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | Engine | 184.935 | 9 | |||
| Ret | 9 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 3 | Turbo | 167.143 | 13 | |||
| Ret | 2 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG | 1 | Collision | 153.981 | 15 | |||
| Ret | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 1 | Collision | 153.725 | 16 | |||
| Ret | 10 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1 | Collision | 152.644 | 17 | |||
| Ret | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 0 | Collision | 5 | ||||
| DNQ | 14 | Pascal Fabre | AGS-Ford Cosworth | |||||||
| Fastest lap: 1:19.132 - Nelson Piquet (Lap 57) | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Race interrupted after accident on lap 30. Restarted for remaining 33, with results being on aggregate. (Scheduled for 68 laps) | |||||||||