Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · 18 October 1987
Nigel Mansell won the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix for Williams from 1st on the grid, 26.176s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Philippe Alliot gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Brabham Patrese 4 + de Cesaris 0 | Patrese 4 + de Cesaris 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Arrows Cheever 3 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 3 + Warwick 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Benetton Fabi 2 + Boutsen 0 | Fabi 2 + Boutsen 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Lola Alliot 1 + Dalmas 0 | Alliot 1 + Dalmas 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | Palmer 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Team Lotus Senna 0 + Nakajima 0 | Senna 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Osella Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ligier Ghinzani 0 + Arnoux 0 | Ghinzani 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Campos 0 + Nannini 0 | Campos 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ferrari Berger 0 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Zakspeed Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | Brundle 0 + Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | McLaren Johansson 0 + Prost 0 | Johansson 0 + Prost 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | 1:26:24.207 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +26.176s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +1:26.879 | 63 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +1:41.352 | 63 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 61 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | +3 Laps | 60 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 8 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| 9 | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | +4 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Water leak | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier | Ligier | DNF Water leak | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Transmission | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Overheating | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | DNF Electrical | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Turbo | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |