October 18, 1987 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Lap distance 4.421 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 63 | 1:26'24.207 | 1 | 1'18.383 | 2 | 1'19.527 | (59) | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11B | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 63 | 1:26'50.383 | +26.176 | 3 | 1'18.463 | 1 | 1'19.132 | (57) |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 63 | 1:27'51.086 | +1'26.879 | 8 | 1'19.889 | 6 | 1'21.057 | (57) |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 63 | 1:28'05.559 | +1'41.352 | 12 | 1'21.705 | 5 | 1'20.934 | (54) |
| 5 | 2 | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 61 | 1:27'31.973 | +2 laps | 6 | 1'18.992 | 4 | 1'20.829 | (38) |
| 6 | 1 | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC87 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 60 | 1:26'42.504 | +3 laps | 24 | 1'25.096 | 16 | 1'24.320 | (39) |
| 7 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 60 | 1:27'02.721 | +3 laps | 22 | 1'24.723 | 18 | 1'24.657 | (39) | |
| 8 | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell DG016 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 60 | 1:28'26.436 | +3 laps | 25 | 1'26.305 | 21 | 1'26.039 | (28) | |
| 9 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas (FRA) | Lola LC87 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 59 | 1:27'30.697 | +4 laps | 23 | 1'24.745 | 17 | 1'24.405 | (39) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| spun off | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 54 | 1:15'12.279 | 7 | 1'19.089 | 3 | 1'20.586 | (44) | ||
| water leak | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March 871 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 51 | 1:15'40.913 | 20 | 1'24.404 | 15 | 1'24.274 | (36) | ||
| engine | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Osella FA1I | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 50 | 1:12'14.838 | 26 | 1'27.670 | 12 | 1'23.628 | (49) | ||
| water leak | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Ligier JS29C | Megatron | Goodyear | 43 | 1:01'55.050 | 21 | 1'24.553 | 13 | 1'23.659 | (39) | ||
| transmission | 23 | Adrián Campos (ESP) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 32 | 52'11.672 | 19 | 1'23.955 | 20 | 1'25.734 | (31) | ||
| overheating | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS29C | Megatron | Goodyear | 29 | 41'43.237 | 18 | 1'23.053 | 14 | 1'23.887 | (19) | ||
| accident | 17 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A10 | Megatron | Goodyear | 26 | 41'51.394 | 11 | 1'21.664 | 10 | 1'23.124 | (15) | ||
| accident | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Brabham BT56 | BMW M12/13/1 | Goodyear | 22 | 31'06.610 | 10 | 1'20.141 | 9 | 1'22.535 | (17) | ||
| turbo | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 20 | 27'44.789 | 2 | 1'18.426 | 7 | 1'21.520 | (19) | ||
| electrical | 20 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Benetton B187 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 15 | 20'59.642 | 4 | 1'18.691 | 8 | 1'22.170 | (9) | ||
| turbo | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M187 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Goodyear | 13 | 18'54.024 | 14 | 1'22.035 | 19 | 1'24.668 | (12) | ||
| engine | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1-87 | Ferrari 033 | Goodyear | 12 | 17'12.724 | 9 | 1'19.967 | 11 | 1'23.273 | (9) | ||
| turbo | 9 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Zakspeed 871 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 3 | 4'45.665 | 13 | 1'21.711 | 22 | 1'28.816 | (2) | ||
| accident | 2 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 1 | 1'43.361 | 15 | 1'22.185 | 23 | 1'43.361 | (1) | ||
| accident | 11 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 99T | Honda RA167G | Goodyear | 1 | 1'43.533 | 16 | 1'22.214 | 24 | 1'43.533 | (1) | ||
| accident | 10 | Christian Danner (GER) | Zakspeed 871 | Zakspeed 871 | Goodyear | 1 | 1'44.266 | 17 | 1'22.593 | 25 | 1'44.266 | (1) | ||
| collision | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-3 | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 0 | 5 | 1'18.742 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 14 | Pascal Fabre (FRA) | AGS JH22 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 1'28.655 | ||||||||
