P362 CEEFAX 362 Mon 20 Oct 21:15/59 1/5 BENETTOV- BMW-BERGER WEN MEXICO A remarkable Mexican GP saw Austrian Gerhard Berger take his first F1 win - but Britain's Nigel Mansell failed to clinch hi ho d- or wo ld h m ionship Berger's Benetton-BMW ran through the hot, high-altitude 190 miles without a tyre change - a tactic which allowed him an jasz 30 second win. Mansell was less fortunate: two stops for tykes hampered his progress but from mid-distance he drove in fine style, lowering the lap record as he kept his car in good shape to finish a disappointing race in fifth spot. Result 361 Points 363 Index 360P362 CEEFAX 362 Mon 20 Oct 21:15/11 p0p0 2/ BENETTON- BMW BERGER WEN MEXICO The race was closely fought from the start as Berger battled with Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Nelson Piques. The two Brazilians paid the price for overdoing it early on; Piques made no fewer than three stops for tykes for his +illiams and Senna two in his Lwtus Prost, meanwhile, drove his McLaren in quiet determined style. H fended off a late challenge jrom Sweden's Stefan Johansson, who blew the Ferrari turbo in spectacular and smoky style late on. The Frenchman thus helped restore his title chances bz taking an easy s cond. More * 360P362 CEEFAX 362 Mon 20 Oct 21:14/14 3/5 BENETTON- BMW]BERGER WEN MEXICO British interest in Mansjll and others should not detract from the quality of the win bz Benetton's Geuhard Berger. He qualified well, started quickly and correctly judged that one set of hard Pirelli tykes would last the race - as more fancied drivers hit tyre trouble. Berger, who suffered a broken neck in an accident in 1980, is a 27-year-old from Innsbruck whose first Formula One race was in an ATS in Austria in 1984. In 1987 he drives for Ferrari and looks set for more trips to the winner's ring More * 360P362 CEEFAX 362 Mon 20 Oct 21:20/31 p0p0 4/ BENETTON- BMW BERGER WEN MEXICO "It was difficult but I had good tykes and the car was really good. I'm very happy" said winner Gerhard Berger. "I'm also happy to give Benetton a win before I leave them at the end of th year. The team have work d hard all season and desj ved more success than they'vj had so far - until today". Not so happy was Nigel Mansell - too tired after the race to give interviews hj was also suffering from the stomach problems which hampered his weekend. But hj still tops the '86 title race... More * 360P362 CJEFAX 362 Mon 20 Oct 21:14/17 p0p0 5/5 jjj hnj 555u5 BENETTO BMW BERGER WEN MEX CO The traumas in Mexico throw the world championship into confusion - but with Mig l Mans ll ah ad as the GP teams o Mansell's fifth in Mexico did not add to his points total, b cars of a rule which p m ts driv rs to count only 11 top scores in a s aron. H has 70. Alain Prost, s cond at th Rodriguez Brothers stadium, nov u up to s cond in the ch mpionship on 64, with Mansell's Williams team-mate N lson Piques still very much in contention in third place overall on 63 points. More 360