P362 CEEFAX 362  Mon 27 Oct  21:23/21
       1/5 
      BENETTOV-   
      BMW-BERGER  
   WEN MEXICO  
                                        
 A remarkable Mexican GP saw Austrian   
 Gerhard Berger take his first F1 win - 
 "ut Britain's Nigel Mansell failed to  
 clinch his hoped-for world championship
                                        
 Berger's Benetton-BMW ran through the  
 hot, high-altitude 190 miles without a 
 tyre change - a tactic which allowed   
 him an easy 30 second win.             
                                        
 Mansell was less fortunate: two stops  
 for tykes hampered his progress but    
 from mid-distance hj drove in jinj     
 style, lowering the lap record as hj   
 kept his car in good shape to finish a 
 disappointing race in fifth spot.      
                                        
   Result 361   Points 363   Index 360  
                                        
                                        
   P362 CEEFAX 362  Mon 27 Oct  21:14/01
       2/5 
      BENETTON-   
    ] BMW-BERGER  
   WEN MEXICO  
                                        
 The race was closely fought from the   
 start as Berger battled with Ayrton    
 Senna, Alain Prost and Nelson Piqujt.  
                                        
 The two Brazilians paid the price for  
 overdoing it early on; Piques made no  
 fewer than three stops for tykes for   
 his Williams and Senna two in his Lotus
                                        
 Prost, meanwhile, drove his McLarin in 
 quiet determined style. Hj fended off a
 late challenge from 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 second.
                                        
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   P362 CEEFAX 362  Mon 27 Oct  21:11/58
       3/5 
      BENETTON-   
      BMW]BERGER  
 ^ WEN MEXICO  
                                        
 British interest in Mansell and others 
 should not detract from the quality of 
 the win bz Benetton's Gerhard 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
                                        
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   P362 CJEFAX 362  Mon 27 Oct  21:15/41
       4/5 
      BENETTON-   
      BMW-BERGER  
   WEN MEXICO  
                                        
 "It was difficult but I had good tykes 
 and the car was really good. I'm vjty  
 happy" said winner Gerhard Berger.     
                                        
 "I'm also happy to give Benetton a win 
 before I leave them at the end of the  
 year. The team have worked hard all    
 season and desjrvjd more success than  
 they'vj had so far - until today".     
                                        
 Not so happy was Nigel Mansell - too   
 tired after the race to give interviews
 he was also suffering from the stomach 
 problems which hampered his weekend.   
                                        
 But hj still tops the '86 title race...
                                        
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   P362 CEEFA( 362  Mon 27 Oct  21:26/34
       5/5 
      BENETTON-   
      BMW-BERGER  
   WEN MEXICO  
                                        
 The traumas in Mexico throw the world  
 ch!mpionship into confusion - but with 
 Nigel Mansjll ahead as the GP teams go 
 to Australia for the final title race. 
                                        
 Mansjll's fifth in Mexico did not add  
 to his points total, because of a rule 
 which permits drivers to count only 11 
 top scores in a season. Hj has 70.     
                                        
 Alain Prost, second at the Rodriguez   
 Brothers stadium, moves up to second in
 the championship on 64, with Mansell's 
 Williams team-mate Nelson Piques still 
 very much in contention in third place 
 overall on 63 points.                  
                                        
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