1987 World Sportscar Championship season

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1987 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1987 World Sportscar Championship season was the 35th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1987 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a ten race series that commenced on 22 March and ended on 27 September. The championship was open to FIA Group C Sports Prototypes, FIA Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. Raul Boesel won the Drivers Championship, Fermin Velez was awarded the FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers, Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship and the FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams was awarded to Spice Engineering.[1] Jaguar won 8 out of the 10 races and Porsche 2.

Schedule

Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship with the Jaguar XJR-8.
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Spain Grand Premio Fortuna (360 km) Circuito Permanente Del Jarama 22 March
2 Spain 1000 km Jerez Circuito Permanente de Jerez 29 March
3 Italy 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 April
4 United Kingdom Autoglass 1000 Kilometres Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 10 May
5 France 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 13 June
14 June
6 Germany 200 Meilen von Nürnberg Norisring 28 June
7 United Kingdom Shell Gemini 1000 Kilometres Brands Hatch Brands Hatch 26 July
8 Germany International ADAC 1000km-Rennen Nürburgring 30 August
9 Belgium Kouros 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 13 September
10 Japan Mount Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Speedway 27 September

Season results

Races

Rnd Circuit C1 Winning Team C2 Winning Team Results
C1 Winning Drivers C2 Winning Drivers
1 Jarama United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom John Watson
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
2 Jerez United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
United States Eddie Cheever
Brazil Raul Boesel
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
3 Monza United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom John Watson
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
4 Silverstone United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse Results
United States Eddie Cheever
Brazil Raul Boesel
United Kingdom Ray Mallock
United Kingdom David Leslie
5 La Sarthe Germany Rothmans Porsche AG United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Germany Hans Joachim Stuck
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United States Al Holbert
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
France Philippe de Henning
6 Norisring United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Italy Mauro Baldi
United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
7 Brands Hatch United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse Results
Brazil Raul Boesel
Denmark John Nielsen
United Kingdom Ray Mallock
United Kingdom David Leslie
8 Nürburgring United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Cosmic GP Motorsports Results
United States Eddie Cheever
Brazil Raul Boesel
Greece Costas Los
United Kingdom Dudley Wood
9 Spa-Francorchamps United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Brazil Raul Boesel
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez
10 Fuji United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Spice Engineering Results
Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom John Watson
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spain Fermin Velez

Drivers Championship

Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Additionally, two bonus points were awarded to drivers of Group C2 cars finishing in the top ten outright positions.[2] However, the following exceptions applied:

  • Drivers failing to complete a specified percentage of the laps in a race were not awarded points.
  • Drivers of cars which did not complete 90% of the number of laps completed by the winning car were not awarded points.

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a driver's total.[3]

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

Position [1] Driver [1] Car Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total [1]
1 Raul Boesel Jaguar XJR-8 Silk Cut Jaguar 12 20 - 20 (8) (10) 20 20 20 15 127
=2 Jan Lammers Jaguar XJR-8 Silk Cut Jaguar 20 - 20 15 - - 12 - 15 20 102
=2 John Watson Jaguar XJR-8 Silk Cut Jaguar 20 - 20 15 - - 12 - 15 20 102
4 Eddie Cheever Jaguar XJR-8 Silk Cut Jaguar 12 20 - 20 8 10 - 20 10 - 100
=5 Hans Stuck Porsche 962C Porsche AG & Joest Racing 15 12 15 12 20 - 10 15 (8) - 99
=5 Derek Bell Porsche 962C Porsche AG & Joest Racing 15 12 15 12 20 - 10 15 (8) (6) 99
7 Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport 8 4 - - - 15 8 12 12 10 69
=8 Mauro Baldi Porsche 962C Liqui Moly Equipe 3 - - - - 20 15 8 - 12 58
=8 Jochen Mass Porsche 962C Porsche AG & Brun Motorsport - - 6 10 - - 8 12 12 10 58
10 Johnny Dumfries Ecosse C286 Ford, Porsche 962C, Jaguar XJR-8 Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse, Liqui Moly Equipe, Silk Cut Jaguar - - - 5 - - 15 - 20 15 55
=11 Fermin Velez Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford Spice Engineering (4) 12 6 6 8 8 5 - (3) 5 50
=11 Gordon Spice Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford Spice Engineering (4) 12 6 6 8 8 5 - (3) 5 50
13 Frank Jelinski Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport & Joest Racing Team 4 - 12 - - - - 10 6 8 40
=14 David Leslie Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse - 10 5 8 5 6 6 - - - 40
=14 Ray Mallock Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse - 10 5 8 5 6 6 - - - 40
16 Jésus Pareja Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport 8 4 12 8 - 1 2 - 3 - 38
17 John Nielsen Jaguar XJR-8 & Porsche 962C Silk Cut Jaguar & From A Racing - - - - - - 20 - 10 2 32
18 Jonathan Palmer Porsche 962C Liqui Moly Equipe 3 - - - - 20 - 8 - - 31
=19 Volker Weidler Porsche 962C Kremer Porsche 10 15 - - - - 6 - - - 31
=19 Kris Nissen Porsche 962C Kremer Porsche 10 15 - - - - 6 - - - 31
=21 Jürgen Lässig Porsche 962C Primagaz Competition - - - - 15 8 - - - - 23
=21 Pierre Yver Porsche 962C Primagaz Competition - - - - 15 8 - - - - 23
23 John Winter Porsche 962C Joest Racing Team - - 10 - - 12 - - - - 22
=24 Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-8 Silk Cut Jaguar - - - - - - - - 20 - 20
=24 Al Holbert Porsche 962C Porsche AG - - - - 20 - - - - - 20
26 Stanley Dickens Porsche 962C Joest Racing Team - - 10 - - - - 10 - - 20
=27 Gianfranco Brancatelli Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport 6 6 8 - - - - - - - 20
=27 Massimo Sigala Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport 6 6 8 - - - - - - - 20
29 Mike Thackwell Sauber C9 Mercedes & Porsche 962C Kouros Racing & Liqui Moly Equipe - - - - - - - - 4 12 16
30 Bob Wollek Porsche 962C Porsche AG - - 6 10 - - - - - - 16
31 Walter Brun Porsche 962C Brun Motorsport 4 - - 8 - 1 2 - - - 15
32 Hervé Regout Cougar C20 Porsche Primagaz Competition - - 2 - 12 - - - - - 14
=33 Sarel van der Merwe Porsche 962C Joest Racing Team - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
=33 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Cougar C20 Porsche Primagaz Competition - - - - 12 - - - - - 12
=35 Franz Konrad Porsche 962C Kremer Porsche - - - - 10 - - - - - 10
=35 George Fouché Porsche 962C Kremer Porsche - - - - 10 - - - - - 10

FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers

Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Drivers were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a driver's total.

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

Position [1] Driver [1] Car Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total [1]
=1 Fermin Velez Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford Spice Engineering 20 20 20 (15) 20 20 (15) - 20 20 140
=1 Gordon Spice Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford Spice Engineering 20 20 20 (15) 20 20 (15) - 20 20 140
=3 David Leslie Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse 15 15 15 20 15 15 20 - (12) (15) 115
=3 Ray Mallock Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse 15 15 15 20 15 15 20 - (12) (15) 115
5 Mike Wilds Gebhardt JC843 Ford & Ecosse C286 Ford ADA Engineering & Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse 10 - - 12 - - 12 12 15 12 73
6 Marc Duez Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse - - - - 15 - 12 - 15 12 54
7 Thorkild Thyrring Tiga GC287 Ford Tiga Ford DK 12 - - - 10 8 4 4 - 8 46
8 Costas Los Tiga GC286 & GC287 Ford Cosmik RBR & GP Motorsport - 12 - - 12 - - 20 - - 44
9 Rainieri Randaccio Tiga GC85 Ford Kelmar Racing - - - 10 - 10 8 15 - - 43
=10 Martin Scanche Argo JM19B Zakspeed Team Lucky Strike Schanche - - 10 - - 6 10 - 10 - 36
=10 Will Hoy Argo JM19B Zakspeed Team Lucky Strike Schanche - - 10 - - 6 10 - 10 - 36
12 Hellmut Mundas URD C81/2 BMW URD Junior Team 8 - 12 4 - - - 10 - - 34
Rudolf Seher URD C81/2 BMW URD Junior Team 8 - 12 4 - - - 10 - - 34
14 Pasquale Barberio Tiga GC286 & Tiga GC85 Ford Cosmik RBR & Kelmar Racing - 12 - - - - - 15 6 33
15 Dudley Wood Tiga GC287 Ford GP Motorsport - - - - 12 - - 20 - - 32
16 Nick Adams Spice SE87C Ford & Spice SE86C Hart Spice Engineering & Chamberlain Engineering - - - - 6 12 3 6 1 - 28
17 Ian Harrower Gebhardt JC843 Ford & Tiga GC287 Ford ADA Engineering & Tiga Ford DK 10 - - - 10 - - - - - 20
18 Duncan Bain Tiga GC287 Rover Dune Motorsport - - - 6 - 12 - - - - 18
19 John Sheldon Tiga GC287 Ford Tiga Ford DK - - - - 10 8 - - - - 18
20 Jean-Louis Ricci Spice SE86C Ford Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - 6 3 8 - 17
21 Dominique Lacaud ALD 02 & 03 BMW Auto Louis Descartes - - - 3 8 - - - 3 - 14
=22 Johnny Dumfries Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse - - - 12 - - - - - - 12
=22 Leif Lindström Tiga GC287 Ford Tiga Ford DK 12 - - - - - - - - - 12
=12 Win Percy Ecosse C286 Ford Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
=12 Ray Bellm Spice SE87C Ford Spice Engineering - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
26 Peter Elgaard Tiga GC287 Ford Tiga Ford DK - - - - - - - 4 - 8 12
27 Ian Khan Spice SE86C Hart Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - - - 1 10 11
=28 Maurizio Gellini Tiga GC85 Ford Kelmar Racing - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
=28 Graham Duxbury Spice SE86C Hart Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - - - - 10 10
30 Olindo Iacobelli Spice SE86C Hart Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - 6 3 - - 9
=31 Ian Taylor Tiga GC287 Ford Charles Ivey Engineering - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
=31 Peter Lovett Tiga GC287 Ford Charles Ivey Engineering - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
=31 Max Cohen-Olivar Tiga GC286 Ford Cosmik RBR - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
=31 Georges Tessier Spice SE86C Hart Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - - - 8 - 8
=31 Louis Descartes ALD 03 BMW Auto Louis Descartes - - - - 8 - - - - - 8
=31 Bob Juggins Spice SE86C Hart Chamberlain Engineering - - - - - - - 6 - - 6

Teams Championship

Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams were awarded to the top 10 outright finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 with the following exceptions:

  • Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car, with no points awarded for any position filled by any other cars from that team
  • Teams did not score points for a car which did not complete 90% of distance covered by the winner car.

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.

Pos [1] Team [1] Chassis Engine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Total [1]
1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 Jaguar 7.0L V12 20 20 20 20 (8) (10) 20 20 20 (20) 140
2 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 8 (6) 12 (8) 15 8 12 12 10 77'
3 Germany Porsche AG Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 15 12 15 12 20 74
4 Germany Joest Racing Team Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 10 12 10 15 8 8 63
5 United Kingdom Liqui Moly Equipe Porsche 962C
Porsche 962C GTi
Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 3

20

15

8


12
58
6 Germany Kremer Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 10 15 10 6 41
7 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Spice SE86C
Spice SE87C
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 (2)

10

4

4

6

6


3

(1)

3
36
8 France Primagaz Competition Cougar C20B
Porsche 962C
Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
2


15

8

4

2
31
9 United Kingdom Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse Ecosse C286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 8 3 6 3 4 4 28
10 Japan Mazdaspeed Mazda 757 Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor 4 4 8
11 Australia Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 6 6
12 Switzerland Kouros Racing Sauber C9 Mercedes M117 5.0L Turbo V8 4 4
13 United Kingdom GP Motorsport Tiga GC286
Tiga GC287
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
2

2
4
14 Italy Kelmar Racing Tiga GC85 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 1 2 1 4
15 Germany Victor-Dauer Racing Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 3 3
16= Japan From-A Racing Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 2 2
16= United Kingdom Richard Cleare Racing March 85G Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 2 2
18= Germany URD Junior Team URD C81 BMW 3.5L I6 1 1
18= Japan Trust Racing Team Porsche 962C Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 1 1
18= Denmark Tiga Ford DK Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4 1 1

1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams

Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Teams were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.

Pos [1] Team [1] Chassis Engine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Total [1]
1 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Spice SE86C
Spice SE87C
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 20 20 20 (15) 20 20 (15) 20 20 140
2 United Kingdom Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse Ecosse C286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 15 15 15 20 15 15 20 (12) (15) (15) 115
3 Italy Kelmar Racing Tiga GC85 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 10 10 8 15 6 49
4 Denmark Tiga Ford DK Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4 12 10 8 4 8 46
5 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche Argo JM19B Zakspeed 1.9L Turbo I4 10 6 10 10 36
6 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE86C Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
6

6

6

8

10

36
6 Germany URD Junior Team URD C83 BMW 3.5L I6 8 12 4 10 34
8 United Kingdom GP Motorsport Tiga GC286
Tiga GC287
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12

20
32
9 United Kingdom Cosmik RBR Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 12 8 20
10 France Automobiles Louis Descartes ALD 02
ALD 03
BMW 3.5L I6 3 8 3 14
11 United Kingdom ADA Engineering Gebhardt JC843
ADA 02
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 10

10
12 United Kingdom Charles Ivey Engineering Tiga GC287 Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 8 8
13 United Kingdom Dune Motorsport Tiga GC287 Rover V64V 3.0L V6 6 6
14 United Kingdom Ark Racing Ceekar 83J Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 4 4
15 United Kingdom CEE Sport Racing Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4 2 2

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 FIA Yearbook, 1988, white section, pages 88-93
  2. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 261
  3. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 301

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