1987 World Sportscar Championship season

The 1987 World Sportscar Championship season was the 35th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the World Sports-Prototype Championship which was a series which ran from March 22, 1987 to September 27, 1987 and was composed of ten races. The series was open to cars running under the Group C formula, with two classes known as C1 and C2. An invitational GTP class was also run for IMSA-spec cars. A Drivers Championship, an FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers, a Teams Championship and an FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams were awarded by the FIA.

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. 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.

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

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.

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; any other team cars were merely skipped in the points standings.
 * 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.

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.