1987 World Sportscar Championship season

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 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.

Schedule[]

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

Season results[]

Races[]

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

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

Position ^[3]	Driver	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Total
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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Kris Nissen	Porsche 962C	Kremer Porsche	10	15	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	31
21	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 962C	Primagaz Competition	-	-	-	-	15	8	-	-	-	-	23
22	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
	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
	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
	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Cougar C20 Porsche	Primagaz Competition	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12
35	Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	Kremer Porsche	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
	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 ^[4]	Driver	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Total
1	Fermin Velez	Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford	Spice Engineering	20	20	20	(15)	20	20	(15)	-	20	20	140
	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
	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	-	-	8	42
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
	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
	Leif Lindström	Tiga GC287 Ford	Tiga Ford DK	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Win Percy	Ecosse C286 Ford	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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
	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
	Peter Lovett	Tiga GC287 Ford	Charles Ivey Engineering	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Max Cohen-Olivar	Tiga GC286 Ford	Cosmik RBR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
	Georges Tessier	Spice SE86C Hart	Chamberlain Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
	Louis Descartes	ALD 03 BMW	Auto Louis Descartes	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	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; 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.

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Total
1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	Jaguar 7.0L V12	20	20	20	20	8	10	20	20	20	20	178
2	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	8	6	12	8		15	8	12	12	10	91
3	Rothmans Porsche AG	Porsche 962C	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	15	12	15	12	20						74
4	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6			10			12	10	15	8	8	61
5	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C Porsche 962C GTi	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	3					20	15	8		12	58
6	Kremer Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	10	15			10		6				41
7	Spice Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE87C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	2	10	4	4	6	6	3		1	3	39
8	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	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		8	3	6	3	4	4				28
10	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757	Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor					4					4	8
11	Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6										6	6
12	Kouros Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9	Mercedes M117 5.0L Turbo V8									4		4
13	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8					2			2			4
14	Kelmar Racing Tiga	Tiga GC85	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8				1		2		1			4
15	Victor-Dauer Racing	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6								3			3
16=	From-A Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6										2	2
16=	Richard Cleare Racing	March 85G	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6				2							2
18=	Team Tiga Ford Denmark	Tiga GC287	Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4					1						1
18=	URD Junior Team	URD C81	BMW 3.5L I6			1								1
18=	Nisseki Trust Racing Team	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6										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	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Total
1	Spice Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE87C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	20	20	20	15	20	20	15		20	20	170
2	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	15	15	15	20	15	15	20	12	15	15	157
3	Kelmar Racing Tiga	Tiga GC85	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8				10		10	8	15	6		49
4	Team Tiga Ford Denmark	Tiga GC287	Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4	12				10	8	4			8	46
5	Lucky Strike Team Schanche	Argo JM19B	Zakspeed 1.9L Turbo I4			10			6	10		10		36
6	URD Junior Team	URD C83	BMW 3.5L I6	8		12	4				10			34
7	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8					3		6	6	8	10	33
8	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8					12			20			32
9	Roy Baker Racing	Tiga GC286	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		12						8			20
10	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD 02 ALD 03	BMW 3.5L I6				3	8				3		14
11	ADA Engineering	Gebhardt JC843 ADA 02	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	10										10
12	Charles Ivey Racing	Tiga GC287	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6				8							8
13	Dune Motorsport	Tiga GC287	Rover V64V 3.0L V6				6							6
14	Ark Racing Ceekar	Ceekar 83J	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8									4		4
15	CEE Sports Racing	Tiga GC286	Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4							2				2

References[]

↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 261
↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 301
↑ FIA Yearbook, 1988, white section, pages 88-89
↑ FIA Yearbook, 1988, white section, pages 90-91

External links[]

Drivers points tables for the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 29 January 2009
Teams points tables for the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 29 January 2009
Race results for the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 29 January 2009
Images from the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 29 January 2009

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[1] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 261

[2] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 301

[3] FIA Yearbook, 1988, white section, pages 88-89

[4] FIA Yearbook, 1988, white section, pages 90-91

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