Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race in 1987

The 16th 1000 km race in Spa-Francorchamps , also known as Kourou's 1000 km Spa , took place in Spa-Francorchamps on September 13, 1987 and was the ninth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

After the success in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring , the Jaguar works team secured the world championship title two races before the end of the world sports car championship in 1987 . The Jaguar team also remained successful in the 1000 km race in Spa-Francorchamps and this time even celebrated a double victory. Martin Brundle , Johnny Dumfries and Raul Boesel won with one lap ahead of their teammates Jan Lammers and John Watson .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C1	6th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Raul Boesel Martin Brundle Johnny Dumfries	Jaguar XJR-8	142
2	C1	5	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers John Watson	Jaguar XJR-8	141
3	C1	2	Brun Motorsport	Jochen Mass Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	140
4th	C1	4th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-8	140
5	C1	7th	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	139
6th	C1	8th	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Louis Krages Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C	138
7th	C1	61	Kouros Racing Team	Mike Thackwell Jean-Louis Schlesser	Clean C9	136
8th	C1	3	Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Uwe Schäfer	Porsche 962C	136
9	C1	72	Primagaz Compètition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 962C	135
10	C2	111	Spice engineering	Fermín Vélez Gordon Spice	Spice SE87C	135
11	C1	1	Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	134
12	C2	101	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Mike Wilds Marc Duez	Ecosse C286	129
13	C2	102	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ray Mallock David Leslie	Ecosse C286	128
14th	C2	117	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Will Hoy Martin Schanche	Argo JM19B	127
15th	C2	118	Olindo Iacobelli	Jean-Louis Ricci Georges Tessier Gerard Cardinaud	Spice SE86C	123
16	C2	106	Kelmar Racing	Pasquale Barberio Vita Veninata	Tiga GC85	116
17th	C2	188	Art Racing Ceekar	Lawrie Hickman Chris Ashmore Max Payne	Ceekar 83J-1	115
18th	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Dominique Lacaud Louis Descartes Jacques Heuclin	ALD 03	115
19th	C2	178	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Gérard Tremblay Thierry Lecerf Bruno Sotty	ALD 02	105
20th	C2	127	Chamberlain Engineering	Nick Adams Ian Khan	Spice SE86C	104
21st	C2	123	Charles Ivy Racing	John Sheldon Philippe de Henning	Tiga GC287	99
Not classified
22nd	C1	20th	Tiga team	Val Musetti Tim Lee-Davey	Tiga GC287	89
Failed
23	C1	15th	Britten-Lloyd Racing	Jonathan Palmer Mauro Baldi	Porsche 962C GTi	103
24	C2	181	Dune Motorsport	Neil Crang Duncan Bain	Tiga GC287	80
25th	C1	10	Kremer Porsche Racing	Volker Weidler Kris Nissen	Porsche 962C	78
26th	C2	103	John Bartlett Racing Goodman's Sound	Giovanni Lavaggi John Bartlett Tom Waring	Bardon DB2	77
27	C2	171	CEE sport	Laurence Jacobsen Stefano Sebastini Richard Jones	Tiga GC286	74
28	C2	198	Roy Baker Racing	David Andrews Mike Kimpton	Tiga GC286	54
29	C2	114	Team Tiga Ford Denmark	Thorkild Thyrring Peter Elgaard	Tiga GC287	38
30th	C2	121	Cosmic GP Motorsport	Costas Los Dudley Wood	Tiga GC287	38
31	C2	140	Günther Gebhardt	Walter Lechner Günther Gebhardt Ernst Franzmaier	Gebhardt JC873	19th
32	C2	200	Manfred Dahm Racing Team	Patrick de Radiguès Kenneth Leim	Argo JM19	4th
Not started
33	C1	61T	Kouros Racing Team	Mike Thackwell Jean-Louis Schlesser	Clean C9	1

¹ training car

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
34	C1	31	Jochen duration racing	Jochen duration	Porsche 962C
35	C1	42	Noël del Bello	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gilles Lempereur Noël del Bello	Clean C8
36	C2	104	URD Junior Team	Rudi Seher Hellmut Mundas	URD C81 / 2
37	C2	115	ADA engineering	Ian Harrower	ADA 02
38	C2	120	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre Alain Lombardi	Rondeau M379C
39	C2	125	Patrick Oudet	Bruno Sotty Patrick Oudet Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC85
40	C2	150	Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Jean-Claude Ferrarin Philippe Mazué	Isolia 003

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Martin Brundle	Johnny Dumfries	Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	Overall victory
C2	Fermín Vélez	Gordon Spice		Spice SE87C	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 40
• Started: 32
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 20,000
• Weather on race day: rain showers in between
• Route length: 6.949 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 16,180 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 142
• Total distance of the winning team: 986.758 km
• Winner's average: 164.337 km / h
• Pole position: Mike Thackwell - Sauber C9 (# 15) - 2.05.040 - 201.745 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Mike Thackwell - Sauber C9 (# 15) - 2.09.300 - 183.476 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1987 Sports Car World Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982–1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 3-940306-14-2 .

Web links

• Race results at WSRP

Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1987

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Fuji race in 1987