Ferrari F1 / 87

Ferrari F1 / 87

Ferrari F1 / 87
Constructor:	Scuderia Ferrari
Designer:	Gustav Brunner
Predecessor:	Ferrari F1 / 86
Successor:	Ferrari F1-87 / 88C
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Monocoque
Engine:	Ferrari Tipo 033, 90 ° V6 Turbo 4.0 bar boost pressure
Length:	4280 mm
Width:	2120 mm
Height:	1000 mm
Wheelbase:	2800 mm
Weight:	542 kg
Tires:	Goodyear
Petrol:	Agip
statistics
Driver:	Michele Alboreto Gerhard Berger
First start:	1987 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last start:	1987 Australian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 16 2 3 3
World Cup points:	53
Podiums:	6th
Leadership laps:	202 over 909.469 km
Status: 1987

The Ferrari F1 / 87 was a Formula 1 racing car from Scuderia Ferrari , which was used in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship.

Development history and technology

The F1 / 87 was developed by Gustav Brunner and John Barnard . Barnard was considered the best Formula 1 engineer at the time. Ferrari recruited him from McLaren and built a development center, the Guildford Technical Office (GTO), according to his conditions, as Barnard refused to work in Italy.

Ferrari Tipo 033

For the 1987 season, Ferrari developed a new turbo engine that was adapted to the new boost pressure limit of 4 bar . It was introduced to curb the ever increasing power of the turbo engines and thereby increase the safety for the drivers.

The Tipo 032, which was a further development of the turbo engine used for the first time in 1981, was replaced by the completely newly developed Tipo 033. Ferrari abandoned the Tipo 032's cylinder bank angle of 120 ° and developed an engine with a cylinder bank angle of 90 °.

The structure has been significantly slimmed down and flattened, which is particularly evident in the structure of the bonnet: the roll bar is no longer covered, but stood individually over the bonnet. This was made possible by the new engine, which radiated less heat than its predecessor. The transmission was also a new development and with 6 gears had one more gear than in previous years.

driver

The Swede Stefan Johansson left Scuderia Ferrari after two years and switched to McLaren. He was replaced by Gerhard Berger , who was the last driver to be signed by Enzo Ferrari . Berger got the starting number 28. Michele Alboreto stayed in the team and continued to start with the starting number 27.

Racing history

As is so often the case in Ferrari history, a very fast but unreliable racing car was built. Out of a total of 21 failures, only 2 were due to driving errors or accidents, the remaining 19 failures resulted from technical defects. Overall, the target arrivals were well behind the failures. If the car held out, however, it was quite competitive. Gerhard Berger won the last two races in Japan and Australia ; the last race was even a double victory thanks to a second place for Michele Alboreto.

Due to the lack of reliability, only 4th place could be achieved in the constructors' rating. Nevertheless, because of the convincing last races, Ferrari was one of the favorites for the 1988 World Championship .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1987 Formula 1 season																		53	4th
M. Alboreto	27	8th	3	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	4th	2
G. Berger	28	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	2	DNF	DNF	1	1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

literature

• David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .

Web links

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