1987 World Rally Championship

1987 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Juha Kankkunen
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	13
<1986 season	1988 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1987 was in January 17, Monte Carlo started and ended on 25 November in the UK . A total of 13 world championship races were held on four continents. The Finn Juha Kankkunen won the world title for the second time in a row.

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Martini Racing	Lancia	Delta HF 4WD	Juha Kankkunen	1-3, 6-7, 10, 13
			Miki biasion	1, 3, 5-7, 9, 12
			Bruno Saby	1, 5, 12-13
			Markku Alén	2-3, 6-7, 10, 12-13
			Mikael Ericsson	2, 13
			Vic Preston Jr.	4th
			Yves Loubet	5
			Jorge Recalde	7th
			Franz Wittmann	8th
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	323 4WD	Timo Salonen	1-3, 10, 13
			Ingvar Carlsson	1-3, 9-10
			Rod Millen	7th
Philips Renault Elf	Renault	11 turbo	Jean Ragnotti	1, 3, 5-6, 12
			François Chatriot	1, 3, 5-6, 12
			Alain Oreille	5
Audi Sport	Audi	200 Quattro Coupe Quattro	Walter Röhrl	1, 4, 6
			Hannu Mikkola	4, 6, 10
			David Llewellin	13
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Sierra Cosworth	Stig Blomqvist	1-2, 4-5, 8, 10, 13
			Kalle goby	1-2, 5th
			Carlos Sainz	2, 5, 13
			Didier Auriol	5, 12
			Ari Vatanen	10
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Golf GTI 16V	Kenneth Eriksson	1-6, 8-9, 11, 13
			Erwin Weber	1, 3–4, 6, 9, 11
Fuji Heavy Industries	Subaru	RX Turbo	Per Eklund	1, 4
			Ari Vatanen	4th
			Possum Bourne	4, 8, 13
GM Euro Sport	Opel	Cadet GSi	Mats Jonsson	2, 10, 13
			Rauno Aaltonen	4th
			Guy Fréquelin	5, 12
			Sepp Haider	10, 12-13
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Supra Turbo	Björn Waldegård	4, 7, 11
			Lars-Erik Torph	4, 7, 11
			Robin Ulyate	4, 11
Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan	200SX	Shekhar Mehta	4, 6-7, 11
			Andrea Zanussi	4, 6
			Mike Kirkland	4, 6, 11
			Mikael Ericsson	7th
			Per Eklund	7th
			Alain Ambrosino	11
Rothmans Motul BMW	BMW	M3	Bernard Béguin	5
			Marc Duez	5
Jolly Club	Lancia	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Mikael Ericsson	6, 12
			Jorge Recalde	9
			Alex Fiorio	12
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Starion	Leave Lampi	10
			Antero Laine	10
			Patrick Tauziac	11

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual special stages is not included (except for the Ivory Coast and Kenya rallies).

colour Underground gold gravel silver asphalt blue Ice / snow bronze Mixed

rally	rank	driver	Copilot	vehicle	Total time h: min: sec	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rally Monte Carlo 17th - 22nd January 1987	1.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7:39:50	26 1 canceled	571.76 km	160	92
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 00:59
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi 200 Quattro	+ 04:10
Rally Sweden 13-14 February 1987	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Mazda 323 4WD	4:11:00	26th	400.39 km	147	82
	2.	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 00:23
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 01:46
Rally Portugal 11-14 March 1987	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7:09:39	37	597.67 km	94	36
	2.	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 11 Turbo	+ 02:53
	3.	Kenneth Eriksson	Peter Diekmann	VW Golf GTI 16V	+ 04:58
Rally Safari 16–20. April 1987	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi 200 Quattro	3:39:44 penalty time	83 Time controls	4011.3 km	53	23
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi 200 Quattro	3:56:59 penalty time
	3.	Lars-Erik Torph	Benny Melander	Toyota Supra Turbo	4:31:09 penalty time
Rally Corsica 7th – 9th May 1987	1.	Bernard Béguin	Jean-Jacques Lenne	BMW M3	7:22:30	24	619.22 km	95	35
	2.	Yves Loubet	Jean-Bernard Vieu	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 02:08
	3.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 02:28
Rally Greece May 31st – 3rd June 1987	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7:25:57	33	538.55 km	95	35
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 00:48
	3.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi 200 Quattro	+ 05:24
Rally USA 26.-29. June 1987	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	5:59:24	42	540.11 km	47	23
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 00:12
	3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 00:42
Rally New Zealand 11-14 July 1987	1.	Franz Wittmann	Jörg Pattermann	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	6:56:00	36	593.54 km	51	17th
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Peter Diekmann	VW Golf GTI 16V	+ 00:47
	3.	Possum Bourne	Michael Eggleton	Subaru RX Turbo	+ 08:25
Rally Argentina 4th-8th August 1987	1.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7:10:27	26th	596.55 km	64	23
	2.	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Buono	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 01:01
	3.	Erwin Weber	Matthias Feltz	VW Golf GTI 16V	+ 26:44
Rally Finland 27.-30. August 1987	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	5:12:22	52	494.44 km	165	66
	2.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	+ 05:32
	3.	Stig Blomqvist	Bruno Berglund	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	+ 06:29
Ivory Coast Rally 22-26 September 1987	1.	Kenneth Eriksson	Peter Diekmann	VW Golf GTI 16V	0:48:57 penalty time	29 time controls	3831.49 km	43	11
	2.	Shekhar Mehta	Rob Combes	Nissan 200SX	1:09:18 penalty time
	3.	Erwin Weber	Matthias Feltz	VW Golf GTI 16V	2:05:56 penalty time
Rally Sanremo 12-15 . October 1987	1.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	6:09:19	38	529.99 km	125	55
	2.	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	+ 05:11
	3.	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 11 Turbo	+ 07:36
Rally Great Britain 22-25 November 1987	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	5:26:36	47	513.29 km	165	85
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bruno Berglund	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	+ 03:40
	3.	Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	+ 06:39

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

rank	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE United States NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR Points 01 Juha Kankkunen 15th 12 10 - - 15th 20th - - 8th - - 20th 100 02 Miki biasion 20th - 3 - 12 4th 15th - 20th - - 20th - 94 03 Markku Alén - 8th 20th - - 20th 12 - - 20th - - 8th 88 04th Kenneth Eriksson 8th 3 12 - - - - 15th 10 - 20th - 2 70 05 Jean Ragnotti 6th - 15th - 10 8th - - - - - 12 - 51 06th Erwin Weber 4th - - 10 - 6th - - 12 - 12 - - 44 07th Stig Blomqvist - 6th - - - - - - - 12 - - 15th 33 08th Hannu Mikkola - - - 20th - 12 - - - - - - - 32 09 Jorge Recalde - - 1 - - 10 4th - 16 - - - - 30th 10 Mikael Ericsson - 15th - - - - - - - - - 3 10 28 11 Walter Röhrl 12 - - 15th - - - - - - - - - 27 12 Per Eklund 1 4th - 8th - - 2 - - 10 - - - 25th 13 François Chatriot 3 - 8th - 8th 3 - - - - - - - 22nd 14th Timo Salonen - 20th - - - - - - - - - - - 20th Bernard Béguin - - - - 20th - - - - - - - - 20th Franz Wittmann - - - - - - - 20th - - - - - 20th 17th Ingvar Carlsson 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 20th 18th Shekhar Mehta - - - - - - 3 - - - 15th - - 18th 19th Ari Vatanen - - - 1 - - - - - 15th - - - 16 20th Yves Loubet - - - - 15th - - - - - - - - 15th Bruno Saby - - - - - - - - - - - 15th - 15th 22nd Didier Auriol - - - - 3 - - - - - - 10 - 13 23 Lars-Erik Torph - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 12 Possum Bourne - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - 12 Jimmy McRae - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 26th Rod Millen - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 10 Tony Teesdale - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 10 Patrick Tauziac - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 10 29 Paolo Alessandrini - - - - - - 8th - - - - 2 - 10 30th Rudi Stohl - - 4th 4th - 2 - - - - - - - 10 31 David Officer - - - - - - - 8th - - - - - 8th Gabriel Raies - - - - - - - - 8th - - - - 8th Patrick Copetti - - - - - - - - - - 8th - - 8th Fabrizio Tabaton - - - - - - - - - - - 8th - 8th 35 Carlos Sainz - - - - 4th - - - - - - - 3 7th 36 Georg Fischer - - 6th - - - - - - - - - - 6th Robin Ulyate - - - 6th - - - - - - - - - 6th Marc Duez - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - 6th Björn Waldegård - - - - - - 6th - - - - - - 6th Ken Adamson - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th Paulo Lemos - - - - - - - - 6th - - - - 6th Thorbjörn Edling - - - - - - - - - 6th - - - 6th Adolphe Choteau - - - - - - - - - - 6th - - 6th Guy Fréquelin - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - 6th David Llewellin - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th 6th 46 Stuart Weeber - - - - - - - 4th - - - - - 4th Jorge Fleck - - - - - - - - 4th - - - - 4th Sebastian Lindholm - - - - - - - - - 4th - - - 4th Martial Yacé - - - - - - - - - - 4th - - 4th Alex Fiorio - - - - - - - - - - - 4th - 4th Mats Jonsson - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th 4th 52 Mike Kirkland - - - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - 4th 53 Simon Davies - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 Jorge Bescham - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3 Tomi Palmqvist - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 Alessandro Molino - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 57 Erik Johansson - 1 - - - - - - - 2 - - - 3 58 Bertrand Balas 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Bror Danielsson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Joaquim Santos - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 Rauno Aaltonen - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Alain Oreille - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 Kouichi Hazu - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Ernesto Soto - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 Fredrik Donner - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 66 Laurent Poggi - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 Clive Smith - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Grant Goile - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Alejandro Schmauk - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 Timo Heinonen - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Lambert Kouame - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 Sepp Haider - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 Roger Ericsson - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE United States NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

The number of world championship runs in the driver’s world championship does not correspond to the number of world championship runs in the manufacturers' championship.

rank Manufacturer MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE United States ARG FIN ITA GBR Points 01. Lancia 20th - 20th - - 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th - 140 02. Audi 14th 6th 8th 20th - 14th - - 12 - 8th 82 03. Renault 8th - 17th - 12 10 - 10 - 14th - 71 04th Volkswagen 10 4th 14th 12 - 8th - 14th - - 2 64 05. ford - 8th 2 - 6th - - - 17th 12 17th 62 06th Mazda 12 20th - - - - 12 - 8th - - 52 07th Toyota - - - 14th - - 8th - - - - 22nd 08th. BMW - - - - 20th - - - - - - 20th 09. Opel - - - 2 - - - - - 8th 6th 16 10. Subaru 1 - - 10 - - - - - - 1 12 11. Nissan - - - 4th - 1 4th - - - - 9 12. Fiat - - 1 - - - - 4th - - - 5 rank Manufacturer MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE United States ARG FIN ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1987 , February 8, 2015

Web links

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