World sports car championship 1987

Jaguar XJR-8 with starting number 8; World championship car from Raul Boesel

The Sports Car World Championship 1987 was the 35th edition of the FIA Sports Car World Championship, which was announced for the first time in 1953 . The racing series comprised ten races, starting with the 360 ​​km race in Jarama on March 22nd and ending with the 1000 km race in Fuji on September 27 of this year.

championship

Since 1981 , drivers' titles have also been awarded in the sports car world championship . Last year, the Briton Derek Bell won this title, which started in 1986 for the Porsche works team . Brun Motorsport secured the team standings .

In 1987, in addition to the Group C prototypes of classes C1 and C2, vehicles from the IMSA GTP series were also eligible to start. Both in the driver and in the team classification, points were awarded for the top ten as follows: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best seven results of the season were considered. There were special rules for drivers, so they had to cover a minimum number of laps in each lap in order to be able to score points for the world championship. The Belgian Bernard de Dryver , for example, did not succeed in this at the 24-hour race at Le Mans . Although he was runner-up there overall, the 15 points scored were not included in the ranking.

The team championship ended with a clear success for the Jaguar works team, which won eight of the ten races of the season. The Brazilian Raul Boesel became the new driver world champion with five wins . The team ranking of the group C2 teams went to Spice Engineering ; the driver standings of the Spaniards Fermín Vélez .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	March 22	Jarama 360km Race ( Circuito del Jarama )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers John Watson	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
2	March 29	1000 km race of Jerez ( Circuito de Jerez )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
3	12. April	Monza 1000 km race ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers John Watson	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
4th	10th of May	Silverstone 1000km Race ( Silverstone Circuit )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
5	14th June	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	Drivers and teams
6th	June 28th	200-mile race from Nuremberg ( Norisring )	Liqui Moly Equipe	Mauro Baldi Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C	Drivers and teams
7th	July 26th	Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch )	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
8th	August 30th	1000 km race at the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
9	13.september	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Martin Brundle Raul Boesel Johnny Dumfries	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams
10	September 27th	Fuji 1000K Race ( Fuji Speedway )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers John Watson	Jaguar XJR-8	Drivers and teams

Brand world championship for racing teams

Overall rating

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	20th	20th	20th	20th	(8th)	(10)	20th	20th	20th	(20)	140
2	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	8th	(6)	12	(8th)		15th	8th	12	12	10	77
3	Porsche AG	Porsche 962C	15th	12	15th	12	20th						74
4th	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C			10			12	10	15th	8th	8th	63
5	Liqui Moly Equipe	Porsche 962C Porsche 962C GTi	3					20th	15th	8th		12	58
6th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	10	15th			10		6th				41
7th	Spice engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE87C	(2)	10	4th	4th	6th	6th	3		(1)	3	36
8th	Primagaz Compétition	Cougar C20B Porsche 962C			2		15th	8th		4th	2		31
9	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286		8th	3	6th	3	4th	4th				28
10	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757					4th					4th	8th
11	Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan	Porsche 962C										6th	6th
12	Kouros Racing	Clean C9									4th		4th
13	GP motorsport	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287					2			2			4th
14th	Kelmar Racing	Tiga GC85				1		2		1			4th
15th	Victor-Duration Racing	Porsche 962C								3			3
16	From-A Racing	Porsche 962C										2	2
16	Richard Cleare Racing	March 85G				2							2
18th	URD Racing Team	URD C81			1								1
18th	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 962C			1							1	1
18th	Tiga Ford DK	Tiga GC287					1					1	1

FIA Cup for group C2 teams

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
1	Spice engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE87C	20th	20th	20th	(15)	20th	20th	(15)		20th	20th	140
2	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286	15th	15th	15th	20th	15th	15th	20th	(12)	(15)	(15)	115
3	Kelmar Racing	Tiga GC85				10		10	8th	15th	6th		49
4th	Tiga Ford DK	Tiga GC287	12				10	8th	4th			8th	46
5	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Argo JM19B			10			6th	10		10		36
6th	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C					6th		6th	6th	8th	10	36
7th	URD Junior Team	URD C83	8th		12	4th				10			34
8th	GP motorsport	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287					12			20th			32
9	Cosmik RBR	Tiga GC286		12						8th			20th
10	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD 02 ALD 03				3	8th				3		14th
11	ADA engineering	Gebhardt JC843 ADA 02	10										10
12	Charles Ivy Engineering	Tiga GC287				8th							8th
13	Dune Motorsport	Tiga GC287				6th							6th
14th	Ark Racing	Ceekar 83J									4th		4th
15th	CEE Sport Racing	Porsche 962C								2			2

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

In this table the first 36 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
1	Raul Boesel	jaguar	12	20th		20th	(8th)	10	20th	20th	20th	15th	127
2	Jan Lammers	jaguar	20th		20th	15th			12		15th	20th	102
2	John Watson	jaguar	20th		20th	15th			12		15th	20th	102
4th	Eddie Cheever	jaguar	12	20th		20th	8th	10		20th	10		100
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche	15th	12	15th	12	20th		10	15th	(8th)		99
5	Derek Bell	Porsche	15th	12	15th	12	20th		10	15th	(8th)	(6)	99
7th	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche	8th	4th				15th	8th	12	12	10	69
8 =	Mauro Baldi	Porsche	3					20th	15th	8th		12	58
8 =	Jochen Mass	Porsche			6th	10			8th	12	12	10	58
10	Johnny Dumfries	Jaguar Porsche Ecosse				5			15th		20th	15th	55
11 =	Fermín Vélez	Spice	(4)	12	6th	6th	8th	8th	5		(3)	5	50
11 =	Gordon Spice	Spice	(4)	12	6th	6th	8th	8th	5		(3)	5	50
13	Frank Jelinski	Porsche	4th		12					10	6th	8th	40
14 =	David Leslie	Ecosse		10	5	8th	5	6th	6th				40
14 =	Ray Mallock	Ecosse		10	5	8th	5	6th	6th				40
16	Jesús Pareja	Porsche	8th	4th	12	8th		1	2		3		38
17th	John Nielsen	Jaguar Porsche							20th		10	2	32
18 =	Jonathan Palmer	Porsche	3					20th		8th			31
18 =	Volker Weidler	Porsche	10	15th					6th				31
18 =	Kris Nissen	Porsche	10	15th					6th				31
21 =	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche					15th	8th					23
21 =	Pierre Yver	Porsche					15th	8th					23
23	Louis Krages	Porsche			10			12					22nd
24 =	Martin Brundle	jaguar									20th		20th
24 =	Al Holbert	Porsche					20th						20th
24 =	Stanley Dickens	Porsche			10					10			20th
24 =	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Porsche	6th	6th	8th								20th
24 =	Massimo Sigala	Porsche	6th	6th	8th								20th
29 =	Mike Thackwell	Clean Porsche									4th	12	16
29 =	Bob Wollek	Porsche			6th	10							16
31	Walter Brun	Porsche	4th			8th		1	2				15th
32	Hervé Regout	Cougar			2		12						14th
33	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Cougar					12						12
34 =	Wayne Taylor	Porsche					10						10
34 =	George Fouché	Porsche					10						10
34 =	Franz Konrad	Porsche					10						10

FIA Cup for Group C2 drivers

In this table the first 36 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
1 =	Fermín Vélez	Spice	20th	20th	20th	(15)	20th	20th	(15)		20th	20th	140
1 =	Gordon Spice	Spice	20th	20th	20th	(15)	20th	20th	(15)		20th	20th	140
3 =	David Leslie	Ecosse	15th	15th	15th	20th	15th	15th	20th		(12)	(15)	115
3 =	Ray Mallock	Ecosse	15th	15th	15th	20th	15th	15th	20th		(12)	(15)	115
5	Mike Wilds	Gebhardt Ecosse	10			12			12	12	15th	12	73
6th	Marc Duez	Ecosse					15th		12		15th	12	54
7th	Thorkild Thyrring	Tiga	12				10	8th	4th	4th		8th	46
8th	Costa's lot	Tiga		12			12			20th			44
9	Rainieri Randaccio	Tiga				10		10	8th	16			43
10 =	Martin Schanche	Argo			10			6th	10		10		36
10 =	Will Hoy	Argo			10			6th	10		10		36
12 =	Hellmut Mundas	URD	8th		12	4th				10			34
12 =	Rudi seer	URD	8th		12	4th				10			34
14th	Pasquale Barberio	Tiga		12						15th	6th		33
15th	Dudley Wood	Tiga					12			20th			32
16	Nick Adams	Tiga Spice					6th	12	3	6th	1		28
17th	Ian Harrower	Gebhardt Tiga	10				10						20th
18 =	Duncan Bain	Tiga			6th		12						18th
19 =	John Sheldon	Tiga					10	8th					18th
20th	Jean-Louis Ricci	Spice							6th	3	8th		17th
21st	Dominique Lacaud	ALD				3	8th				3		14th
22 =	Johnny Dumfries	Ecosse				12							12
22 =	Leif Lindström	Tiga	12										12
22 =	Win Percy	Ecosse								12			12
22 =	Ray Bellm	Spice						12					12
22 =	Peter Elgaard	Tiga								4th		8th	12
27	Ian Khan	Spice									1	10	11
28 =	Maurizio Gellini	Tiga						10					10
28 =	Graham Duxbury	Spice										10	10
30th	Olando Iacobelli	Spice							6th	3			9
31 =	Ian Taylor	Tiga				8th							8th
31 =	Peter Lovett	Tiga				8th							8th
31 =	Max Cohen-Olivar	Tiga								8th			8th
31 =	Georges Tessier	Spice									8th		8th
31 =	Louis Descartes	ALD					8th						8th
36	Bob Juggins	Spice								6th			6th

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

• Results at WSRP