1987 British Formula Three Championship

The 1987 British Formula Three season was the 37th season of the British Formula Three Championship. Johnny Herbert took the BARC/BRDC Lucas British Formula 3 Championship. Therewas also a "Class B" championship for older cars, called "National Class', which was won by British driver Gary Dunn, driving a Reynard 863-Volkswagen for Swindon Motorsport.

The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race.

BARC/BRDC Lucas British F3 Championship

Champion: Johnny Herbert

Runner Up: Bertrand Gachot

National Champion: Gary Dunn [1][2]

Results

Lucas British Formula 3 Championship

Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car
15/03/1987 Rd.1 Thruxton Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 873-Volkswagen
05/04/1987 Rd.2 Brands Hatch Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 873-Volkswagen
12/04/1987 Rd.3 Silverstone Gary Brabham Jack Brabham Racing Ralt RT31-Volkswagen
20/04/1987 Rd.4 Thruxton Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 873-Volkswagen
04/05/1987 Rd.5 Silverstone Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 873-Volkswagen
17/05/1987 Rd.6 Brands Hatch Bertrand Gachot West Surrey Racing Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
25/05/1987 Rd.7 Thruxton Thomas Danielsson Madgwick Motorsport Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
07/06/1987 Rd.8 Silverstone Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 873-Volkswagen
26/06/1987 Rd.9 Zandvoort Damon Hill Intersport Racing Ralt RT31-Toyota
05/07/1987 Rd.10 Donington Park Philippe Favre Reynard R+D Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
12/07/1987 Rd.11 Silverstone Bertrand Gachot West Surrey Racing Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
02/08/1987 Rd.12 Snetterton Thomas Danielsson Madgwick Motorsport Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
21/08/1987 Rd.13 Donington Park Gary Brabham Jack Brabham Racing Ralt RT31-Volkswagen
15/08/1987 Rd.14 Oulton Park Martin Donnelly Intersport Racing Ralt RT31-Toyota
31/08/1987 Rd.15 Silverstone Thomas Danielsson Madgwick Motorsport Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
06/09/1987 Rd.16 Brands Hatch Martin Donnelly Intersport Racing Ralt RT31-Toyota
13/09/1987 Rd.17 Spa-Francorchamps Damon Hill Intersport Racing Ralt RT31-Toyota
18/10/1987 Rd.18 Thruxton Bertrand Gachot West Surrey Racing Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
Source:[3]

Valid for the 1987 EFDA Formula 3 Euroseries

Date Race Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car
11/10/1987 Cellnet Superprix Brands Hatch Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 873
Source:[4]

Championship Tables

Class A

Place Driver Entrant Total
1 Johnny Herbert Eddie Jordan Racing 79
2 Bertrand Gachot West Surrey Racing 64
3 Martin Donnelly Swallow Racing
Intersport Racing
61
4 Thomas Danielsson Madgwick Motorsport 56
5 Damon Hill Intersport Racing 49
6 Gary Brabham Jack Brabham Racing 37
7 Philippe Favre Reynard R+D 23
8 Perry McCarthy Madgwick Motorsport 22
9 Steve Kempton Terropol Promotions
Reynard R+D
18
10 Peter Kox Mick Rowe Racing 17
Niclas Schönström Swallow Racing 17
12 Roland Ratzenberger West Surrey Racing 10
13 Mark Blundell TOM’S GB 6
14 Ross Hockenhull Richard Dutton Racing 3
15 Jean-Denis Délétraz KTR Racing 2
Graham de Zille Pegasus Motorsport 2
17 Phil Andrews Isis F3 Racing
Madgwick Motorsport
1
Mark Galvin Alan Docking Racing 1
André Malherbe Sport Auto Racing 1
Oswaldo Negri Techspeed Racing 1
Source:[5][6]

National Class

Place Driver Entrant Total
1 Gary Dunn Swallow Racing 138
2 Alastair Lyall Gerard Racing 84
3 Gary Ward RGS Racing 69
4 Peter Boutwood Roger Cowman Racing 19
etc.
Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Formula 3 Britain 1987 standings | Driver Database".
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Britain National Class statistics (2001 - ) - Wins, Starts, Pole positions, Podiums, Race win percentage, Fastest laps | Motorsport". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  3. ^ "Motorsport Winners".
  4. ^ "Johnny Herbert Website Articles: Cellnet Super Prix Formula 3 1987". www.johnnyherbert.info. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/ukf3/87ukf3.hml
  6. ^ "Formula 3 Britain 1987 standings | Driver Database".
  7. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/ukf3/87ukf3.hml