1987 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1987 International Formula 3000 season was the third season of FIA Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 1987 Formula 3000 Intercontinental Championship,[1] which was contested over an eleven round series in which 23 different teams, 53 different drivers, 4 different chassis constructors and 3 different engines manufacturers competed. The championship was won by Stefano Modena who drove a March 87B Ford Cosworth for Onyx Racing ahead of Lola Motorsport driver Luis Perez Sala.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Genoa Racing March 87B Cosworth 1 Alessandro Santin 1
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve 3
Corrado Fabi 5-6
Michel Ferté 7-9
Eliseo Salazar 10-11
2 Gregor Foitek 1-8
Fabrizio Barbazza 9
Marco Romano 10
Kris Nissen 11
Pavesi Racing Ralt RT21 Cosworth 3 Pierluigi Martini 1-4, 6-10
Ralt RT20 5, 11
Ralt RT21 4 Paolo Barilla 1-4, 6-10
Ralt RT20 5, 11
Oreca Motorsport March 87B Cosworth 5 Olivier Grouillard 1, 4-11
March 86B 2-3
March 87B 6 Yannick Dalmas 1-2, 4-11
Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt RT21 Honda 7 Roberto Moreno All
8 Maurício Gugelmin All
Onyx Racing March 87B Cosworth 9 Stefano Modena All
10 Pierre-Henri Raphanel All
Lola Motorsport Lola T87/50 Cosworth 11 John Jones All
12 Luis Perez Sala All
BS Automotive Lola T87/50 Cosworth 14 Dominique Delestre 1-4, 7-8
Mark Blundell 9-11
15 Alfonso de Vinuesa 1-3, 7-8
Giovanna Amati 5-6, 10
Lola T86/50 40 Michel Ferté 1
Lola T87/50 2-5
Mark Blundell 6
Lola T86/50 Tomas Kaiser 7-9
Lola T87/50 10-11
Équipe Dollop March 86B Cosworth 16 Urs Durdler 1
Guido Daccò 2-5
17 Jean-Pierre Frey 1-9
41 Benoît Morand 4-5
Bromley Motorsport Ralt RT21 Cosworth 18 Eliseo Salazar 1-6
Cor Euser 7-11
Eddie Jordan Racing March 87B Cosworth 20 Tomas Kaiser 1-6
Colin Bennett Racing March 86B Cosworth 21 Cor Euser 1-3
Robert Lee-Lewis 6-8
John Alcorn 10-11
March 87B 42 Robert Lee-Lewis 5
44 Eliseo Salazar 7-9
Roni Motorsport March 87B Cosworth 22 Steven Andskär All
GEM Motorsport Ralt RT21 Cosworth 23 Gary Evans All
EuroVenturini Dallara 3087 Cosworth 25 Marco Apicella All
26 Jari Nurminen 1-4
Guido Daccò 6-7
Nicola Tesini 9
Madgwick International March 87B Cosworth 28 Andy Wallace 1-6
Lola T87/50 7-11
GA Motorsport Lola T87/50 Cosworth 29 Thierry Tassin 3
Julian Bailey 5-11
30 Jari Nurminen 5-10
Antonio Albacete 11
Lola T86/50 43 Altfrid Heger 7-8
Gregor Foitek 9-11
FIRST Racing March 87B Cosworth 31 Lamberto Leoni 1-9
Judd 10-11
Cosworth 32 Gabriele Tarquini All
33 Aldo Bertuzzi 1, 4, 9
Beppe Gabbiani 2-3
Claudio Langes 5-8, 11
Alain Ferté 10
Fleetray Racing Lola T86/50 Cosworth 34 Mark Blundell 1-3, 5, 7-8
GDBA Motorsport Lola T87/50 Cosworth 35 Michel Trollé All
36 Paul Belmondo All
Racetech 3000 March 87B Cosworth 37 Robert Lee-Lewis 1-3
Mario Hytten 4-7
Ralt RT20 8-9
March 87B Gilles Lempereur 10-11
Murray Taylor Racing March 87B Cosworth 38 Russell Spence 1-6
Mountleigh Motorsport 7-11
Bertram Schäfer Racing Ralt RT21 Cosworth 39 Altfrid Heger 3
Forti Corse Dallara 3087 Cosworth 42 Nicola Larini 6-7, 9, 11
Nicola Tesini 8
Sources:[3][4]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 Silverstone Circuit 12 April 42 4.778=200.676 km 0'57:07.1 210.750 km/h Roberto Moreno Roberto Moreno Maurício Gugelmin
2 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 10 May 61 3.2=195.2 km 1'10:06.2 167.067 km/h Yannick Dalmas Stefano Modena Stefano Modena
3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 16 May 16 6.949=111.184 km 0'38:57.67 171.001 km/h Roberto Moreno Luis Pérez-Sala Michel Trollé
4 Pau Grand Prix 8 June 72 2.76=198.72 km 1'30:14.5 132.12 km/h Pierre-Henri Raphanel Roberto Moreno Yannick Dalmas
5 Donington Park 28 June 50 4.023=201.15 km 1'12:16.41 166.990 km/h Luis Pérez-Sala Yannick Dalmas Luis Pérez-Sala
6 Autodromo di Pergusa 19 July 41 4.95=202.95 km 1'03:09.90 192.781 km/h Maurício Gugelmin Lamberto Leoni Roberto Moreno
7 Brands Hatch 3 August 45 4.206=189.27 km 0'59:09.0 191.99 km/h Roberto Moreno Yannick Dalmas Julian Bailey
8 Birmingham 31 August 51 3.975=202.725 km 1'11:44.52 169.540 km/h Maurício Gugelmin Roberto Moreno Stefano Modena
9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 13 September 40 5.04=201.6 km 1.06:13.38 182.656 km/h Roberto Moreno Gabriele Tarquini Stefano Modena
10 Bugatti Circuit 27 September 47 4.24=199.28 km 1'12:49.12 164.200 km/h Luis Pérez-Sala Luis Pérez-Sala Luis Pérez-Sala
11 Circuito del Jarama 11 October 61 3.312=202.032 km 1'23:21.289 145.426 km/h John Jones Yannick Dalmas Yannick Dalmas
Source:[5]

Note:

Race 3 stopped early due to an accident involving Alfonso de Vinuesa and Luis Pérez-Sala. Only half-points were awarded.

Championship standings

At each race points were awarded as follows: 9 for first place, 6 for second place, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place.[6] The best seven results could be retained. Discarded points and gross totals are displayed within tooltips.

Pos. Driver SIL
VLL
SPA
PAU
DON
PER
BRH
BIR
IMO
BUG
JAR
Points
1 Stefano Modena 4 1 Ret Ret 2 6 4 1 1 Ret 6 40
2 Luis Pérez-Sala Ret 2 18 Ret 1 Ret 9 4 3 1 5 33
3 Roberto Moreno 3 11 3 10 4 1 3 2 5 9 Ret 30
4 Maurício Gugelmin 1 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 3 7 10 2 29
5 Yannick Dalmas Ret Ret 1 17 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 20
6 Michel Trollé 2 Ret 1 Ret 5 Ret 14 Ret 11 3 Ret 16.5
7 Julian Bailey Ret 4 1 Ret NC 6 Ret 13
8 Gabriele Tarquini 10 Ret 12 11† 19 3 17 14 2 5 Ret 12
9 Lamberto Leoni 8 8 13 6 Ret 5 11 Ret 4 4 4 12
10 Russell Spence Ret Ret 9 Ret DNQ Ret 7 8 DNQ 2 3 10
11 John Jones Ret 5 7 2 13 8 8 7 9 11 10 8
12 Pierluigi Martini 5 Ret Ret 7 8 2 20 Ret Ret 7 9 8
13 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 16 4 8 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 7
14 Mark Blundell Ret 6 2 9 9 6 DNQ Ret Ret 8 5
15 Michel Ferté Ret 10 14 3 6 DNQ 11 DNQ 5
16 Andy Wallace Ret 7 4 DNQ Ret 14 13 5 6 Ret Ret 4.5
17 Olivier Grouillard 7 Ret DNQ 4 12† Ret 15 6 Ret Ret Ret 4
18 Paul Belmondo 18 16 11 5 15 Ret 12 12 DNQ Ret 11 2
19 Marco Apicella 15 Ret 5 Ret 7 Ret DNQ 13 13† 15 7 1
20 Alfonso de Vinuesa 6 Ret 16 DNQ DNQ 1
21 Gary Evans DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ 20 10 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 0.5
22 Paolo Barilla 11 17 Ret 8 10 7 Ret Ret 8 17 DNQ 0
23 Gregor Foitek Ret 15 10 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 12 8 14 0
24 Steven Andskär 14 DNQ 20 DNQ 11 DNQ 19 9 Ret 13 13 0
25 Tomas Kaiser 13 9 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 22 DNQ Ret 16 12 0
26 Mario Hytten 9 DNQ 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 0
27 Eliseo Salazar 9 DNQ 17 Ret 18 Ret 18 DNQ 14 Ret DNQ 0
28 Cor Euser 17 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 0
29 Claudio Langes DNQ Ret Ret 10 Ret 0
30 Jari Nurminen DNQ 13 DNQ DNQ 14 11 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 0
31 Dominique Delestre 12 Ret 19 Ret DNQ DNQ 0
32 Beppe Gabbiani 12 Ret 0
33 Guido Daccò DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 0
34 Aldo Bertuzzi DNQ DNQ 15 0
35 Thierry Tassin 15 0
36 Nicola Larini Ret 16 Ret Ret 0
37 Giovanna Amati 16 DNQ DNQ 0
38 Altfrid Heger DNQ 21 DNQ 0
Corrado Fabi Ret DNQ DNQ
Gilles Lempereur DNQ Ret
Alain Ferté Ret
Jean-Pierre Frey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Robert Lee-Lewis DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Benoît Morand DNQ DNQ
Nicola Tesini DNQ DNQ
John Alcorn DNQ DNQ
Urs Dudler DNQ
Alessandro Santin DNQ
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve DNQ
Fabrizio Barbazza DNQ
Marzio Romano DNQ
Antonio Albacete DNQ
Kris Nissen DNQ
Sources:[7][8][9]

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R10=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NQ=did not qualify 8P=grid position, but started from pit lane

Place Name Team Chassis Engine SIL
VLL
SPA
PAU
DON
PER
BRH
BIR
IMO
BUG
JAR
1 Stefano Modena Onyx Racing March Ford Cosworth 7 4 2 1 3 R 8 R 4 2 2 6 5 4 2 1 5 1 4 R 23 6
2 Luis Pérez-Sala Lola Motorsport Lola Ford Cosworth 4 R 3 2 20 18 4 R 1 1 3 R 12 9 11 4 2 3 1 1 18 5
3 Roberto Moreno Team Ralt Ralt Honda 1 3 14 11 1 3 3 R10 3 4 8 1 1 3 8P 2 1 5 10 9 21 R
4 Maurício Gugelmin Team Ralt Ralt Honda 2 1 5 3 7 R 2 R 2 R 1 R 2 2 1 3 6 7 9 10 12 2
5 Yannick Dalmas Oreca Motorsport March Ford Cosworth 5 R 1 R - - 7 1 5 17 13 R 8 5 9 R 10 R 3 R 14 1
6 Michel Trollé GBDA Motorsport Lola Ford Cosworth 3 2 24 R 8 1 9 R 13 5 12 R 11 14 6 R 7 11 6 3 13 R
7 Julian Bailey GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - 8 R 16 4 3 1 16 R 15 NC 14 6 9 R
8 Gabriele Tarquini First Racing March Ford Cosworth 9 10 9 R 11 12 5 R11 15 19 7 3 18 17 7 14 8 2 19 5 4 R
Lamberto Leoni First Racing March Ford Cosworth 18 8 8 8 25 13 18 6 6 R 10 5 17 11 18 R
Judd 9 4 12 4 17 4
10 Russell Spence Murray Taylor Racing March Ford Cosworth 15 R 22 R 9 9 21 R 27 NQ 15 R 10 7 25 8 30 NQ 13 2 26 3
11 John Jones Lola Motorsport Lola Ford Cosworth 14 R 6 5 4 7 10 2 7 13 6 8 7 8 14 7 11 9 18 11 1 10
Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Ralt Ford Cosworth 8 5 12 R 10 R 6 7 16 8 4 2 15 20 10 R 3 R 16 7 5 9
13 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Onyx Racing March Ford Cosworth 13 16 7 4 17 8 1 R 11 3 5 R 24 R 5 R 12 R 5 14 8 R
14 Michel Ferté BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth 21 R 16 10 13 14 14 3 10 6 - -
Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth 27 NQ 20 11 27 NQ - - - -
Mark Blundell Fleetray Racing Lola Ford Cosworth 17 R 13 6 5 2 - - 14 9 6 6 31 NQ
BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth 22 9 18 R 15 R 10 8
16 Andy Wallace Madgwick International March Ford Cosworth 23 R 11 7 2 4 23 NQ 17 R 21 14
Lola Ford Cosworth 4 13 3 5 4 6 11 R 2 R
17 Olivier Grouillard Oreca Motorsport March Ford Cosworth 10 7 10 R 28 NQ 13 4 9 R12 18 R 9 15 4 6 17 R 2 R 25 R
18 Paul Belmondo GBDA Motorsport Lola Ford Cosworth 12 18 17 16 21 11 11 5 19 15 25 R 20 12 19 12 32 NQ 7 R 22 11
19 Alfonso de Vinuesa BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth 11 6 4 R 6 16 - - - - - - 29 NQ 30 NQ - - - - - -
Marco Apicella EuroVenturini Dallara Ford Cosworth 24 15 18 R 14 5 22 R 21 7 24 R 30 NQ 22 13 13 R13 24 15 19 7
21 Gary Evans GEM Motorsport Ralt Ford Cosworth 28 NQ 28 NQ 18 6 24 NQ 20 20 14 10 13 10 12 R 23 R 20 12 11 R
- Paolo Barilla Pavesi Racing Ralt Ford Cosworth 16 11 19 17 23 R 15 8 12 10 11 7 16 R 13 R 14 8 25 17 28 NQ
- Gregor Foitek Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth 25 R 25 15 24 10 20 R 28 NQ 30 NQ 32 NQ 21 R
GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth 19 12 8 8 3 14
- Steven Andskär Roni Motorsport March Ford Cosworth 22 14 30 NQ 15 20 27 NQ 24 11 29 NQ 22 19 15 9 22 R 17 13 20 13
- Tomas Kaiser Jordan Racing March Ford Cosworth 26 13 21 9 29 NQ 16 R 18 R 28 NQ
BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth 19 22 28 NQ 26 R 23 16 16 12
- Mario Hytten Racetech 3000 March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - 17 9 30 NQ 26 13 28 NQ
Ralt Ford Cosworth 26 R 29 NQ - - - -
- Eliseo Salazar Bromley Motorsport Ralt Ford Cosworth 19 9 27 NQ 26 17 19 R 23 18 17 R
CoBRa Motorsports March Ford Cosworth 26 18 27 NQ 21 14 26 R 27 NQ
- Cor Euser CoBRa Motorsports March Ford Cosworth 6 17 26 14 22 R - - - - - -
Bromley Motorsport Ralt Ford Cosworth 14 R 17 R 16 10 21 R 6 R
- Claudio Langes First Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - 29 NQ 20 R 21 R 24 10 - - - - 15 R
- Jari Nurminen EuroVenturini Dallara Ford Cosworth 27 NQ 23 13 30 NQ 25 NQ
GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth 22 14 19 11 31 NQ 23 R 24 R 27 NQ - -
- Dominique Delestre BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth 20 12 15 R 16 19 12 R - - - - 33 NQ 32 NQ - - - - - -
- Beppe Gabbiani First Racing March Ford Cosworth - - 20 12 19 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Guido Daccò Équipe Dollop March Ford Cosworth - - 29 NQ 32 NQ 28 NQ 31 NQ
EuroVenturini Dallara Ford Cosworth 23 12 35 NQ - - - - - - - -
- Aldo Bertuzzi First Racing March Ford Cosworth 30 NQ - - - - 26 NQ - - - - - - - - 25 15 - - - -
- Thierry Tassin GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth - - - - 12 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Nicola Larini Forti Corse Dallara Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - 9 R 25 16 - - 20 R - - 24 R
- Giovanna Amati BS Automotive Lola Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - 26 16 27 NQ - - - - 31 NQ - - - -
- Altfrid Heger Schäfer Racing Ralt Ford Cosworth - - - - 27 NQ - - - - - -
GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth 23 21 34 NQ - - - - - -
- Corrado Fabi Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - 25 R 31 NQ - - - - - - 29 NQ - -
- Gilles Lempereur Racetech 3000 March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 NQ 7 R
- Alain Ferté First Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 R - -
- Jean-Pierre Frey Équipe Dollop March Ford Cosworth 32 NQ 32 NQ 34 NQ - - 33 NQ 34 NQ 36 NQ 33 NQ 34 NQ - - - -
- Robert Lee-Lewis Racetech 3000 March Ford Cosworth 31 NQ 31 NQ 33 NQ - -
CoBRa Motorsports March Ford Cosworth 32 NQ 32 NQ 34 NQ 29 NQ - - - - - -
- Benoît Morand Équipe Dollop March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - 34 NQ 33 NQ - - - - - - - - - -
- Nicola Tesini EuroVenturini Dallara Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 NQ 33 NQ - - - -
- John Alcorn CoBRa Motorsports March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 NQ 31 NQ
- Urs Dudler Équipe Dollop March Ford Cosworth 29 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Alessandro Santin Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth 33 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - 31 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Fabrizio Barbazza Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 NQ - - - -
- Marzio Romano Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 NQ - -
- Antonio Albacete GA Motorsports Lola Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 NQ
- Kris Nissen Genoa Racing March Ford Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 NQ

References

  1. ^ FIA Yearbook, 1988, red section, page 97
  2. ^ Newbold, James (15 September 2023). "Friday favourite: The F3000 Lola that propelled a Spanish hopeful into F1". Autosport. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1987: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 1987". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 1987". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1987: Points standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 1987". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1987: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "1987 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.