1987 World Sportscar Championship
The 1987 World Sportscar Championship season was the 35th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1987 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a ten race series that commenced on 22 March and ended on 27 September. The championship was open to FIA Group C Sports Prototypes, FIA Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. Raul Boesel won the Drivers Championship, Fermin Velez was awarded the FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers, Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship and the FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams was awarded to Spice Engineering. Jaguar won 8 out of the 10 races and Porsche 2.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
| 1 |  Grand Premio Fortuna | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 22 March |
| 2 | 1000 km Jerez | Circuito Permanente de Jerez | 29 March |
| 3 |  1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 12 April |
| 4 |  Autoglass 1000 Kilometres Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 10 May |
| 5 |  24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 13 June 14 June |
| 6 |  200 Meilen von Nürnberg | Norisring | 28 June |
| 7 | Shell Gemini 1000 Kilometres Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | 26 July |
| 8 | International ADAC 1000km-Rennen | Nürburgring | 30 August |
| 9 |  Kouros 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 13 September |
| 10 |  Mount Fuji 1000 Kilometres | Fuji Speedway | 27 September |
Entries
Group C1
Group C2
Season results
Races
| Rnd | Circuit | C1 Winning Team | C2 Winning Team | Results |
| Rnd | Circuit | C1 Winning Drivers | C2 Winning Drivers | Results |
| 1 | Jarama | Silk Cut Jaguar | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 1 | Jarama |  Jan Lammers John Watson | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
| 2 | Jerez | Silk Cut Jaguar | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 2 | Jerez |  Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
| 3 | Monza | Silk Cut Jaguar | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 3 | Monza | Jan Lammers John Watson | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
| 4 | Silverstone | Silk Cut Jaguar | Ecurie Ecosse | Results |
| 4 | Silverstone | Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel | Ray Mallock David Leslie | Results |
| 5 | La Sarthe | Rothmans Porsche AG | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 5 | La Sarthe | Hans Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Al Holbert | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez Philippe de Henning | Results |
| 6 | Norisring | Richard Lloyd Racing | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 6 | Norisring | Mauro Baldi Jonathan Palmer | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
| 7 | Brands Hatch | Silk Cut Jaguar | Ecurie Ecosse | Results |
| 7 | Brands Hatch | Raul Boesel John Nielsen | Ray Mallock David Leslie | Results |
| 8 | Nürburgring | Silk Cut Jaguar | Cosmic GP Motorsports | Results |
| 8 | Nürburgring | Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel |  Costas Los Dudley Wood | Results |
| 9 | Spa-Francorchamps | Silk Cut Jaguar | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 9 | Spa-Francorchamps | Raul Boesel Martin Brundle Johnny Dumfries | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
| 10 | Fuji | Silk Cut Jaguar | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 10 | Fuji | Jan Lammers John Watson | Gordon Spice Fermin Velez | Results |
Drivers Championship
Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Additionally, two bonus points were awarded to drivers of Group C2 cars finishing in the top ten outright positions. However, the following exceptions applied:- Drivers failing to complete a specified percentage of the laps in a race were not awarded points.
- Drivers of cars which did not complete 90% of the number of laps completed by the winning car were not awarded points.
The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Total |
| 1 | Raul Boesel | Jaguar XJR-8 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 12 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 127 | ||
| =2 | Jan Lammers | Jaguar XJR-8 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 20 | - | 20 | 15 | - | - | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | 102 |
| =2 | John Watson | Jaguar XJR-8 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 20 | - | 20 | 15 | - | - | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | 102 |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever | Jaguar XJR-8 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 12 | 20 | - | 20 | 8 | 10 | - | 20 | 10 | - | 100 |
| =5 | Hans Stuck | Porsche 962C | Porsche AG & Joest Racing | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 20 | - | 10 | 15 | - | 99 | |
| =5 | Derek Bell | Porsche 962C | Porsche AG & Joest Racing | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 20 | - | 10 | 15 | 99 | ||
| 7 | Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | 15 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 69 |
| =8 | Mauro Baldi | Porsche 962C | Liqui Moly Equipe | 3 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 15 | 8 | - | 12 | 58 |
| =8 | Jochen Mass | Porsche 962C | Porsche AG & Brun Motorsport | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | - | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 58 |
| 10 | Johnny Dumfries | Ecosse C286 Ford, Porsche 962C, Jaguar XJR-8 | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse, Liqui Moly Equipe, Silk Cut Jaguar | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 15 | - | 20 | 15 | 55 |
| =11 | Fermin Velez | Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford | Spice Engineering | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | - | 5 | 50 | ||
| =11 | Gordon Spice | Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford | Spice Engineering | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | - | 5 | 50 | ||
| 13 | Frank Jelinski | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport & Joest Racing Team | 4 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 |
| =14 | David Leslie | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | - | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 40 |
| =14 | Ray Mallock | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | - | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 40 |
| 16 | Jésus Pareja | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 38 |
| 17 | John Nielsen | Jaguar XJR-8 & Porsche 962C | Silk Cut Jaguar & From A Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 18 | Jonathan Palmer | Porsche 962C | Liqui Moly Equipe | 3 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 8 | - | - | 31 |
| =19 | Volker Weidler | Porsche 962C | Kremer Porsche | 10 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 31 |
| =19 | Kris Nissen | Porsche 962C | Kremer Porsche | 10 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 31 |
| =21 | Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 962C | Primagaz Competition | - | - | - | - | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| =21 | Pierre Yver | Porsche 962C | Primagaz Competition | - | - | - | - | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| 23 | John Winter | Porsche 962C | Joest Racing Team | - | - | 10 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| =24 | Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-8 | Silk Cut Jaguar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 20 |
| =24 | Al Holbert | Porsche 962C | Porsche AG | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 26 | Stanley Dickens | Porsche 962C | Joest Racing Team | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 20 |
| =27 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| =27 | Massimo Sigala | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 29 | Mike Thackwell | Sauber C9 Mercedes & Porsche 962C | Kouros Racing & Liqui Moly Equipe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 30 | Bob Wollek | Porsche 962C | Porsche AG | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 31 | Walter Brun | Porsche 962C | Brun Motorsport | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 |
| 32 | Hervé Regout | Cougar C20 Porsche | Primagaz Competition | - | - | 2 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| =33 | Sarel van der Merwe | Porsche 962C | Joest Racing Team | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| =33 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Cougar C20 Porsche | Primagaz Competition | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| =35 | Franz Konrad | Porsche 962C | Kremer Porsche | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| =35 | George Fouché | Porsche 962C | Kremer Porsche | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers
Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Drivers were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a driver's total.The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Total |
| =1 | Fermin Velez | Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford | Spice Engineering | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 140 | ||
| =1 | Gordon Spice | Spice SE86C & SE87C Ford | Spice Engineering | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 140 | ||
| =3 | David Leslie | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | - | 115 | ||
| =3 | Ray Mallock | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | - | 115 | ||
| 5 | Mike Wilds | Gebhardt JC843 Ford & Ecosse C286 Ford | ADA Engineering & Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | 10 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 73 |
| 6 | Marc Duez | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 12 | - | 15 | 12 | 54 |
| 7 | Thorkild Thyrring | Tiga GC287 Ford | Tiga Ford DK | 12 | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Costas Los | Tiga GC286 & GC287 Ford | Cosmik RBR & GP Motorsport | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 20 | - | - | 44 |
| 9 | Rainieri Randaccio | Tiga GC85 Ford | Kelmar Racing | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | 8 | 15 | - | - | 43 |
| =10 | Martin Scanche | Argo JM19B Zakspeed | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | - | - | 10 | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | 10 | - | 36 |
| =10 | Will Hoy | Argo JM19B Zakspeed | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | - | - | 10 | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | 10 | - | 36 |
| 12 | Hellmut Mundas | URD C81/2 BMW | URD Junior Team | 8 | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 34 |
| Rudolf Seher | URD C81/2 BMW | URD Junior Team | 8 | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 34 | |
| 14 | Pasquale Barberio | Tiga GC286 & Tiga GC85 Ford | Cosmik RBR & Kelmar Racing | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 6 | 33 | |
| 15 | Dudley Wood | Tiga GC287 Ford | GP Motorsport | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 20 | - | - | 32 |
| 16 | Nick Adams | Spice SE87C Ford & Spice SE86C Hart | Spice Engineering & Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 28 |
| 17 | Ian Harrower | Gebhardt JC843 Ford & Tiga GC287 Ford | ADA Engineering & Tiga Ford DK | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 18 | Duncan Bain | Tiga GC287 Rover | Dune Motorsport | - | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| 19 | John Sheldon | Tiga GC287 Ford | Tiga Ford DK | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| 20 | Jean-Louis Ricci | Spice SE86C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 8 | - | 17 |
| 21 | Dominique Lacaud | ALD 02 & 03 BMW | Auto Louis Descartes | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 14 |
| =22 | Johnny Dumfries | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| =22 | Leif Lindström | Tiga GC287 Ford | Tiga Ford DK | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| =12 | Win Percy | Ecosse C286 Ford | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 |
| =12 | Ray Bellm | Spice SE87C Ford | Spice Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 26 | Peter Elgaard | Tiga GC287 Ford | Tiga Ford DK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 8 | 12 |
| 27 | Ian Khan | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| =28 | Maurizio Gellini | Tiga GC85 Ford | Kelmar Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| =28 | Graham Duxbury | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
| 30 | Olindo Iacobelli | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| =31 | Ian Taylor | Tiga GC287 Ford | Charles Ivey Engineering | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| =31 | Peter Lovett | Tiga GC287 Ford | Charles Ivey Engineering | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| =31 | Max Cohen-Olivar | Tiga GC286 Ford | Cosmik RBR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| =31 | Georges Tessier | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| =31 | Louis Descartes | ALD 03 BMW | Auto Louis Descartes | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| =31 | Bob Juggins | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
Teams Championship
Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams were awarded to the top 10 outright finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 with the following exceptions:- Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car, with no points awarded for any position filled by any other cars from that team
- Teams did not score points for a car which did not complete 90% of distance covered by the winner car.
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Total |
| 1 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Jaguar XJR-8 | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 140 | |||
| 2 |  Brun Motorsport | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 77 | |||
| 3 | Porsche AG | Porsche 962C | Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 74 | |||||
| 4 | Joest Racing Team | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 63 | ||||
| 5 | Liqui Moly Equipe | Porsche 962C Porsche 962C GTi | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 58 | |||||
| 6 | Kremer Porsche | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 41 | ||||||
| 7 | Spice Engineering | Spice SE86C Spice SE87C | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Primagaz Competition | Cougar C20B Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | |||||
| 9 | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | Ecosse C286 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Mazdaspeed | Mazda 757 | Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| 11 |  Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 | Kouros Racing | Sauber C9 | Mercedes M117 5.0L Turbo V8 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 13 | GP Motorsport | Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 14 | Kelmar Racing | Tiga GC85 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 15 | Victor-Dauer Racing | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 16= | From-A Racing | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 16= | Richard Cleare Racing | March 85G | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 18= | URD Junior Team | URD C81 | BMW 3.5L I6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18= | Trust Racing Team | Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18= | Tiga Ford DK | Tiga GC287 | Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4 | 1 | 1' |
1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams
Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Teams were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.
| Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Total |
| 1 | Spice Engineering | Spice SE86C Spice SE87C | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 140 | |||
| 2 | Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse | Ecosse C286 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 115 | |||
| 3 | Kelmar Racing | Tiga GC85 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 49 | |||||
| 4 | Tiga Ford DK | Tiga GC287 | Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 46 | |||||
| 5 |  Team Lucky Strike Schanche | Argo JM19B | Zakspeed 1.9L Turbo I4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| 6 | Chamberlain Engineering | Spice SE86C | Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 36 | |||||
| 6 | URD Junior Team | URD C83 | BMW 3.5L I6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 34 | ||||||
| 8 | GP Motorsport | Tiga GC286 Tiga GC287 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 12 | 20 | 32 | ||||||||
| 9 | Cosmik RBR | Tiga GC286 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||||||||
| 10 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | ALD 02 ALD 03 | BMW 3.5L I6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| 11 | ADA Engineering | Gebhardt JC843 ADA 02 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| 12 | Charles Ivey Engineering | Tiga GC287 | Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 13 | Dune Motorsport | Tiga GC287 | Rover V64V 3.0L V6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Ark Racing | Ceekar 83J | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 15 | CEE Sport Racing | Tiga GC286 | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4 | 2 | 2 |