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]

1987 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship

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Related series:
1987 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Genoa Racing [pl]	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 [pl]	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 [pl]	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