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.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Genoa Racing	March 87B	Cosworth	1	Alessandro Santin	1
				Jacques Villeneve Sr.	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	All
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, 9-10
	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	Altfried 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
Fleetway Racing	Lola T87/50	Cosworth	34	Lamberto Leoni	1-3, 5, 7-8
GBDA Motorsport	Lola T87/50	Cosworth	35	Michel Trolle	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	Altfried Heger	3
Forti Corse	Dallara 3087	Cosworth	42	Nicola Larini	6-7, 9, 11
				Nicola Tesini	8

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	23 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

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. The best seven results could be retained. Discarded points and gross totals are displayed within parentheses.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine												Total Points
1	Stefano Modena	Italy	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	3	9	-	-	6	1	3	9	9	-	(1)	40 (41)
2	Luis Pérez-Sala	Spain	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	6	-	-	9	-	-	3	4	9	2	33
3	Roberto Moreno	Brazil	Team Ralt	Ralt	Honda	4	-	2	-	3	9	4	6	2	-	-	30
4	Maurício Gugelmin	Brazil	Team Ralt	Ralt	Honda	9	4	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	6	29
5	Yannick Dalmas	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	9	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	20
6	Michel Trollé	France	GBDA Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	6	-	4.5	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	16.5
7	Julian Bailey	United Kingdom	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	-	1	-	13
8	Gabriele Tarquini	Italy	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	2	-	12
	Lamberto Leoni	Italy	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-				12
					Judd									3	3	3
10	Russell Spence	United Kingdom	Murray Taylor Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	10
11	John Jones	Canada	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Pierluigi Martini	Italy	Pavesi Racing	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	2	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8
13	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	France	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
14	Michel Ferté	France	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Mark Blundell	United Kingdom	Fleetray Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	1	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
16	Andy Wallace	United Kingdom	Madgwick International	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	1.5	-	-	-						4.5
				Lola	Ford Cosworth							-	2	1	-	-
17	Olivier Grouillard	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
18	Paul Belmondo	France	GBDA Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
19	Alfonso de Vinuesa	Spain	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Marco Apicella	Italy	EuroVenturini	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
21	Gary Evans	United Kingdom	GEM Motorsport	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5

Complete Overview

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

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Stefano Modena	Italy	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	Spain	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	Brazil	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	Brazil	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	France	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	France	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	United Kingdom	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R	16	4	3	1	16	R	15	NC	14	6	9	R
8	Gabriele Tarquini	Italy	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	Italy	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	United Kingdom	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	Canada	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	Italy	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	France	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	France	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	France	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	France	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	Spain	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	11	6	4	R	6	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Marco Apicella	Italy	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	United Kingdom	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	Italy	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	Switzerland	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	Sweden	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	Sweden	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	Switzerland	Racetech 3000	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	9	30	NQ	26	13	28	NQ
				Ralt	Ford Cosworth															26	R	29	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Eliseo Salazar	Chile	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	Netherlands	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	Italy	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	20	R	21	R	24	10	-	-	-	-	15	R
-	Jari Nurminen	Finland	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	France	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	20	12	15	R	16	19	12	R	-	-	-	-	33	NQ	32	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Beppe Gabbiani	Italy	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	20	12	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Guido Daccò	Italy	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	29	NQ	32	NQ	28	NQ	31	NQ
			EuroVenturini	Dallara	Ford Cosworth											23	12	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aldo Bertuzzi	Italy	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	26	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	15	-	-	-	-
-	Thierry Tassin	Belgium	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Nicola Larini	Italy	Forti Corse	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	R	25	16	-	-	20	R	-	-	24	R
-	Giovanna Amati	Italy	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	16	27	NQ	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Altfrid Heger	West Germany	Schäfer Racing	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	27	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
			GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth													23	21	34	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Corrado Fabi	Italy	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	-	-
-	Gilles Lempereur	France	Racetech 3000	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ	7	R
-	Alain Ferté	France	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	R	-	-
-	Jean-Pierre Frey	Switzerland	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	32	NQ	32	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	33	NQ	34	NQ	36	NQ	33	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Robert Lee-Lewis	United Kingdom	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	Switzerland	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Nicola Tesini	Italy	EuroVenturini	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	John Alcorn	United Kingdom	CoBRa Motorsports	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	31	NQ
-	Urs Dudler	Switzerland	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	29	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alessandro Santin	Italy	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jacques Villeneuve	Canada	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fabrizio Barbazza	Italy	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Marzio Romano	Switzerland	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-
-	Antonio Albacete	Spain	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ
-	Kris Nissen	Denmark	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ

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