1987 1000 km of Fuji

Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1987–2003)

The 1987 WEC in Japan (1000 km of Fuji) was the tenth and final round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship. It took place at Fuji Speedway, Japan on September 27, 1987.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 5 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom John Watson
Jaguar XJR-8 D 224
Jaguar 7.0L V12
2 C1 4 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Brazil Raul Boesel
Jaguar XJR-8 D 224
Jaguar 7.0L V12
3 C1 15 United Kingdom Britten – Lloyd Racing Italy Mauro Baldi
New Zealand Mike Thackwell
Porsche 962C GTi G 221
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 1 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Germany Jochen Mass
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C M 218
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 8 Germany Joest Racing Germany Frank Jelinski
Germany "John Winter"
France Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 218
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
6 C1 99 Australia Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan Australia Geoff Brabham
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 962C D 218
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 GTP 202 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Takashi Yorino
Republic of Ireland David Kennedy
Mazda 757 D 213
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
8 C2 111 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Spain Fermín Vélez
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spice SE87C A 210
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
9 C1 27 Japan From-A Racing Japan Hideki Okada
Denmark John Nielsen
Porsche 962C ? 209
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 100 Japan Trust Racing Team Japan Keiichi Suzuki
Australia Vern Schuppan
United Kingdom James Weaver
Porsche 962C D 209
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 25 Japan Advan Alpha Racing Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Kazuo Mogi
United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Porsche 962C Y 208
Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
12 C1 10 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Austria Franz Konrad
South Africa George Fouché
Porsche 962C Y 207
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 28 Japan Person's Racing Team Japan Takao Wada
Sweden Anders Olofsson
Nissan R86V Y 206
Nissan VG30ET 3.0L Turbo V6
14 C2 102 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Ray Mallock
United Kingdom David Leslie
Ecosse C286 A 203
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 101 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Marc Duez
United Kingdom Mike Wilds
Ecosse C286 A 203
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C1 23 Japan NISMO Japan Kenji Takahashi
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
United Kingdom Dave Scott
Nissan R87E B 202
Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V6
17 C1 50 Japan SARD Japan Tsunehisa Asai
Japan Syuuroku Sasaki
United Kingdom David Sears
SARD MC87S ? 197
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
18 C2 127 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering South Africa Graham Duxbury
United Kingdom Ian Khan
Spice SE86C A 194
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
19 C1 55 Japan Alpha Cubic Racing Team Japan Naoki Nagasaki
Japan Chiyomi Totani
Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
Porsche 962C ? 188
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
20 C2 114 Denmark Team Tiga Ford Denmark Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Denmark Peter Elgaard
Tiga GC287 A 184
Ford Cosworth BDT-E 2.3L Turbo I4
21 C1 77 Japan Best House Racing Team Japan Osamu Nakako
Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
LM 07 ? 166
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
22 GTP 285 Japan Shizumatsu Racing Japan Tetsuji Shiratori
Japan Kaneyuki Okamoto
Mazda 737C ? 164
Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor
23
NC
C1 11 Germany Leyton House Racing Team
Germany Porsche Kremer Racing
Germany Volker Weidler
Denmark Kris Nissen
Porsche 962C Y 218
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
C2 121 United Kingdom Cosmic GP Motorsport Greece Costas Los
United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts
Tiga GC287 G 131
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
25
DNF
C2 118 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United States Olindo Iacobelli
France Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE86C A 120
Ford DFL 3.3L V8
26
DNF
GTP 201 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Yojiro Terada
Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Mazda 757 D 114
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
27
DNF
C1 36 Japan Toyota Team Tom's Japan Masanori Sekiya
United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Australia Alan Jones
Toyota 87C B 100
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
28
DNF
C1 7 Germany Joest Racing Germany Harald Grohs
France Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C1 2 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Germany Manuel Reuter
Germany Uwe Schäfer
Spain Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C M 65
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 20 United Kingdom Tiga Team United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
Japan Tetsuya Oota
Tiga GC87 D 65
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L Turbo V8
31
DNF
C1 45 Japan Auto Beaurex Motorsport Japan Kaoru Hoshino
United Kingdom Will Hoy
Tom's 86C D 60
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
32
DNF
C2 170 Japan Batsu Racing Team Japan Kazuhiko Oda
Japan Syuuji Fujii
Japan Ichirou Mizuno
MCS Guppy ? 58
Mazda Rotor
33
DNF
C2 151 Japan British Barn Racing Team Japan Jirou Yoneyama
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Kiyoshi Misaki
JTK 62C D 41
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
34
DNF
C2 198 United Kingdom Roy Baker Promotion United Kingdom David Andrews
Belgium Patrick de Radigues
Tiga GC286 A 38
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
35
DNF
C2 104 Germany URD Junior Team Germany Hellmut Mundas
United Kingdom Robin Smith
URD C81/83 A 22
BMW M88 3.5L I6
36
DNF
C1 38 Japan Dome Motorsport United States Ross Cheever
Sweden Eje Elgh
Dome 87C B 15
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
37
DNF
C1 32 Japan NISMO Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Nissan R87E B 2
Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V6
DNS C1 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's Japan Nobuhide Tachi
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Toyota 87C B -
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #28 Person's Racing Team - 1:19.021
  • Fastest Lap - #36 Toyota Team Tom's - 1:23.096
  • Average Speed - 176.216 km/h

References

  • "FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1987 - 1000 km Fuji". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  • "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1987". Racing Sports Cars. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-06.


World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1987 1000 km of Spa
1987 season Next race:
None
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
Previous race:
1987 1000 km of Suzuka
1987 season Next race:
1987 500 km of Fuji