1987 1000 km of Nürburgring

The 33rd 1000 km race at the Nürburgring took place on August 30, 1987 held at the Nürburgring, and was the eighth championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year.

The race

With another success in the overall standings - after the successes at the 360 - km race at Jarama, the 1000 km race at Jerez and the 1000 km race at Monza, Silverstone and Brands Hatch - was among the works team of Jaguar already at the Nürburgring secure the leadership of Tom Walkinshaw the overall ranking in the world Sportscar Championship in 1987.

Porsche had factory withdrawn after the 24 - hour race at Le Mans from the World Sportscar Championship and passed so far only works car reserved for 3-liter 6- cylinder turbo engines to the customer teams. Admittedly, this process met with some criticism customer team bosses. The one hand, criticizes the Porsche not passed on the factory chassis and on the other hand, the poorer response of the 3-liter engine compared to conventional 2.8 -liter unit was criticized. At Richard Lloyd was abandoned on the 3 -liter engine, yet achieved Mauro Baldi Porsche 962C GTi with 1.24.430 minutes, the fastest time in training.

The best start, Klaus Ludwig in the Joest - 962C, who took over the lead. While Eddie Cheever in the Jaguar XJR -8 had an early start and got a penalty, Derek Bell was the second Joest Porsche does not start on time and was the last one in the race.

After 28 round of the Jaguar coincided with the start number 5, in which Jan Lammers was driving, with a crack in the engine block. After 118 rounds of long Leading Klaus Ludwig had to abandon the race due to a broken shift fork and the way was clear for the victory of Raul Boesel and Eddie Cheever in the second Jaguar, which thus secured the world title for the British brand.

In the C2 class, the favorites fell after a dramatic race out due to lack of fuel. Ray Mallock managed in Ecosse C286 no longer the pits for the last pit stop, but stopped without fuel just before the entrance. Gordon Spice, Spice SE87C, although came into the pits, but there the car left not start and had to be pushed, which had the disqualification. The class victory went to Costas Los and Dudley Wood, who drove a Tiga GC287.

The fastest race lap Klaus Ludwig was already gone in the third round, which lapped the Nürburgring new in 1.29.510 minutes.

Results

Final ranking

1 accident in training accident in training 2 3 engine failure in training 4 training cart

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Here are the teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the competition, but it did not participate for various reasons.

Class winner

Race data

  • Reported: 40
  • Started: 29
  • Counted: 16
  • Racing classes: 2
  • Attendance: 15000
  • Weather on race day: warm and dry
  • Track length: 4.542 km
  • Travel time of the winning team: 5:55:53,120 hours
  • Total rounds of the winning team: 221
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1003.782 km
  • Winners section: 169.231 km / h
  • Pole Position: Mauro Baldi - Porsche 962C GTi (# 15) - 1.24,430 - 191.399 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Klaus Ludwig - Porsche 962C (# 9) - 1.29,510 - 182.675 km / h
  • Race series: 8th round of the World Sportscar Championship 1987
1987 360 km of Jarama 1987 1000 km of Jerez 1987 1000 km of Monza 1987 1000 km of Silverstone 1987 1000 km of Brands Hatch Jaguar Cars 1987 World Sportscar Championship season 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans Richard Lloyd (racing driver) Derek Bell (racing driver) Hans-Joachim Stuck Brun Motorsport Jochen Mass Argentina Oscar Larrauri Frank Jelinski Louis Krages Stanley Dickens Italy Jonathan Palmer France Bernard de Dryver Harald Grohs Mike Wilds Win Percy Kremer Racing Volker Weidler Kris Nissen Jean-Louis Ricci David Leslie (racing driver) Mike Thackwell John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute Henri Pescarolo Sauber C8 Bob Wollek Will Hoy Martin Schanche Tiga Race Cars Manuel Reuter Australia 1987 1000 km of Spa 1987 1000 km of Fuji
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