1987 1000 km of Fuji

The 1000 - km race at Fuji in 1987 was held on 27 September at the Fuji Speedway and was the tenth and final championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year. At the same time, the race was the fifth championship round of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, and the third the Fuji Long Distance Series.

The race

The 1000 - km race at Fuji was. Because the race was one of the closing ceremony of the World Sportscar Championship in 1987, but within two Japanese sports car championships, you could come up with the second best starter box next to the 24 - hour race at Le Mans. Toyota brought the last time the 87C -L at the start. Also Mazdaspeed and Nissan Motorsports International were represented by works cars. The fastest lap time in training achieved with 1.19.021 minutes Takao Wada in factory Nissan R86V.

Despite strong competition from Japanese and European teams in the race victory went the already determined as a world champion again at Jaguar. Jan Lammers and John Watson won in front of their teammates Raul Boesel and Johnny Dumfries and Porsche 962C GTi by Mauro Baldi and Mike Thackwell.

Results

Final ranking

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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: 43
  • Started: 37
  • Counted: 22
  • Racing classes: 3
  • Attendance: 78500
  • Weather on race day: warm and dry
  • Track length: 4.470 km
  • Travel time of the winning team: 5:40:55,634 hours
  • Total rounds of the winning team: 224
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1001.280 km
  • Winners section: 176.216 km / h
  • Pole Position: Takao Wada - Nissan R86V (# 28) - 1.19,021 - 203.642 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Geoff Lees - Toyota 87C -L (# 36) - 1.23,096 - 193.656 km / h
  • Racing Series: Round 10 of the World Sportscar Championship in 1987
  • Race series: 5th round of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
  • Race series: 3rd Round of the Fuji Long Distance Series
1987 World Sportscar Championship season 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute Jaguar Cars Italy New Zealand Brun Motorsport Jochen Mass Argentina Oscar Larrauri Frank Jelinski Louis Krages France Bob Wollek Australia Derek Bell (racing driver) Geoff Brabham Takashi Yorino Dave Kennedy Mazda 757 Gordon Spice Hideki Okada (racing driver) John Nielsen (racing driver) Vern Schuppan James Weaver (racing driver) Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenny Acheson Kremer Racing Franz Konrad (racing driver) Anders Olofsson David Leslie (racing driver) Mike Wilds Mazda 737C Kris Nissen Volker Weidler Costas Los Jean-Louis Ricci Alan Jones (racing driver) Masanori Sekiya Harald Grohs Manuel Reuter Tiga Race Cars Will Hoy Dome (constructor) Eje Elgh Aguri Suzuki Martin Schanche 1987 1000 km of Spa 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
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