1987 1000 km of Silverstone

The 1000 - km race at Silverstone in 1987 was held on 10 May in Silverstone and was the fourth championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year.

The race

The fourth World Cup race of the year at Silverstone was the run by Tom Walkinshaw Jaguar factory team as a three-time winner this season. At the first race of the season, the 360 - km race at Jarama Jan Lammers and John Watson won the Jaguar XJR- 8, also at the third round, the 1000 km race at Monza, were victorious. The second race of the year, the 1000 km race at Jerez, won Eddie Cheever and Raul Boesel, also on a XJR -8.

However, the best practice time in the group -C1 scored Hans -Joachim Stuck on a works Porsche 962C. The German scored a time of 1.15.110 minutes, which corresponded to an average speed of 229.014 km / h. Compared to Formula 1 missing eight seconds to the time a round. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain in July of the same year Nelson Piquet drove a pole position time of 1:07:110 minutes in Williams FW11B.

The race ended with a Jaguar - two victory. Eddie Cheever and Raul Boesel won by a margin of six seconds for the teammates Jan Lamb and John Watson. In group C2 Ray Mallock and David Leslie remained victorious on a Ecosse C286 that had laps behind the top-ranked Jaguar in the target 19. In the GTP class only one vehicle was reported. James Weaver, Andrew Gilbert -Scott and Richard Cleare have 85G total Ninth on a March.

Results

Final ranking

1 engine failure training 2 car 3 car 4 training training car 5 engine damage

Only in the message list

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: 34
  • Started: 26
  • Counted: 14
  • Racing classes: 3
  • Attendance: 23000
  • Weather on race day: cold and windy
  • Track length: 4.778 km
  • Travel time of the winning team: 5:03:06,220 hours
  • Total rounds of the winning team: 210
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1003.410 km
  • Winners section: 198.627 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Eddie Cheever - Jaguar XJR -8 (# 4) 1.18.120 - 220.191 km / h
  • Race series: 4th round of the brands World Cup 1987
Silverstone Circuit Jaguar Cars 1987 360 km of Jarama 1987 1000 km of Monza Hans-Joachim Stuck David Leslie (racing driver) James Weaver (racing driver) Derek Bell (racing driver) Jochen Mass France Bob Wollek Brun Motorsport Gordon Spice Mike Wilds John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute Italy Australia Costas Los Argentina Oscar Larrauri Martin Brundle John Nielsen (racing driver) Kremer Racing Volker Weidler Kris Nissen Allen Berg New Zealand Mike Thackwell Henri Pescarolo Jonathan Palmer Mauro Baldi Will Hoy Martin Schanche Louis Krages Klaus Ludwig 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans 1987 World Sportscar Championship season 1987 1000 km of Jerez 1987 1000 km of Brands Hatch 1987 1000 km of Spa 1987 1000 km of Fuji
10042
de