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The 1987 International Formula 3000 season was the third season of FIA Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 1987 Formula 3000 Intercontinental Championship, 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 ahead of Lola Motorsport driver Luis Perez Sala.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Genoa Racing [pl]	March 87B	Cosworth	1	Alessandro Santin	1
				Jacques Villeneuve 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	1-2, 4-11
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, 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	Altfrid 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
Fleetray Racing	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	34	Mark Blundell	1-3, 5, 7-8
GDBA Motorsport	Lola T87/50	Cosworth	35	Michel Trollé	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	Altfrid Heger	3
Forti Corse	Dallara 3087	Cosworth	42	Nicola Larini	6-7, 9, 11
				Nicola Tesini	8
Sources:

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	3 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
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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 tooltips.

Pos.	Driver	SIL	VLL	SPA	PAU	DON	PER	BRH	BIR	IMO	BUG	JAR	Points
1	Stefano Modena	4	1	Ret	Ret	2	6	4	1	1	Ret	6	40
2	Luis Pérez-Sala	Ret	2	18	Ret	1	Ret	9	4	3	1	5	33
3	Roberto Moreno	3	11	3	10†	4	1	3	2	5	9	Ret	30
4	Maurício Gugelmin	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	7	10	2	29
5	Yannick Dalmas	Ret	Ret		1	17	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	20
6	Michel Trollé	2	Ret	1	Ret	5	Ret	14	Ret	11	3	Ret	16.5
7	Julian Bailey					Ret	4	1	Ret	NC	6	Ret	13
8	Gabriele Tarquini	10	Ret	12	11†	19	3	17	14	2	5	Ret	12
9	Lamberto Leoni	8	8	13	6	Ret	5	11	Ret	4	4	4	12
10	Russell Spence	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	DNQ	Ret	7	8	DNQ	2	3	10
11	John Jones	Ret	5	7	2	13	8	8	7	9	11	10	8
12	Pierluigi Martini	5	Ret	Ret	7	8	2	20	Ret	Ret	7	9	8
13	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	16	4	8	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	7
14	Mark Blundell	Ret	6	2		9	9	6	DNQ	Ret	Ret	8	5
15	Michel Ferté	Ret	10	14	3	6		DNQ	11	DNQ			5
16	Andy Wallace	Ret	7	4	DNQ	Ret	14	13	5	6	Ret	Ret	4.5
17	Olivier Grouillard	7	Ret	DNQ	4	12†	Ret	15	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
18	Paul Belmondo	18	16	11	5	15	Ret	12	12	DNQ	Ret	11	2
19	Marco Apicella	15	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	13	13†	15	7	1
20	Alfonso de Vinuesa	6	Ret	16				DNQ	DNQ				1
21	Gary Evans	DNQ	DNQ	6	DNQ	20	10	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	0.5
22	Paolo Barilla	11	17	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	Ret	8	17	DNQ	0
23	Gregor Foitek	Ret	15	10	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	12	8	14	0
24	Steven Andskär	14	DNQ	20	DNQ	11	DNQ	19	9	Ret	13	13	0
25	Tomas Kaiser	13	9	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	22	DNQ	Ret	16	12	0
26	Mario Hytten				9	DNQ	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ			0
27	Eliseo Salazar	9	DNQ	17	Ret	18	Ret	18	DNQ	14	Ret	DNQ	0
28	Cor Euser	17	14	Ret				Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	0
29	Claudio Langes					DNQ	Ret	Ret	10			Ret	0
30	Jari Nurminen	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	14	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ		0
31	Dominique Delestre	12	Ret	19	Ret			DNQ	DNQ				0
32	Beppe Gabbiani		12	Ret									0
33	Guido Daccò		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ					0
34	Aldo Bertuzzi	DNQ			DNQ					15			0
35	Thierry Tassin			15									0
36	Nicola Larini						Ret	16		Ret		Ret	0
37	Giovanna Amati					16	DNQ			DNQ			0
38	Altfrid Heger			DNQ				21	DNQ				0
	Corrado Fabi					Ret	DNQ				DNQ
	Gilles Lempereur										DNQ	Ret
	Alain Ferté										Ret
	Jean-Pierre Frey	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Robert Lee-Lewis	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Benoît Morand					DNQ	DNQ
	Nicola Tesini								DNQ	DNQ
	John Alcorn										DNQ	DNQ
	Urs Dudler	DNQ
	Alessandro Santin	DNQ
	Jacques Villeneuve			DNQ
	Fabrizio Barbazza									DNQ
	Marzio Romano										DNQ
	Antonio Albacete											DNQ
	Kris Nissen											DNQ
Sources:

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	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL		VLL		SPA		PAU		DON		PER		BRH		BIR		IMO		BUG		JAR
1	Stefano Modena	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	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	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	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	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	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	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R	16	4	3	1	16	R	15	NC	14	6	9	R
8	Gabriele Tarquini	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	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	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	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	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	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	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	21	R	16	10	13	14	14	3	10	6	-	-
		Genoa Racing [pl]	March	Ford Cosworth													27	NQ	20	11	27	NQ	-	-	-	-
	Mark Blundell	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	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	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	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	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	11	6	4	R	6	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Marco Apicella	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	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	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	Genoa Racing [pl]	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	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	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	Racetech 3000	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	9	30	NQ	26	13	28	NQ
			Ralt	Ford Cosworth															26	R	29	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Eliseo Salazar	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	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	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	20	R	21	R	24	10	-	-	-	-	15	R
-	Jari Nurminen	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	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	20	12	15	R	16	19	12	R	-	-	-	-	33	NQ	32	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Beppe Gabbiani	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	20	12	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Guido Daccò	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	29	NQ	32	NQ	28	NQ	31	NQ
		EuroVenturini	Dallara	Ford Cosworth											23	12	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aldo Bertuzzi	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	26	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	15	-	-	-	-
-	Thierry Tassin	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Nicola Larini	Forti Corse	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	R	25	16	-	-	20	R	-	-	24	R
-	Giovanna Amati	BS Automotive	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	16	27	NQ	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Altfrid Heger	Schäfer Racing	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	27	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
		GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth													23	21	34	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Corrado Fabi	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	-	-
-	Gilles Lempereur	Racetech 3000	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ	7	R
-	Alain Ferté	First Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	R	-	-
-	Jean-Pierre Frey	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	32	NQ	32	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	33	NQ	34	NQ	36	NQ	33	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Robert Lee-Lewis	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	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Nicola Tesini	EuroVenturini	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	John Alcorn	CoBRa Motorsports	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	31	NQ
-	Urs Dudler	Équipe Dollop	March	Ford Cosworth	29	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alessandro Santin	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jacques Villeneuve	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fabrizio Barbazza	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Marzio Romano	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-
-	Antonio Albacete	GA Motorsports	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ
-	Kris Nissen	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ

References

1. FIA Yearbook, 1988, red section, page 97
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