1987 World Sportscar Championship season

The 1987 World Sportscar Championship season was the 35th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1987 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a ten race series that commenced on 22 March and ended on 27 September. The championship was open to FIA Group C Sports Prototypes, FIA Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. Raul Boesel won the Drivers Championship, Fermin Velez was awarded the FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers, Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship and the FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams was awarded to Spice Engineering. Jaguar won 8 out of the 10 races and Porsche 2.

Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Additionally, two bonus points were awarded to drivers of Group C2 cars finishing in the top ten outright positions. However, the following exceptions applied:

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a driver's total.

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Drivers were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a driver's total.

The table below lists the top 36 placegetters.

Points towards the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams were awarded to the top 10 outright finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 with the following exceptions:

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.

Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Teams were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.

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