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1987 World Rally Championship

15th season of the FIA World Rally Championship


15th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Juha Kankkunen World Manufacturers' Champion: Lancia The 1987 World Rally Championship was the 15th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 13 rallies in the same venues of the previous season. The only alteration to the schedule was the move of the Olympus Rally from December to June on the calendar.

1987 marked the beginning of a new era for the WRC, as it was the first season driven without the powerful and popular Group B rally cars, seeing the Group A cars come to the forefront of the world stage and the institution of championships not only for manufacturers and drivers, but also drivers of production and two-wheel drive cars. Group A would remain at the forefront of the championship for ten years, where a new specification, World Rally Car were made standard in 1997. The FIA also changed the basic scoring rules for manufacturers although they retained the policy of having two rallies not count toward manufacturers totals. New Zealand and the Ivory Coast were selected in 1987 to count solely for drivers' titles.

Martini Lancia proved most successful in adjusting to the new lower-powered cars, adopting the Lancia Delta HF 4WD, driven by Finns Juha Kankkunen and Markku Alén as well as Italian Miki Biasion. Between the three, Lancia would gather nine rally wins over the thirteen race season, dominating the manufacturers' race for the championship. Meanwhile, the three drivers split success between them, placing closely in the top three places for the drivers' title by the end of the season.

Audi Sport retained both Hannu Mikkola and Walter Röhrl, although they could not duplicate the success of their Group B seasons, both placing well down in the drivers' title competition. Audi however did gain some points from others team running the Quattro. Clarion Team Europe with driver Per Eklund contributed 26 points to the work's effort while Mig Linz's entry, Georg Fischer added another eight, bolstering Audi's bid for second overall.

The Philips Renault Elf team struggled through the season with the Group A Renault 11 Turbo. French drivers Jean Ragnotti and François Chatriot were unable to gain much success, with the highlight of their season coming at Portugal with Ragnotti's second-place finish.

Volkswagen Motorsport followed their success of the previous season with Swede Kenneth Eriksson, the 1986 winner of the championship for drivers of Group A cars. Eriksson was able to place fourth overall on the season, beaten only by Lancia drivers. Volkswagen, lacking a major second driver, was surpassed by not only Lancia, but Audi and Renault as well in the manufacturer standings.

Ford Motor Company made its return to serious competition by enlisting drivers Ari Vatanen and Stig Blomqvist, but struggled early on with the Sierra XR 4x4. The car was dropped, its replacement on the works team coming in the end of the season in the form of the redesigned Sierra RS Cosworth, which met with much greater success, challenging the dominant Lancias in the final three events of the season.

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Calendar

Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistancePoints12345678910111213
18 January22 JanuaryMON 55th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloMonte CarloMixed26593.45 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
13 February14 FebruarySWE 37th International Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow27408.15 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
11 March14 MarchPOR 21st Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do PortoEstoril, LisbonMixed37603.50 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
16 April20 AprilKEN 35th Marlboro Safari RallyNairobiGravelN/A4011 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
7 May9 MayFRA 31st Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac24618.20 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
31 May3 JuneGRC 34th Acropolis RallyAthensGravel36553 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
26 June29 JuneUSA 15th Toyota Olympus RallyTacoma, WashingtonGravel44539.20 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
11 July13 JulyNZL 18th AWA Clarion Rally of New ZealandAucklandGravel36590.34 kmDrivers only
5 August8 AugustARG 7th Marlboro Rally of ArgentinaBuenos AiresGravel27596.54 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
27 August30 AugustFIN 37th Rally of the 1000 LakesJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel52504.29 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
22 September26 SeptemberCIV 19th Rallye Cote d'IvoireAbidjanGravelN/A3831 kmDrivers only
12 October15 OctoberITA 29th Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaMixed41561.11 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
22 November25 NovemberGBR 43rd Lombard RAC RallyChester, CheshireGravel48513.29 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
Sources:

Teams and drivers

TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversRoundsLanciaMazdaRenaultAudiFordVolkswagenSubaruMercedesLanciaOpel
VauxhallMitsubishiToyotaNissanBMWLanciaLancia
ITA Martini LanciaDelta HF 4WDFIN Juha Kankkunen1–3, 6–7, 10, 13
ITA Miki Biasion1, 3, 5–7, 9, 12
FRA Bruno Saby1, 5, 12–13
FIN Markku Alén2–3, 6–7, 10, 12–13
SWE Mikael Ericsson2, 13
KEN Vic Preston Jr4
FRA Yves Loubet5
ARG Jorge Recalde9
JPN Mazda Rally Team Europe323 4WDFIN Timo Salonen1–3, 10, 13
SWE Ingvar Carlsson1–3, 9–10
FIN Mikael Sundström2, 10, 13
FIN Harri Toivonen2, 10
NZL Rod Millen7
USA Jon Woodner7
NZL Neil Allport8
BEL Pascal Gaban12
FRA Philips Renault Elf
FRA Renault Sport Elf11 TurboFRA Jean Ragnotti1, 3, 5–6, 12
FRA François Chatriot1, 3, 5–6, 12
FRA Alain Oreille1, 5
POR Manuel Breyner3
POR Inverno Amaral3
POR Bento Amaral3
DEU Audi Sport200 Quattro
80 Quattro
Coupé QuattroDEU Walter Röhrl1, 4, 6
FIN Hannu Mikkola4, 6, 10
SWE Lars-Erik Torph2
SWE Per Eklund2, 9, 10, 13
SWE Göran Åndberg2
AUT Rudi Stohl3–4, 6, 11–12
ARG Jorge Recalde6
ITA Paolo Alessandrini6
USA John Buffum7
GBR David Llewellin12–13
GBR Ford Motor Co LtdSierra XR 4x4
Sierra RS CosworthSWE Stig Blomqvist1–2, 4–5, 8, 10, 13
SWE Kalle Grundel1–2, 5
FRA Didier Auriol1, 5, 12
ESP Carlos Sainz3, 5, 13
PRT Joaquim Santos3
KEN John Hellier4
FIN Ari Vatanen10
GBR Jimmy McRae12–13
GBR Mark Lovell13
GBR George Donaldson13
DEU Volkswagen MotorsportGolf GTI 16VSWE Kenneth Eriksson1–6, 8–9, 11, 13
DEU Erwin Weber1, 3–4, 6, 9, 11
FIN Teemu Tahko10
JPN Fuji Heavy IndustriesRX TurboSWE Per Eklund1, 4
DEU Harald Demuth1
FIN Ari Vatanen4
NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne4, 8, 13
KEN Frank Tundo4
CHL José Celsi9
FRA Mercedes France190E 2.3 16VFRA Bernard Darniche1, 5
FRA Dany Snobeck1
ITA Jolly ClubDelta HF 4WDITA Vittorio Caneva1–3, 6, 12
ITA Alex Fiorio1–3, 6–7, 10, 12
ITA Giorgio Schön1
SWE Mikael Ericsson6, 12
GRC Giannis Vardinogiannis6
ARG Jorge Recalde9
ITA Gianfranco Cunico12
ITA Alex Fassina12
ITA Pierangela Riva12
GBR GM Euro SportKadett GSI 16V
Astra GTESWE Mats Jonsson2, 10, 13
SWE Björn Johansson2
SWE Håkan Eriksson2
GBR David Metcalfe2, 13
FIN Rauno Aaltonen4
FRA Guy Fréquelin5, 12
AUT Sepp Haider10, 12–13
GBR Derek Bell13
GBR Malcolm Wilson13
GBR Andrew Wood13
FIN Pentti Airikkala13
JPN Mitsubishi Ralliart EuropeStarion Turbo 4WDGER Robert Koch2
NZL David Offier8
FIN Lasse Lampi10
FIN Antero Laine10
FRA Patrick Tauziac11
JPN Toyota Team EuropeSupra 3.0i
Supra TurboSWE Björn Waldegård4, 7, 11
SWE Lars-Erik Torph4, 7, 11
KEN Robin Ulyate4, 11
JPN Nissan Motorsports International200SXKEN Shekhar Mehta4, 6–7, 11
ITA Andrea Zanussi4, 6
KEN Mike Kirkland4, 6, 11
KEN Jayant Shah4
GRC Stratis Hatzipanayiotou6
SWE Mikael Ericsson7
SWE Per Eklund7
NZL Paddy Davidson8
FRA Alain Ambrosino11
FRA Rothmans Motul BMWM3FRA Bernard Béguin5
BEL Marc Duez5
FRA Patrick Bernardini5
ITA Grifone EssoDelta HF 4WDITA Paolo Alessandriani7, 12
ITA Fabrizio Tabaton12
AUT Funkberaterring Rally TeamDelta HF 4WDAUT Franz Wittmann8

Schedule and results

RoundRally nameStagesPodium finishersRankDriverCo-driverTeamCarTime12345678910111213
MCO Rallye Monte Carlo
(17 January–22 January)26 stages
571 km
Tarmac1ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano SivieroITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:39.50
2FIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha PiironenITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:40.49
3FRG Walter RöhrlFRG Christian GeistdörferFRG Audi SportAudi 200 Quattro7:44.00
SWE Swedish Rally
(13 February–14 February)26 stages
400 km
Snow/Ice1FIN Timo SalonenFIN Seppo HarjanneJPN Mazda Rally Team EuropeMazda 323 4WD4:11.00
2SWE Mikael EricssonSWE Claes BillstamITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD4:11.23
3FIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha PiironenITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD4:12.46
PRT Rallye de Portugal
(11 March–14 March)37 stages
597 km
Gravel/Tarmac1FIN Markku AlénFIN Ilkka KivimäkiITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:09.39
2FRA Jean RagnottiFRA Pierre ThimonierFRA Renault Sport ElfRenault 11 Turbo7:12.32
3SWE Kenneth ErikssonFRG Peter DiekmannFRG Volkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI 16V7:14.37
KEN Safari Rally
(16 April–20 April)83 controls
4011 km
Gravel1FIN Hannu MikkolaSWE Arne HertzFRG Audi SportAudi 200 Quattro3:39.44
2FRG Walter RöhrlFRG Christian GeistdörferFRG Audi SportAudi 200 Quattro3:56.59
3SWE Lars-Erik TorphSWE Benny MelanderJPN Toyota Team EuropeToyota Supra 3.0i4:31.09
FRA Tour de Corse
(7 May–9 May)24 stages
619 km
Tarmac1FRA Bernard BéguinFRA Jean-Jacques LenneFRA Rothmans Motul BMWBMW M37:22.30
2FRA Yves LoubetFRA Jean-Bernard VieuITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:24.38
3ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano SivieroITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:24.58
GRC Acropolis Rally
(May 31–3)33 stages
538 km
Gravel1FIN Markku AlénFIN Ilkka KivimäkiITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:25.57
2FIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha PiironenITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:26.45
3FIN Hannu MikkolaSWE Arne HertzFRG Audi SportAudi 200 Quattro7:31.21
USA Olympus Rally
(26 June–29 June)42 stages
540 km
Gravel1FIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha PiironenITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD5:59.24
2ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano SivieroITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD5:59.36
3FIN Markku AlénFIN Ilkka KivimäkiITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD6:00.06
NZL Rally New Zealand
(11 July–14 July)36 stages
593 km
Gravel1AUT Franz WittmannAUT Jörg PattermannAUT Funkberaterring Rally TeamLancia Delta HF 4WD6:56.00
2SWE Kenneth ErikssonFRG Peter DiekmannFRG Volkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI 16V6:56.47
3NZL Possum BourneNZL Michael EggletonJPN Fuji Heavy IndustriesSubaru RX Turbo7:04.25
ARG Rally Argentina
(4 August–8 August)26 stages
596 km
Gravel1ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano SivieroITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:10.27
2ARG Jorge RecaldeARG Jorge del BuonoITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD7:11.28
3FRG Erwin WeberFRG Matthias FeltzFRG Volkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI 16V7:37.11
FIN 1000 Lakes Rally
(27 August–30 August)52 stages
494 km
Gravel1FIN Markku AlénFIN Ilkka KivimäkiITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD5:12.22
2FIN Ari VatanenGBR Terry HarrymanGBR Ford Motor Co LtdFord Sierra RS Cosworth5:17.54
3SWE Stig BlomqvistSWE Bruno BerglundGBR Ford Motor Co LtdFord Sierra RS Cosworth5:18.51
Ivory Coast Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(22 September–26 September)29 controls
3831 km
Gravel1SWE Kenneth ErikssonFRG Peter DiekmannFRG Volkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI 16V+48.57 pen
2KEN Shekhar MehtaKEN Rob CombesJPN Nissan Motorsports InternationalNissan 200SX+1:09.18 pen
3FRG Erwin WeberFRG Matthias FeltzFRG Volkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI 16V+2:05.56 pen
ITA Rallye Sanremo
(12 October–15 October)38 stages
529 km
Gravel/Tarmac1ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano SivieroITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD6:09.19
2FRA Bruno SabyFRA Jean-François FauchilleITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD6:14.30
3FRA Jean RagnottiFRA Pierre ThimonierFRA Renault Sport ElfRenault 11 Turbo6:16.55
GBR RAC Rally
(22 November–25 November)47 stages
539 km
Gravel/Tarmac1FIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha PiironenITA Martini LanciaLancia Delta HF 4WD5:26.36
2SWE Stig BlomqvistSWE Bruno BerglundGBR Ford Motor Co LtdFord Sierra RS Cosworth5:29.48
3GBR Jimmy McRaeGBR Ian GrindrodGBR RED FordFord Sierra RS Cosworth5:33.15

Championship for manufacturers

RankManufacturersEventTotal
pointsMCO
MONSWE
SWEPRT
PORKEN
KENFRA
FRAGRC
GRCUSA
USAARG
ARGFIN
FINITA
ITAGBR
GBR11402823714645626527228209161012119125
ITA Lancia20-20--2020202020-
FRG Audi146820-14--12-8
FRA Renault8-17-1210-10-14-
FRG Volkswagen1041412-8-14--2
USA Ford-82-6---171217
JPN Mazda1220----12-8--
JPN Toyota---14--8----
FRG BMW----20------
FRG Opel---2-----86
JPN Subaru1--10------1
JPN Nissan---4-14----
ITA Fiat--1----4---
Points awarded by finish1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
2017

Championship for drivers

RankDriverEventTotal
pointsMCO
MONSWE
SWEPRT
PORKEN
KENFRA
FRAGRC
GRCUSA
USANZL
NZLARG
ARGFIN
FINIvory Coast
CIVITA
ITAGBR
GBR110029438847055164473383293010281127122513221420202017201818191620151522132312121226101010291030103188883573666666666664644444452453333357358222222226611111111
FIN Juha Kankkunen151210--1520--8--20
ITA Miki Biasion20-3-12415-20--20-
FIN Markku Alén-820--2012--20--8
SWE Kenneth Eriksson8312----1510-20-2
FRA Jean Ragnotti6-15-108-----12-
FRG Erwin Weber4--10-6--12-12--
SWE Stig Blomqvist-6-------12--15
FIN Hannu Mikkola---20-12-------
ARG Jorge Recalde--1--104-16----
SWE Mikael Ericsson-15---------310
FRG Walter Röhrl12--15---------
SWE Per Eklund14-8--2--10---
FRA François Chatriot3-8-83-------
FIN Timo Salonen-20-----------
FRA Bernard Béguin----20--------
AUT Franz Wittmann-------20-----
SWE Ingvar Carlsson1010-----------
KEN Shekhar Mehta------3---15--
FIN Ari Vatanen---1-----15---
FRA Yves Loubet----15--------
FRA Bruno Saby-----------15-
FRA Didier Auriol----3------10-
SWE Lars-Erik Torph---12---------
NZL 'Possum' Bourne-------12-----
GBR Jimmy McRae------------12
NZL Rod Millen------10------
NZL Tony Teesdale-------10-----
FRA Patrick Tauziac----------10--
ITA Paolo Alessandrini------8----2-
AUT Rudi Stohl--44-2-------
AUS David Officer-------8-----
ARG Gabriel Raies--------8----
FRA Patrick Copetti----------8--
ITA Fabrizio Tabaton-----------8-
ESP Carlos Sainz----4-------3
AUT Georg Fischer--6----------
KEN Robin Ulyate---6---------
BEL Marc Duez----6--------
SWE Björn Waldegård------6------
NZL Ken Adamson-------6-----
BRA Paulo Lemos--------6----
SWE Thorbjörn Edling---------6---
FRA Adolphe Choteau----------6--
FRA Guy Fréquelin-----------6-
GBR David Llewellin------------6
NZL Stuart Weeber-------4-----
BRA Jorge Fleck--------4----
FIN Sebastian Lindholm---------4---
FRA Martial Yacé----------4--
ITA Alex Fiorio-----------4-
SWE Mats Jonsson------------4
KEN Mike Kirkland---3-1-------
NZL Simon Davies-------3-----
ARG Jorge Bescham--------3----
FIN Tomi Palmqvist---------3---
ITA Alessandro Molino----------3--
SWE Erik Johansson-1-------2---
FRA Bertrand Balas2------------
SWE Bror Danielsson-2-----------
PRT Joaquim Santos--2----------
FIN Rauno Aaltonen---2---------
FRA Alain Oreille----2--------
JPN Kouichi Hazu-------2-----
ARG Ernesto Soto--------2----
FIN Fredrik Donner----------2--
FRA Laurent Poggi----1--------
NZL Clive Smith------1------
NZL Grant Goile-------1-----
CHL Alejandro Schmauk--------1----
FIN Timo Heinonen---------1---
Ivory Coast Lambert Kouame----------1--
AUT Sepp Haider-----------1-
SWE Roger Ericsson------------1
Points awarded by finish1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
2015

Sources

References

  1. "WRC 1987". [[eWRC-results.com]].
  2. "1987 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
  3. Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship
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