1987 British Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1987 British Formula Three season was the 37th season of the British Formula Three Championship. Johnny Herbert took the BARC/BRDC Lucas British Formula 3 Championship.

BARC/BRDC Lucas British F3 Championship

National Champion: Gary Dunn^[1] ^[2]

Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
15/03/87	Rd.1	Thruxton	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 873-Volkswagen
05/04/87	Rd.2	Brands Hatch	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 873-Volkswagen
12/04/87	Rd.3	Silverstone	Gary Brabham	Jack Brabham Racing	Ralt RT31-Volkswagen
20/04/87	Rd.4	Thruxton	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 873-Volkswagen
04/05/87	Rd.5	Silverstone	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 873-Volkswagen
17/05/87	Rd.6	Brands Hatch	Bertrand Gachot	West Surrey Racing	Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
25/05/87	Rd.7	Thruxton	Thomas Danielsson	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
07/06/87	Rd.8	Silverstone	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 873-Volkswagen
26/06/87	Rd.9	Zandvoort	Damon Hill	Intersport Racing	Ralt RT31-Toyota
05/07/87	Rd.10	Donington Park	Philippe Favre	Reynard R+D	Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
12/07/87	Rd.11	Silverstone	Bertrand Gachot	West Surrey Racing	Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
02/08/87	Rd.12	Snetterton	Thomas Danielsson	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
21/08/87	Rd.13	Donington Park	Gary Brabham	Jack Brabham Racing	Ralt RT31-Volkswagen
15/08/87	Rd.14	Oulton Park	Martin Donnelly	Intersport Racing	Ralt RT31-Toyota
31/08/87	Rd.15	Silverstone	Thomas Danielsson	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
06/09/87	Rd.16	Brands Hatch	Martin Donnelly	Intersport Racing	Ralt RT31-Toyota
13/09/87	Rd.17	Spa-Francorchamps	Damon Hill	Intersport Racing	Ralt RT31-Toyota
18/10/87	Rd.18	Thruxton	Bertrand Gachot	West Surrey Racing	Ralt RT31-Alfa Romeo
Source:^[3]

Date	Race	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
11/10/87	Cellnet Superprix	Brands Hatch	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Volkswagen 873
Source:^[4]

Place	Driver	Entrant	Total
1	Johnny Herbert	Eddie Jordan Racing	79
2	Bertrand Gachot	West Surrey Racing	64
3	Martin Donnelly	Swallow Racing Intersport Racing	61
4	Thomas Danielsson	Madgwick Motorsport	56
5	Damon Hill	Intersport Racing	49
6	Gary Brabham	Jack Brabham Racing	37
7	Philippe Favre	Reynard R+D	23
8	Perry McCarthy	Madgwick Motorsport	22
9	Steve Kempton	Terropol Promotions Reynard R+D	18
10	Peter Kox	Mick Rowe Racing	17
10	Niclas Schönström	Swallow Racing	17
12	Roland Ratzenberger	West Surrey Racing	10
13	Mark Blundell	TOM’S GB	6
14	Ross Hockenhull	Richard Dutton Racing	3
15	Jean-Denis Délétraz	KTR Racing	2
15	Graham de Zille	Pegasus Motorsport	2
17	Phil Andrews	Isis F3 Racing Madgwick Motorsport	1
	Mark Galvin	Alan Docking Racing	1
	André Malherbe	Sport Auto Racing	1
	Oswaldo Negri	Techspeed Racing	1
Source:^[5] ^[6]

Place	Driver	Entrant	Total
1	Gary Dunn	Swallow Racing	138
2	Alastair Lyall		84
3		RGS Racing	69
4	Peter Boutwood	Roger Cowman Racing	19
etc.
Source:^[7]

Web site: Formula 3 Britain 1987 standings | Driver Database.
Web site: Formula 3 Britain National Class statistics (2001 -) - Wins, Starts, Pole positions, Podiums, Race win percentage, Fastest laps | Motorsport . 2013-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104232434/http://www.driverdb.com/championships/British-Formula-3-Championship-National-Class/ . 2013-11-04 . dead .
Web site: Motorsport Winners .
Web site: Johnny Herbert Website Articles: Cellnet Super Prix Formula 3 1987 . www.johnnyherbert.info . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130602164641/http://www.johnnyherbert.info/intsarts/old/f3prix.shtml . 2 June 2013 . dead.
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Web site: Formula 3 Britain 1987 standings | Driver Database.
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