Years in motorsport
1987 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1987 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
1–22 January 9th Dakar Rally [1]
31 January-1 February 25th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
15 February 29th Daytona 500 [3]
25 May-5 June 70th Isle of Man TT [4]
24 May 71st Indianapolis 500 [5]
31 May 45th Monaco Grand Prix [6]
13–14 June 55th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
20–21 June 15th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
1–2 August 39th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
26 July 10th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
4 October 28th James Hardie 1000 [11]
29 November 34th Macau Grand Prix [12]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
2 February Jonathan Rea British Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2015-2017). [13]
20 April Hayden Paddon New Zealand Rally driver 2016 Rally Argentina winner. [14]
4 May Jorge Lorenzo Spanish Motorcycle racer MotoGP World champion (2010, 2012, 2015). [15]
3 July Sebastian Vettel German Racing driver Formula One World Champion (2010-2013) [16]
19 August Nico Hülkenberg German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2015). [17]
11 October Mads Østberg Norwegian Rally driver 2012 Rally de Portugal winner. [18]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
23 August Didier Pironi 35 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1978). [19]
19 October Hermann Lang 78 German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952). [20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1987 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1987 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "TT 1987". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1987 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "1987 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1987". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1987". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1987 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1987 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "1987 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Sylvain Guintoli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Hayden Paddon". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Jorge Lorenzo". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Sebastian Vettel — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Nico Hülkenberg". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Mads Østberg". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Didier Pironi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Hermann Lang". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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