1987 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 55th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 13 and 14 June 1987. It was also the fifth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship.

The Porsche 962C cars suffered from piston failure due to the wrong microchip being fitted for fuel management, which caused a lean mixture and burned pistons. The #17 car of Bell, Stuck, and Holbert escaped this problem having a replacement chip fitted and running largely uncontested to the end of the race.

For most of the races up to the early 1980s, where I do not have pictures of a model of the car as raced, I have shown examples of the car where possible. For the remaining years I will only show the cars where photos of the correct car are available.

Pos	Car	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis/Engine	Laps
1		17	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck  Derek Bell  Al Holbert	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	355
2		72	Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig  Pierre Yver  Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	335
3		13	Primagaz Competition	Pierre-Henri Raphanel  Yves Courage  Hervé Regout	Cougar C20 Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	332
4		11	Porsche Kremer Racing	George Fouché  Franz Konrad  Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	327
5		4	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Eddie Cheever  Raul Boesel  Jan Lammers	Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12	325
6		111	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice  Fermín Velez  Philippe de Henning	Spice SE86C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	321
7		202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy  Mark Galvin  Pierre Dieudonné	Mazda 757 Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor	319
8		102	Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie  Ray Mallock  Marc Duez	Ecosse C286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	308
9		121	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Dudley Wood  Costas Los  Tom Hessert	Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	275
10		114	Team Tiga Ford Denmark	Thorkild Thyrring  John Sheldon  Ian Harrower	Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth DBT-E 2.3L Turbo I4	272
11		177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Jacques Heuclin  Dominique Lacaud  Louis Descartes	ALD 03 BMW M88 3.5L I6	270
12		40	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand  Gaston Rahier  Jacques Terrien	Rondeau M482 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	260
13 NC		127	Chamberlain Engineering	Nick Adams  Graham Duxbury  Richard Jones	Spice SE86C Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	240
14 NC		178	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Michel Lateste  Gérard Tremblay  Sylvain Boulay	ALD 02 BMW M88 3.5L I6	236
15 DNF		181	Dune Motorsport	Neil Crang  Jean Krucker  Duncan Bain	Tiga GC287 Rover V64V 3.0L V6	260
16 DNF		108	Roland Bassaler	Jean-François Yver  Yves Hervalet  Hervé Bourjade	Sauber SHS C6 BMW M88 3.5L I6	257
17 DNF		6	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Martin Brundle  John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12	132
18 DNF		123	Charles Ivey Racing	John Cooper  Tom Dodd-Noble  Max Cohen-Olivar	Tiga GC287 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	224
19 DNF		116	Luigi Taverna Technoracing	Luigi Taverna  Evan Clements  Patrick Trucco	Alba AR3 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	219
20 DNF		203	Rothmans Porsche	René Metge  Claude Haldi  Kees Nierop	Porsche 961 Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	199
21 DNF		23	Nissan Motorsport	Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Kenji Takahashi  Keiji Matsumoto	Nissan R87E Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V8	181
22 DNF		103	John Bartlett Racing	Tim Lee-Davey  Robin Donovan  Raymond Boutinaud	Bardon DB1/2 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.0L V8	172
23 DNF		125	Vetir Racing Team	Jean-Claude Justice  Patrick Oudet  Bruno Sotty	Tiga GC85 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	164
24 DNF		5	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers  John Watson  Win Percy	Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12	158
25 DNF		198	Roy Baker Racing	David Andrews  Mark Peters  Mike Allison	Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	139
26 DNF		101	Ecurie Ecosse	Mike Wilds  Les Delano  Andy Petery	Ecosse C286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	135
27 DNF		61	Kouros Racing	Mike Thackwell  Henri Pescarolo  Hideki Okada	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	123
28 DNF		3	Brun Motorsport	Bill Adam  Richard Spenard  Scott Goodyear	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	120
29 DNF		32	Nissan Motorsport	Masahiro Hasemi  Takao Wada  Aguri Suzuki	Nissan 87E Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V8	117
30 DNF		15	Liqui Moly Equipe	Jonathan Palmer  James Weaver  Price Cobb	Porsche 962C GTi Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	112
31 DNF		1	Brun Motorsport	Michel Trollé  Paul Belmondo  Pierre de Thoisy	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	88
32 DNF		29	Italya Sports	Anders Olofsson  Alain Ferté  Patrick Gonin	Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0L Turbo V6	86
33 DNF		2	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri  Jesús Pareja  Uwe Schäfer	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	40
34 DNF		37	Toyota Team Tom's	Tiff Needell  Masanori Sekiya  Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 87C-L Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4	39
35 DNF		62	Kouros Racing	Chip Ganassi  Johnny Dumfries  Mike Thackwell	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	37
36 DNF		201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yoshimi Katayama  Yojiro Terada  Takashi Yorino	Mazda 757 Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor	34
37 DNF		36	Toyota Team Tom's	Alan Jones  Geoff Lees  Eje Elgh	Toyota 87C-L Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4	19
38 DNF		113	José Thibault	José Thibault  André Heinrich	Chevron B36 Talbot PRV 3.0L V6	18
39 DNF		18	Rothmans Porsche	Bob Wollek  Jochen Mass  Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	16
40 DNF		51	WM Secateva	Jean-Daniel Raulet  François Migault  Pascal Pessiot	WM P86 Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	14
41 DNF		52	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy  Philippe Gache  Dominique Delestre	WM P87 Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	13
42 DNF		118	Olindo Iacobelli	Olindo Iacobelli  Jean-Louis Ricci  Georges Tessier	Royale RP40 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	13
43 DNF		200	Dahm Cars Racing Team	Peter Fritsch  Teddy Pilette  Jean-Paul Libert	Argo JM19 Porsche Type-930 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	12
44 DNF		8	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski  Stanley Dickens  Hurley Haywood  Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	7
45 DNF		10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kris Nissen  Volker Weidler  Kunimitsu Takahashi	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	6
46 DNF		117	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Martin Schanche  Will Hoy  Robin Smith	Argo JM19B Zakspeed 1.8L Turbo I4	5
47 DNF		7	Joest Racing	Sarel van der Merwe  David Hobbs  Chip Robinson	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	4
48 DNF		42	Noël del Bello	Pierre-Alain Lombardi  Gilles Lempereur  Jacques Guillot	Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	4
DNS		19	Rothmans Porsche AG	Kees Nierop  Price Cobb  Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	0
DNQ		171	CEE Sport Racing	Slim Borgudd  Tryggve Gronvall  Andrew Ratcliffe	Tiga GC286 Volvo 2.3L Turbo I4	0