Spa 1000 Kilometres 1987 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 1000 km de Spa Kouros		Date: 13.9.1987
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.949 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 1000 Kilometres
FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship (round 9)

Weather:	intermittent rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	20000

Entered:	40
Practiced:	33
Qualified:	32
Started:	32
Finished:	22
Classified:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	13	13	10
Group C2	19	19	11

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Race notes:
race stopped on 6 hour rule, scheduled for 142 laps (1000.656 kms)

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 12/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 11/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	6	Jaguar XJR-8	Brundle / Dumfries / Boesel
Group C2:	111	Spice SE87C Ford	Velez / Spice
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	61	Sauber C9 Mercedes	Mike Thackwell (NZ)	2:09.300	193.476 km/h
Group C2:	117	Argo JM19B Zakspeed	Will Hoy (GB)	2:19.890	178.597 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	61	Sauber C9 Mercedes	Mike Thackwell (NZ)	2:04.040	201.745 km/h
Group C2:	117	Argo JM19B Zakspeed	Hoy / Schanche	2:15.030
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Tiga (8), Jaguar (3), Spice (3), Ecosse (2), Argo (2), ALD (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (12), Porsche (10), Jaguar (3), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (8), Tiga GC287 (4), Jaguar XJR-8 (3)
Driver nationalities:	GB (26), F (13), D (8), I (6), DK (4), B (3), A (2), E (2), S (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (17), D (5), CH (4), F (3)
Most used colours:	white (46%), red (19%), black (9%), yellow (7%), green (7%), blue (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:	Georges Tessier (50), Derek Bell (46), Stefano Sebastiani (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Uwe Schäfer (24), Volker Weidler (25), Mike Thackwell (26)

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