Cars-Pickup-Truck: >>Ferrari F1/87

1987: mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 1,496 cc (91.3 cu in),Ferrari Tipo 033, 90° V6, turbo
1988:mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 1,496 cc (91.3 cu in),Ferrari Tipo 033A, 90° V6, turbo
1987: 4.0 Bar turbo limited
1988: 2.5 Bar turbo limited

Transmission

Ferrari 6-speed manual Torsen

Weight

542 kg (1,190 lb)

Fuel

Agip

Tyres

Goodyear

Competition history

Notable entrants

Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC

Notable drivers

27.

Michele Alboreto
28.

Gerhard Berger

Debut

1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

Races	Wins	Poles	Fastest laps
32	3	4	7

Constructors' Championships

Drivers' Championships

The Ferrari F1/87 is a Formula One racing car used by the Ferrari team during the 1987 Formula One season. The car was driven by Michele Alboreto (number 27) and Gerhard Berger (number 28) and replaced the Ferrari F1/86 used in 1986. Gustav Brunner designed the car with assistance from John Barnard. The F1/87 featured a six speed gearbox and a turbo charged 1.5 litre V6 engine. Gerhard Berger scored two victories in the F1/87 at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix and 1987 Australian Grand Prix and three pole positions. The car demonstrated flashes of its potential early in the season with Alboreto for a short time leading the San Marino Grand Prix. However, reliability issues were a major concern. From the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards, Ferrari looked to have a car as quick as any of their rivals. Berger challenged Mansell for the lead at the Hungarian Grand Prix before being forced to retire. The Austrian also came within a whisker of winning the Portuguese Grand Prix before spinning and the Mexican Grand Prix which he was leading before reliability issues forced him out once again. The season finished on a high with dominating victories for Berger in the final two rounds and Alboreto made it a Ferrari 1-2 in Adelaide after Senna's disqualification. Ferrari went into 1988 as one of the favourites for the championship.

F1/87/88C

For 1988, the car was updated to conform to the new regulations and renamed theF1/87/88C. The car also featured new front and rear wings and a slightly lower engine cover. The drivers Michele Alboreto and Gerhard Berger finished third and fifth in the driver's championship with Ferrari finishing second to McLaren in the Constructors Championship. The F1/87/88C scored one pole position at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and one victory at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

Although it was one of the most powerful cars of the 1988 field at around 750 bhp (559 kW; 760 PS), the F1/87/88C's biggest problem was fuel consumption compared to the rival Honda engines used by McLaren. Ferrari, unlike Honda who had built a completely new V6 engine to cope with the lower turbo limit of 2.5 bar, had only updated their 1987 engine for 1988 and in the first half of the season suffered badly with fuel consumption. At the British GP for instance Berger led for the field together with McLaren's Ayrton Senna, building up a large cushion over the rest of the field before being forced to back off to conserve fuel. While Senna went on to a comfortable win in very wet conditions Berger was forced to drive slower and slower and still ran out of fuel coming out of the Woodcote Chicane on the last lap. As a result he fell from 5th to 9th, being passed by World Champion Nelson Piquet in his Lotus-Honda, the Arrows Megatron's of Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever and the Williams-Judd of Riccardo Patrese in the space of 400m. Both Berger and Alboreto being forced to back off because of fuel consumption problems were a feature of the 1988 season although the problem seemed to have been righted to some extent before the teams surprise 1-2 at Monza.

During the 1988 season, Berger's Ferrari speed trapped the highest of all 1988 cars when he was clocked at 328 km/h (204 mph) in practice for the German Grand Prix at the old Hockenheim circuit. This compared to the McLaren Honda's recorded top speed of 320 km/h (199 mph) at the same meeting while the fastest 'atmo' car was the Judd engined March 881 which managed 312 km/h (194 mph).

While using the F1/87 and 88C for the races during the 1987 and 1988 seasons, behind the scenes Ferrari were developing the revolutionary 3.5 litre normally aspirated V12semi-automatic Ferrari 639 and Ferrari 640 which would make its debut in the 1989 season when turbo powered engines were banned from F1. Initially it was hoped that the V12 car would make its race debut in 1988 but continual problems with the semi-automatic gearbox that would haunt the team during the first half of 1989 (or more specifically, problems with the electrical system that controlled the unique 7 speed box) meant the team was forced to use the F1/87/88C for all of 1988.

Gerhard Berger driving the F1/87/88C at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix.
Michele Alboreto driving the F1/87/88C at the 1988 Canadian GP.

Complete Formula One results

(results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team/Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.	WCC
1987	Ferrari F1/87	Ferrari Tipo 033 V6 tc	G		BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	53	4th
				Michele Alboreto	8	3	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	4	2
				Gerhard Berger	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	1	1
1988	Ferrari F1/87/88C	Ferrari Tipo 033A V6 tc	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	65	2nd
				Michele Alboreto	5	18	3	4	Ret	Ret	3	17	4	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	11	Ret
				Gerhard Berger	2	5	2	3	Ret	Ret	4	9	3	4	Ret	1	Ret	6	4	Ret