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. DateEventRef 1–22 January9th Dakar Rally 31 January-1 February25th 24 Hours of Daytona 15 February29th Daytona 500 25 May-5 June70th Isle of Man TT 24 May71st Indianapolis 500 31 May45th Monaco Grand Prix 13–14 June55th 24 Hours of Le Mans 20–21 June15th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 1–2 August39th 24 Hours of Spa 26 July10th Suzuka 8 Hours 4 October28th James Hardie 1000 29 November34th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef2FebruaryJonathan ReaBritishMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (-).20AprilHayden PaddonNew ZealandRally driver2016 Rally Argentina winner.4MayJorge LorenzoSpanishMotorcycle racerMotoGP World champion (, , ).3JulySebastian VettelGermanRacing driverFormula One World Champion (-)19AugustNico HülkenbergGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().11OctoberMads ØstbergNorwegianRally driver2012 Rally de Portugal winner.
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef23AugustDidier Pironi35FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().19OctoberHermann Lang78GermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
See also List of 1987 motorsport champions
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