The 1987 International Formula 3000 season was the third season of FIA Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 1987 Formula 3000 Intercontinental Championship, which was contested over an eleven round series in which 23 different teams, 53 different drivers, 4 different chassis constructors and 3 different engines manufacturers competed. The championship was won by Stefano Modena who drove a March 87B Ford Cosworth for Onyx Racing ahead of Lola Motorsport driver Luis Perez Sala.
Drivers and teams
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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| Italy Genoa Racing[pl] | March 87B | Cosworth | 1 | Italy Alessandro Santin | 1 |
| Canada Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve | 3 |
| Italy Corrado Fabi | 5-6 |
| France Michel Ferté | 7-9 |
| Chile Eliseo Salazar | 10-11 |
| 2 | Switzerland Gregor Foitek | 1-8 |
| Italy Fabrizio Barbazza | 9 |
| Italy Marco Romano | 10 |
| Denmark Kris Nissen | 11 |
| Italy Pavesi Racing | Ralt RT21 | Cosworth | 3 | Italy Pierluigi Martini | 1-4, 6-10 |
| Ralt RT20 | 5, 11 |
| Ralt RT21 | 4 | Italy Paolo Barilla | 1-4, 6-10 |
| Ralt RT20 | 5, 11 |
| France Oreca Motorsport | March 87B | Cosworth | 5 | France Olivier Grouillard | 1, 4-11 |
| March 86B | 2-3 |
| March 87B | 6 | France Yannick Dalmas | 1-2, 4-11 |
| United Kingdom Ralt Racing Ltd. | Ralt RT21 | Honda | 7 | Brazil Roberto Moreno | All |
| 8 | Brazil Maurício Gugelmin | All |
| United Kingdom Onyx Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | 9 | Italy Stefano Modena | All |
| 10 | France Pierre-Henri Raphanel | All |
| United Kingdom Lola Motorsport | Lola T87/50 | Cosworth | 11 | Canada John Jones | All |
| 12 | Spain Luis Perez Sala | All |
| United Kingdom BS Automotive | Lola T87/50 | Cosworth | 14 | France Dominique Delestre | 1-4, 7-8 |
| United Kingdom Mark Blundell | 9-11 |
| 15 | Spain Alfonso de Vinuesa | 1-3, 7-8 |
| Italy Giovanna Amati | 5-6, 10 |
| Lola T86/50 | 40 | France Michel Ferté | 1 |
| Lola T87/50 | 2-5 |
| United Kingdom Mark Blundell | 6 |
| Lola T86/50 | Sweden Tomas Kaiser | 7-9 |
| Lola T87/50 | 10-11 |
| France Équipe Dollop | March 86B | Cosworth | 16 | Switzerland Urs Durdler | 1 |
| Italy Guido Daccò | 2-5 |
| 17 | Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey | 1-9 |
| 41 | Switzerland Benoît Morand | 4-5 |
| United Kingdom Bromley Motorsport | Ralt RT21 | Cosworth | 18 | Chile Eliseo Salazar | 1-6 |
| Netherlands Cor Euser | 7-11 |
| Republic of Ireland Eddie Jordan Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | 20 | Sweden Tomas Kaiser | 1-6 |
| United Kingdom Colin Bennett Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Netherlands Cor Euser | 1-3 |
| United Kingdom Robert Lee-Lewis | 6-8 |
| United Kingdom John Alcorn | 10-11 |
| March 87B | 42 | United Kingdom Robert Lee-Lewis | 5 |
| 44 | Chile Eliseo Salazar | 7-9 |
| United Kingdom Roni Motorsport | March 87B | Cosworth | 22 | Sweden Steven Andskär | All |
| United Kingdom GEM Motorsport | Ralt RT21 | Cosworth | 23 | United Kingdom Gary Evans | All |
| Italy EuroVenturini | Dallara 3087 | Cosworth | 25 | Italy Marco Apicella | All |
| 26 | Finland Jari Nurminen | 1-4 |
| Italy Guido Daccò | 6-7 |
| Italy Nicola Tesini | 9 |
| United Kingdom Madgwick International | March 87B | Cosworth | 28 | United Kingdom Andy Wallace | 1-6 |
| Lola T87/50 | 7-11 |
| United Kingdom GA Motorsport | Lola T87/50 | Cosworth | 29 | Belgium Thierry Tassin | 3 |
| United Kingdom Julian Bailey | 5-11 |
| 30 | Finland Jari Nurminen | 5-10 |
| Spain Antonio Albacete | 11 |
| Lola T86/50 | 43 | Germany Altfrid Heger | 7-8 |
| Switzerland Gregor Foitek | 9-11 |
| Italy FIRST Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | 31 | Italy Lamberto Leoni | 1-9 |
| Judd | 10-11 |
| Cosworth | 32 | Italy Gabriele Tarquini | All |
| 33 | Italy Aldo Bertuzzi | 1, 4, 9 |
| Italy Beppe Gabbiani | 2-3 |
| Italy Claudio Langes | 5-8, 11 |
| France Alain Ferté | 10 |
| United Kingdom Fleetray Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 34 | United Kingdom Mark Blundell | 1-3, 5, 7-8 |
| France GDBA Motorsport | Lola T87/50 | Cosworth | 35 | France Michel Trollé | All |
| 36 | France Paul Belmondo | All |
| United Kingdom Racetech 3000 | March 87B | Cosworth | 37 | United Kingdom Robert Lee-Lewis | 1-3 |
| Switzerland Mario Hytten | 4-7 |
| Ralt RT20 | 8-9 |
| March 87B | Canada Gilles Lempereur | 10-11 |
| United Kingdom Murray Taylor Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | 38 | United Kingdom Russell Spence | 1-6 |
| United Kingdom Mountleigh Motorsport | 7-11 |
| Germany Bertram Schäfer Racing | Ralt RT21 | Cosworth | 39 | Germany Altfrid Heger | 3 |
| Italy Forti Corse | Dallara 3087 | Cosworth | 42 | Italy Nicola Larini | 6-7, 9, 11 |
| Italy Nicola Tesini | 8 |
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Calendar
Note:
Race 3 stopped early due to an accident involving Alfonso de Vinuesa and Luis Pérez-Sala. Only half-points were awarded.
Championship standings
At each race points were awarded as follows: 9 for first place, 6 for second place, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. The best seven results could be retained. Discarded points and gross totals are displayed within tooltips.
Complete Overview
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R10=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NQ=did not qualify 8P=grid position, but started from pit lane