# Temporada 1987 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo

La temporada de 1987 fue la 39.º edición del Campeonato Mundial de Motociclismo.

## Desarrollo y resultados

La temporada se inició el 29 de marzo en el Circuito de Suzuka, Japón, terminando el 4 de octubre en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se disputaron un total de 15 grandes premios.
El campeonato mundial de 500cc fue ganado por el australiano Wayne Gardner (Honda), seguido de los norteamericanos Randy Mamola (Yamaha) y Eddie Lawson (Yamaha).
Las categorías de 250cc y 125cc fueron ganadas por Anton Mang y Fausto Gresini, respectivamente.

## Calendario

| Ronda | Gran Premio | Circuito | Fecha | Ganador 80cc | Ganador 125cc | Ganador 250cc | Ganador 500cc |
| 1 | Gran Premio de Japón | Suzuka | 29 de marzo | No se disputó | No se disputó | Masaru Kobayashi | Randy Mamola |
| 2 | Gran Premio de España | Jerez | 29 de abril | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Martin Wimmer | Wayne Gardner |
| 3 | Gran Premio de Alemania | Hockenheim | 17 de mayo | Gerhard Waibel | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson |
| 4 | Gran Premio de las Naciones | Monza | 24 de mayo | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner |
| 5 | Gran Premio de Austria | Salzburgring | 7 de junio | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner |
| 6 | Gran Premio de Yugoslavia | Rijeka | 14 de junio | Jorge Martínez | No se disputó | Carlos Lavado | Wayne Gardner |
| 7 | Gran Premio de los Países Bajos | Assen | 27 de junio | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson |
| 8 | Gran Premio de Francia | Le Mans Bugatti | 19 de julio | No se disputó | Fausto Gresini | Reinhold Roth | Randy Mamola |
| 9 | Gran Premio de Gran Bretaña | Donington | 2 de agosto | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson |
| 10 | Gran Premio de Suecia | Anderstorp | 9 de agosto | No se disputó | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner |
| 11 | Gran Premio de Checoslovaquia | Brno | 23 de agosto | Stefan Dörflinger | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner |
| 12 | Gran Premio de San Marino | Misano | 30 de agosto | Manuel Herreros | Fausto Gresini | Loris Reggiani | Randy Mamola |
| 13 | Gran Premio de Portugal | Jarama | 13 de septiembre | Jorge Martínez | Paolo Casoli | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson |
| 14 | Gran Premio de Brasil | Goiania | 27 de septiembre | No se disputó | No se disputó | Dominique Sarron | Wayne Gardner |
| 15 | Gran Premio de Argentina | Buenos Aires | 4 de octubre | No se disputó | No se disputó | Sito Pons | Eddie Lawson |

## Resultados
### 500cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | JAP | ESP | RFA | NAC | AUT | YUG | HOL | FRA | GBR | SUE | CZE | SMA | POR | BRA | ARG | Pts. |
| 1 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 178 |
| 2 | Randy Mamola | Yamaha | 1 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 158 |
| 3 | Eddie Lawson | Yamaha | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 157 |
| 4 | Ron Haslam | Elf-Honda | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 10 | 72 |
| 5 | Niall Mackenzie | Honda | Ret | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | NVC | Ret | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 61 |
| 6 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 7 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | NVC | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 52 |
| 8 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Honda | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | 47 |
| 9 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Honda | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Rob McElnea | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | NVC | 39 |
| 11 | Roger Burnett | Honda | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | Ret | | | 25 |
| 12 | Didier de Radiguès | Cagiva | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | NVC | 6 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 21 |
| 13 | Raymond Roche | Cagiva | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 15 |
| 14 | Kenny Irons | Suzuki | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | | | | 12 |
| 15 | Kevin Magee | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 3 | | | 11 |
| 16 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | | 5 | | 8 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 17 | Shinichi Itoh | Suzuki | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Mike Baldwin | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | NVC | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | Gustav Reiner | Honda | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | 9 | 10 | | | 5 |
| 20 | Freddie Spencer | Honda | NVC | | | | | NVC | | | Ret | 7 | 11 | Ret | | NVC | | 4 |
| 21 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Yamaha | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 22 | Richard Scott | Honda / Yamaha | | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 13 | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 23 | Shinji Katayama | Yamaha | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Marco Gentile | Fior-Honda | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 23 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 21 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 25 | Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | | 18 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | 17 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 11 | | | 0 |
| 26 | Ray Swann | Honda | | | | | | | 11 | NVC | Ret | 22 | Ret | 14 | 13 | | | 0 |
| 27 | Daniel Amatriaín | Honda | | 16 | 19 | Ret | | | 22 | 17 | | | | 11 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 28 | Norio Iobe | Honda | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | | Ret | 14 | 20 | 13 | 12 | NVC | | 15 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 30 | Manfred Fischer | Honda | | | Ret | 12 | 18 | | Ret | 12 | Ret | 15 | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | 13 | 15 | 20 | NVC | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | | | 0 |
| 32 | Wolfgang von Muralt | Suzuki | 14 | 17 | NQ | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | NVC | 0 |
| 33 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | Ret | 14 | NVC | 18 | 15 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 34 | Gerhardt Vogt | Suzuki | | | NQ | | | | | | | | NQ | | 17 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | Hisashi Yamana | Suzuki | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Vincenzo Cascino | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | NQ | 18 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| 37 | Fabio Barchitta | Honda | | | 16 | 17 | NQ | 17 | 15 | Ret | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 38 | Thierry Rapicault | Fior-Honda | | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Silvio Habat | Honda | | | Ret | | 21 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 25 | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Massimo Broccoli | Honda | | | | 15 | | 18 | | | | | 15 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Maerten Duyzers | Honda | | 19 | 22 | NVC | 22 | | NQ | 15 | 23 | 20 | | | NVC | | | 0 |
| 42 | Esko Kuparinen | Honda | 15 | | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Henny Boermann | Assmex-Honda / Honda | | | NQ | | | | NQ | | 26 | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| 44 | Donnie McLeod | Suzuki | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Marco Papa | Honda | | | 18 | 16 | | | NVC | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Gerold Fischer | Honda | | Ret | 21 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 16 | | | 24 | 18 | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Karl Truchess | Honda | | | | | 16 | | Ret | | | | Ret | 20 | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Ian Pratt | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 20 | NQ | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| 49 | Vittorio Scatola | Paton | | | | 21 | | Ret | | 16 | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 50 | Peter Sköld | Honda | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Steven Manley | Suzuki | | | 23 | NQ | 24 | | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 52 | Ari Rämö | Honda | | | 17 | | | | | Ret | | 23 | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Hervé Guilleux | Fior-Honda | | | | | 20 | 20 | 20 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 54 | Daniel Pauget | Honda | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 55 | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda / Plein Plot | | 20 | NQ | | | Ret | | 22 | 21 | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Rudolf Zeller | Honda | | | | | 25 | | | | | | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Andreas Leuthe | Honda | | | NQ | Ret | Ret | 19 | NQ | Ret | NQ | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 58 | Vittorio Gibertini | Suzuki | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Romolo Balbi | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| = | Rachel Nocotte | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Josef Doppler | Honda | | | NQ | NQ | Ret | | NQ | | | | 20 | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Tony Carey | Suzuki | | 21 | NQ | NQ | | NQ | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 64 | Alan Jeffery | Suzuki | | | | NQ | | | Ret | 21 | NQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| 65 | Claus Wulff | Honda | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 21 | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Marco Marchesiani | Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 21 | | | | 0 |
| 67 | Georg-Robert Jung | Honda | | | 24 | | 23 | 22 | | | | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| 68 | Alan Irwin | Honda | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Pavol Dekánek | Suzuki / Honda | | | NQ | | | Ret | | | | Ret | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Larry Moreno | Suzuki | | NQ | NQ | NQ | | | NQ | | | | 24 | NQ | Ret | | | 0 |
| 71 | Dimitrios Papandreou | Suzuki | | | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Helmut Schütz | Honda | | | 25 | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Dietmar Marehardt | Honda / Suzuki | | | | | NQ | | | | | | 25 | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Geir Hestmann | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Christoph Bürki | Honda | | | NQ | NQ | Ret | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Mark Phillips | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Michael Rudroff | Honda | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Leandro Becheroni | Honda | | | | NQ | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Henshaw | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Franz Kaserer | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Keiji Kinoshita | Honda | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter Linden | Honda | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Marshall | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Andy McGladdery | Honda | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Masaru Mizutani | Suzuki | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | José Parra | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rob Punt | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Susumu Simada | Suzuki | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kees van der Endt | Honda | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Henk van der Mark | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rolf Aljes | Suzuki | | | NQ | | | | | NVC | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Osamu Hiwatashi | Honda | NVC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | | | | NVC | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Koos van Leyen | Suzuki | | | | | | | NVC | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herry Heutmekers | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Petr Hlavatka | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hans Klingebiel | Suzuki | | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Imrich Majoros | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stelio Marmaras | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter Schleef | Yamaha | | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bohumil Stasa | Honda | | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marien Troliga | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | JAP | ESP | RFA | NAC | AUT | YUG | HOL | FRA | GBR | SUE | CZE | SMA | POR | BRA | ARG | Pts. |