Dallara 3087

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Dallara 3087
Dallara 3081 Formula One Brazil 1988.jpg
Category Formula 3000
Formula One
Constructor Dallara
Designer(s) Giampaolo Dallara (Technical Director)
Sergio Rinland (Chief Designer)
Successor Dallara F188 (Formula One)
Technical specifications
Chassis Carbon Fibre monocoque
Suspension (front)Pullrod front suspension, double wishbones, inboard coil spring/damper units
Suspension (rear)Pushrod rear suspension, double wishbones, inboard coil spring/damper units
Engine mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), Ford-Cosworth DFV, 90° V8, NA
Transmission Hewland
LubricantsCastrol
Tyres Avon (F3000)
Goodyear (F1)
Competition history
Notable entrantsFormula 3000:
EuroVenturini
Forti Corse
Formula One:
BMS Scuderia Italia
Notable driversFormula One:
36. Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi
DebutFormula 3000: 1987 BRDC International Trophy
Formula One: 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix
RacesWins Poles F/Laps
22 (F3000)
1 (F1)
000
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0

The Dallara 3087 is a Formula 3000 car, first used in the 1987 International Formula 3000 season, with which the BMS Scuderia Italia team competed in the first race of the 1988 Formula One season. Driven by Alex Caffi, it failed to pass pre-qualifying, with its fastest time being 18 seconds slower than the time set by Ayrton Senna for pole position. The BMS Scuderia Italia team replaced the car for the next race with the Dallara F188, which was specifically designed for Formula One.

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Development

Giuseppe Lucchini was an Italian steel tycoon and motorsport enthusiast who had set up a racing team, Scuderia Italia, to participate in the Italian Rally Championship and later the World Touring Car Championship. For 1988, he turned to Formula One and contracted Dallara to build a suitable car, to be designated a Dallara F188, around a 3.5-litre Cosworth DFZ.

Dallara did not have their planned F188 chassis ready for Scuderia Italia to start the 1988 Formula One season. However, in order to fulfil its obligations to participate in the World Championship, a team had to participate in all the season's races. Therefore, for the first race in Brazil, Scuderia Italia brought a chassis designated the 3087. This was Dallara's Formula 3000 car first used in 1987 by two Italian teams, adapted to meet the Formula One regulations. It was equipped with a 3-litre Cosworth DFV engine with the rev limiter removed; all other normally aspirated cars in Formula One had larger 3.5-litre engines. It was driven by Italian Alex Caffi, who had previously driven in Formula One for Osella.

Race history

International Formula 3000

As a Formula 3000 car, the car debuted in the 1987 International Formula 3000 Championship season and was used by EuroVenturini and Forti Corse teams, both paired with Cosworth DFV engines. Marco Apicella was the only driver to use the car all season, where he scored the car's only points at Spa, which was red-flagged due to an accident involving Alfonso de Vinuesa and Luis Pérez-Sala. Forti was the only team to use the chassis in 1988 (alongside with Lola T88/50), but the team did not score any points at all with either car that year. Forti switched to Lola T89/50 chassis full-time for the following season, ending the car's participation in Formula 3000.

Formula One

For the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix, the car passed Formula One scrutineering, allowing Caffi to take part in pre-qualifying. He predictably finished in last place, 18 seconds slower than the pole position time of Ayrton Senna and did not qualify for the race.

The F188 chassis, fitted with the Cosworth DFZ 3.5 litre engine, was ready in time for the next race in San Marino. It would be used for the remainder of the 1988 Formula One season.

The Dallara 3087 is the last non-Formula One car and the last car to use original Cosworth DFV engine to enter a Formula One Grand Prix.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

YearEntrantEngineTyresDrivers12345678910111213141516PointsWCC
1988 Scuderia Italia Ford DFV 3.0 V8 G BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 0NC
Alex Caffi DNPQ

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