| Race |
Site |
Cars |
St |
Fin |
# |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | Long Beach | 24 | 13 | 22 | 11 | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 13/80 | 0 | crash | 0 |
| 2 | Jacarepagua | 24 | 10 | 5 | 11 | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 62/42 | 0 | +86.42 | 0 |
| 3 | Oscar Galvez | 24 | 10 | 6 | 11 | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52/53 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 5 | Zolder | 24 | 14 | 5 | 11 | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 60/54 | 0 | +49.20 | 0 |
| 6 | Monte Carlo | 20 | 6 | 14 | 11 | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 32/76 | 0 | engine | 0 |
| 7 | Jarama | 25 | 10 | 5 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 80/80 | 0 | +1.24 | 0 |
| 8 | Dijon-Prenois | 24 | 8 | 6 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 79/80 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 9 | Silverstone | 24 | 22 | 14 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 25/68 | 0 | disqualified | 0 |
| 10 | Hockenheimring | 24 | 14 | 7 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 44/45 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 11 | Osterreichring | 24 | 9 | 7 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52/53 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 12 | Zandvoort | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 71/72 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 13 | Monza | 24 | 11 | 4 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52/52 | 0 | +92.902 | 0 |
| 14 | Montreal | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 62/63 | 0 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | Caesar's | 24 | 15 | 23 | 11 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 2/75 | 0 | water leak | 0 |