1987_World_Touring_Car_Championship_season

1987 World Touring Car Championship season

The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the 1st World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on March 22, 1987 and ended on November 15 after eleven races. The championship was open to Touring Cars complying with FIA Group A regulations.

Drivers and teams

Fifteen registered entries were received for the championship. Although numerous other entries competed in races during the season only the following were eligible to score championship points. Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions:

Division 1: 0 to 1600 cc
Division 2: 1601 to 2500 cc
Division 3: Over 2500 cc

No.	Team	Car	Div.	Tyre	Driver
1	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	Dunlop	Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne Marcello Gunella Mario Hytten Nicola Tesini Kevin Bartlett
6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Steve Soper Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné
7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz
8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Win Percy Armin Hahne Bernd Schneider
40	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Yokohama	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro
42	CiBiEmme Sport	BMW M3	2	Pirelli	Riccardo Patrese Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli Mauro Baldi
43	Bigazzi	BMW M3	2	Pirelli	Luis Perez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt
46	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Yokohama	Emanuele Pirro Roland Ratzenberger Roberto Ravaglia Markus Oestreich Dieter Quester
75	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Alessandro Nannini Michael Andretti Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Giorgio Pianta Jean-Louis Schlesser Nicola Larini
76	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Giorgio Francia Paolo Barilla Jean-Louis Schlesser Giorgio Pianta Alessandro Nannini
77	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Rinaldo Drovandi Claudio Langes Gabriele Tarquini
78	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin
79	Albatech	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani d'Avanzo Massimo Siena
80	Q-Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink
100	Alfa Corse, Alfa Romeo Benelux, Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.	Alfa Romeo 33	1	Pirelli	Toby Giovanni Maggiorelli Luis Villamil Alain Thiebaut Daniele Toffoli Giorgio Francia

1987 Calendar

Round	Date	Coutry	Track, Event	#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position
Round	Date	Coutry	Track, Event	Overall winner		Winner champioship		Report
1	March 22		Monza 500 km di Monza	5	Allan Moffat John Harvey 86 laps / Holden VL Commodore	79	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani 79 laps, 7th	Report
2	April 19		Jarama Marlboro 4 Horas de Jarama	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger 150 laps / BMW M3	(left)		Report
3	May 10		Dijon 500 km de Bourgogne	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	(left)		Report
4	July 12		Nürburgring	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné * 111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	(left)		Report
5	August 1~2		Spa-Francorchamps Spa 24 Hours	48	Eric van de Poele Jean-Michel Martin Didier Theys 481 laps / BMW M3	43	Luis Perez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt 473 laps, Runner-up	Report
6	August 16		Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
7	September 6		Silverstone	48	Enzo Calderari Fabio Mancini 105 laps / BMW M3	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger * 105 laps, Runner-up	Report
8	October 4		Bathurst Bathurst 1000km	10	Peter McLeod Peter Brock David Parsons Jon Crooke * 158 laps / Holden VL Commodore	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 154 laps / 7th	Report
9	October 11		Calder Calder 500km	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
10	October 26		Wellington Wellington 500km	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
11	November 15		Fuji Inter TEC 500km	6	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 112 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report

Championship Results

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Car	Mon	Jar	Dij	Nur	Spa	Brn	Sil	Bat	Cal	Wel	Fuj	Points
1	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	DSQ	1st	Ret	2nd	Ret	4th	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	269
2	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	DSQ	4th	4th	1st	Ret	1st	4th	DSQ	5th	1st	1st	268
2	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	DSQ	5th	3rd	1st	Ret	1st	4th	DSQ	5th	1st	1st	268
4	Emanuele Pirro	BMW M3	DSQ	1st	Ret	2nd	Ret	Ret	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	244
5	Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	DSQ	4th	4th	Ret	Ret	2nd	7th	DSQ	1st	3rd	4th	193
5	Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	DSQ	5th	3rd	Ret	Ret	2nd	7th	DSQ	1st	3rd	4th	193
7	Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	DSQ	3rd		4th	1st	3rd	Ret	2nd		Ret	6th	164
8	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	DSQ	6th	1st	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	1st	4th	Ret	5th	158
8	Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3		6th	1st	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	1st	4th	Ret	5th	158
10	Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	DSQ	2nd	Ret	3rd	6th	4th	Ret	Ret	3rd	4th		146
11	Luis Perez-Sala	BMW M3	DSQ	3rd		4th	1st	3rd	Ret				6th	134
12	Giorgio Francia	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Alfa Romeo 33	Ret	Ret	6th	7th	5th	Ret	2nd	Ret	6th	5th		130
13	Markus Oestreich	BMW M3	DSQ		Ret	3rd	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	3rd	4th	3rd	118
14	Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33					Ret		9th	Ret	6th	5th	8th	99
15	Walter Voulaz	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	1st	7th	10th	Ret	4th	9th	8th					94
15	Marcello Cipriani	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	1st	7th	10th	Ret	4th	9th	8th					94

Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and divisional results. Therefore, a driver could be awarded up to 40 points in a race. Points were only allocated to drivers of cars registered for the World Championship.

Entrants

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Position	Entrant	Division	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7	3	-	30	25	40	-	40	30	-	23	40	40	268
2	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 46	2	-	40	-	27	12	25	40	-	35	35	35	249
3	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 40	2	-	30	30	35	-	-	-	24	27	25	27	198
4	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 6	3	-	23	32	-	-	30	16	-	40	27	25	193
5	Bigazzi BMW M3 No 43	2	-	24	-	22	40	32	-	30	-	-	16	164
6	CiBiEmme Sport BMW M3 No 42	2	-	16	40	-	-	20	-	40	22	-	20	158

Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and divisional results. Therefore, an entry could be awarded up to 40 points in a race. Points were allocated only to entries which were registered for the World Championship.