1987 World Touring Car Championship season

The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural 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: 1 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	D	Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne Marcello Gunella Mario Hytten Nicola Tesini Kevin Bartlett
6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	P	Steve Soper Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné
7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	P	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz
8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	P	Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Win Percy Armin Hahne Bernd Schneider
40	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Y	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro
42	CiBiEmme Sport	BMW M3	2	P	Riccardo Patrese Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli Mauro Baldi
43	Bigazzi	BMW M3	2	P	Luis Perez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt
46	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Y	Emanuele Pirro Roland Ratzenberger Roberto Ravaglia Markus Oestreich Dieter Quester
75	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Alessandro Nannini Michael Andretti Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Giorgio Pianta Jean-Louis Schlesser Nicola Larini
76	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Giorgio Francia Paolo Barilla Jean-Louis Schlesser Giorgio Pianta Alessandro Nannini
77	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Rinaldo Drovandi Claudio Langes Gabriele Tarquini
78	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin
79	Albatech	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani d'Avanzo Massimo Siena
80	Q-Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink
100	Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Benelux Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.	Alfa Romeo 33 Series	1	P	Toby Giovanni Maggiorelli Luis Villamil Alain Thiebaut Daniele Toffoli Giorgio Francia

1987 Calendar

Round	Date	Country	Track, Event	Overall winner		Winner championship		Report
				#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position
1	March 22	Italy	Monza Monza 500	5	Allan Moffat John Harvey 86 laps / Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	79	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani 79 laps, 7th / BMW M3	Report
2	April 19	Spain	Jarama Jarama 4 Hours	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger 150 laps / BMW M3	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger 150 laps / BMW M3	Report
3	May 10	France	Dijon Burgundy 500	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	Report
4	July 12	Germany	Nürburgring Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné * 111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné * 111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	Report
5	1-August 2	Belgium	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 / BMW M3	Report
6	August 16	Czechoslovakia	Brno Grand Prix Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	Report
7	September 6	United Kingdom	Silverstone RAC Tourist Trophy	48	Enzo Calderari Fabio Mancini 105 laps / BMW M3	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger * 105 laps, Runner-up / BMW M3	Report
8	October 4	Australia	Mount Panorama Bathurst 1000	10	Peter McLeod Peter Brock David Parsons Jon Crooke * 158 laps / Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 154 laps / 7th / BMW M3	Report
9	October 11	Australia	Calder Park Calder 500	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	Report
10	October 26	New Zealand	Wellington Wellington 500	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	Report
11	November 15	Japan	Fuji InterTEC 500	6	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 112 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	6	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 112 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	Report

Championship Results

Drivers

Pos Driver Car ITA SPA FRA GER BEL CZE GBR MPC CPR NZL JAP 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 RS500 DSQ 4th 4th 1st Ret 1st 4th DSQ 5th 1st 1st 268 Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500 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 RS500 DSQ 4th 4th Ret Ret 2nd 7th DSQ 1st 3rd 4th 193 Steve Soper Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500 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 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 Marcello Cipriani Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 1st 7th 10th Ret 4th 9th 8th 94 17 Jacques Laffite Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 10th 7th 6th 3rd 8th 5th 86 18 Carlo Rossi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80 Alessandro Santin Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80 20 Armin Hahne Maserati Biturbo Ford Sierra RS500 4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th 6th Ret Ret 7th 79 21 Winni Vogt BMW M3 DSQ Ret 1st 2nd Ret Ret 70 22 Paolo Barilla Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret Ret 6th 3rd 8th 5th 67 23 Ivan Capelli BMW M3 DSQ 2nd 2nd Ret 60 24 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 10th 7th 5th 59 25 Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500 Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58 Thierry Tassin Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58 27 Rinaldo Drovandi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 8th 2nd 10th Ret 54 Jean-Louis Schlesser Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 6th 7th 3rd 54 29 Alain Thiebaut Alfa Romeo 33 Ret 9th 8th 45 30 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 2nd 10th Ret 43 31 Bruno Giacomelli Maserati Biturbo 4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th Ret 42 Marcello Gunella Maserati Biturbo 4th Ret 11th 42 33 Claudio Langes Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 8th 2nd 41 34 Dieter Quester BMW M3 6th 3rd 39 35 Altfrid Heger BMW M3 DSQ 2nd Ret 30 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 2nd 30 Thomas Lindström Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 6th DNS 30 38 Michael Andretti Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 24 39 'Toby' Alfa Romeo 33 Ret Ret 9th 22 40 Mario Hytten Maserati Biturbo 6th 21 Nicola Tesini Maserati Biturbo 6th 21 42 Massimo Siena Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 4th 20 43 Steven Andskär Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 6th DNS 16 Bernd Schneider Ford Sierra RS500 7th 16 45 Mikael Naebrink Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 14 46 Bruno di Gioia Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3 Gerard Févrot Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

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

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.

See also

• Group A

References

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship - from History of the European Touring Car Championship

External links

• 1987 WTCC race results Retrieved from Motorsport Almanac on 30 September 2008
• Images from 1987 WTCC Round 5 – Spa 24 Hour – Spa Francorchamps Retrieved from Racing Sports Cars on 30 September 2008
• Images from 1987 WTCC Round 7 – Tourist Trophy - Silverstone Retrieved from Racing Sports Cars on 30 September 2008
• Images from 1987 WTCC Round 8 – James Hardie 1000 - Bathurst Retrieved from Autopics on 30 September 2008
• ONCE UPON A TIME… IN JAPAN