1987 World Touring Car Championship

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.

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	Overall winner		Winner champioship		Report
				#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position
1	March 22	Italy	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	Spain	Jarama Marlboro 4 Horas de Jarama	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger 150 laps / BMW M3	(left)		Report
3	May 10	France	Dijon 500 km de Bourgogne	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	(left)		Report
4	July 12	Germany	Nürburgring	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné * 111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	(left)		Report
5	August 1~2	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	Report
6	August 16	Czech Republic	Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
7	September 6	United Kingdom	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	Australia	Bathurst Bathurst 1000km	10	David "Skippy" Parsons Peter Brock Peter McLeod Jon Crooke * 158 laps / Holden VL Commodore	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 154 laps / 7th	Report
9	October 11	Australia	Calder Calder 500km	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
10	October 26	New Zealand	Wellington Wellington 500km	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
11	November 15	Japan	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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and class 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

Position	Entrant	Points
1	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7	268
2	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 46	214
3	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 40	200
4	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 6	193
5	Bigazzi BMW M3 No 43	164
6	CiBiEmme Sport BMW M3 No 42	158

Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and class 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
• RACE - The Official WTCC Game

References

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