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.

Drivers and teams

Championship drivers and teams

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		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	Template:CZE	Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
7	September 6	Template:UK	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	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		Calder Calder 500km	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
10	October 26	Template:NZL	Wellington Wellington 500km	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report
11	November 15	Template:JPN	Fuji Inter TEC 500km	6	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 112 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)		Report

Drivers

Pos Driver Car Template:Country flagicon2 ITA Template:Country data Spain SPA Template:Country data France FRA Template:Country data West Germany GER Template:Country data Belgium BEL Template:Country data Czechoslovakia CZE Template:Country data Great Britain GBR Template:Country data Australia MPC Template:Country data Australia CPR Template:Country data New Zealand NZL Template:Country data Japan JAP Points 1 Template:Country flagicon2 Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 DSQ 1st Ret 2nd Ret 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 269 2 Template:Country data Germany Klaus Ludwig Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 DSQ 4th 4th 1st Ret 1st 4th DSQ 5th 1st 1st 268 Template:Country data Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 DSQ 5th 3rd 1st Ret 1st 4th DSQ 5th 1st 1st 268 4 Template:Country flagicon2 Emanuele Pirro BMW M3 DSQ 1st Ret 2nd Ret Ret 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 244 5 Template:Country data Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 DSQ 4th 4th Ret Ret 2nd 7th DSQ 1st 3rd 4th 193 Steve Soper Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 DSQ 5th 3rd Ret Ret 2nd 7th DSQ 1st 3rd 4th 193 7 Template:Country data France Olivier Grouillard BMW M3 DSQ 3rd 4th 1st 3rd Ret 2nd Ret 6th 164 8 Template:Country data Venezuela Johnny Cecotto BMW M3 DSQ 6th 1st Ret Ret 5th Ret 1st 4th Ret 5th 158 Template:Country flagicon2 Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW M3 6th 1st Ret Ret 5th Ret 1st 4th Ret 5th 158 10 Template:Country data Austria Roland Ratzenberger BMW M3 DSQ 2nd Ret 3rd 6th 4th Ret Ret 3rd 4th 146 11 Template:Country data Spain Luis Perez-Sala BMW M3 DSQ 3rd 4th 1st 3rd Ret 6th 134 12 Template:Country flagicon2 Giorgio Francia Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Alfa Romeo 33 Ret Ret 6th 7th 5th Ret 2nd Ret 6th 5th 130 13 Template:Country data Germany Markus Oestreich BMW M3 DSQ Ret 3rd 6th Ret Ret Ret 3rd 4th 3rd 118 14 Template:Country flagicon2 Daniele Toffoli Alfa Romeo 33 Ret 9th Ret 6th 5th 8th 99 15 Template:Country flagicon2 Walter Voulaz Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 1st 7th 10th Ret 4th 9th 8th 94 Template:Country flagicon2 Marcello Cipriani Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 1st 7th 10th Ret 4th 9th 8th 94 17 Template:Country data France Jacques Laffite Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 10th 7th 6th 3rd 8th 5th 86 18 Template:Country flagicon2 Carlo Rossi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80 Template:Country flagicon2 Alessandro Santin Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80 20 Template:Country data Germany Armin Hahne Maserati Biturbo 4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th 6th Ret Ret 7th 79 21 Template:Country data Germany Winni Vogt BMW M3 DSQ Ret 1st 2nd Ret Ret 70 22 Template:Country flagicon2 Paolo Barilla Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret Ret 6th 3rd 8th 5th 67 23 Template:Country flagicon2 Ivan Capelli BMW M3 DSQ 2nd 2nd Ret 60 24 Template:Country flagicon2 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 10th 7th 5th 59 25 Template:Country data United Kingdom Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58 Template:Country data Belgium Thierry Tassin Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500 Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58 27 Template:Country flagicon2 Rinaldo Drovandi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 8th 2nd 10th Ret 54 Template:Country data France Jean-Louis Schlesser Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 6th 7th 3rd 54 29 Template:Country data France Alain Thiebaut Alfa Romeo 33 Ret 9th 8th 45 30 Template:Country flagicon2 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 2nd 10th Ret 43 31 Template:Country flagicon2 Bruno Giacomelli Maserati Biturbo 4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th Ret 42 Template:Country flagicon2 Marcello Gunella Maserati Biturbo 4th Ret 11th 42 33 Template:Country flagicon2 Claudio Langes Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 8th 2nd 41 34 Template:Country data Austria Dieter Quester BMW M3 6th 3rd 39 35 Template:Country data Germany Altfrid Heger BMW M3 DSQ 2nd Ret 30 Template:Country flagicon2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 2nd 30 Template:Country data Sweden Thomas Lindström Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 6th DNS 30 38 Template:Country data USA Michael Andretti Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 24 39 Template:Country flagicon2 'Toby' Alfa Romeo 33 Ret Ret 9th 22 40 Template:Country data Switzerland Mario Hytten Maserati Biturbo 6th 21 Template:Country flagicon2 Nicola Tesini Maserati Biturbo 6th 21 42 Template:Country flagicon2 Massimo Siena Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 4th 20 43 Template:Country data Sweden Steven Andskär Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 6th DNS 16 Template:Country data Germany Bernd Schneider Ford Sierra RS 500 7th 16 45 Template:Country data Sweden Mikael Naebrink Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 14 46 Template:Country flagicon2 Bruno di Gioia Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3 Template:Country data France Gerard Févrot Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank 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

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, a 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