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1987 Monza 500

AUS John Harvey ESP José Ángel Sasiambarrena AUT Franz Klammer

The 1987 Monza 500 was the first round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on March 22, 1987, at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy.

Overview

The race was won by Australian-based drivers Allan Moffat and John Harvey, driving a V8-powered Holden VL Commodore SS Group A, after the BMW M3s of Schnitzer Motorsport, CiBiEmme Sport and Bigazzi (all running under the BMW Motorsport banner) which had finished in the top six positions on the road were disqualified for being approximately 50 kg underweight through the use of kevlar body panels. The M3s had initially passed through post race scrutineering, but a privateer BMW team protested when their M3, which had not been built by BMW Motorsport, was found to be 50 kg heavier than the works cars.

The leading car eligible for championship points was the Alfa Romeo 75 of Walter Voulaz and Marcello Cipriani which finished 7th outright, some 7 laps behind Moffat and Harvey.

The expected challenge from the Eggenberger Motorsport team and their brand new Ford Sierra RS Cosworth turbo's failed to materialise. The Swiss-built Fords failed to pass scrutineering when they appeared with a non-homologated engine management system. As there was no way to change the system at that late stage, Rüdi Eggenberger withdrew his cars from the event. The new Sierra turbo's did show speed though with British driver Andy Rouse claiming pole position for the race in his RS Cosworth.

Class structure

Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:

Division 1: 1-1600cc
Division 2: 1601-2500cc
Division 3: Over 2500cc

Official results

Results were as follows: | Entered: 41 | Started: 38 | Finished: 17

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	Series
Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNS	DNS	DNS
3	5	AUS Allan Moffat Racing	CAN Allan Moffat
AUS John Harvey	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	86	9
3	18	ITA CiBiEmme Sport	SUI Georges Bosshard
ESP José Ángel Sasiambarrena	BMW 635 CSi	84	8
2	57	FRG Marko AMG	FRG Peter Oberndorfer
AUT Franz Klammer	Mercedes 190E	83	15
2	49	HUN Kulker SC Team	HUN József Cserkuti
FRG Anton Fischhaber
HUN András Szabó	BMW M3	82	21
3	19	ITA CiBiEmme Sport	ITA Roberto Castagna
ITA Roberto Orlandi	BMW 635 CSi	82	22
3	26	FRG Seikel Motorsport	FRG Peter Seikel
ITA Giovanni da Schio	Ford Mustang GT	81	23
2	79	ITA Albatech	ITA Walter Voulaz
ITA Marcello Cipriani	Alfa Romeo 75	79	26	40
3	27	FRG Seikel Motorsport	ITA Giuseppe Quartengan
ITA Stanislao de Angelis
FRA Jean-Philippe Grand	BMW 635 CSi	79	25
2	54	FRA Automobiles Louis Descartes	FRA Michel Bienvault
FRA Louis Descartes	BMW 325i	79	32
1	92	GBR Team Toyota GB	NZL Andrew Bagnall
GBR Chris Hodgetts	Toyota Corolla GT	78	30
2	78	ITA Brixia Corse	ITA Carlo Rossi
ITA Alessandro Santin	Alfa Romeo 75	77	24	30
2	102	FRG Seikel Motorsport	YUG Tihomir Filipovic
SUI Heinz Wirth	Audi 80	77	36
3	23	HUN Kulker SC Team	ITA Marco Curti
HUN Péter Moczár
FRG Hans Kalaschek	BMW 635 CSi	77
3	21		ITA Ademaro Massa
ITA Giuseppe Arlotti
ITA Guido Daverio	BMW 635 CSi	74
3	24		ITA Mario Fortina
ITA Gianpaolo Toia
ITA Paolo Pozzi	BMW 528i	72
2	75	ITA Alfa Corse	ITA Alessandro Nannini
USA Michael Andretti	Alfa Romeo 75	71	11	24
3	1	ITA Pro Team Italia/Imberti	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
ITA Marcello Ginella
FRG Armin Hahne	Maserati Biturbo	70	28	30
2	48	ITA CiBiEmme Sport	ITA Luciano Lovato
SUI Romeo Camathias
ITA Fabio Mancini	BMW M3	68
1	101		ITA Antonio Amodio
ITA Gianfranco Sistelli
"Trasat"	VW Golf GTI	58
2	82		ITA "Cazzaniga"
ITA Guido Daccò
ITA "Galass"	Alfa Romeo 75	53
2	84		ITA Sergio Rebai
ITA Abele Tanghetti	Alfa Romeo 75	50
2	59		FRA Eric Bayol
AUT Karl Baron
Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Vojtěch	Mercedes 190E	45	14
1	97		FRG Alfons Hohenester
FRG Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann	VW Golf GTI	35
2	44	Dixi Sport	BEL Marc Duez
BEL Gerard Févrot
BEL Bruno di Gioia	Alfa Romeo 75	33
3	22	ITA Scuderia Giudici	ITA Gianni Giudici
ITA Armando Conti
ITA Franco Giudici	BMW 635 CSi	30
2	80	SWE Q-Racing	SWE Thomas Lindström
SWE Mikael Naebrink	Alfa Romeo 75	25	20
2	76	ITA Alfa Corse	ITA Giorgio Francia
ITA Paolo Barilla	Alfa Romeo 75	19	13
2	77	ITA Brixia Corse	ITA Rinaldo Drovandi
ITA Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 75		19
1	94	FRG Georg Alber	FRG Joachim Egenolf
FRG Jakob Strasser	Toyota Corolla GT AE86	14
3	8	GBR Andy Rouse Engineering	GBR Andy Rouse
BEL Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	11	1
1	95	FRG Georg Alber	FRG Helmut Maier
FRG Georg Alber
Czechoslovakia Antonín Charouz	Toyota Corolla GT	5
2	42	ITA CiBiEmme Sport	ITA Riccardo Patrese
VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	87	4
2	46	FRG Schnitzer Motorsport	AUT Roland Ratzenberger
ITA Emanuele Pirro	BMW M3	87	2
2	47	FRG Schnitzer Motorsport	FRG Markus Östreich
FRG Altfrid Heger	BMW M3	87	3
2	40	FRG Schnitzer Motorsport	ITA Ivan Capelli
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	87	5
2	41	FRG BMW Motorsport	FRG Winfried Vogt
FRG Christian Danner	BMW M3	87	6
2	43	ITA Bigazzi	ESP Luis Pérez-Sala
FRA Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	86	7
2	52	FRG BMW Alpina	FRG Andy Bovensiepen
BEL Eric van de Poele	BMW M3	86	10
3	6	SUI Eggenberger Motorsport	FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
GBR Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
3	7	SUI Eggenberger Motorsport	FRG Klaus Ludwig
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
2	58	Racing Services International	VEN Giovanni Fontanesi
YUG Dagmar Suster
Czechoslovakia Břetislav Enge	Mercedes 190E

References

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZl155k3iaM 1987 World Touring Car Championship R1 Monza]
"500 km Monza (Grid Positions)". Racing Sports Cars.
"500 km Monza (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars.
"1987 Monza WTCC". Motorsport Magazine Database.

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