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1987 World Touring Car Championship

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Roberto Ravaglia World Entrants' Champion: Eggenberger Motorsport

The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on 22 March 1987 and ended on 15 November after eleven races. The championship was open to Touring Cars complying with FIA Group A regulations. The Drivers title was won by Roberto Ravaglia in a BMW M3 and the Entrants title by Eggenberger Motorsport in a Ford Sierra Cosworth No 7.

Teams and drivers

Fifteen registered entries were received for the championship. Regulations imposed by last minute series promoter Bernie Ecclestone dictated that for teams to receive official points and prize money they must have paid the US$60,000 registration fee. This in fact saw a number of the top teams, most notably Tom Walkinshaw Racing who had been the team to beat in the 1984, 1985 and 1986 European Touring Car Championships, refuse to pay and virtually ignore the championship.

Among those who did commit to the championship were the Ford Europe backed Eggenberger Motorsport with their Texaco sponsored Ford Sierra turbo's, Andy Rouse's team who ran their own Ford Sierra Cosworth, the factory backed BMW teams of West Germany's Schnitzer Motorsport and the Italian CiBiEmme and Bigazzi teams racing the new BMW M3 which had replaced the old 635 CSi as BMW's main challenger, and the Alfa Corse team with their factory Alfa Romeo 75 turbo's.

Although numerous other entries competed in races during the season only the following were eligible to score championship points. Ironically, two outright race winning teams in the championship were not eligible for championship points. Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions:

Division 1: up to 1600 cm3
Division 2: 1601 to 2500 cm3
Division 3: Over 2500 cm3

No.	Team	Car	Div.	Tyre	Rounds	Driver	Rounds
1	ITA Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3		1, 3-4, 6-9	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	1, 3-4, 6
DEU Armin Hahne	1, 3-4, 6-9
ITA Marcello Gunella	1, 4, 6
CHE Mario Hytten	7
ITA Nicola Tesini	7
AUS Kevin Bartlett	8-9
2	ITA Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3		3	CHE Mario Hytten	3
ITA Marcello Gunella	3
4	ITA Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3		9	ITA Marcello Gunella	9
ITA Nicola Tesini	9
ITA Stefano Livio	9
6	CHE Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	3		All	GBR Steve Soper	1-10
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz	1-3, 11
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	4-10
FRA Philippe Streiff	5
FRG Klaus Ludwig	11
7	CHE Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	3		All	FRG Klaus Ludwig	1-10
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	1-3, 11
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz	4-10
BEL Thierry Boutsen	5
GBR Steve Soper	11
8	CHE Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	3		11	FRG Armin Hahne	11
FRG Bernd Schneider	11
8	GBR Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	3		1-7	GBR Andy Rouse	1-7
BEL Thierry Tassin	1-7
GBR Win Percy	5
40	FRG Schnitzer	BMW M3	2		All	ITA Ivan Capelli	1-5
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	1, 3-6, 8, 11
AUT Roland Ratzenberger	2, 7, 9-10
ITA Emanuele Pirro	5-6, 8
FRG Markus Oestreich	7, 9-11
AUT Dieter Quester	11
42	ITA CiBiEmme Sport	BMW M3	2		All	ITA Riccardo Patrese	1
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto	All
ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli	2-11
ITA Mauro Baldi	5
43	ITA Bigazzi	BMW M3	2		All	ESP Luis Pérez-Sala	1-2, 4-7, 11
FRA Olivier Grouillard	1-2, 4-8, 10-11
FRG Winfried Vogt	3, 5, 8-10
FRG Markus Oestreich	3
AUT Altfrid Heger	8-9
46	DEU Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3	2		All	ITA Emanuele Pirro	1-3, 7, 9-11
AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1, 3-8
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	2, 6-7, 9-11
FRG Markus Oestreich	4-6, 8
AUT Dieter Quester	5
75	ITA Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-7	ITA Alessandro Nannini	1-3
USA Michael Andretti	1
FRA Jacques Laffite	2-7
ITA Paolo Barilla	4-7
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	5
76	ITA Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-7	ITA Giorgio Francia	1-4
ITA Paolo Barilla	1-2
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	3-4
ITA Walter Voulaz	5-7
ITA Marcello Cipriani	5-7
ITA Massimo Siena	5
77	ITA Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-7	ITA Rinaldo Drovandi	1-7
ITA Gabriele Tarquini	1-2, 4-7
ITA Claudio Langes	3, 5
78	ITA Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-7	ITA Carlo Rossi	1-7
ITA Alessandro Santin	1-7
ITA Giacomo Bossini	5
79	ITA Albatech	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-7	ITA Walter Voulaz	1-4
ITA Marcello Cipriani	1-4
ITA Alessandro Nannini	5
ITA Giorgio Francia	5-7
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	5
ITA Nicola Larini	6-7
80	SWE Q-Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2		1-4, 6-7	SWE Thomas Lindström	1-4, 6-7
SWE Mikael Naebrink	1-4
SWE Steven Andskär	6-7
100	ITA Alfa Corse
BEL Alfa Romeo Benelux
ITA Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.	Alfa Romeo 33	1		3-11	ITA Carlo Brambilla	3-7
ITA Giovanni Maggiorelli	3
ESP Luis Villamil	4
BEL Alain Thiebaut	5-7, 11
ITA Daniele Toffoli	5, 7-10
ITA Giorgio Francia	8-11

Calendar

Drivers in Italics were listed as a driver in the car but did not actually drive that car in the race.

Round	Date	Country	Track,
Event	Overall winner	Winner championship	Report	#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
22 March		Monza
Monza 500	5	CAN Allan Moffat
AUS John Harvey
86 laps / Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	79	ITA Walter Voulaz
ITA Marcello Cipriani
79 laps, 7th / Alfa Romeo 75	[Report](1987-monza-500)
19 April		Jarama
Jarama 4 Hours	46	ITA Emanuele Pirro
ITA Roberto Ravaglia
AUT Roland Ratzenberger
150 laps / BMW M3	46	ITA Emanuele Pirro
ITA Roberto Ravaglia
AUT Roland Ratzenberger
150 laps / BMW M3	[Report](1987-jarama-4-hours)
10 May		Dijon
Burgundy 500	42	ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
112 laps / BMW M3	42	ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
112 laps / BMW M3	[Report](1987-burgundy-500)
12 July		Nürburgring
Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
BEL Pierre Dieudonné *
111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
BEL Pierre Dieudonné *
111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	[Report](1987-nurburgring-touring-car-grand-prix)
1-August 2		Spa-Francorchamps
Spa 24 Hours	48	BEL Eric van de Poele
BEL Jean-Michel Martin
BEL Didier Theys
481 laps / BMW M3	43	ESP Luis Pérez-Sala
FRA Olivier Grouillard
FRG Winfried Vogt
473 laps, Runner-up / BMW M3	[Report](1987-spa-24-hour)
16 August	CZE Czechoslovakia	Brno
Grand Prix Brno	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
93 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
93 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	[Report](1987-grand-prix-brno)
6 September		Silverstone
RAC Tourist Trophy	48	CHE Enzo Calderari
ITA Fabio Mancini
105 laps / BMW M3	46	ITA Emanuele Pirro
ITA Roberto Ravaglia
AUT Roland Ratzenberger *
105 laps, Runner-up / BMW M3	[Report](1987-rac-tourist-trophy)
4 October		Mount Panorama
Bathurst 1000	10	AUS Peter McLeod
AUS Peter Brock
AUS David Parsons
AUS Jon Crooke *
158 laps / Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	42	ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
154 laps / 7th / BMW M3	[Report](1987-james-hardie-1000)
11 October		Calder Park
Calder 500	6	GBR Steve Soper
BEL Pierre Dieudonné
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz *
120 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	6	GBR Steve Soper
BEL Pierre Dieudonné
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz *
120 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	[Report](1987-bob-jane-t-marts-500)
26 October		Wellington
Wellington 500	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
150 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	7	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
150 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	[Report](1987-wellington-500)
15 November		Fuji
InterTEC 500	6	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
112 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	6	FRG Klaus Ludwig
FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
112 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	[Report](1987-fuji-intertec-500)

Note: "Overall winner" in the above table refers to the overall race winner and "Winner championship" refers to the highest placed entry which had been registered for the championship.

Results and standings

Races

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Car	ITA
ITA	ESP
SPA	FRA
FRA	FRG
GER	BEL
BEL	CSK
CZE	GBR
GBR	AUS
MPC	AUS
CPR	NZL
NZL	JPN
JAP	Points	1	2	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	29	30	31	33	34	35	38	39	41	43	44	45
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	DSQ	1	Ret	2	Ret	4	1	3	2	2	2	269
DEU Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	DSQ	4	4	1	Ret	1	4	DSQ	5	1	1	268
DEU Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	DSQ	5	3	1	Ret	1	4	DSQ	5	1	1	268
ITA Emanuele Pirro	BMW M3	DSQ	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	3	2	2	2	244
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	DSQ	4	4	Ret	Ret	2	7	DSQ	1	3	4	193
GBR Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	DSQ	5	3	Ret	Ret	2	7	DSQ	1	3	4	193
FRA Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	DSQ	3		4	1	3	Ret	2		Ret	6	164
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	DSQ	6	1	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	1	4	Ret	5	158
ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3		6	1	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	1	4	Ret	5	158
AUT Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	DSQ	2	Ret	3	6	4	Ret	Ret	3	4		146
ESP Luis Pérez-Sala	BMW M3	DSQ	3		4	1	3	Ret				6	134
ITA Giorgio Francia	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Alfa Romeo 33	Ret	Ret	6	7	5	Ret	2	Ret	6	5		130
DEU Markus Oestreich	BMW M3	DSQ		Ret	3	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	3	118
ITA Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33					Ret		9	Ret	6	5	8	99
ITA Walter Voulaz	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	1	7	10	Ret	4	9	8					94
ITA Marcello Cipriani	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	1	7	10	Ret	4	9	8					94
FRA Jacques Laffite	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		10	7	6	3	8	5					86
ITA Carlo Rossi	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Ret	9	9	Ret	7	3					80
ITA Alessandro Santin	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Ret	9	9	Ret	7	3					80
DEU Armin Hahne	Maserati Biturbo
Ford Sierra RS500	4	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret		7	79
DEU Winni Vogt	BMW M3	DSQ		Ret		1			2	Ret	Ret		70
ITA Paolo Barilla	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	Ret	Ret		6	3	8	5					67
ITA Ivan Capelli	BMW M3	DSQ	2	2		Ret							60
ITA Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	3	10	7		5							59
GBR Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	Ret	8	5	5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			58
BEL Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500	Ret	8	5	5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			58
ITA Rinaldo Drovandi	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		Ret	8	8	2	10	Ret					54
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo			6	7	3							54
FRA Alain Thiebaut	Alfa Romeo 33					Ret		9				8	45
ITA Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		Ret		8	2	10	Ret					43
ITA Bruno Giacomelli	Maserati Biturbo	4	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11		DNQ				42
ITA Marcello Gunella	Maserati Biturbo	4			Ret		11						42
ITA Claudio Langes	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo			8		2							41
AUT Dieter Quester	BMW M3					6						3	39
DEU Altfrid Heger	BMW M3	DSQ							2	Ret			30
ITA Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo						Ret	2					30
SWE Thomas Lindström	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		9	12	10	Ret	6	DNS					30
USA Michael Andretti	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	3											24
ITA Carlo Brambilla	Alfa Romeo 33		Ret			Ret		9					22
ITA Massimo Siena	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo					4							22
CHE Mario Hytten	Maserati Biturbo							6					21
ITA Nicola Tesini	Maserati Biturbo							6					21
SWE Steven Andskär	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo					Ret	6	DNS					16
DEU Bernd Schneider	Ford Sierra RS500											7	16
SWE Mikael Naebrink	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		9	12	10	Ret							14
BEL Bruno di Gioia	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo			11									3
FRA Gerard Févrot	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo			11									3

Note: Race placings in the above table refer to the relative placings gained by registered championship entries and does not include other competitors.

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 Championship

6	ITA 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.

References

FIA World Touring Car Championship 1987, Autosport, 14 January 1988

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