1987 World Touring Car Championship

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.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The No.7 Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra Cosworth of Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz at the 2011 Essen Motor Show. Eggenberger Motorsport won the 1987 WTCC Entrants Championship

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	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	D	1, 3-4, 6-9	Bruno Giacomelli	1, 3-4, 6
						Armin Hahne	1, 3-4, 6-9
						Marcello Gunella	1, 4, 6
						Mario Hytten	7
						Nicola Tesini	7
						Kevin Bartlett	8-9
2	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	D	3	Mario Hytten	3
2	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	D	3	Marcello Gunella	3
4	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	D	9	Marcello Gunella	9
						Nicola Tesini	9
						Stefano Livio	9
6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500	3	P	All	Steve Soper	1-10
						Klaus Niedzwiedz	1-3, 11
						Pierre Dieudonné	4-10
						Philippe Streiff	5
						Klaus Ludwig	11
7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500	3	P	All	Klaus Ludwig	1-10
						Pierre Dieudonné	1-3, 11
						Klaus Niedzwiedz	4-10
						Thierry Boutsen	5
						Steve Soper	11
8	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	3	P	11	Armin Hahne	11
8	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	3	P	11	Bernd Schneider	11
8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS500	3	P	1-7	Andy Rouse	1-7
						Thierry Tassin	1-7
						Win Percy	5
40	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Y	All	Ivan Capelli	1-5
						Roberto Ravaglia	1, 3-6, 8, 11
						Roland Ratzenberger	2, 7, 9-10
						Emanuele Pirro	5-6, 8
						Markus Oestreich	7, 9-11
						Dieter Quester	11
42	CiBiEmme Sport	BMW M3	2	P	All	Riccardo Patrese	1
						Johnny Cecotto	All
						Gianfranco Brancatelli	2-11
						Mauro Baldi	5
43	Bigazzi	BMW M3	2	P	All	Luis Pérez-Sala	1-2, 4-7, 11
						Olivier Grouillard	1-2, 4-8, 10-11
						Winfried Vogt	3, 5, 8-10
						Markus Oestreich	3
						Altfrid Heger	8-9
46	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3	2	Y	All	Emanuele Pirro	1-3, 7, 9-11
						Roland Ratzenberger	1, 3-8
						Roberto Ravaglia	2, 6-7, 9-11
						Markus Oestreich	4-6, 8
						Dieter Quester	5
75	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-7	Alessandro Nannini	1-3
						Michael Andretti	1
						Jacques Laffite	2-7
						Paolo Barilla	4-7
						Jean-Louis Schlesser	5
76	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-7	Giorgio Francia	1-4
						Paolo Barilla	1-2
						Jean-Louis Schlesser	3-4
						Walter Voulaz	5-7
						Marcello Cipriani	5-7
						Massimo Siena	5
77	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-7	Rinaldo Drovandi	1-7
						Gabriele Tarquini	1-2, 4-7
						Claudio Langes	3, 5
78	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-7	Carlo Rossi	1-7
						Alessandro Santin	1-7
						Giacomo Bossini	5
79	Albatech	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-7	Walter Voulaz	1-4
						Marcello Cipriani	1-4
						Alessandro Nannini	5
						Giorgio Francia	5-7
						Jean-Louis Schlesser	5
						Nicola Larini	6-7
80	Q-Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	P	1-4, 6-7	Thomas Lindström	1-4, 6-7
						Mikael Naebrink	1-4
						Steven Andskär	6-7
100	Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Benelux Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.	Alfa Romeo 33	1	P	3-11	Carlo Brambilla	3-7
						Giovanni Maggiorelli	3
						Luis Villamil	4
						Alain Thiebaut	5-7, 11
						Daniele Toffoli	5, 7-10
						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
Round	Date	Country	Track, Event	#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position	Report
1	22 March	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 / Alfa Romeo 75	Report
2	19 April	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	10 May	France	Dijon Burgundy 500	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	Report
4	12 July	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 Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt 473 laps, Runner-up / BMW M3	Report
6	16 August	Czechoslovakia	Brno Grand Prix Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS500	Report
7	6 September	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	4 October	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	11 October	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	26 October	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	15 November	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

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

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

Position	Entrant	Division	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7 ^[1]	3	-	30	25	40	-	40	30	-	23	40	25	253
2	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 46	2	-	40	-	27	12	25	40	-	35	35	35	249
3	Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 6	2	-	23	32	-	-	30	16	-	40	27	40	208
4	Schnitzer BMW M3 No 40	3	-	30	30	35	-	-	-	24	27	25	27	198
5	Bigazzi BMW M3 No 43	2	-	24	-	22	40	32	-	30	-	-	16	164
6	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

^ ^a ^b FIA World Touring Car Championship 1987, Autosport, 14 January 1988

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

[Autosport-1] FIA World Touring Car Championship 1987, Autosport, 14 January 1988

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