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1987 World Touring Car Championship season

1987 World Touring Car Championship season

Overview
The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the 1st World Touring Car Championship
World Touring Car Championship
The World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship organised by the FIA.The first WTCC, which was open to Group A Touring Cars, was held in 1987 concurrent to the long-running European 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
Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and the Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight,...

 regulations.

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.
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The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the 1st World Touring Car Championship
World Touring Car Championship
The World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship organised by the FIA.The first WTCC, which was open to Group A Touring Cars, was held in 1987 concurrent to the long-running European 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
Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and the Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight,...

 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. Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions:
  • Division 1: 0 to 1600 cc
  • Division 2: 1601 to 2500 cc
  • Division 3: Over 2500 cc

No.TeamCarDiv.TyreDriver
1 Italy Pro Team Italia/Imberti Maserati Biturbo
Maserati Biturbo
The Maserati Biturbo is a sports car introduced by Maserati in 1981. The Biturbo was a two-door, four-seater notchback coupé featuring, as the name implies, a two-litre V-6 engine with two turbochargers and a luxurious interior.The car was designed by Pierangelo Andreani, an engineer from the De...

3 Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Bruno Giacomelli
Bruno Giacomelli is a former racing driver from Italy.He won one of the two 1976 British Formula Three Championships and the 1978 Formula Two championship. He participated in 82 Formula One grands prix, debuting on September 11, 1977...


Germany Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne is a former German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing...


Italy Marcello Gunella
Switzerland Mario Hytten
Italy Nicola Tesini
Australia Kevin Bartlett
Kevin Bartlett (race driver)
Kevin Bartlett , often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the CAMS Gold Star in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50...

6 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is the result of a Ford-project with the purpose of "Producing a downright winner for Group A racing events in Europe."- Development :The project was defined by Stuart Turner in the spring of 1983...


Ford Sierra RS 500
3 UK Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1952. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...


Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....


Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
7 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS 500
3 UK Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....


Belgium Thierry Tassin
Germany Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig is a German race driver. Unlike Hans-Joachim Stuck, Rolf Stommelen, Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer and Jochen Mass, he has never raced in single seaters...


Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....

8 UK Andy Rouse Engineering
Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS 500
3 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig is a German race driver. Unlike Hans-Joachim Stuck, Rolf Stommelen, Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer and Jochen Mass, he has never raced in single seaters...


Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
UK Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....


Belgium Thierry Tassin
UK Win Percy
Win Percy
Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...


Germany Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne is a former German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing...


Germany Bernd Schneider
Bernd Schneider (racecar driver)
Bernd Schneider is a retired touring car driver from Germany.-Early years:Schneider was named after legendary driver Bernd Rosemeyer, winner of the 1936 European Drivers Championship. Introduced to karting at an early age, he displayed an obvious talent for racing...

40 Germany Schnitzer
Schnitzer Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport is a successful Motorsport Team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany. In the last years, they mainly competed as BMW Team Germany in the World Touring Car Championship with drivers Jörg Müller and Augusto Farfus who moved from Alfa Romeo during the winter leading up to the...

BMW M3 2 Italy Ivan Capelli
Ivan Capelli
Ivan Franco Capelli is an Italian former Formula One driver. He participated in 98 Grands Prix, debuting on October 6, 1985...


Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate the BMW Team Italy-Spain operation in the World Touring Car Championship...


Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna.-Biography:...


Italy Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro is an Italian former Formula One driver and five time Le Mans 24 hour winner.- Biography :...

42 Italy CiBiEmme Sport BMW M3 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese
Riccardo Patrese
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from to . He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix, and the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 German Grand Prix...


Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto
Alberto "Johnny" Cecotto is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. The son of Italian immigrants, he was one of the few people to have competed in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.-Motorcycle racing history:Cecotto had won the Venezuelan National Championship...


Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen and Merzario...


Italy Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.He started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup...

43 Italy Bigazzi BMW M3 2 Spain Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala Valls-Taberner is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars....


France Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard is a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from to , participating in 62 Grands Prix, scoring 1 championship point....


Germany Winfried Vogt
46 Germany Schnitzer BMW M3 2 Italy Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro is an Italian former Formula One driver and five time Le Mans 24 hour winner.- Biography :...


Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna.-Biography:...


Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate the BMW Team Italy-Spain operation in the World Touring Car Championship...


Germany Markus Oestreich
Austria Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester is an active touring car racing driver from Austria. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth....

75 Italy Alfa Corse
Alfa Corse
Alfa Corse is the name of Alfa Romeo's factory racing team. Throughout the years, Alfa Corse has competed in various forms of motorsport, from Grand Prix motor racing to touring car racing....

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Alfa Romeo 75
The Alfa Romeo 75, sold in North America as the Milano, was a compact sports sedan / compact executive car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo between 1985 and 1992...

2 Italy Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini is a former racing driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini.-Biography:...


USA Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti
Michael Mario Andretti is an American retired CART and Formula One driver. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League...


France Jacques Laffite
Jacques Laffite
Jacques-Henri Laffite is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from to . He achieved six grand prix wins, all while driving for the Ligier team. He is now a TV commentator on French television TF1.-Career:...


Italy Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast Barilla pasta empire.Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title in 1976...


Italy Giorgio Pianta
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...


Italy Nicola Larini
Nicola Larini
Nicola Larini is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 6, 1987. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 7 championship points.-Career History:...

76 Italy Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2 Italy Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia is a former racing driver from Italy. He was the German Formula Three champion in 1974.Francia unsuccessfully entered two Formula One Grands Prix. The first was in a works Brabham BT45B, in Martini Racing colours, at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix. He was withdrawn during practice...


Italy Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast Barilla pasta empire.Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title in 1976...


France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...


Italy Giorgio Pianta
Italy Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini is a former racing driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini.-Biography:...

77 Italy Brixia Corse Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2 Italy Rinaldo Drovandi
Italy Claudio Langes
Claudio Langes
Claudio Langes is a racing driver from Italy.In 1978 he won the Italian 125 cc go-kart championship. In subsequent years he competed in Formula 3 and in Formula 3000, where his best result was a third place at the Curaçao Grand Prix, achieved in 1985 with a March Formula 3000.Reaching Formula...


Italy Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 3, 1987. He scored 1 championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify...

78 Italy Brixia Corse Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2 Italy Carlo Rossi
Carlo Rossi
Carlo Rossi:*Carlo Rossi , architect of Saint Petersburg, Russia*Carlo Rossi , former Italian race car driver*Carlo Rossi , Canadian politician.*Carlo Rossi...


Italy Alessandro Santin
Alessandro Santin
Alessandro Santin was an Italian race car driver.Santin's main title was in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1984, in which he drove a Ralt-Alfa to four wins...

79 Italy Albatech Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2 Italy Walter Voulaz
Italy Marcello Cipriani
Italy d'Avanzo
Italy Massimo Siena
80 Sweden Q-Racing Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2 Sweden Thomas Lindström
Sweden Mikael Naebrink
100 Italy Alfa Corse
Belgium Alfa Romeo Benelux
Italy Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.
Alfa Romeo 33
Alfa Romeo 33
Alfa Romeo 33 may refer to:* Alfa Romeo T33, a sports car racing prototype used from 1968 to 1977* Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, a rare road going version of the race car, built in 1967* Alfa Romeo 33 Series, a compact car produced between 1983 and 1994...

1 Italy Toby
Italy Giovanni Maggiorelli
Spain Luis Villamil
Belgium Alain Thiebaut
Italy Daniele Toffoli
Italy Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia is a former racing driver from Italy. He was the German Formula Three champion in 1974.Francia unsuccessfully entered two Formula One Grands Prix. The first was in a works Brabham BT45B, in Martini Racing colours, at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix. He was withdrawn during practice...


1987 Calendar

Round Date Country Track,
Event
Overall winner Winner championship Report
#Driver - Laps / Car#Driver - Laps, overall position
1 March 22 Monza
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a motorsport race track near the town of Monza, Italy, north of Milan. It is one of the most historic motor racing circuits in the world.-Overview:...


500 km di Monza
5 Canada Allan Moffat
Allan Moffat
Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his success in the Australian Touring Car Championship and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...


Australia John Harvey
John Harvey (motorsport)
John Harvey is a retired Australian racing driver. He was a top speedway driver for many years in the 1950's/1960’s....


86 laps / Holden VL Commodore Group A SS
Holden VL Commodore
The Holden VL Commodore and Calais were a range of mid-sized cars manufactured between 1986 and 1988 by the General Motors Australian arm, Holden...

79 Italy Walter Voulaz
Italy Marcello Cipriani
79 laps, 7th
Report
2 April 19 Jarama
Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
The Circuito Permanente del Jarama is a 3.404 km race course in Spain which hosted nine Formula One Spanish Grand Prix....


Marlboro 4 Horas de Jarama
46 Italy Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro is an Italian former Formula One driver and five time Le Mans 24 hour winner.- Biography :...


Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate the BMW Team Italy-Spain operation in the World Touring Car Championship...


Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna.-Biography:...


150 laps / BMW M3
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series compact car, developed by BMW's branch BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...

46 Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
150 laps / BMW M3
Report
3 May 10 Dijon
Dijon-Prenois
Dijon-Prenois is a 3.801 km motor racing circuit located in Prenois, near Dijon, France. The undulating track is noted for its fast, sweeping bends....


500 km de Bourgogne
42 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen and Merzario...


Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto
Alberto "Johnny" Cecotto is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. The son of Italian immigrants, he was one of the few people to have competed in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.-Motorcycle racing history:Cecotto had won the Venezuelan National Championship...


112 laps / BMW M3
42 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
112 laps / [BMW M3
Report
4 July 12 Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about south of Cologne, and northwest of Frankfurt...

7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig is a German race driver. Unlike Hans-Joachim Stuck, Rolf Stommelen, Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer and Jochen Mass, he has never raced in single seaters...


Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....


Belgium Pierre Dieudonné *
111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is the result of a Ford-project with the purpose of "Producing a downright winner for Group A racing events in Europe."- Development :The project was defined by Stuart Turner in the spring of 1983...

7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné *
111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Report
5 1-August 2 Spa-Francorchamps
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is considered to be one of the most challenging race tracks in the world,...


Spa 24 Hours
Spa 24 Hours
The Total 24 Hours of Spa is an endurance racing event held annually in Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Conceived by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem just one year after the first 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race was run under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club Belgium...

48 Belgium Eric van de Poele
Eric van de Poele
Eric van de Poele is a Belgian racing driver and former Formula One driver. He participated in 29 Grands Prix, debuting on March 10, 1991. He scored no championship points....


Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Didier Theys
Didier Theys
Didier Theys is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. After some success in European F-3, he raced in the 1987-1993 seasons with 47 career starts, including the 1989, 1990 and 1993 Indianapolis 500...


481 laps / BMW M3
43 Spain Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala Valls-Taberner is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars....


France Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard is a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from to , participating in 62 Grands Prix, scoring 1 championship point....


Germany Winfried Vogt
473 laps, Runner-up
Report
6 August 16 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

Brno
Masaryk Circuit
The Masaryk circuit or Masarykring, now referred to as the Brno Circuit, is a Czech racing circuit located close to the city of Brno at Kohoutovice. It was used before and after WWII for events such as Grand Prix Masaryk measuring up to in length before the existence of Formula One...

7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is the result of a Ford-project with the purpose of "Producing a downright winner for Group A racing events in Europe."- Development :The project was defined by Stuart Turner in the spring of 1983...

7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
Report
7 September 6 Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
The Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the village in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987...

48 Switzerland Enzo Calderari
Italy Fabio Mancini
105 laps / BMW M3
46 Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Austria Roland Ratzenberger *
105 laps, Runner-up
Report
8 October 4 Bathurst
Mount Panorama Circuit
Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...


Bathurst 1000
Bathurst 1000
The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was traditionally run on the first Sunday in October but is now held on the second Sunday. The race traces its lineage to the 1960 Armstrong 500...

km
10 Australia Peter McLeod
Peter McLeod
Peter McLeod , was an Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 Bathurst 1000....


Australia Peter Brock
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers...


Australia David Parsons
David 'Skippy' Parsons
David John 'Skippy' Parsons , was an Australian racing driver, who while never a full time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia....


Australia Jon Crooke *
158 laps / Holden VL Commodore Group A SS
42 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen and Merzario...


Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto
Alberto "Johnny" Cecotto is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. The son of Italian immigrants, he was one of the few people to have competed in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.-Motorcycle racing history:Cecotto had won the Venezuelan National Championship...


154 laps / 7th
Report
1987 James Hardie 1000
align="right"|-|The 1987 James Hardie 1000 was the eighth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship, the first round to be held in the southern hemisphere. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was the 25th anniversary of the original touring car...

9 October 11 Calder
Calder Park Raceway
Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...


Calder 500km
6 UK Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1952. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...


Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz *
120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
6 UK Steve Soper
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz *
120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
Report
1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500
The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations...

10 October 26 Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, at the southwestern tip of the North Island between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island and is New Zealand's third most populous urban area with residents. There are ...


Wellington 500
Wellington 500
The Wellington 500 was a street race for touring cars which took place at Wellington City in Wellington, New Zealand. The race was first proposed in 1984 and first took place a year later with a different layout from that to the original proposal....

km
7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
7 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
Report
1987 Wellington 500
The 1987 Nissan Mobil 500 was the tenth 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 October 26, 1987 at the Wellington Street Circuit in the docks area of Wellington, New Zealand.-Official...

11 November 15 Fuji
Fuji Speedway
is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s and hosted the first Formula One race in Japan in 1976. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing...


Inter TEC 500km
6 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
112 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
6 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
112 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500
Report
1987 Fuji 500
The 1987 Fuji Inter-tec 500 was the eleventh and final round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations...


Drivers

PosDriverCarItaly
ITA
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a motorsport race track near the town of Monza, Italy, north of Milan. It is one of the most historic motor racing circuits in the world.-Overview:...

Spain
SPA
Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
The Circuito Permanente del Jarama is a 3.404 km race course in Spain which hosted nine Formula One Spanish Grand Prix....

France
FRA
Dijon-Prenois
Dijon-Prenois is a 3.801 km motor racing circuit located in Prenois, near Dijon, France. The undulating track is noted for its fast, sweeping bends....

West Germany
GER
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about south of Cologne, and northwest of Frankfurt...

Belgium
BEL
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is considered to be one of the most challenging race tracks in the world,...

Czechoslovakia
CZE
Masaryk Circuit
The Masaryk circuit or Masarykring, now referred to as the Brno Circuit, is a Czech racing circuit located close to the city of Brno at Kohoutovice. It was used before and after WWII for events such as Grand Prix Masaryk measuring up to in length before the existence of Formula One...

Great Britain
GBR
Silverstone Circuit
The Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the village in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987...

Australia
MPC
Mount Panorama Circuit
Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

Australia
CPR
Calder Park Raceway
Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...

New Zealand
NZL
Wellington 500
The Wellington 500 was a street race for touring cars which took place at Wellington City in Wellington, New Zealand. The race was first proposed in 1984 and first took place a year later with a different layout from that to the original proposal....

Japan
JAP
Fuji Speedway
is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s and hosted the first Formula One race in Japan in 1976. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing...

Points
1 Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate the BMW Team Italy-Spain operation in the World Touring Car Championship...

BMW M3 DSQ 1st Ret 2nd Ret 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 269
2 Germany Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig is a German race driver. Unlike Hans-Joachim Stuck, Rolf Stommelen, Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer and Jochen Mass, he has never raced in single seaters...

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is the result of a Ford-project with the purpose of "Producing a downright winner for Group A racing events in Europe."- Development :The project was defined by Stuart Turner in the spring of 1983...


Ford Sierra RS500
DSQ 4th 4th 1st Ret 1st 4th DSQ 5th 1st 1st 268
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500
DSQ 5th 3rd 1st Ret 1st 4th DSQ 5th 1st 1st 268
4 Italy Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro is an Italian former Formula One driver and five time Le Mans 24 hour winner.- Biography :...

BMW M3 DSQ 1st Ret 2nd Ret Ret 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 244
5 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500
DSQ 4th 4th Ret Ret 2nd 7th DSQ 1st 3rd 4th 193
UK Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1952. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500
DSQ 5th 3rd Ret Ret 2nd 7th DSQ 1st 3rd 4th 193
7 France Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard
Olivier Grouillard is a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from to , participating in 62 Grands Prix, scoring 1 championship point....

BMW M3 DSQ 3rd 4th 1st 3rd Ret 2nd Ret 6th 164
8 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto
Alberto "Johnny" Cecotto is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. The son of Italian immigrants, he was one of the few people to have competed in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.-Motorcycle racing history:Cecotto had won the Venezuelan National Championship...

BMW M3 DSQ 6th 1st Ret Ret 5th Ret 1st 4th Ret 5th 158
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen and Merzario...

BMW M3 6th 1st Ret Ret 5th Ret 1st 4th Ret 5th 158
10 Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna.-Biography:...

BMW M3 DSQ 2nd Ret 3rd 6th 4th Ret Ret 3rd 4th 146
11 Spain Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala Valls-Taberner is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars....

BMW M3 DSQ 3rd 4th 1st 3rd Ret 6th 134
12 Italy Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia
Giorgio Francia is a former racing driver from Italy. He was the German Formula Three champion in 1974.Francia unsuccessfully entered two Formula One Grands Prix. The first was in a works Brabham BT45B, in Martini Racing colours, at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix. He was withdrawn during practice...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Alfa Romeo 75
The Alfa Romeo 75, sold in North America as the Milano, was a compact sports sedan / compact executive car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo between 1985 and 1992...


Alfa Romeo 33
Ret Ret 6th 7th 5th Ret 2nd Ret 6th 5th 130
13 Germany Markus Oestreich BMW M3 DSQ Ret 3rd 6th Ret Ret Ret 3rd 4th 3rd 118
14 Italy Daniele Toffoli Alfa Romeo 33 Ret 9th Ret 6th 5th 8th 99
15 Italy Walter Voulaz Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 1st 7th 10th Ret 4th 9th 8th 94
Italy Marcello Cipriani Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 1st 7th 10th Ret 4th 9th 8th 94
17 France Jacques Laffite
Jacques Laffite
Jacques-Henri Laffite is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from to . He achieved six grand prix wins, all while driving for the Ligier team. He is now a TV commentator on French television TF1.-Career:...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 10th 7th 6th 3rd 8th 5th 86
18 Italy Carlo Rossi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80
Italy Alessandro Santin
Alessandro Santin
Alessandro Santin was an Italian race car driver.Santin's main title was in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1984, in which he drove a Ralt-Alfa to four wins...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 2nd Ret 9th 9th Ret 7th 3rd 80
20 Germany Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne is a former German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing...

Maserati Biturbo
Maserati Biturbo
The Maserati Biturbo is a sports car introduced by Maserati in 1981. The Biturbo was a two-door, four-seater notchback coupé featuring, as the name implies, a two-litre V-6 engine with two turbochargers and a luxurious interior.The car was designed by Pierangelo Andreani, an engineer from the De...

4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th 6th Ret Ret 7th 79
21 Germany Winni Vogt BMW M3 DSQ Ret 1st 2nd Ret Ret 70
22 Italy Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast Barilla pasta empire.Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title in 1976...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret Ret 6th 3rd 8th 5th 67
23 Italy Ivan Capelli
Ivan Capelli
Ivan Franco Capelli is an Italian former Formula One driver. He participated in 98 Grands Prix, debuting on October 6, 1985...

BMW M3 DSQ 2nd 2nd Ret 60
24 Italy Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro Nannini
Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini is a former racing driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini.-Biography:...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 10th 7th 5th 59
25 United Kingdom Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500
Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58
Belgium Thierry Tassin Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS 500
Ret 8th 5th 5th Ret Ret Ret Ret 58
27 Italy Rinaldo Drovandi Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 8th 2nd 10th Ret 54
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 6th 7th 3rd 54
29 France Alain Thiebaut Alfa Romeo 33 Ret 9th 8th 45
30 Italy Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 3, 1987. He scored 1 championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 8th 2nd 10th Ret 43
31 Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Bruno Giacomelli
Bruno Giacomelli is a former racing driver from Italy.He won one of the two 1976 British Formula Three Championships and the 1978 Formula Two championship. He participated in 82 Formula One grands prix, debuting on September 11, 1977...

Maserati Biturbo 4th DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11th Ret 42
Italy Marcello Gunella Maserati Biturbo 4th Ret 11th 42
33 Italy Claudio Langes
Claudio Langes
Claudio Langes is a racing driver from Italy.In 1978 he won the Italian 125 cc go-kart championship. In subsequent years he competed in Formula 3 and in Formula 3000, where his best result was a third place at the Curaçao Grand Prix, achieved in 1985 with a March Formula 3000.Reaching Formula...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 8th 2nd 41
34 Austria Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester is an active touring car racing driver from Austria. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth....

BMW M3 6th 3rd 39
35 Germany Altfrid Heger
Altfrid Heger
Altfrid Heger is a German racing driver who competed in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.He won the 1988 Guia Race....

BMW M3 DSQ 2nd Ret 30
Italy Nicola Larini
Nicola Larini
Nicola Larini is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 6, 1987. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 7 championship points.-Career History:...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 2nd 30
Sweden Thomas Lindström Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 6th DNS 30
38 USA Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti
Michael Mario Andretti is an American retired CART and Formula One driver. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 3rd 24
39 Italy 'Toby' Alfa Romeo 33 Ret Ret 9th 22
40 Switzerland Mario Hytten Maserati Biturbo 6th 21
Italy Nicola Tesini Maserati Biturbo 6th 21
42 Italy Massimo Siena Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 4th 20
43 Sweden Steven Andskär
Steven Andskär
Steven Andskär is a race car driver born in Sweden. His long career started out in the mid 1970s when he competed in karting. After that - in the early years in the 1980s - he went from karting to driving several races in Formula 3. Later on he advanced to Formula 3000 which he raced in from 1986...

Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Ret 6th DNS 16
Germany Bernd Schneider Ford Sierra RS500 7th 16
45 Sweden Mikael Naebrink Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 9th 12th 10th Ret 14
46 Italy Bruno di Gioia Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3
France Gerard Févrot Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 11th 3



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

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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 3 - 30 25 40 - 40 30 - 23 40 40 268
2 Schnitzer BMW M3 No 46 2 - 40 - 27 12 25 40 - 35 35 35 249
3 Schnitzer BMW M3 No 40 2 - 30 30 35 - - - 24 27 25 27 198
4 Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 6 3 - 23 32 - - 30 16 - 40 27 25 193
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.

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