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.

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:
No.TeamCarDiv.TyreRoundsDriverRounds
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Bruno Giacomelli1, 3-4, 6
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Armin Hahne1, 3-4, 6-9
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Marcello Gunella1, 4, 6
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Mario Hytten7
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Nicola Tesini7
1 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo31, 3-4, 6-9 Kevin Bartlett8-9
2 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo33 Mario Hytten3
2 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo33 Marcello Gunella3
4 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo39 Marcello Gunella9
4 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo39 Nicola Tesini9
4 Pro Team Italia/ImbertiMaserati Biturbo39 Stefano Livio9
6 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Steve Soper1-10
6 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Klaus Niedzwiedz1-3, 11
6 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Pierre Dieudonné4-10
6 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Philippe Streiff5
6 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Klaus Ludwig11
7 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Klaus Ludwig1-10
7 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Pierre Dieudonné1-3, 11
7 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Klaus Niedzwiedz4-10
7 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Thierry Boutsen5
7 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		3All Steve Soper11
8 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS500311 Armin Hahne11
8 Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS500311 Bernd Schneider11
8 Andy Rouse EngineeringFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		31-7 Andy Rouse1-7
8 Andy Rouse EngineeringFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		31-7 Thierry Tassin1-7
8 Andy Rouse EngineeringFord Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS500		31-7 Win Percy5
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Ivan Capelli1-5
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Roberto Ravaglia1, 3-6, 8, 11
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Roland Ratzenberger2, 7, 9-10
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Emanuele Pirro5-6, 8
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Markus Oestreich7, 9-11
40 SchnitzerBMW M32All Dieter Quester11
42 CiBiEmme SportBMW M32All Riccardo Patrese1
42 CiBiEmme SportBMW M32All Johnny CecottoAll
42 CiBiEmme SportBMW M32All Gianfranco Brancatelli2-11
42 CiBiEmme SportBMW M32All Mauro Baldi5
43 BigazziBMW M32All Luis Pérez-Sala1-2, 4-7, 11
43 BigazziBMW M32All Olivier Grouillard1-2, 4-8, 10-11
43 BigazziBMW M32All Winfried Vogt3, 5, 8-10
43 BigazziBMW M32All Markus Oestreich3
43 BigazziBMW M32All Altfrid Heger8-9
46 Schnitzer MotorsportBMW M32All Emanuele Pirro1-3, 7, 9-11
46 Schnitzer MotorsportBMW M32All Roland Ratzenberger1, 3-8
46 Schnitzer MotorsportBMW M32All Roberto Ravaglia2, 6-7, 9-11
46 Schnitzer MotorsportBMW M32All Markus Oestreich4-6, 8
46 Schnitzer MotorsportBMW M32All Dieter Quester5
75 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Alessandro Nannini1-3
75 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Michael Andretti1
75 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Jacques Laffite2-7
75 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Paolo Barilla4-7
75 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Jean-Louis Schlesser5
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Giorgio Francia1-4
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Paolo Barilla1-2
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Jean-Louis Schlesser3-4
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Walter Voulaz5-7
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Marcello Cipriani5-7
76 Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Massimo Siena5
77 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Rinaldo Drovandi1-7
77 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Gabriele Tarquini1-2, 4-7
77 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Claudio Langes3, 5
78 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Carlo Rossi1-7
78 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Alessandro Santin1-7
78 Brixia CorseAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Giacomo Bossini5
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Walter Voulaz1-4
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Marcello Cipriani1-4
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Alessandro Nannini5
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Giorgio Francia5-7
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Jean-Louis Schlesser5
79 AlbatechAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-7 Nicola Larini6-7
80 Q-RacingAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-4, 6-7 Thomas Lindström1-4, 6-7
80 Q-RacingAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-4, 6-7 Mikael Naebrink1-4
80 Q-RacingAlfa Romeo 75 Turbo21-4, 6-7 Steven Andskar6-7
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Carlo Brambilla3-7
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Giovanni Maggiorelli3
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Luis Villamil4
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Alain Thiebaut5-7, 11
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Daniele Toffoli5, 7-10
100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo Benelux
Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.		Alfa Romeo 3313-11 Giorgio Francia8-11

Calendar

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

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

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.