1987 World Touring Car Championship season

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The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the 1st World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on March 22, 1987 and ended on November 15 after eleven races.

1 Drivers and teams
2 1987 Calendar
3 Championship Results
- 3.1 Drivers
4 See also
5 Reference

[edit] Drivers and teams

Championship drivers and teams

No.	Team	Car	Div.	Tyre	Driver
1	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Maserati Biturbo	3	Dunlop	Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne Marcello Gunella Mario Hytten Nicola Tesini Kevin Bartlett
6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Steve Soper Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné
7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz
8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	3	Pirelli	Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Win Percy Armin Hahne Bernd Schneider
40	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Yokohama	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro
42	CiBiEmme Sport	BMW M3	2	Pirelli	Riccardo Paletti Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli Mauro Baldi
43	Bigazzi	BMW M3	2	Pirelli	Luis Perez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt
46	Schnitzer	BMW M3	2	Yokohama	Emanuele Pirro Roland Ratzenberger Roberto Ravaglia Markus Oestreich Dieter Quester
75	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Alessandro Nannini Michael Andretti Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Giorgio Pianta Jean-Louis Schlesser Nicola Larini
76	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Giorgio Francia Paolo Barilla Jean-Louis Schlesser Giorgio Pianta Alessandro Nannini
77	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Rinaldo Drovandi Claudio Langes Gabriele Tarquini
78	Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin
79	Albatech	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani d'Avanzo Massimo Siena
80	Q-Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	2	Pirelli	Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink
100	Alfa Corse, Alfa Romeo Benelux, Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.	Alfa Romeo 33 Turbo	1	Pirelli	Toby Giovanni Maggiorelli Luis Villamil Alain Thiebaut Daniele Toffoli Giorgio Francia

[edit] 1987 Calendar

Round	Date	Coutry	Track, Event	#	Driver - Laps / Car	#	Driver - Laps, overall position
Round	Date	Coutry	Track, Event	Overall winner		Winner champioship
1	March 22	Italy	Monza 500 km di Monza	5	Allan Moffat John Harvey 86 laps / Holden VL Commodore	79	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani 79 laps, 7th
2	April 19	Spain	Jarama Marlboro 4 Horas de Jarama	46	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger 150 laps / BMW M3	(left)
3	May 10	France	Dijon 500 km de Bourgogne	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 112 laps / BMW M3	(left)
4	July 12	Germany	Nürburgring	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Pierre Dieudonné * 111 laps / Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	(left)
5	August 1~2	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps Spa 24 Hours	48	Eric van de Poele Jean-Michel Martin Didier Theys 481 laps / BMW M3	43	Luis Perez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Winfried Vogt 473 laps, Runner-up
6	August 16	Czech Republic	Brno	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 93 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)
7	September 6	United Kingdom	Silverstone	48	Enzo Calderari Fabio Mancini 105 laps / BMW M3	46	Emanuele Pirro Roland Ratzenberger Roberto Ravaglia * 105 laps, Runner-up
8	October 4	Australia	Bathurst Bathurst 1000km	48	David "Skippy" Parsons Peter Brock Peter McLeod Jon Crooke * 158 laps / Holden VL Commodore	42	Gianfranco Brancatelli Johnny Cecotto 154 laps / 7th
9	October 11	Australia	Calder Calder 500km	6	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz * 120 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)
10	October 26	New Zealand	Wellington Wellington 500km	7	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 150 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)
11	November 15	Japan	Fuji Inter TEC 500km	6	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz 112 laps / Ford Sierra RS 500	(left)

[edit] Championship Results

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[edit] Drivers

Pos	Driver	Car	Wins	Points
1	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	2	269
2	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	4	268
2	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	4	268
4	Emanuele Pirro	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	2	244
5	Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	1	193
5	Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS 500	1	193
7	Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	1	164
8	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	2	158
8	Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	2	158
10	Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	0	146
11	Luis Perez-Sala	BMW M3	1	138

Point system: 20-15-12-10-7-6 for top six finishers of overall result and championship competitors. Therefore, a driver can acquire 40 points or less in a race.