1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix

The 1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix was the fourth 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 July 12, 1987, at the Nürburgring, in Nürburg, West Germany.

1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix
Race details
Date12 July, 1987
LocationNürburg, West Germany
CourseNürburgring
4.556 kilometres (2.831 mi)
Laps 111
Pole position
Driver Steve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:46.610
Podium
First Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz		 Eggenberger Motorsport
Second Ivan Capelli
Roberto Ravaglia		 BMW Motorsport
Third Roland Ratzenberger
Markus Oestreich		 BMW Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:48.590

The race was won by Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz, driving a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.

Class structure

Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:

  • Division 1: 1-1600cc
  • Division 2: 1601-2500cc
  • Division 3: Over 2500cc

Official results

Results were as follows:[1][2] | Entered: 39 | Started: 39 | Finished: 19

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos		 Series
Points
1 3 7 Eggenberger Motorsport Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz		 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 111 2 40
2 2 40 BMW Motorsport Ivan Capelli
Roberto Ravaglia		 BMW M3 111 6 35
3 2 46 BMW Motorsport Roland Ratzenberger
Markus Oestreich
Roberto Ravaglia		 BMW M3 110 9 27
4 2 BMW Motorsport Winfried Vogt
Altfrid Heger		 BMW M3 109 8
5 2 43 Bigazzi Luis Pérez-Sala
Olivier Grouillard		 BMW M3 109 11 22
6 2 69 Vogelsang Eric van de Poele
Harald Grohs		 BMW M3 109 7
7 2 48 CiBiEmme Sport Fabio Mancini
Luciano Lovato		 BMW M3 108 18
8 3 8 Andy Rouse Engineering Andy Rouse
Thierry Tassin		 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 107 10 23
9 2 75 Alfa Corse Jacques Laffite
Paolo Barilla
Giorgio Pianta		 Alfa Romeo 75 106 16 16
10 2 76 Alfa Corse Giorgio Francia
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Giorgio Pianta		 Alfa Romeo 75 106 20 12
11 2 77 Brixia Corse Gabriele Tarquini
Rinaldo Drovandi		 Alfa Romeo 75 106 28 9
12 2 78 Brixia Corse Carlo Rossi
Alessandro Santin		 Alfa Romeo 75 104 27 6
13 3 Alex Guyaux
Michel Delcourt		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 104 30
14 2 Zdeněk Vojtěch
Břetislav Enge		 BMW M3 103 23
15 1 90 Scuderia Avus Berlin Herbert Lingmann
Ludwig Hölzl		 Toyota Corolla GT 100 35
16 2 Giovanni Fontanesi
Zdeněk Vojtěch		 BMW M3 95 15
17 1 100 Bigazzi Carlo Brambilla
Luis Villamil		 Alfa Romeo 33 95 39
18 1 Georg Alber
Helmut Maier
Antonín Charouz		 Toyota Corolla GT 94 32
19 2 80 Q-Racing Thomas Lindström
Mikael Naebrink		 Alfa Romeo 75 78 26 4
DNF 3 1 Pro Team Italia/Imberti Bruno Giacomelli
Armin Hahne
Marcello Gunella		 Maserati Biturbo 48 13
DNF 3 6 Eggenberger Motorsport Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné		 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 46 1
DNF 2 42 CiBiEmme Sport Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli		 BMW M3 3
DNF 3 13 Wolf Racing Team Joachim Winkelhock
Jörg van Ommen		 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4
DNF 2 BMW Alpina Ellen Lohr
Fabien Giroix		 BMW M3 5
DNF 3 Leif Lindström
Per Stureson		 Volvo 240T 12
DNF 3 3 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Tom Walkinshaw
Jeff Allam		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 14
DNF 2 57 Marko AMG Peter Oberndorfer
Franz Klammer		 Mercedes 190E 17
DNF 2 Schwaben Motorsport Thomas von Löwis
Leopold von Bayern
Jan Thoelke		 BMW M3 19
DNF 2 Kurt König
Walter Nussbaumer		 BMW M3 21
DNF 3 ABR Manuel Reuter
Kris Nissen		 Ford Sierra XR4Ti 22
DNF 2 Heribert Werginz Helmut König
Karl Baron
Heribert Werginz		 BMW M3 24
DNF 2 79 Albatech Walter Voulaz
Marcello Cipriani		 Alfa Romeo 75 25
DNF 2 60 Schnitzer Motorsport Anette Meeuvissen
Mercedes Stermitz
Altfrid Heger		 BMW M3 29
DNF 2 Pro Team Italia/Imberti Miloš Bychl
Dagmar Šuster		 BMW M3 31
DNF 1 103 Fina Racing Team Pierre Fermine
Serge de Liedekerke		 Toyota Corolla GT 33
DNF 1 93 Stig Gruen
Eric Hoyer		 Toyota Corolla GT 34
DNF 1 104 Fina Racing Team Guy Katsers
Jean-Claude Burton		 Toyota Corolla GT 36
DNF 1 Haribo Racing Team Heinz Pütz
Wolfgang Kudrass		 VW Golf GTI 37
DNF 1 95 Antonín Charouz
Pierluigi Grassetto
Daniele Toffoli		 Toyota Corolla GT 38
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See also

References
  1. "Nürburgring Grand Prix (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  2. "Nürburgring Grand Prix (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
World Touring Car Championship
Previous race:
1987 Burgundy 500		 1987 season Next race:
1987 Spa 24 Hour
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