1987 RAC Tourist Trophy

The1987 RAC Tourist Trophywas the seventh round of theinauguralWorld Touring Car Championship.The race was held for cars eligible forGroup Atouring car regulations. It was held on 6 September 1987 at theSilverstone Circuit,inSilverstone,United Kingdom.

United Kingdom1987 RAC Tourist Trophy
Race details
Date6 September, 1987
LocationSilverstone,United Kingdom
CourseSilverstone Circuit
4.778 kilometres (2.969 mi)
Laps 105
Pole position
Driver United KingdomSteve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:35.780
Podium
First SwitzerlandEnzo Calderari
ItalyFabio Mancini
CiBiEmme Sport
Second ItalyEmanuele Pirro
ItalyRoberto Ravaglia
AustriaRoland Ratzenberger
BMW Motorsport
Third ItalyGiorgio Francia
ItalyNicola Larini
Alfa Corse
Fastest Lap
Driver United KingdomSteve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:48.060

The race was won by Enzo Calderari and Fabio Mancini, driving aBMW M3.The leading car eligible for championship points was another M3, driven byEmanuele Pirro,Roberto RavagliaandRoland Ratzenberger,who finished in second place.

Class structure

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Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:

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

Official results

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Results were as follows:[1][2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Series
Points
1 2 48 CiBiEmme Sport Enzo Calderari
Fabio Mancini
BMW M3 105 10
2 2 46 BMW Motorsport Roberto Ravaglia
Emanuele Pirro
Roland Ratzenberger
BMW M3 105 7 40
3 2 79 Alfa Corse Giorgio Francia
Nicola Larini
Alfa Romeo 75 105 14 30
4 2 57 Marko AMG Peter Oberndorfer
Franz Klammer
Mercedes 190E 104 11
5 2 78 Brixia Corse Carlo Rossi
Alessandro Santin
Alfa Romeo 75 104 17 24
6 3 7 Eggenberger Motorsport Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 103 3 30
7 2 72 Prodrive Frank Sytner
Marc Duez
Mike Smith
BMW M3 103 15
8 2 84 Helmut König Helmut König
Karl Baron
Heribert Werginz
BMW M3 103 19
9 3 4 Wolf Racing Barclay Joachim Winkelhock
Jeff Allam
Ford Sierra RS500 103 5
10 2 75 Alfa Corse Jacques Laffite
Paolo Barilla
Alfa Romeo 75 102 12 18
11 3 31 CMS Sweden Christer Simonsen
Kurt Simonsen
Volvo 240T 102 24
12 3 1 Pro Team Italia Mario Hytten
Armin Hahne
Nicola Tesini
Maserati Biturbo 100 16 21
13 3 6 Eggenberger Motorsport Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 99 1 16
14 3 23 Michel Delcourt
Alex Guyaux
Jerry Mahony
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 99 26
15 1 106 Team Toyota GB Chris Hodgetts
Andrew Bagnall
Toyota Corolla GT 98 28
16 1 107 Team Toyota GB Gareth Chapman
Chris Hodgetts
Alex Moss
Toyota Corolla GT 96 31
17 1 114 Tom's GB Ltd. Tiff Needell
Phil Dowsett
Toyota Corolla GT 96 30
18 2 76 Alfa Corse Walter Voulaz
Marcello Cipriani
Alfa Romeo 75 96 25 11
19 2 60 Per G. Hansen
Jens Winther
BMW M3 95 27
20 1 112 Pierluigi Grassetto
Antonín Charouz
Toyota Corolla GT 94 33
21 1 100 Alfa Romeo Carlo Brambilla
Alain Thiebaut
Daniele Toffoli
Alfa Romeo 33 93 35 22
22 1 112 Eddy van Esch
Heinz Wirth
Antonín Charouz
Toyota Corolla GT 93 34
DNF 2 43 Bigazzi Luis Pérez-Sala
Olivier Grouillard
BMW M3 103 9
DNF 3 8 Andy Rouse Engineering Andy Rouse
Thierry Tassin
Ford Sierra RS500 15 2
DNF 3 11 Andy Rouse Engineering Win Percy
Rob Hall
Ford Sierra RS500 6 4
DNF 3 15 RAS Sport Hans Heyer
Eddy Joosen
Toyota Supra 3 21
DNF 2 42 CiBiEmme Sport Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli
BMW M3 0 6
DNF 2 40 Schnitzer Motorsport Markus Oestreich
Roland Ratzenberger
BMW M3 8
DNF 3 16 ICS Tim Harvey
David Sears
Rover Vitesse 13
DNF 2 77 Brixia Corse Rinaldo Drovandi
Gabriele Tarquini
Alfa Romeo 75 18
DNF 3 24 Evert Bolderheij
Allard Kalff
Ford Sierra RS500 20
DNF 3 21 Vic Covey
Andrew Jeffrey
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 22
DNF 2 62 Schwaben Motorsport Thomas von Löwis
Leopold von Bayern
Richard Down
BMW M3 23
DNF 2 73 Karl Jones
Alan Curnow
Ford Escort RS Turbo 29
DNF 1 115 AGK Motorsport Geoff Kimber-Smith
Barbara Cowell
Toyota Corolla GT 32
DNS 2 80 Q-Racing Thomas Lindström
Steven Andskär
Alfa Romeo 75
  • Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Tourist Trophy (Qualifying Results)".Racing Sports Cars.Retrieved2013-07-13.
  2. ^"Tourist Trophy (Race Results)".Racing Sports Cars.Retrieved2013-07-13.


World Touring Car Championship
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1987 Grand Prix Brno
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1987 James Hardie 1000