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
Round 4 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Nürburgring in Nürburg, West Germany.
Date	12 July, 1987
Location	Nürburg, West Germany
Course	Nürburgring 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

• Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

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.

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