1987 RAC Tourist Trophy

The 1987 RAC Tourist Trophy was the seventh 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 6 September 1987 at the Silverstone Circuit, in Silverstone, United Kingdom.

1987 RAC Tourist Trophy

Race details
Round 7 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom.
Date	6 September, 1987
Location	Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Silverstone Circuit 4.778 kilometres (2.969 mi)
Laps 105 Pole position Driver Steve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport Time 1:35.780 Podium First Enzo Calderari Fabio Mancini CiBiEmme Sport Second Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger BMW Motorsport Third Giorgio Francia Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fastest Lap Driver Steve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport Time 1:48.060

The race was won by Enzo Calderari and Fabio Mancini, driving a BMW M3. The leading car eligible for championship points was another M3, driven by Emanuele Pirro, Roberto Ravaglia and Roland Ratzenberger, who finished in second place.

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]

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

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

References

1. "Tourist Trophy (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
2. "Tourist Trophy (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

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