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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.
Date12 July, 1987
LocationNürburg, West Germany
CourseNürburgring
4.556 kilometres (2.831 mi)
Laps 111
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Steve Soper Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:46.610
Podium
First West Germany Klaus Ludwig
West Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz		 Eggenberger Motorsport
Second Italy Ivan Capelli
Italy Roberto Ravaglia		 BMW Motorsport
Third Austria Roland Ratzenberger
West Germany Markus Oestreich		 BMW Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver West Germany Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1:48.590

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.

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: | Entered: 39 | Started: 39 | Finished: 19

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos 		Series
Points
1 3 7 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport West Germany Klaus Ludwig
West Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz 		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 111 2 40
2 2 40 West Germany BMW Motorsport Italy Ivan Capelli
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW M3 111 6 35
3 2 46 West Germany BMW Motorsport Austria Roland Ratzenberger
West Germany Markus Oestreich
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW M3 110 9 27
4 2 West Germany BMW Motorsport West Germany Winfried Vogt
West Germany Altfrid Heger 		BMW M3 109 8
5 2 43 Italy Bigazzi Spain Luis Pérez-Sala
France Olivier Grouillard 		BMW M3 109 11 22
6 2 69 Vogelsang Belgium Eric van de Poele
West Germany Harald Grohs 		BMW M3 109 7
7 2 48 Italy CiBiEmme Sport Italy Fabio Mancini
Italy Luciano Lovato 		BMW M3 108 18
8 3 8 United Kingdom Andy Rouse Engineering United Kingdom Andy Rouse
Belgium Thierry Tassin 		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 107 10 23
9 2 75 Italy Alfa Corse France Jacques Laffite
Italy Paolo Barilla
Italy Giorgio Pianta 		Alfa Romeo 75 106 16 16
10 2 76 Italy Alfa Corse Italy Giorgio Francia
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Italy Giorgio Pianta 		Alfa Romeo 75 106 20 12
11 2 77 Italy Brixia Corse Italy Gabriele Tarquini
Italy Rinaldo Drovandi 		Alfa Romeo 75 106 28 9
12 2 78 Italy Brixia Corse Italy Carlo Rossi
Italy Alessandro Santin 		Alfa Romeo 75 104 27 6
13 3 Belgium Alex Guyaux
Belgium Michel Delcourt 		Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 104 30
14 2 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Vojtěch
Czechoslovakia Břetislav Enge 		BMW M3 103 23
15 1 90 West Germany Scuderia Avus Berlin West Germany Herbert Lingmann
West Germany Ludwig Hölzl 		Toyota Corolla GT 100 35
16 2 Venezuela Giovanni Fontanesi
Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Vojtěch 		BMW M3 95 15
17 1 100 Italy Bigazzi Italy Carlo Brambilla
Spain Luis Villamil 		Alfa Romeo 33 95 39
18 1 West Germany Georg Alber
West Germany Helmut Maier
Czechoslovakia Antonín Charouz 		Toyota Corolla GT 94 32
19 2 80 Sweden Q-Racing Sweden Thomas Lindström
Sweden Mikael Naebrink 		Alfa Romeo 75 78 26 4
DNF 3 1 Italy Pro Team Italia/Imberti Italy Bruno Giacomelli
West Germany Armin Hahne
Italy Marcello Gunella 		Maserati Biturbo 48 13
DNF 3 6 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport United Kingdom Steve Soper
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné 		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 46 1
DNF 2 42 Italy CiBiEmme Sport Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli 		BMW M3 3
DNF 3 13 Wolf Racing Team West Germany Joachim Winkelhock
West Germany Jörg van Ommen 		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4
DNF 2 BMW Alpina West Germany Ellen Lohr
France Fabien Giroix 		BMW M3 5
DNF 3 Sweden Leif Lindström
Sweden Per Stureson 		Volvo 240T 12
DNF 3 3 United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
United Kingdom Jeff Allam 		Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 14
DNF 2 57 Austria Marko AMG West Germany Peter Oberndorfer
Austria Franz Klammer 		Mercedes 190E 17
DNF 2 West Germany Schwaben Motorsport West Germany Thomas von Löwis
West Germany Leopold von Bayern
West Germany Jan Thoelke 		BMW M3 19
DNF 2 West Germany Kurt König
Switzerland Walter Nussbaumer 		BMW M3 21
DNF 3 ABR West Germany Manuel Reuter
Denmark Kris Nissen 		Ford Sierra XR4Ti 22
DNF 2 Heribert Werginz Austria Helmut König
Austria Karl Baron
Austria Heribert Werginz 		BMW M3 24
DNF 2 79 Italy Albatech West Germany Walter Voulaz
West Germany Marcello Cipriani 		Alfa Romeo 75 25
DNF 2 60 West Germany Schnitzer Motorsport West Germany Anette Meeuvissen
Austria Mercedes Stermitz
West Germany Altfrid Heger 		BMW M3 29
DNF 2 Italy Pro Team Italia/Imberti Czechoslovakia Miloš Bychl
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dagmar Šuster 		BMW M3 31
DNF 1 103 Fina Racing Team Belgium Pierre Fermine
Belgium Serge de Liedekerke 		Toyota Corolla GT 33
DNF 1 93 Sweden Stig Gruen
Denmark Eric Hoyer 		Toyota Corolla GT 34
DNF 1 104 Fina Racing Team Belgium Guy Katsers
Belgium Jean-Claude Burton 		Toyota Corolla GT 36
DNF 1 Haribo Racing Team West Germany Heinz Pütz
West Germany Wolfgang Kudrass 		VW Golf GTI 37
DNF 1 95 Czechoslovakia Antonín Charouz
Italy Pierluigi Grassetto
Italy Daniele Toffoli 		Toyota Corolla GT 38
  • Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

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.


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