1987 Grand Prix Brno

The 1987 Grand Prix Brno was the sixth 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 August 16, 1987, at the Masaryk Circuit, in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

1987 Grand Prix Brno
Race details
Round 6 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Date16 August, 1987
LocationBrno, Czechoslovakia
CourseMasaryk Circuit
5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi)
Laps 93
Pole position
Driver Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 2:10.510
Podium
First Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Eggenberger Motorsport
Second Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné
Eggenberger Motorsport
Third Luis Pérez-Sala
Olivier Grouillard
Bigazzi
Fastest Lap
Driver Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 2:09.080

The race was won by the Eggenberger Motorsport pairing of Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. They drove the newly homologated Ford Sierra RS500, which proved much faster and far more reliable than the Ford Sierra RS Cosworths the team had been using to that point of the season.

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 3 7 Eggenberger Motorsport Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 93 1 40
2 3 6 Eggenberger Motorsport Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 93 2 30
3 2 43 Bigazzi Luis Pérez-Sala
Olivier Grouillard
BMW M3 92 10 32
4 2 46 BMW Motorsport Roland Ratzenberger
Roberto Ravaglia
Markus Oestreich
BMW M3 92 6 25
5 2 42 CiBiEmme Sport Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli
BMW M3 92 7 20
6 2 80 Q-Racing Thomas Lindström
Steven Andskär
Alfa Romeo 75 91 13 16
7 2 52 BMW Alpina Andreas Bovensiepen
Fabien Giroix
Ellen Lohr
BMW M3 91 8
8 2 48 CiBiEmme Sport Enzo Calderari
Luciano Lovato
BMW M3 91 14
9 2 78 Brixia Corse Carlo Rossi
Alessandro Santin
Alfa Romeo 75 91 17 12
10 2 75 Alfa Corse Jacques Laffite
Paolo Barilla
Alfa Romeo 75 90 9
11 3 19 CiBiEmme Sport Roberto Castagna
Roberto Orlandi
BMW 635CSi 89
12 2 76 Alfa Corse Walter Voulaz
Marcello Cipriani
D'Avanzu
Alfa Romeo 75 88 22 6
13 2 51 ÚAMK Oldřich Vaníček
Vlastimil Tomášek
BMW M3 88 19
14 3 11 Wolf Racing Barclay Joachim Winkelhock
Frank Biela
Ford Sierra RS500 88 4
15 2 47 BMW Motorsport Anette Meeuvissen
Mercedes Stermitz
BMW M3 87 25
16 2 49 Külker SC Team József Cserkuti
Anton Fischhaber
Péter Moczár
BMW M3 87
17 2 77 Brixia Corse Gabriele Tarquini
Rinaldo Drovandi
Alfa Romeo 75 87 15 4
18 2 86 Wolfgang Böhme
Bernd Herlitze
Rolf Göring
BMW 325i 86
19 1 95 Antonín Charouz
Georg Alber
Helmut Maier
Toyota Corolla GT 84 32
20 1 93 Gruen Racing Team Stig Gruen
Eric Hoyer
Toyota Corolla GT 83
21 2 58 Racing Services International Miloš Bychl
Dagmar Šuster
BMW 325i 83
22 1 100 Alfa Romeo Carlo Brambilla
Alain Thiebaut
Alfa Romeo 33 81
23 2 59 Racing Services International Zdeněk Vojtěch
Břetislav Enge
BMW M3 80 16
24 3 1 Pro Team Italia/Imberti Bruno Giacomelli
Armin Hahne
Marcello Gunella
Maserati Biturbo 78 12 12
25 2 84 Helmut König Helmut König
Karl Baron
Heribert Werginz
BMW M3 77
26 1 96 Fina Racing Team Michel Legourd
Jean Yves Van Heukelom
Jean-Claude Barthe
Toyota Corolla GT 74
DNF 3 18 CiBiEmme Sport Georges Bosshard
Bruno Corradi
BMW 635CSi 75
DNF 2 53 Racing Services International Dirk Vermeersch
Eddy Joosen
BMW M3 73 18
DNF 1 115 Scuderia Alfasud Peter Schöller
Dieter Kuppi
Alfa Romeo Alfasud 66
DNF 1 102 Seikel Motorsport Heinz Wirth
Peter Seikel
Lothar Schörg
Audi 80 52
DNF 1 112 Team Motorsport Praha Antonín Charouz
Pierluigi Grassetto
Daniele Toffoli
Toyota Corolla GT 44
DNF 1 90 Toyota Schweiz AG Herbert Lingmann
Ludwig Hölzl
Toyota Corolla GT 32
DNF 2 57 Marko AMG Peter Oberndorfer
Franz Klammer
Mercedes 190E 31 23
DNF 3 8 Andy Rouse Engineering Andy Rouse
Thierry Tassin
Ford Sierra RS500 29 3
DNF 2 40 Schnitzer Motorsport Roberto Ravaglia
Emanuele Pirro
Markus Oestreich
BMW M3 2 5
DNF 2 79 Alfa Corse Giorgio Francia
Nicola Larini
Alfa Romeo 75 0 9
DNS 3 23 József Cserkuti
Péter Moczár
BMW 635CSi
  • Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also

References

  1. "Grand Prix Brno (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  2. "Grand Prix Brno (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
World Touring Car Championship
Previous race:
1987 Spa 24 Hour
1987 season Next race:
1987 RAC Tourist Trophy
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