1987 Monza 500

1987 Monza 500

Race details
Round 1 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.
Date	22 March, 1987
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5.800 kilometres (3.604 mi)
Laps 87 Pole position Driver Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Engineering Time 1:57.500 Podium First Allan Moffat John Harvey Allan Moffat Racing Second CiBiEmme Sport Third Franz Klammer Marko AMG Fastest Lap Driver Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Engineering Time 1:59.120

The 1987 Monza 500 was the first 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 March 22, 1987, at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy.

The race was won by Australian drivers Allan Moffat and John Harvey, driving a V8 powered Holden VL Commodore SS Group A, after the BMW M3s of Schnitzer Motorsport, CiBiEmme Sport and Bigazzi (all running under the BMW Motorsport banner) which had finished in the top six positions on the road were disqualified for being approximately 50 kg (110 lb) underweight through the use of kevlar body panels. The M3s had initially passed through post race scrutineering, but a privateer BMW team protested when their M3, which had been built by BMW Motorsport, was found to be 50 kg heavier than the works cars.^[1]

The leading car eligible for championship points was the Alfa Romeo 75 of Walter Voulaz and Marcello Cipriani which finished 7th outright, some 7 laps behind Moffat and Harvey.

The expected challenge from the Eggenberger Motorsport team and their brand new Ford Sierra RS Cosworth turbo's failed to materialise. The Texaco sponsored, Swiss built Ford's failed to pass scrutineering when they appeared with a non-homologated engine management system. As there was no way to change the system at that late stage, Ruedi Eggenberger withdrew his cars from the event. The new Sierra turbo's did show speed though with British driver Andy Rouse claiming pole position for the race in his RS Cosworth.

Holden VL Commodore SS Group A of Allan Moffat & John Harvey, winner of the 1987 Monza 500, on display at the Historic Sandown 2009

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:^[2][3][4] | Entered: 41 | Started: 38 | Finished: 17

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Series Points
1	3	5	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat John Harvey	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	86	9
2	3	18	CiBiEmme Sport		BMW 635 CSi	84	8
3	2	57	Marko AMG	Franz Klammer	Mercedes 190E	83	15
4	2	49	Kulker SC Team		BMW M3	82	21
5	3	19	CiBiEmme Sport		BMW 635 CSi	82	22
6	3	26	Seikel Motorsport		Ford Mustang GT	81	23
7	2	79	Albatech		Alfa Romeo 75	79	26	40
8	3	27	Seikel Motorsport	Jean-Philippe Grand	BMW 635 CSi	79	25
9	2	54	Automobiles Louis Descartes		BMW 325i	79	32
10	1	92	Team Toyota GB	Andrew Bagnall Chris Hodgetts	Toyota Corolla GT	78	30
11	2	78	Brixia Corse	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin	Alfa Romeo 75	77	24	30
12	2	102	Seikel Motorsport		Audi 80	77	36
13	3	23	Kulker SC Team		BMW 635 CSi	77
14	3	21			BMW 635 CSi	74
15	3	24			BMW 528i	72
16	2	75	Alfa Corse	Alessandro Nannini Michael Andretti	Alfa Romeo 75	71	11	24
17	3	1	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne	Maserati Biturbo	70	28	30
DNF	2	48	CiBiEmme Sport	Fabio Mancini	BMW M3	68
DNF	1	101		Trasat	VW Golf GTI	58
DNF	2	82		Cazzaniga Guido Daccò Galass	Alfa Romeo 75	53
DNF	2	84			Alfa Romeo 75	50
DNF	2	59			Mercedes 190E	45	14
DNF	1	97			VW Golf GTI	35
DNF	2	44	Dixi Sport	Marc Duez	Alfa Romeo 75	33
DNF	3	22	Scuderia Giudici	Gianni Giudici	BMW 635 CSi	30
DNF	2	80	Q-Racing		Alfa Romeo 75	25	20
DNF	2	76	Alfa Corse	Giorgio Francia Paolo Barilla	Alfa Romeo 75	19	13
DNF	2	77	Brixia Corse	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 75		19
DNF	1	94	Georg Alber		Toyota Corolla GT AE86	14
DNF	3	8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	11	1
DNF	1	95	Georg Alber		Toyota Corolla GT	5
DSQ	2	42	CiBiEmme Sport	Riccardo Patrese Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	87	4
DSQ	2	46	Schnitzer Motorsport	Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro	BMW M3	87	2
DSQ	2	47	Schnitzer Motorsport	Markus Oestreich Altfrid Heger	BMW M3	87	3
DSQ	2	40	Schnitzer Motorsport	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	87	5
DSQ	2	41	BMW Motorsport	Christian Danner	BMW M3	87	6
DSQ	2	43	Bigazzi	Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	86	7
DSQ	2	52	BMW Alpina	Eric van de Poele	BMW M3	86	10
DNS	3	6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Klaus Niedzwiedz Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
DNS	3	7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
DNS	2	58	Racing Services International		Mercedes 190E

See also[]

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

References[]