1987 RAC Tourist Trophy
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Date | 6 September, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Silverstone Circuit 4.778 kilometres (2.969 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 |
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1 | 2 | 48 | CiBiEmme Sport | 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 | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | Chris Hodgetts |
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 | |
Alfa Romeo 75 | 96 | 25 | 11 |
19 | 2 | 60 | Jens Winther |
BMW M3 | 95 | 27 | ||
20 | 1 | 112 | |
Toyota Corolla GT | 94 | 33 | ||
21 | 1 | 100 | Alfa Romeo | |
Alfa Romeo 33 | 93 | 35 | 22 |
22 | 1 | 112 | |
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 |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 6 | 4 | |
DNF | 3 | 15 | RAS Sport | Hans Heyer |
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 | Gabriele Tarquini |
Alfa Romeo 75 | 18 | ||
DNF | 3 | 24 | Allard Kalff |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 20 | |||
DNF | 3 | 21 | |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 22 | |||
DNF | 2 | 62 | Schwaben Motorsport | 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 | |
Toyota Corolla GT | 32 | ||
DNS | 2 | 80 | Q-Racing | Steven Andskär |
Alfa Romeo 75 |
- Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Tourist Trophy (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- ^ "Tourist Trophy (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
Categories:
- 1987 World Touring Car Championship season
- 1987 in British motorsport
- RAC Tourist Trophy
- September 1987 sports events in the United Kingdom