1987 Spa 24 Hour

1987 Spa 24 Hour

Race details
Round 5 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.
Date	1–2 August, 1987
Location	Spa, Belgium
Course	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6.968 kilometres (4.330 mi)
Laps 24 hours Pole position Driver Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport Time 2:37.270 Podium First Eric van de Poele Jean-Michel Martin Didier Theys Waterloo Motors Second Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard Bigazzi Third Pascal Fabre Fabien Giroix Bernard de Dryver Garage du Bac Fastest Lap Driver Thierry Boutsen Eggenberger Motorsport Time 2:39.930

The 1987 Spa 24 Hour was the fifth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held from 1 to 2 August 1987 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, in Spa, Belgium.

The race was won by Eric van de Poele, Jean-Michel Martin and Didier Theys, driving a BMW M3. The leading car eligible for championship points was another M3, driven by Luis Pérez-Sala, Olivier Grouillard and , 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] | Entered: 61 | Started: 61 | Finished: 28

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Series Points
1	2	48	Waterloo Motors	Eric van de Poele Jean-Michel Martin Didier Theys	BMW M3	481	7
2	2	43	Bigazzi	Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	473	23	40
3	2	63	Garage du Bac	Pascal Fabre Fabien Giroix Bernard de Dryver	BMW M3	469	8
4	3	5	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat John Harvey	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	468	19
5	2	41	BMW Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Christian Danner	BMW M3	464	6
6	3	17	Andy Rouse Engineering	Jésus Pareja Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	464	13
7	2	47	BMW Motorsport	Mercedes Stermitz	BMW M3	464	36
8	3	18	Waterloo Motors	Marc Duez	BMW 635CSi	458	34
9	2	55	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	Alain Cudini	Mercedes 190E	456	22
10	2	45	Auto Budde Team	Volker Strycek Hermann Tilke	BMW 325i	452	37
11	2	77	Brixia Corse	Gabriele Tarquini Claudio Langes	Alfa Romeo 75	451	20	30
12	2	75	Alfa Corse	Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Jean-Louis Schlesser Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 75	447	10	24
13	2	44	Bastos Racing Team	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	BMW M3	435	21
14	1	90	Bemani Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT	431	55
15	1	112			Toyota Corolla GT	431	58
16	2	76	Alfa Corse		Alfa Romeo 75	429	47	20
17	2	71	Luigi Racing		Alfa Romeo 75	426	39
18	1	103	IMC Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT	424	51
19	3	33	Bavaria Automobiles	Philippe Haezebrouck Harald Huysman	BMW 635CSi	423	33
20	3	24	Formula 1 Invest. PTY Ltd.		Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	421	35
21	3	31	CMS Sweden		Volvo 240T	418	41
22	2	79	Alfa Corse	Alessandro Nannini Giorgio Francia Jean-Louis Schlesser	Alfa Romeo 75	417	14	16
23	2	61	Ecurie Chardon des Dunes		BMW 325i	415	45
24	1	104	IMC Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT	414	59
25	1	117	IMC Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT	414	60
26	2	46	Schnitzer Motorsport	Roland Ratzenberger Dieter Quester Markus Oestreich Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	413	12	12
27	1	119	IMC Toyota	John Nielsen	Toyota Corolla GT	408	53
28	1	120	IMC Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT	378	62
DNF	2	59	Bastos Racing Team		BMW M3	445	31
DNF	3	16	Bavaria Automobiles	René Metge Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Joël Gouhier	BMW 635CSi	423	25
DNF	3	7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Klaus Ludwig Thierry Boutsen Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	406	1
DNF	3	15	Bastos Toyota Team	Anders Olofsson Éric Bachelart	Toyota Supra	346	43
DNF	3	6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Philippe Streiff	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	332	2
DNF	2	42	BMW Motorsport	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli Mauro Baldi	BMW M3	310	3
DNF	3	8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Win Percy	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	252	5
DNF	2	40	Schnitzer Motorsport	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia Emanuele Pirro	BMW M3	233	4
DNF	3	3	HDT Racing P/L	Peter Brock Neville Crichton David Parsons	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	206	18
DNF	2	85	Schnitzer Motorsport	Allan Grice Roberto Moreno	BMW M3	178	15
DNF	2	57	Marko AMG	Franz Klammer	Mercedes 190E	143	24
DNF	2	78	Alfa Corse	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin	Alfa Romeo 75	133	17
DNF	2	58	Bastos Racing Team		BMW M3	115	27
DNF	1	113	Tom's GB Ltd.	Phil Dowsett Tiff Needell Masanori Sekiya	Toyota Corolla GT	101	50
DNF	2	66	J.M.S. Racing Team	Claude Ballot-Léna	BMW M3	82	11
DNF	3	14	Bastos Toyota Team	Hans Heyer Frank Jelinski	Toyota Supra	59	32
DNF	3	11	Wolf Racing Barclay	Jari Nurminen André Malherbe Jean-Denis Delétraz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	9	26
DNF	3	4	Wolf Racing Barclay	Joachim Winkelhock Didier Artzet	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	5	9
DNF	2	49	N.K. Motorsport		BMW M3		28
DNF	3	35	Garage du Bac	Hervé Regout	BMW 635CSi		29
DNF	3	28	Ford Motorsport Luxembourg	Bernard Santal Gaston Rahier	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		30
DNF	3	19	Waterloo Motors		BMW 635CSi		38
DNF	3	32	Ford Motorsport Luxembourg	Guy Neve	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		40
DNF	3	13	Zeus Computers Racing		Rover Vitesse		42
DNF	3	34	Jeroen Hin Racing		Holden VK Commodore SS Group A		44
DNF	2	70	Luigi Racing		Alfa Romeo 75		46
DNF	2	84	Mazda Dealer Team Holland		Mazda 929		48
DNF	1	92	Team Toyota GB	Chris Hodgetts Andrew Bagnall	Toyota Corolla GT		49
DNF	3	29	Jumet Motor Racing		BMW 635CSi		52
DNF	1	114	Tom's Co. Ltd.	Hideshi Matsuda Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota Corolla GT		54
DNF	1	121	IMC Toyota		Toyota Corolla GT		56
DNF	1	115	Belgian Audi VW Club		VW Golf GTI		57
DNF	1	100	Alfa Corse		Alfa Romeo 33		61

• Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also[]

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

References[]