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1987 Spa 24 Hour

Belgium 1987 Spa 24 Hour
Race details
Date1–2 August, 1987
LocationFrancorchamps, Belgium
CourseCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
6.968 kilometres (4.330 mi)
Laps 24 hours
Pole position
Driver Germany Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 2:37.270
Podium
First Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Didier Theys
Waterloo Motors
Second Spain Luis Pérez-Sala
France Olivier Grouillard
Germany Winfried Vogt
Bigazzi
Third France Pascal Fabre
France Fabien Giroix
Belgium Bernard de Dryver
Garage du Bac
Fastest Lap
Driver Belgium 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 Francorchamps, 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 Winfried Vogt, 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 Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Didier Theys
BMW M3 481 7
2 2 43 Italy Bigazzi Spain Luis Pérez-Sala
France Olivier Grouillard
Germany Winfried Vogt
BMW M3 473 23 40
3 2 63 Garage du Bac France Pascal Fabre
France Fabien Giroix
Belgium Bernard de Dryver
BMW M3 469 8
4 3 5 Australia Allan Moffat Racing Canada Allan Moffat
Australia John Harvey
Australia Tony Mulvihill
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 468 19
5 2 41 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Altfrid Heger
Germany Christian Danner
Germany Franz Dufter
BMW M3 464 6
6 3 17 United Kingdom Andy Rouse Engineering Belgium Alain Semoulin
Spain Jésus Pareja
Belgium Thierry Tassin
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 464 13
7 2 47 Germany BMW Motorsport Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen
Germany Annette Meeuvissen
Germany Mercedes Stermitz
BMW M3 464 36
8 3 18 Waterloo Motors Belgium Marc Duez
Belgium Philip Verellen
Belgium Raijmond van Hove
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
BMW 635CSi 458 34
9 2 55 Ecurie Motul Nogaro France Bernard Salam
France Pierre Destic
France Alain Cudini
Mercedes 190E 456 22
10 2 45 Auto Budde Team Germany Volker Strycek
Germany Franz-Josef Bröhling
Germany Hermann Tilke
BMW 325i 452 37
11 2 77 Italy Brixia Corse Italy Gabriele Tarquini
Italy Rinaldo Drovandi
Italy Claudio Langes
Alfa Romeo 75 451 20 30
12 2 75 Italy Alfa Corse France Jacques Laffite
Italy Paolo Barilla
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Italy Nicola Larini
Italy Giorgio Pianta
Alfa Romeo 75 447 10 24
13 2 44 Bastos Racing Team France Gérard Bleynie
France Lucien Guitteny
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille
BMW M3 435 21
14 1 90 Bemani Toyota Germany Herbert Lingmann
Germany Ludwig Hölzl
Switzerland Philippe Müller
Toyota Corolla GT 431 55
15 1 112 Belgium Paul Simons
Belgium Valentin Simons
Belgium Marcel Vandermaesen
Toyota Corolla GT 431 58
16 2 76 Italy Alfa Corse Italy Walter Voulaz
Italy Marcello Cipriani
Italy Massimo Siena
Alfa Romeo 75 429 47 20
17 2 71 Italy Luigi Racing Belgium Georges Cremer
Italy Marco Curti
Belgium Loris de Sordi
Alfa Romeo 75 426 39
18 1 103 IMC Toyota Belgium Pierre Fermine
Belgium Serge de Liedekerke
Belgium Grégorie de Mévius
Toyota Corolla GT 424 51
19 3 33 Bavaria Automobiles France Philippe Haezebrouck
France Pierre de Thoisy
Belgium Harald Huysman
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
BMW 635CSi 423 33
20 3 24 Formula 1 Invest. PTY Ltd. Belgium Michel Delcourt
Belgium Alex Guyaux
Australia Graham Moore
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 421 35
21 3 31 CMS Sweden Sweden Christer Simonsen
Sweden Kurt Simonsen
Belgium Jean-Marie Baert
Volvo 240T 418 41
22 2 79 Italy Alfa Corse Italy Alessandro Nannini
Italy Giorgio Francia
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Italy Giorgio Pianta
Alfa Romeo 75 417 14 16
23 2 61 Ecurie Chardon des Dunes Belgium Noël van den Eeckhout
Belgium Guy Van Mol
Belgium Mike van Hooydonk
BMW 325i 415 45
24 1 104 IMC Toyota Belgium Guy Katsers
Belgium Jean-Claude Burton
Belgium Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer
Toyota Corolla GT 414 59
25 1 117 IMC Toyota Belgium José Close
Belgium André Hardy
Belgium Emmanuel Remion
Toyota Corolla GT 414 60
26 2 46 Germany Schnitzer Motorsport Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Austria Dieter Quester
Germany Markus Oestreich
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3 413 12 12
27 1 119 IMC Toyota Denmark John Nielsen
Belgium Michel Luxen
Belgium Renaud Verreydt
Toyota Corolla GT 408 53
28 1 120 IMC Toyota Belgium Claude Holvoet
Italy Giovanni Bruno
Belgium Didier Noirhomme
Toyota Corolla GT 378 62
DNF 2 59 Bastos Racing Team Belgium Dirk Vermeersch
Venezuela Giovanni Fontanesi
Italy Massimo Micangeli
BMW M3 445 31
DNF 3 16 Bavaria Automobiles France René Metge
France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
France Joël Gouhier
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
BMW 635CSi 423 25
DNF 3 7 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport Germany Klaus Ludwig
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 406 1
DNF 3 15 Bastos Toyota Team Sweden Anders Olofsson
Belgium Pierre-Alain Thibaut
Belgium Éric Bachelart
Toyota Supra 346 43
DNF 3 6 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport United Kingdom Steve Soper
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
France Philippe Streiff
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 332 2
DNF 2 42 Germany BMW Motorsport Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Italy Mauro Baldi
BMW M3 310 3
DNF 3 8 United Kingdom Andy Rouse Engineering United Kingdom Andy Rouse
Belgium Thierry Tassin
United Kingdom Win Percy
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 252 5
DNF 2 40 Germany Schnitzer Motorsport Italy Ivan Capelli
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Italy Emanuele Pirro
BMW M3 233 4
DNF 3 3 Australia HDT Racing P/L Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Neville Crichton
Australia David Parsons
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 206 18
DNF 2 85 Germany Schnitzer Motorsport Australia Allan Grice
Brazil Roberto Moreno
Germany Wilhelm Siller
BMW M3 178 15
DNF 2 57 Germany Marko AMG Germany Peter Oberndorfer
Austria Franz Klammer
Germany Peter John
Mercedes 190E 143 24
DNF 2 78 Italy Alfa Corse Italy Carlo Rossi
Italy Alessandro Santin
Italy Giacomo Bossini
Alfa Romeo 75 133 17
DNF 2 58 Bastos Racing Team Czech Republic Zdeněk Vojtěch
Italy Maurizio Micangeli
Switzerland Enzo Calderari
BMW M3 115 27
DNF 1 113 Tom's GB Ltd. United Kingdom Phil Dowsett
United Kingdom Tiff Needell
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Toyota Corolla GT 101 50
DNF 2 66 J.M.S. Racing Team France Claude Ballot-Léna
France Jean-Pierre Malcher
France Jean-Marc Smadja
BMW M3 82 11
DNF 3 14 Bastos Toyota Team Germany Hans Heyer
Germany Frank Jelinski
Belgium Eddy Joosen
Toyota Supra 59 32
DNF 3 11 Wolf Racing Barclay Finland Jari Nurminen
Belgium André Malherbe
Switzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 9 26
DNF 3 4 Wolf Racing Barclay Germany Joachim Winkelhock
France Didier Artzet
Germany Manfred Burkhard
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 5 9
DNF 2 49 N.K. Motorsport Germany Jürgen Hamelmann
Germany Robert Walterscheid-Müller
Belgium Patrick de Radigues
BMW M3 28
DNF 3 35 Garage du Bac France Denis Morin
France Ferdinand de Lesseps
Belgium Hervé Regout
BMW 635CSi 29
DNF 3 28 Luxembourg Ford Motorsport Luxembourg Luxembourg Romain Feitler
Switzerland Bernard Santal
Belgium Gaston Rahier
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 30
DNF 3 19 Waterloo Motors Italy Roberto Castagna
Italy Roberto Orlandi
Belgium Roger Visconti
BMW 635CSi 38
DNF 3 32 Luxembourg Ford Motorsport Luxembourg Luxembourg Romain Wolf
Belgium Guy Neve
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 40
DNF 3 13 Zeus Computers Racing Belgium Quirin Bovy
Belgium Michel Maillien
Belgium Vincent Bertinchamps
Rover Vitesse 42
DNF 3 34 Jeroen Hin Racing Netherlands Jeroen Hin
Netherlands Frans Verschuur
Belgium Stéphane Cohen
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 44
DNF 2 70 Italy Luigi Racing Belgium François-Xavier Boucher
Belgium Jean Hex
Belgium Philippe Soreil
Alfa Romeo 75 46
DNF 2 84 Netherlands Mazda Dealer Team Holland Netherlands Hans van der Beek
Netherlands Raymond Coronel
Netherlands Loek Vermeulen
Mazda 929 48
DNF 1 92 United Kingdom Team Toyota GB United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts
New Zealand Andrew Bagnall
New Zealand Mark Jennings
Toyota Corolla GT 49
DNF 3 29 Jumet Motor Racing Belgium Jean Wansart
Belgium Cyriel Raes
BMW 635CSi 52
DNF 1 114 Tom's Co. Ltd. Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
Japan Kaori Okamoto
Toyota Corolla GT 54
DNF 1 121 IMC Toyota Belgium Roger Rutten
Belgium Marc Dries
Belgium Eddy van Esch
Toyota Corolla GT 56
DNF 1 115 Belgium Belgian Audi VW Club Belgium Philippe Ménage
Luxembourg René Schenk
Belgium Bernard Winderickx
VW Golf GTI 57
DNF 1 100 Italy Alfa Corse Italy Carlo Brambilla
Italy Daniele Toffoli
Belgium Alain Thiebaut
Alfa Romeo 33 61
  • Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Spa 24 Hours (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  2. ^ "Spa 24 Hours (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2012-11-04.


World Touring Car Championship
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1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix
1987 season Next race:
1987 Grand Prix Brno