1987 Spa 24 Hour

  1987 Spa 24 Hour

Round details
Round 5 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.
Date	1–2 August, 1987
Location	Spa, Belgium
Course	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6.968 km
Race One
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 Winfried Vogt		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 August 1–2, 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 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]

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 Winfried Vogt	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 Tony Mulvihill	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	468	19
5	2	41	BMW Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Christian Danner Franz Dufter	BMW M3	464	6
6	3	17	Andy Rouse Engineering	Alain Semoulin Jésus Pareja Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	464	13
7	2	47	BMW Motorsport	Gerrit van Kouwen Annette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz	BMW M3	464	36
8	3	18	Waterloo Motors	Marc Duez Philip Verellen Raijmond van Hove Pascal Witmeur	BMW 635CSi	458	34
9	2	55	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	Bernard Salam Pierre Destic Alain Cudini	Mercedes 190E	456	22
10	2	45	Auto Budde Team	Volker Strycek Franz-Josef Bröhling Hermann Tilke	BMW 325i	452	37
11	2	77	Brixia Corse	Gabriele Tarquini Rinaldo Drovandi Claudio Langes	Alfa Romeo 75	451	20	30
12	2	75	Alfa Corse	Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Jean-Louis Schlesser Nicola Larini Giorgio Pianta	Alfa Romeo 75	447	10	24
13	2	44	Bastos Racing Team	Gérard Bleynie Lucien Guitteny Jean-Pierre Jabouille	BMW M3	435	21
14	1	90	Bemani Toyota	Herbert Lingmann Ludwig Hölzl Philippe Müller	Toyota Corolla GT	431	55
15	1	112		Paul Simons Valentin Simons Marcel Vandermaesen	Toyota Corolla GT	431	58
16	2	76	Alfa Corse	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani Massimo Siena	Alfa Romeo 75	429	47	20
17	2	71	Luigi Racing	Georges Cremer Marco Curti Loris de Sordi	Alfa Romeo 75	426	39
18	1	103	IMC Toyota	Pierre Fermine Serge de Liedekerke Grégorie de Mévius	Toyota Corolla GT	424	51
19	3	33	Bavaria Automobiles	Philippe Haezebrouck Pierre de Thoisy Harald Huysman Pascal Witmeur	BMW 635CSi	423	33
20	3	24	Formula 1 Invest. PTY Ltd.	Michel Delcourt Alex Guyaux Graham Moore	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	421	35
21	3	31	CMS Sweden	Christer Simonsen Kurt Simonsen Jean-Marie Baert	Volvo 240T	418	41
22	2	79	Alfa Corse	Alessandro Nannini Giorgio Francia Jean-Louis Schlesser Giorgio Pianta	Alfa Romeo 75	417	14	16
23	2	61	Ecurie Chardon des Dunes	Noël van den Eeckhout Guy Van Mol Mike van Hooydonk	BMW 325i	415	45
24	1	104	IMC Toyota	Guy Katsers Jean-Claude Burton Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer	Toyota Corolla GT	414	59
25	1	117	IMC Toyota	José Close André Hardy Emmanuel Remion	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 Michel Luxen Renaud Verreydt	Toyota Corolla GT	408	53
28	1	120	IMC Toyota	Claude Holvoet Giovanni Bruno Didier Noirhomme	Toyota Corolla GT	378	62
DNF	2	59	Bastos Racing Team	Dirk Vermeersch Giovanni Fontanesi Massimo Micangeli	BMW M3	445	31
DNF	3	16	Bavaria Automobiles	René Metge Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Joël Gouhier Pascal Witmeur	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 Pierre-Alain Thibaut 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 Wilhelm Siller	BMW M3	178	15
DNF	2	57	Marko AMG	Peter Oberndorfer Franz Klammer Peter John	Mercedes 190E	143	24
DNF	2	78	Alfa Corse	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin Giacomo Bossini	Alfa Romeo 75	133	17
DNF	2	58	Bastos Racing Team	Zdeněk Vojtěch Maurizio Micangeli Enzo Calderari	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 Jean-Pierre Malcher Jean-Marc Smadja	BMW M3	82	11
DNF	3	14	Bastos Toyota Team	Hans Heyer Frank Jelinski Eddy Joosen	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 Manfred Burkhard	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	5	9
DNF	2	49	N.K. Motorsport	Jürgen Hamelmann Robert Walterscheid-Müller Patrick de Radigues	BMW M3		28
DNF	3	35	Garage du Bac	Denis Morin Ferdinand de Lesseps Hervé Regout	BMW 635CSi		29
DNF	3	28	Ford Motorsport Luxembourg	Romain Feitler Bernard Santal Gaston Rahier	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		30
DNF	3	19	Waterloo Motors	Roberto Castagna Roberto Orlandi Roger Visconti	BMW 635CSi		38
DNF	3	32	Ford Motorsport Luxembourg	Romain Wolf Guy Neve Jean-Paul Libert	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		40
DNF	3	13	Zeus Computers Racing	Quirin Bovy Michel Maillien Vincent Bertinchamps	Rover Vitesse		42
DNF	3	34	Jeroen Hin Racing	Jeroen Hin Frans Verschuur Stéphane Cohen	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A		44
DNF	2	70	Luigi Racing	François-Xavier Boucher Jean Hex Philippe Soreil	Alfa Romeo 75		46
DNF	2	84	Mazda Dealer Team Holland	Hans van der Beek Raymond Coronel Loek Vermeulen	Mazda 929		48
DNF	1	92	Team Toyota GB	Chris Hodgetts Andrew Bagnall Mark Jennings	Toyota Corolla GT		49
DNF	3	29	Jumet Motor Racing	Jean Wansart Cyriel Raes	BMW 635CSi		52
DNF	1	114	Tom's Co. Ltd.	Hideshi Matsuda Kaoru Hoshino Kaori Okamoto	Toyota Corolla GT		54
DNF	1	121	IMC Toyota	Roger Rutten Marc Dries Eddy van Esch	Toyota Corolla GT		56
DNF	1	115	Belgian Audi VW Club	Philippe Ménage René Schenk Bernard Winderickx	VW Golf GTI		57
DNF	1	100	Alfa Corse	Carlo Brambilla Daniele Toffoli Alain Thiebaut	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

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.