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 Francorchamps, Belgium.
Date	1–2 August, 1987
Location	Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps; 6.968 kilometres (4.330 mi)
Laps
Laps	24 hours
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

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	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