1987 Spa 24 Hour
# 1987 Spa 24 Hour

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: | 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 | |

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