1987 Monza 500
# 1987 Monza 500

The 1987 Monza 500 was the first round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on March 22, 1987, at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy.

The race was won by Australian drivers Allan Moffat and John Harvey, driving a V8 powered Holden VL Commodore SS Group A, after the BMW M3s of Schnitzer Motorsport, CiBiEmme Sport and Bigazzi (all running under the BMW Motorsport banner) which had finished in the top six positions on the road were disqualified for being approximately 50 kg (110 lb) underweight through the use of kevlar body panels. The M3s had initially passed through post race scrutineering, but a privateer BMW team protested when their M3, which had not been built by BMW Motorsport, was found to be 50 kg heavier than the works cars.

The leading car eligible for championship points was the Alfa Romeo 75 of Walter Voulaz and Marcello Cipriani which finished 7th outright, some 7 laps behind Moffat and Harvey.

The expected challenge from the Eggenberger Motorsport team and their brand new Ford Sierra RS Cosworth turbo's failed to materialise. The Texaco sponsored, Swiss built Ford's failed to pass scrutineering when they appeared with a non-homologated engine management system. As there was no way to change the system at that late stage, Ruedi Eggenberger withdrew his cars from the event. The new Sierra turbo's did show speed though with British driver Andy Rouse claiming pole position for the race in his RS Cosworth.

## 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: 41 | Started: 38 | Finished: 17

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Series Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Allan Moffat Racing | Allan Moffat John Harvey | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 86 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 18 | CiBiEmme Sport | Georges Bosshard José Ángel Sasiambarrena | BMW 635 CSi | 84 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 57 | Marko AMG | Peter Oberndorfer Franz Klammer | Mercedes 190E | 83 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2 | 49 | Kulker SC Team | József Cserkuti Anton Fischhaber András Szabó | BMW M3 | 82 | 21 | |
| 5 | 3 | 19 | CiBiEmme Sport | Roberto Castagna Roberto Orlandi | BMW 635 CSi | 82 | 22 | |
| 6 | 3 | 26 | Seikel Motorsport | Peter Seikel Giovanni da Schio | Ford Mustang GT | 81 | 23 | |
| 7 | 2 | 79 | Albatech | Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani | Alfa Romeo 75 | 79 | 26 | 40 |
| 8 | 3 | 27 | Seikel Motorsport | Giuseppe Quartengan Stanislao de Angelis Jean-Philippe Grand | BMW 635 CSi | 79 | 25 | |
| 9 | 2 | 54 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Michel Bienvault Louis Descartes | BMW 325i | 79 | 32 | |
| 10 | 1 | 92 | Team Toyota GB | Andrew Bagnall Chris Hodgetts | Toyota Corolla GT | 78 | 30 | |
| 11 | 2 | 78 | Brixia Corse | Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin | Alfa Romeo 75 | 77 | 24 | 30 |
| 12 | 2 | 102 | Seikel Motorsport | Tihomir Filipovic Heinz Wirth | Audi 80 | 77 | 36 | |
| 13 | 3 | 23 | Kulker SC Team | Marco Curti Péter Moczár Hans Kalaschek | BMW 635 CSi | 77 | | |
| 14 | 3 | 21 | | Ademaro Massa Giuseppe Arlotti Guido Daverio | BMW 635 CSi | 74 | | |
| 15 | 3 | 24 | | Mario Fortina Gianpaolo Toia Paolo Pozzi | BMW 528i | 72 | | |
| 16 | 2 | 75 | Alfa Corse | Alessandro Nannini Michael Andretti | Alfa Romeo 75 | 71 | 11 | 24 |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Pro Team Italia/Imberti | Bruno Giacomelli Marcello Ginella Armin Hahne | Maserati Biturbo | 70 | 28 | 30 |
| DNF | 2 | 48 | CiBiEmme Sport | Luciano Lovato Romeo Camathias Fabio Mancini | BMW M3 | 68 | | |
| DNF | 1 | 101 | | Antonio Amodio Gianfranco Sistelli "Trasat" | VW Golf GTI | 58 | | |
| DNF | 2 | 82 | | "Cazzaniga" Guido Daccò "Galass" | Alfa Romeo 75 | 53 | | |
| DNF | 2 | 84 | | Sergio Rebai Abele Tanghetti | Alfa Romeo 75 | 50 | | |
| DNF | 2 | 59 | | Eric Bayol Karl Baron Zdeněk Vojtěch | Mercedes 190E | 45 | 14 | |
| DNF | 1 | 97 | | Alfons Hohenester Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann | VW Golf GTI | 35 | | |
| DNF | 2 | 44 | Dixi Sport | Marc Duez Gerard Févrot Bruno di Gioia | Alfa Romeo 75 | 33 | | |
| DNF | 3 | 22 | Scuderia Giudici | Gianni Giudici Armando Conti Franco Giudici | BMW 635 CSi | 30 | | |
| DNF | 2 | 80 | Q-Racing | Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink | Alfa Romeo 75 | 25 | 20 | |
| DNF | 2 | 76 | Alfa Corse | Giorgio Francia Paolo Barilla | Alfa Romeo 75 | 19 | 13 | |
| DNF | 2 | 77 | Brixia Corse | Rinaldo Drovandi Gabriele Tarquini | Alfa Romeo 75 | | 19 | |
| DNF | 1 | 94 | Georg Alber | Joachim Egenolf Jakob Strasser | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 | 14 | | |
| DNF | 3 | 8 | Andy Rouse Engineering | Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 11 | 1 | |
| DNF | 1 | 95 | Georg Alber | Helmut Maier Georg Alber Antonín Charouz | Toyota Corolla GT | 5 | | |
| DSQ | 2 | 42 | CiBiEmme Sport | Riccardo Patrese Johnny Cecotto | BMW M3 | 87 | 4 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 46 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro | BMW M3 | 87 | 2 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 47 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Markus Östreich Altfrid Heger | BMW M3 | 87 | 3 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 40 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia | BMW M3 | 87 | 5 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 41 | BMW Motorsport | Winfried Vogt Christian Danner | BMW M3 | 87 | 6 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 43 | Bigazzi | Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard | BMW M3 | 86 | 7 | |
| DSQ | 2 | 52 | BMW Alpina | Andy Bovensiepen Eric van de Poele | BMW M3 | 86 | 10 | |
| DNS | 3 | 6 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Klaus Niedzwiedz Steve Soper | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | | | |
| DNS | 3 | 7 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | | | |
| DNS | 2 | 58 | Racing Services International | Giovanni Fontanesi Dagmar Suster Břetislav Enge | Mercedes 190E | | | |
