1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix
# 1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix

The 1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix was the fourth 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 July 12, 1987, at the Nürburgring, in Nürburg, West Germany.

The race was won by Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz, driving a Ford Sierra 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: 39 | Started: 39 | Finished: 19

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Series Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 111 | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | 2 | 40 | BMW Motorsport | Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia | BMW M3 | 111 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | 2 | 46 | BMW Motorsport | Roland Ratzenberger Markus Oestreich Roberto Ravaglia | BMW M3 | 110 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | 2 | | BMW Motorsport | Winfried Vogt Altfrid Heger | BMW M3 | 109 | 8 | |
| 5 | 2 | 43 | Bigazzi | Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard | BMW M3 | 109 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 69 | Vogelsang | Eric van de Poele Harald Grohs | BMW M3 | 109 | 7 | |
| 7 | 2 | 48 | CiBiEmme Sport | Fabio Mancini Luciano Lovato | BMW M3 | 108 | 18 | |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Andy Rouse Engineering | Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 107 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 2 | 75 | Alfa Corse | Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla Giorgio Pianta | Alfa Romeo 75 | 106 | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | 2 | 76 | Alfa Corse | Giorgio Francia Jean-Louis Schlesser Giorgio Pianta | Alfa Romeo 75 | 106 | 20 | 12 |
| 11 | 2 | 77 | Brixia Corse | Gabriele Tarquini Rinaldo Drovandi | Alfa Romeo 75 | 106 | 28 | 9 |
| 12 | 2 | 78 | Brixia Corse | Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin | Alfa Romeo 75 | 104 | 27 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | | | Alex Guyaux Michel Delcourt | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 104 | 30 | |
| 14 | 2 | | | Zdeněk Vojtěch Břetislav Enge | BMW M3 | 103 | 23 | |
| 15 | 1 | 90 | Scuderia Avus Berlin | Herbert Lingmann Ludwig Hölzl | Toyota Corolla GT | 100 | 35 | |
| 16 | 2 | | | Giovanni Fontanesi Zdeněk Vojtěch | BMW M3 | 95 | 15 | |
| 17 | 1 | 100 | Bigazzi | Carlo Brambilla Luis Villamil | Alfa Romeo 33 | 95 | 39 | |
| 18 | 1 | | | Georg Alber Helmut Maier Antonín Charouz | Toyota Corolla GT | 94 | 32 | |
| 19 | 2 | 80 | Q-Racing | Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink | Alfa Romeo 75 | 78 | 26 | 4 |
| DNF | 3 | 1 | Pro Team Italia/Imberti | Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne Marcello Gunella | Maserati Biturbo | 48 | 13 | |
| DNF | 3 | 6 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 46 | 1 | |
| DNF | 2 | 42 | CiBiEmme Sport | Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli | BMW M3 | | 3 | |
| DNF | 3 | 13 | Wolf Racing Team | Joachim Winkelhock Jörg van Ommen | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | | 4 | |
| DNF | 2 | | BMW Alpina | Ellen Lohr Fabien Giroix | BMW M3 | | 5 | |
| DNF | 3 | | | Leif Lindström Per Stureson | Volvo 240T | | 12 | |
| DNF | 3 | 3 | Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Tom Walkinshaw Jeff Allam | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | | 14 | |
| DNF | 2 | 57 | Marko AMG | Peter Oberndorfer Franz Klammer | Mercedes 190E | | 17 | |
| DNF | 2 | | Schwaben Motorsport | Thomas von Löwis Leopold von Bayern Jan Thoelke | BMW M3 | | 19 | |
| DNF | 2 | | | Kurt König Walter Nussbaumer | BMW M3 | | 21 | |
| DNF | 3 | | ABR | Manuel Reuter Kris Nissen | Ford Sierra XR4Ti | | 22 | |
| DNF | 2 | | Heribert Werginz | Helmut König Karl Baron Heribert Werginz | BMW M3 | | 24 | |
| DNF | 2 | 79 | Albatech | Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani | Alfa Romeo 75 | | 25 | |
| DNF | 2 | 60 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Anette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz Altfrid Heger | BMW M3 | | 29 | |
| DNF | 2 | | Pro Team Italia/Imberti | Miloš Bychl Dagmar Šuster | BMW M3 | | 31 | |
| DNF | 1 | 103 | Fina Racing Team | Pierre Fermine Serge de Liedekerke | Toyota Corolla GT | | 33 | |
| DNF | 1 | 93 | | Stig Gruen Eric Hoyer | Toyota Corolla GT | | 34 | |
| DNF | 1 | 104 | Fina Racing Team | Guy Katsers Jean-Claude Burton | Toyota Corolla GT | | 36 | |
| DNF | 1 | | Haribo Racing Team | Heinz Pütz Wolfgang Kudrass | VW Golf GTI | | 37 | |
| DNF | 1 | 95 | | Antonín Charouz Pierluigi Grassetto Daniele Toffoli | Toyota Corolla GT | | 38 | |

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