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 which had finished in the top six positions on the road were disqualified for being approximately 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 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, Reudi 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.
& John Harvey, winner of the 1987 Monza 500, on display at the Historic Sandown 2009

Class structure

Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:
Results were as follows:
PosClassNoTeamDriversCarLapsQual
Pos
Series
Points
135 Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat
John Harvey
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A869
2318 CiBiEmme Sport Georges Bosshard
José Ángel Sasiambarrena
BMW 635 CSi848
3257 Marko AMG Peter Oberndorfer
Franz Klammer
Mercedes 190E8315
4249 Kulker SC Team József Cserkuti
Anton Fischhaber
András Szabó
BMW M38221
5319 CiBiEmme Sport Roberto Castagna
Roberto Orlandi
BMW 635 CSi8222
6326 Seikel Motorsport Peter Seikel
Giovanni da Schio
Ford Mustang GT8123
7279 Albatech Walter Voulaz
Marcello Cipriani
Alfa Romeo 75792640
8327 Giuseppe Quartengan
Stanislao de Angelis
Grand
BMW 635 CSi7925
9254 M. Bienvenue
Louis Descartes
BMW 325i7932
10192 Team Toyota GB Andrew Bagnall
Chris Hodgetts
Toyota Corolla GT7830
11278 Brixia Corse Carlo Rossi
Alessandro Santin
Alfa Romeo 75772430
122102 Seikel Motorsport Tihomir Filipovic
Heinz Wirth
Audi 807736
13323Kulker SC Team Marco Curti
Péter Moczár
Hans Kalaschek
BMW 635 CSi77
14321 Ademaro Massa
Giuseppe Arlotti
Guido Daverio
BMW 635 CSi74
15324 Mario Fortina
Gianpaolo Toia
Paolo Pozzi
BMW 528i72
16275 Alfa Corse Alessandro Nannini
Michael Andretti
Alfa Romeo 75711124
1731 Pro Team Italia/Imberti Bruno Giacomelli
Marcello Ginella
Armin Hahne
Maserati Biturbo702830
DNF248 CiBiEmme Sport Luciano Lovato
Romeo Camathias
Fabio Mancini
BMW M368
DNF1101 Antonio Amodio
Gianfranco Sistelli
Trasat
VW Golf GTI58
DNF282 Cazzaniga
Guido Daccò
Galass
Alfa Romeo 7553
DNF284 Sergio Rebai
Abele Tanghetti
Alfa Romeo 7550
DNF259 Eric Bayol
Karl Baron
Zdeněk Vojtěch
Mercedes 190E4514
DNF197 Alfons Hohenester
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann
VW Golf GTI35
DNF244Dixi Sport Marc Duez
Gerard Févrot
Bruno di Gioia
Alfa Romeo 7533
DNF322 Gianni Giudici
Armando Conti
Franco Giudici
BMW 635 CSi30
DNF280 Q-Racing Thomas Lindström
Mikael Naebrink
Alfa Romeo 752520
DNF276 Alfa Corse Giorgio Francia
Paolo Barilla
Alfa Romeo 751913
DNF277 Brixia Corse Rinaldo Drovandi
Gabriele Tarquini
Alfa Romeo 7519
DNF194 Georg Alber Joachim Egenolf
Jakob Strasser
Toyota Corolla GT AE8614
DNF38 Andy Rouse Engineering Andy Rouse
Thierry Tassin
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth111
DNF195 Georg Alber Helmut Maier
Georg Alber
Antonín Charouz
Toyota Corolla GT5
DSQ242 CiBiEmme Sport Riccardo Patrese
Johnny Cecotto
BMW M3874
DSQ246 Schnitzer Motorsport Roland Ratzenberger
Emanuele Pirro
BMW M3872
DSQ247 Schnitzer Motorsport Markus Oestreich
Altfrid Heger
BMW M3873
DSQ240 Schnitzer Motorsport Ivan Capelli
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3875
DSQ241 BMW Motorsport Winfried Vogt
Christian Danner
BMW M3876
DSQ243 Bigazzi Luis Pérez-Sala
Olivier Grouillard
BMW M3867
DSQ252 BMW Alpina Andy Bovensiepen
Eric van de Poele
BMW M38610
DNS36 Eggenberger Motorsport Klaus Niedzwiedz
Steve Soper
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
DNS37 Eggenberger Motorsport Klaus Ludwig
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
DNS258Racing Services International Giovanni Fontanesi
Dagmar Suster
Břetislav Enge
Mercedes 190E