The 1987 Monza 500 was the first round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on 22 March 1987, at the Monza Circuit, in Monza, Italy.
Overview
The race was won by Allan Moffat and John Harvey, driving a Holden VL Commodore VL, 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 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.1987 World Touring Car Championship R1 MonzaBMW M3s outed, Aussies win Canberra Times 24 March 1987 page 22Moffat / Harvey win in Monza fiasco Auto Action issue 419 27 March 1987 page 1
The leading car eligible for championship points was the Alfa Romeo 75 of Walter Voulaz and Marcello Cipriani which finished 7th outright, seven laps behind Moffat and Harvey.1987 Monza WTCC Motor Sport
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 QualPos SeriesPoints 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
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