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 QualPos SeriesPoints 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. 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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.

See also 1987 World Touring Car Championship

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