1987 Monza 500

1987 Monza 500

Race details
Round 1 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy.
Date	22 March, 1987
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5.800 kilometres (3.604 mi)
Race One
Laps 87 Pole position Driver Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Engineering Time 1:57.500 Podium First Allan Moffat John Harvey Allan Moffat Racing Second Georges Bosshard José Ángel Sasiambarrena CiBiEmme Sport Third Peter Oberndorfer Franz Klammer Marko AMG Fastest Lap Driver Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Engineering Time 1:59.120
Race Two
Podium Fastest Lap

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 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 been built by BMW Motorsport, was found to be 50 kg heavier than the works cars.^[1]

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.

Holden VL Commodore SS Group A of Allan Moffat & 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:

• Division 1: 1-1600cc
• Division 2: 1601-2500cc
• Division 3: Over 2500cc

Official results

Results were as follows:^[2][3]

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		Giuseppe Quartengan Stanislao de Angelis Grand	BMW 635 CSi	79	25
9	2	54		M. Bienvenue 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		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 Oestreich 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

See also

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

References