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XIX. Grand Prix Brno

Autodrom Brno, Czechoslovakia

Date: 16/8/1987
Track length: 5.394 m
Attendance: 67.000
Entries accepted: 39
Starters: 36
Finishers: 26

Pole position: Ludwig/Niedzwietz in 2.10,51
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 2.09,08

Distance: 3,5 hours
Average speed: 143,167 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1987 Cars

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Finally, Ford domination was cemented by the arrival of the new “evolution” RS 500, which had even more spoilers and a bigger turbo and intercooler. BMW had tested for three days and got into the 2.16’s, then Ford arrived and clocked 2.13 without even changing anything on the car. The new Brno track was of course incomparable to the old street track, but it looked tidy and safe, with Tatra rescue cars. BMW had to settle for class wins now, and with four Cossies on the first two rows it was clear where the win would go.
After the start, one of the surprisingly quick Alfa Romeos collided with Ratzenberger. The Alfa had to retire, Ratzenberger had to pit for a new rear wheel. When Schnitzer was ready with this mishap, they noticed that Pirro was gone - a broken propshaft ended his race.
Four Sierras in the lead, two Eggenbergers, the Rouse car and the Wolf car of Winkelhock and Biela, followed by a bunch of M3s - the picture was clear.
But Niedzwiedz blew a rear tire and had to pit; he lost a lap but soon was second again, after Soper had a pit stop as well. Ludwig could choose his car, and decided for Niedzwiedz; since the #7 car was leading the team championship, Soper and Dieudonné had to wait and give the win to the two Klauses.
The private Cossies were unlucky; Rouse left the track with failing tires, the Wolf car broke its rear suspension.
Man of the race was Ravaglia; he had lost a lot of ground to the other M3s after Ratzenberger’s pit stop, but sliced through the field after he repaired bad handling with a jump over the kerbs - he lowered his lap times from 2.17 to 2.14! He passed all the M3s but one: Sala crossed the line 2 seconds ahead of the Italian, who needed just another lap to win his class.


Division 1, 2 and 3
Pos Pos in class Champ
pos.
# Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 1/1 7 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Klaus Ludwig, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 93 1 2.10,51    
2 2 2/2 6 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Steve Soper, GB
Pierre Dieudonné, B
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 93 2 2.10,77    
3 1 3/1 43 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Bigazzi
BMW M3
Luis Perez Sala, E
Olivier Grouillard, F
2332 L4 Div. 2 92 10 2.15,64    
4 2 4/2 46 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Schnitzer
BMW M3
Roland Ratzenberger, A
Roberto Ravaglia, I
? Markus Oestreich, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 92 6 2.14,29    
5 3 5/3 42 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW M3
Johnny Cecotto, YV
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
2332 L4 Div. 2 92 7 2.14,31    
6 4 6/4 80 Q-Racing
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Thomas Lindström, S
Steven Andskar, S
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 91 13 2.16,77    
7 5   52 BMW-Alpina
BMW M3
Fabien Giroix, F
Andy Bovensiepen, D
Ellen Lohr, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 91 8 2.14,50    
8 6   48 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW M3
Enzo Calderari, CH
Luciano Lovato, I
2332 L4 Div. 2 91 14 2.16,78    
9 7 7/5 78 Brixia Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Carlo Rossi, I
Alessandro Santin, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 91 17 2.18,14    
10 8 8/6 75 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Jacques Laffite, F
Paolo Barilla, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 90 10 2.41,15    
11 3   19 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Roberto Castagna, I
Roberto Orlandi, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 89        
12 9 9/7 76 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Walter Voulaz, I
Marcello Cipriani, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 88 22 2.19,82    
13 10   51 úAMK
BMW M3
Oldrich Vanícek, CS
Vlastimil Tomásek, CS
2332 L4 Div. 2 88 19 2.18,48    
14 4   11 Wolf Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Joachim Winkelhock, D
Frank Biela, D
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 88 4 2.13,31    
15 11   47 BMW Motorsport GmbH
BMW M3
Mercedes Stermitz, A
Anette Meeuvissen, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 87 25      
16 12   49 Külker SC Team
BMW M3
József Cserkúti, H
Toni Fischhaber, D
Péter Moczár, H
2332 L4 Div. 2 87        
17 13 10/8 77 Brixia Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Gabriele Tarquini, I
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 87 15 2.17,40    
18 14   86  
BMW 325i
Wolfgang Boehme, D
Bernd Herlitze, D
Rolf Göring, D
2494 L6 Div. 2 86        
19 1   95  
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Antonín Charouz, CS
Georg Alber, D
(Helmut Maier, D)
1587 L4 Div. 1 84 32 2.28,28    
20 2   93 Gruen Racing Team
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Stig Gruen, S
Erik Høyer, DK
1587 L4 Div. 1 83        
21 15   58 Racing Service International
BMW M3
Milos Bychl, CS
Dagmar Suster, YU
2332 L4 Div. 2 82        
22 3   100 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 33
Carlo Brambilla ("Toby"), I
Alain Thiebaut, B
1498 B4 Div. 1 81        
23 16   59 Racing Service International
BMW M3
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
2332 L4 Div. 2 80 16 2.17,71    
24 5 11/3 1 Pro Team Italia/Imberti
Maserati Biturbo 331 B25
Bruno Giacomelli, I
Armin Hahne, D
Marcello Gunnella, I
2491 tc V6 Div. 3 78 12 2.16,37    
25/DNF 17   84 Helmut König
BMW M3
Karl Baron, A
Helmut König, A
Heribert Werginz, A
2332 L4 Div. 2 77        
26/DNF 4   96 FINA Racing Team
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Michel Legourd, B
Yves Van Heukelom, B
(Jean-Claude Barthe, F)
1587 L4 Div. 1 74        
DNF     18 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Georges Bosshard, CH
Bruno Corradi, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 75        
DNF     53 Racing Service International
BMW M3
Eddy Joosen, B
Dirk Vermeersch, B
2332 L4 Div. 2 73 18      
DNF     115 Scuderia Alfasud
Alfa Romeo
Peter Schoeller, D
Dieter Kuppi, D
1498? B4? Div. 1 66        
DNF     102 Seikel Motorsport
Audi 80 GLE
Peter Seikel, D
Heinz Wirth, D
1596 L4 Div. 1 50        
DNF     112 Team Motorsport Praha
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Antonín Charouz, CS
Pierluigi Grassetto, I
Daniele Toffoli, I
1587 L4 Div. 1 44        
DNF     90 Bemani Toyota Schweiz
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Herbert Lingmann, D
Ludwig Hölzl, D
1587 L4 Div. 1 32        
DNF     57 AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Peter Oberndorfer, D
Franz Klammer, A
2323 L4 Div. 2 31 23      
DNF     8 Andy Rouse Engineering
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Andy Rouse, GB
Thierry Tassin, B
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 31 3 2.11,94    
DNF     40 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Schnitzer
BMW M3
? Roberto Ravaglia, I
Emanuele Pirro, I
(Markus Oestreich, D)
2332 L4 Div. 2 2 5 2.13,55    
DNF     79 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Giorgio Francia, I
Nicola Larini, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2   9 2.15,58   Accident
DNQ     71  
VW Scirocco
Hans-Jörn Ley, D
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann, D
1596 L4 Div. 1