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Istel RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 6/9/1987
Track length: 4.778 m
Attendance: 10.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 35
Finishers: 22

Pole position: Soper/Dieudonné in 1.35,78
Fastest lap: Soper in 1.48,06

Distance: 501,690 km
Average speed: 146,49 kmh
Weather: Rain
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1987 Cars

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Luis Perez Sala couldn’t believe it; he led the race in the penultimate lap with nearly one minute in hand. But now his Bigazzi car stood beside the track in the puddles of Silverstone.
It hadn’t even been sure that this particular car would start the race at all; it had a big accident in practice when Grouillard rolled the car. It was repaired in time, and on race day, in the rain, they were the quickest BMW, helped by their Pirelli tires which were superior to Schnitzer’s Yokohamas. Brancatelli, in the CiBiEmme M3 already lost the race in the first curve when he followed five Sierras - and collided with Percy’s car. But the other team car, not entered in the World Championship, won the race with Calderari and Mancini. Ravaglia still managed second on his Yokohamas, third finished the Alfa Romeo of Francia and Schlesser, in the same lap as the winners. And when a Mercedes (Oberndorfer/Klammer) finishes fourth, then we know that this was a special race indeed.
And the Sierras? The Eggenberger cars finished 6th and 13th, Ludwig/Niedzwiedz losing 6 laps with a broken alternator, Soper/Dieudonné 11 laps with a broken rear differential housing. The other Fords retired with turbo pressure problems (Percy), Rouse lost an half shaft, and Wolf of course was unlucky as usual.


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   48 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW M3
Enzo Calderari, CH
Fabio Mancini, I
2332 L4 Div. 2 105 laps, 3:25.28,61 10 1.41,57    
2 2 1/1 46 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Schnitzer
BMW M3
Emanuele Pirro, I
Roberto Ravaglia, I
Roland Ratzenberger, A
2332 L4 Div. 2 105 laps, 3:25.32,64 7 1.40,60    
3 3 2/2 79 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Giorgio Francia, I
Nicola Larini, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 105 laps, 3:25.59,49 14 1.42,47    
4 4   57 AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Peter Oberndorfer, D
Franz Klammer, A
2323 L4 Div. 2 104 11 1.42,02    
5 5 3/3 78 Brixia Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Carlo Rossi, I
Alessandro Santin, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 104 17 1.42,75    
6 1 4/1 7 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Klaus Ludwig, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 103 3 1.36,00    
7 6   72 Prodrive
BMW M3
Frank Sytner, GB
Marc Duez, B
Mike Smith, GB
2332 L4 Div. 2 103 15 1.42,54    
8 7   87  
BMW M3
Helmut König, A
Karl Baron, A
Heribert Werginz, A
2332 L4 Div. 2 103 19 1.43,07    
9 2   4 Wolf Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Joachim Winkelhock, D
Jeff Allam, GB
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 103 5 1.38,18   Engine
10 8 5/4 75 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Jacques Laffite, F
Paolo Barilla, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 102 12 1.42,26    
11 3   31 Team CMS Sweden
Volvo 240 Turbo
Christer Simonsen, S
Kurt Simonsen, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 102 24 1.44,48    
12 4 6/2 1 Sala W. Racing/Imberti
Maserati Biturbo 331 B25
Armin Hahne, D
Mario Hytten, CH
Nicola Tesini, I
2491 tc V6 Div. 3 100 16 1.42,63    
13 5 7/3 6 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Steve Soper, GB
Pierre Dieudonné, B
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 99 1 1.35,78    
14 6   23  
Holden VL Commodore
Alex Guyaux, B
Michel Delcourt, B
Jerry Mahoney, GB
4980 V8 Div. 3 99 26 1.44,59    
15 1   106 Team Toyota GB
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Chris Hodgetts, GB
Andrew Bagnall, NZ
1587 L4 Div. 1 98 28 1.49,18    
16 2   107 Team Toyota GB
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Gareth Chapman, GB
Chris Hodgetts, GB
Alex Moss, GB
1587 L4 Div. 1 96 31 1.51,17    
17 3   114 TOM's GB
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82
Tiff Needell, GB
Phil Dowsett, GB
1587 L4 Div. 1 96 30 1.50,29    
18 9 8/5 76 Alfa Romeo - Albatech
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Walter Voulaz, I
Marcello Cipriani, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2 96 25 1.44,56    
19 10   74 Castrol Denmark
BMW M3
Per G. Hansen, DK
Jens Winther, DK
2332 L4 Div. 2 95 27 1.47,83    
20 4   95  
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Pierluigi Grassetto, I
Antonín Charouz, CS
1587 L4 Div. 1 94 33 1.53,11    
21 5 9/1 100  
Alfa Romeo 33
Carlo Brambilla ("Toby"), I
Alain Thiebaut, B
Daniele Toffoli, I
1498 B4 Div. 1 93 35 1.54,87    
22 6   112  
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Eddy Van Esch, B
Heinz Wirth, D
(Antonín Charouz, CS)
1587 L4 Div. 1 93 34 1.53,43    
DNF   NC 43 Bigazzi
BMW M3
Luis Perez Sala, E
Olivier Grouillard, F
2332 L4 Div. 2 103 9 1.40,87   Accident
DNF     24  
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Evert Bolderheij, NL
Allard Kalff, NL
1993 tc L4 Div. 3   20 1.43,38    
DNF   NC 8 Andy Rouse Engineering
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Andy Rouse, GB
Thierry Tassin, B
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 15 2 1.35,90   Gearbox
DNF     11 Andy Rouse Engineering
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Win Percy, GB
Pete Hall, GB
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 6 4 1.36,25   Turbo
DNF     14 RAS Sport
Toyota Supra Turbo MA70
Eddy Joosen, B
Hans Heyer, D
2954 tc L6 Div. 3 3 21 1.43,58    
DNF   NC 42 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW M3
Johnny Cecotto, YV
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
2332 L4 Div. 2   6 1.40,00   Accident
DNF     40 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Schnitzer
BMW M3
Markus Oestreich, D
Roland Ratzenberger, A
2332 L4 Div. 2   8 1.40,74   Engine
DNF     16 Team Istel / Austin Rover Finance
Rover Vitesse
Tim Harvey, GB
David Sears, GB
3532 V8 Div. 3   13 1.42,34    
DNF     77 Brixia Corse
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
Gabriele Tarquini, I
1779 tc L4 Div. 2   18 1.42,80    
DNF     62 Schwaben Motorsport
BMW M3
Thomas von Löwis of Menar, D
Leopold von Bayern, D
2332 L4 Div. 2   23 1.44,05    
DNF     21  
Holden VL Commodore
Vic Covey, GB
Andrew Jeffrey, GB
4980 V8 Div. 3   22 1.43,65   Accident?
DNF     73 Asquith/Duckhams Racing with Karl Jones
Ford Escort RS Turbo
Karl Jones, GB
Alan Curnow, GB
1598 tc L4 Div. 2   29 1.49,57    
DNF     115 AGK Motorsport
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB
Barbara Cowell, GB
1587 L4 Div. 1   32 1.51,42    
DNS   NC 80 Q-Racing
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Thomas Lindström, S
Steven Andskar, S
1779 tc L4 Div. 2         Crash in practice
DNQ     18 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
José Angel Sasiambarrena, E
Georges Bosshard, CH
3475 L6 Div. 3         Engine and transmission problems
DNQ     19 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Roberto Castagna, I
Roberto Orlandi, I
3475 L6 Div. 3         Engine and transmission problems
DNQ     39 Listerine Goode Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Graham Goode, GB
Ray Bellm, GB
1993 tc L4 Div. 3         Accident in practice
DNQ     85 Demon Tweeks
VW Golf GTI 16V
Alan Minshaw, GB
Vic Lee, GB
James Kaye, GB
1781 L4 Div. 2         Failed class time percentage