German Touring Car Championship 1987

The BMW M3 driven by Eric van de Poele in the DTM.

The German Touring Car Championship 1987 was the fourth season of the DTM . The first run took place on March 29, 1987 for the first time at the Hockenheimring . The last run was on August 23rd on the Salzburgring . A total of ten races were held in Germany , Belgium and, for the first time, also in Austria .

The overall winner was the Belgian Eric van de Poele in a BMW M3 with 127 points.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Marc Hessel	Zakspeed BMW Team	BMW M3	all
2	Eric van de Poele			all
3	Kurt Koenig	Kamei crew	BMW 635 CSi	1-4, 8
			BMW M3	5-7, 9, 10
4th	Per Stureson	IPS Motorsport	Volvo 240 Turbo	all
5	Not so Lindberg			all
6th	Harald Grohs	Vogelsang Automobile GmbH	BMW M3	all
7th	Anton Goeser	AC Munich	BMW 635 CSi	all
8th	Bernd Schneider	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1-4, 6, 8, 9
	Klaus Ludwig			7th
9	Beate Nodes			all
10	Fritz Mueller	Müller-Bräu team	BMW 635 CSi	all
11	Jörg van Ommen	AMG Marko RSM	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	all
12	Franz Klammer			all
13	Heiner Weiss			all
14th	Walter Mertes	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	all
15th	Manuel Reuter		Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1-8
			Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	9, 10
16	Uwe Reich		Ford Sierra XR4Ti	2, 3, 6
17th	Volker Strycek	Gubin sport	BMW 635 CSi	1-7
18th	Joachim Winkelhock	Wolf Racing	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1-4, 6, 7
			Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	9
19th	Frank Biela		Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1-6, 8, 9
20th	Klaus Niedzwiedz			7th
21st	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Kissling Motorsport	Opel Kadett GSi 2.0	1-3
			Volvo 240 Turbo	6, 7
22nd	Kurt Thiim	ATN Autotechnik Nickel	Rover Vitesse	1
			Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione	2, 3, 5-10
24	Olaf Manthey	BMW Isert	BMW M3	2-10
25th	Josef Gerold			1-3, 5-9
26th	Hermann Tilke	Sachs Sporting	Toyota Corolla GT AE86	2
28	Leopold Gallina	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	2, 3
29	Ludwig Weber	Format Fahrzeugteile GmbH	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1-5, 7-9
30th	Michael head	MK Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione	10
31	Arnold Mattschull	Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team	BMW M3	1-5, 7, 10
32	Jürgen Weiler	Sachs Sporting	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1-3
			BMW M3	8, 9
33	Andy Bovensiepen	Alpina	BMW M3	1-6, 8, 9
34	Manfred Niederhof	Private	BMW 635 CSi	1, 3-8, 10
			BMW M3	2
35	Thomas von Löwis	Private	BMW M3	all
36	Reinhold Gröpper	Private	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	1-3, 5-9
49	Jørgen Poulsen	Private	Volvo 240 Turbo	2
51	Fabien Giroix	Alpina	BMW M3	7, 9
52	Ellen Lohr			7, 8, 10
59	Armin Hahne	Wolf Racing	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	10
60	Steve Soper	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	10
?	Hebert angel	Private	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1
?	Peter Mamerow	Private	VW Golf GTI	3
?	Axel fields	Private	BMW 635 CSi	4th
			Ford Sierra XR4Ti	5
?	Michael Bartels	Private	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	5
23	Jochen Felder	Private	BMW 635 CSi	5
?	Walter Nussbaumer	Private	BMW 635 CSi	5-10
?	Peter John	Private	Rover Vitesse	6th
?	Peter Oberndorfer	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	6th
?	Costa's lot	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	7th
?	Robert Walterscheid-Müller	MK Motorsport	BMW M3	7, 10
?	Stanley Dickens	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	8th
?	Andreas Mark	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	10

Race calendar and results

round	Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Sports car festival Hockenheimring	March 29	105.360 km	Manuel Reuter	Harald Grohs	Harald Grohs	BMW M3
2	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	April 14th	100.608 km	Eric van de Poele	Eric van de Poele	Marc Hessel	BMW M3
3	Eifel race Nürburgring	26th of April	113.550 km	Manuel Reuter	Bernd Schneider	Manuel Reuter	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
4th	AVUS race AVUS	10th of May	105.430 km	Manuel Reuter	Harald Grohs	Frank Biela	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
5	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen airfield	31. May	101.250 km	Manuel Reuter	Olaf Manthey	Manuel Reuter	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
6th	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 28th	101.200 km	Harald Grohs	Marc Hessel	Olaf Manthey	BMW M3
7th	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	July 12	104.466 km	Harald Grohs	Fabien Giroix	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
8th	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf Air Base	August 2nd	101,000 km	Eric van de Poele	Harald Grohs	Harald Grohs	BMW M3
9	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz Air Base	August 9	104,000 km	Olaf Manthey	Manuel Reuter	Fabien Giroix	BMW M3
10	Alpine trophy Salzburg Salzburgring	August 23	105.625 km	Armin Hahne	Manuel Reuter	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 18 classified drivers in the following number. There was one deletion result :

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th
Points	20th	18th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 38 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC	ZOL	ONLY1	AVU	MAY	NOR	ONLY2	WUN	THE	SAL	Points
1	Eric van de Poele	2	(10)	4th	4th	8th	6th	8th	3	2	10	127
2	Manuel Reuter	DNF	7th	1	2	1	17th	6th	4th	3	12	124
3	Marc Hessel	4th	1	7th	16	(17)	2	7th	2	5	9	123
4th	Olaf Manthey		3	5	7th	2	1	3	DNF	DNF	4th	113
5	Harald Grohs	1	DNF	3	3	4th	DNF	DNF	1	4th	DNF	102
6th	Per Stureson	11	DNF	8th	DNF	9	3	5	6th	DNF	5	87
7th	Kurt Koenig	5	12	DNF	13	12	7th	12	8th	8th	16	82
8th	Anton Goeser	DNF	5	DNF	12	10	8th	11	12	7th	11	77
9	Jörg van Ommen	3	4th	10	5	6th	DNF	23	10	DNF	DNF	76
10	Thomas von Löwis	16	2	12	17th	16	DNF	10	17th	6th	6th	71
11	Not so Lindberg	10	9	DNF	DNF	7th	4th	4th	22nd	11	DNF	70
12	Franz Klammer	21st	6th	13	8th	21st	20th	9	11	DNF	8th	60
12	Walter Mertes	18th	DNF	14th	DNF	3	5	22nd	7th	DNF	7th	60
14th	Frank Biela	12	18th	6th	1	5	DNF		DNS	15th		59
15th	Bernd Schneider	6th	14th	2	DNF		22nd		9	9		56
16	Fabien Giroix							2		1		40
17th	Andy Bovensiepen	17th	DNF	9	9	14th	9		24	DNF		37
18th	Manfred Niederhof	14th	16	DNF	15th	20th	14th	13	16		14th	32
18th	Ellen Lohr							DNF	5		2	32
18th	Volker Strycek	7th	DNF	DNF	14th	11	12	DNF				32
21st	Beate Nodes	19th	15th	25th	6th	13	11	25th	23	DNF	DNF	31
21st	Kurt Thiim	8th	8th	23		26th	10	21st	DNF	DNF	DNF	31
23	Joachim Winkelhock	DNF	11	22nd	10		13	DNF		14th		28
24	Armin Hahne										1	20th
25th	Walter Nussbaumer					DNF	15th	DNF	13	10	DNF	19th
25th	Fritz Mueller	15th	19th	11	19th	DNF	21st	17th	DNF	DNF	15th	19th
27	Josef Gerold	9	DNF	24		DNF	19th	15th	18th	DNF		16
27	Steve Soper										3	16
29	Heiner Weiss	DNF	17th	18th	11	22nd	DNF	16	21st	DNF	DNF	15th
30th	Reinhold Gröpper	DNF	DNF	17th		15th	DNF	18th	15th	DNF		12
31	Arnold Mattschull	13	25th	15th	20th	18th		24			DNF	11
31	Jürgen Weiler	DNF	22nd	19th					14th	13		11
33	Ludwig Weber	DNF	21st	21st	DNF	23		19th	19th	12		8th
33	Robert Walterscheid-Müller							14th			17th	8th
35	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	DNF	13	20th			18th	20th				7th
36	Uwe Reich		20th	16			16					6th
37	Andreas Mark										16	3
38	Axel fields				18th	24						1
39	Hebert angel	20th										0
39	Hermann Tilke		DNF									0
39	Leopold Gallina		24	DNF								0
39	Jørgen Poulsen		23									0
39	Peter Mamerow			DNF								0
39	Michael Bartels					19th						0
39	Jochen Felder					25th						0
39	Peter John						DNF					0
39	Peter Oberndorfer						DNF					0
39	Costa's lot							DNF				0
39	Klaus Niedzwiedz							DNF				0
39	Stanley Dickens								20th			0
39	Michael head										DNF	0
39	Klaus Ludwig							1				0
space	driver	HOC	ZOL	ONLY1	AVU	MAY	NOR	ONLY2	WUN	THE	SAL	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Remarks

1. ^ As a guest starter, Klaus Ludwig was not entitled to points. The other drivers caught up.

Web links

• The 1987 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DTM website: 1987: Year of the Juniors. From: www.dtm.com , accessed on August 24, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Touringcarracing - website: German Touring Car Championship 1987. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1987 German Touring Car Championship. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 24, 2018 .