1987 Grand Prix Brno
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| Round 6 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season at Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czechoslovakia. | |||
| Date | 16 August, 1987 | ||
| Location | Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Course | Masaryk Circuit 5.403 km |
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| Race One | |||
| Laps | 93 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |  Klaus Ludwig |
Eggenberger Motorsport | |
| Time | 2:10.510 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz |
Eggenberger Motorsport | |
| Second |  Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné |
Eggenberger Motorsport | |
| Third |  Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard |
Bigazzi | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver | Klaus Ludwig |
Eggenberger Motorsport | |
| Time | 2:09.080 | ||
The 1987 Grand Prix Brno was the sixth 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 August 16, 1987 at the Masaryk Circuit, in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
The race was won by the Eggenberger Texaco pairing of Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. They drove the newly homologated Ford Sierra RS500, which proved much faster and far more reliable than the Ford Sierra RS Cosworths the team had been using to that point of the season.
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:[1][2]
- Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.
See also
References
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