1987 Burgundy 500

  1987 Burgundy 500

Round details
Round 3 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season at Circuit de Dijon-Prenois in Dijon, France.
Date	10 May, 1987
Location	Dijon, France
Course	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois 3.886 km
Race One
Laps	112
Pole position
Driver	Emanuele Pirro		BMW Motorsport
Time	1:25.170
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli		CiBiEmme Sport
Second	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia		BMW Motorsport
Third	Steve Soper Klaus Niedzwiedz		Eggenberger Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver	Emanuele Pirro		BMW Motorsport
Time	1:28.20[1]

The 1987 Burgundy 500 was the third 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 May 10, 1987 at Dijon-Prenois, in Dijon, France.

The race was won by Gianfranco Brancatelli and Johnny Cecotto, driving a BMW M3.

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	2	42	CiBiEmme Sport	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	112	6	40
2	2	40	BMW Motorsport	Ivan Capelli Roberto Ravaglia Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	112	4	30
3	3	6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Steve Soper Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	112	3	32
4	3	7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Klaus Ludwig Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	112	5	25
5	3	8	Andy Rouse Engineering	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	111	7	20
6	2			Xavier Lapeyre Fabien Giroix	BMW M3	109	2
7	3			René Metge Marc Sourd	BMW 635CSi	108	15
8	2	76	Alfa Corse	Giorgio Francia Jean-Louis Schlesser	Alfa Romeo 75	108	12	18
9	2	75	Alfa Corse	Alessandro Nannini Jacques Laffite	Alfa Romeo 75	108	14	14
10	3		CiBiEmme Sport	Georges Bosshard Massimo Micangeli	BMW 635CSi	106	21
11	2	77	Brixia Corse	Rinaldo Drovandi Claudio Langes	Alfa Romeo 75	106	13	11
12	2	78	Brixia Corse	Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin	Alfa Romeo 75	106	22	8
13	3			Denis Morin Ferdinand de Lesseps	BMW 635CSi	106	9
14	2	70	Dixi Sport	Bernard Salam Pierre Destic	Mercedes 190E	106	17
15	2		ÚAMK	Oldřich Vaníček Vlastimil Tomášek	BMW M3	104	23
16	2	79	Albatech	Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani	Alfa Romeo 75	103	19	5
17	2	62	Duindistel	Noël van den Eeckhout Guy Van Mol	BMW 325i	103	25
18	1	90	Scuderia Avus Berlin	Herbert Lingmann Ludwig Hölzl	Toyota Corolla GT	102	32
19	1	106	Team Toyota GB	Alex Moss Mark Jennings	Toyota Corolla GT	102	30
20	1	91	RAS Sport	Philippe Müller Jo Zeller	Toyota Corolla GT	102	31
21	2	44	Dixi Sport	Gerard Févrot Bruno di Gioia	Alfa Romeo 75	101	29	3
22	1	95		Antonín Charouz Daniele Toffoli Pierluigi Grassetto	Toyota Corolla GT	101	33
23	3	97	Seikel Motorsport	Giuseppe Quartengan Giovanni da Schio Peter Seikel	Ford Mustang GT	100	28
24	1	103	Fina Racing Team	Pierre Fermine Serge de Liedekerke	Toyota Corolla GT	100	34
25	1	102	Seikel Motorsport	Heinz Wirth Edi Kamm	Audi 80	99	36
26	1	104	Fina Racing Team	Guy Katsers Jean-Claude Burton	Toyota Corolla GT	98	37
27	1			Carlo Brambilla Giovanni Maggiorelli	Alfa Romeo 33	94	38
28	2	45	Dixi Sport	Bernard Santal Dellavalle	Alfa Romeo 75	93	26
29	2	80	Q-Racing	Thomas Lindström Mikael Naebrink	Alfa Romeo 75	92	20	2
30	3			Roland Bassaler Pascal Pessiot	BMW 635CSi	86	24
DNF	2	46	BMW Motorsport	Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	76	1
DNF	2	43	BMW Motorsport	Winfried Vogt Markus Oestreich	BMW M3	71	8
DNF	3	5	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat John Harvey	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	44	10
DNF	3	1	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Bruno Giacomelli Armin Hahne	Maserati Biturbo	10	27
DNF	2	48	CiBiEmme Sport	Fabio Mancini Luciano Lovato	BMW M3		11
DNF	2			Claude Ballot-Léna	BMW M3		16
DNF	3			Roberto Castagna Luciano Lovato	BMW 635CSi		18
DNF	1			Michel Legourd Jean-Claude Barthe	Toyota Corolla GT		39
DNS	3		Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Mario Hytten Marcello Gunella	Maserati Biturbo		35

• Drivers in italics practiced in the car but did not take part in the race.

See also

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship

References

1. 1987 500 km de Bourgogne at History of Touring Car Racing
2. "500 km Dijon (Qualifying Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
3. "500 km Dijon (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-02-27.