The 1987 RAC Tourist Trophy was the seventh 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 6 September 1987 at the Silverstone Circuit, in Silverstone, United Kingdom.
The race was won by Enzo Calderari and Fabio Mancini, driving a BMW M3. The leading car eligible for championship points was another M3, driven by Emanuele Pirro, Roberto Ravaglia and Roland Ratzenberger, who finished in second place.
Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:
Results were as follows:[1] [2]
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Series Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 48 |  CiBiEmme Sport | Enzo Calderari Fabio Mancini | BMW M3 | 105 | 10 | |
| 2 | 2 | 46 | BMW Motorsport | Roberto Ravaglia Emanuele Pirro Roland Ratzenberger | BMW M3 | 105 | 7 | 40 |
| 3 | 2 | 79 | Alfa Corse | Giorgio Francia Nicola Larini | Alfa Romeo 75 | 105 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | 2 | 57 | Marko AMG | Peter Oberndorfer Franz Klammer | Mercedes 190E | 104 | 11 | |
| 5 | 2 | 78 | Brixia Corse | Carlo Rossi Alessandro Santin | Alfa Romeo 75 | 104 | 17 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz | Ford Sierra RS500 | 103 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | 2 | 72 |  Prodrive | Frank Sytner Marc Duez Mike Smith | BMW M3 | 103 | 15 | |
| 8 | 2 | 84 | Helmut König | Helmut König Karl Baron Heribert Werginz | BMW M3 | 103 | 19 | |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Wolf Racing Barclay | Joachim Winkelhock Jeff Allam | Ford Sierra RS500 | 103 | 5 | |
| 10 | 2 | 75 | Alfa Corse |  Jacques Laffite Paolo Barilla | Alfa Romeo 75 | 102 | 12 | 18 |
| 11 | 3 | 31 |  CMS Sweden | Christer Simonsen Kurt Simonsen | Volvo 240T | 102 | 24 | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Pro Team Italia | Mario Hytten Armin Hahne Nicola Tesini | Maserati Biturbo | 100 | 16 | 21 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné | Ford Sierra RS500 | 99 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | 3 | 23 | Michel Delcourt Alex Guyaux Jerry Mahony | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 99 | 26 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 106 | Team Toyota GB | Chris Hodgetts Andrew Bagnall | Toyota Corolla GT | 98 | 28 | |
| 16 | 1 | 107 | Team Toyota GB | Gareth Chapman Chris Hodgetts Alex Moss | Toyota Corolla GT | 96 | 31 | |
| 17 | 1 | 114 | Tom's GB Ltd. | Tiff Needell Phil Dowsett | Toyota Corolla GT | 96 | 30 | |
| 18 | 2 | 76 | Alfa Corse | Walter Voulaz Marcello Cipriani | Alfa Romeo 75 | 96 | 25 | 11 |
| 19 | 2 | 60 | Per G. Hansen Jens Winther | BMW M3 | 95 | 27 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 112 | Pierluigi Grassetto Antonín Charouz | Toyota Corolla GT | 94 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 100 | Alfa Romeo | Carlo Brambilla Alain Thiebaut Daniele Toffoli | Alfa Romeo 33 | 93 | 35 | 22 |
| 22 | 1 | 112 | Eddy van Esch Heinz Wirth Antonín Charouz | Toyota Corolla GT | 93 | 34 | ||
| DNF | 2 | 43 | Bigazzi |  Luis Pérez-Sala Olivier Grouillard | BMW M3 | 103 | 9 | |
| DNF | 3 | 8 | Andy Rouse Engineering | Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin | Ford Sierra RS500 | 15 | 2 | |
| DNF | 3 | 11 | Andy Rouse Engineering | Win Percy Rob Hall | Ford Sierra RS500 | 6 | 4 | |
| DNF | 3 | 15 | RAS Sport | Hans Heyer Eddy Joosen | Toyota Supra | 3 | 21 | |
| DNF | 2 | 42 | CiBiEmme Sport |  Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli | BMW M3 | 0 | 6 | |
| DNF | 2 | 40 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger | BMW M3 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 3 | 16 | ICS | Tim Harvey David Sears | Rover Vitesse | 13 | ||
| DNF | 2 | 77 | Brixia Corse | Rinaldo Drovandi Gabriele Tarquini | Alfa Romeo 75 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 3 | 24 | Evert Bolderheij Allard Kalff | Ford Sierra RS500 | 20 | |||
| DNF | 3 | 21 | Vic Covey Andrew Jeffrey | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 22 | |||
| DNF | 2 | 62 | Schwaben Motorsport | Thomas von Löwis Leopold von Bayern Richard Down | BMW M3 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 2 | 73 | Karl Jones Alan Curnow | Ford Escort RS Turbo | 29 | |||
| DNF | 1 | 115 | AGK Motorsport | Geoff Kimber-Smith Barbara Cowell | Toyota Corolla GT | 32 | ||
| DNS | 2 | 80 | Q-Racing | Thomas Lindström Steven Andskär | Alfa Romeo 75 | |||