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BMW M1 Race Car

The M1 in competition after its one-make series: the German championship, its one World Championship win at the Nürburgring in 1981, Le Mans every year from 1979 to 1986, IMSA's GTO title, Japan, Britain and South Africa, and the cars that beat it. The results below cover its major races, the Procar rounds among them.

A white BMW M1 racing car with blue, violet and red stripes, sponsors' decals and gold wheels, number 82 on the door, panned at speed past circuit hoardings and an empty grandstand.
A modified historic M1 racer, No. 82, at Hockenheim Historic in August 2021, which its photographer describes as a 3.8-litre "Procar-2" of 1983.Auge=mit, CC BY-SA 4.0

The first M1 to race did so a fortnight before Procar began. On 29 April 1979 Marc Surer drove a BMW Motorsport car to ninth place in the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring, a round of the German championship, and the last major endurance race for an M1 came on the same circuit 7 years later, the 1000 km of 24 August 1986. Between them lies a racing life that racingsportscars counts at 1,366 entries, from 1979 to 2003. Its first two seasons belong to the Procar Championship and the car built for it, the Procar; the turbocharged and space-frame cars to the Group 5 M1s; the rallies of 1981–84 to the rally car; and Le Mans 1979 to the car Andy Warhol painted. The results below give its places in the major races, the Procar rounds and the rally car's events among them.⁠1​2

Group 4 homologation, at last

Group 4 asked for 400 cars, and BMW could build about 200 a year, Neerpasch said, so for two seasons the racing M1s had only their own series and the classes that would take them. In Germany a national homologation from the ONS let the Procar into the championship's Group 4 class during 1979, and in America and at Le Mans it ran among IMSA's cars.

Recognition came with the FIA's form No. 670, valid from 1 December 1980, which names BMW Motorsport GmbH as the maker, and two extensions in January and February 1981 added the parts a racing car needed, from the brakes and a hydraulic handbrake to a roll cage. The recognition ran until the end of 1981. Group B followed, under form B-240, from 1 March 1983, and from that summer the M1s at Le Mans were Group B cars.⁠3​4​5​6​7

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In Germany: the DRM, 1979–81

The Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, the German championship, was the M1's home series. In 1979, touringcarracing writes, the Procar with its homologated rear wing was "formidable opposition" in the Group 4 class once its national papers came through, though Edgar Dören's Porsche 934 took that class's Rennsport Trophäe. The Procar's own stars came too: at the Norisring on 24 June 1979 Lauda, Stuck and Regazzoni all raced M1s in the German championship. By 1980 the normally aspirated cars were outpaced at the front of the first division, "athmospheric BMWs now really obsolete" in touringcarracing's spelling, and in the Rennsport Trophäe Christian Danner's M1 was the best of the first-division cars, though he joined only at the eighth round. Kannacher, Cassani, Eggenberger, GS-Sport, Helmut Marko, Schnitzer and Sauber all entered M1s that year.

1981 was the M1's best German season. Schnitzer's twin-turbocharged M1 Turbo won the first division at the Norisring on 28 June and the Salzburgring on 12 July for Hans-Joachim Stuck, a story the Group 5 page tells. The Group 4 cars won too. At Wunstorf on 21 June, a wet race run in two heats, Helmut Henzler's GS-Sport M1, serial 4301098, won the division on aggregate after Kurt König, in another Group 4 M1, had crossed the line first. touringcarracing's report of the day:

With the thin field of Group 5 cars in mind, the inevitable happened: division 1 was won by a BMW M1, and not Stuck's turbo car; that one was scratched since sponsor Lubrifilm refused to pay the bills.

touringcarracing.net, Wunstorf 1981

Henzler went on to take the 1981 Rennsport Trophäe, the championship for Groups 2 to 4, with 217 points to König's 179, both in M1s. In the two seasons after that, racingsportscars records M1s winning German national races again and again: Stuck won four in Schnitzer's car in 1982, Siegfried Müller Jr four in GS-Sport's 4301076 and Dieter Quester two, and in 1983 Harald Grohs won five for Vogelsang.⁠6​8​1​9

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The World Championship for Makes

The M1 arrived in the World Championship before its papers did, in classes for IMSA and Group 5 cars. In 1980 BMW France's car was sixth in the Mugello 6 Hours for Pironi and Quester, Zol'Auto's eighth in the Monza 1000 km for Laurent Ferrier and François Servanin, who were sixth again at Dijon, and at the Nürburgring 1000 km on 25 May Stuck and Nelson Piquet finished third for BMW Motorsport in No. 201, in the livery Lothar Spurzem photographed in practice the day before.

The win came there a year later, on 24 May 1981, before 50,000 people, in GS-Sport's BASF-sponsored Group 5 car, a space-frame M1 built by Sauber, chassis 81.M1R.02. Stuck set the fastest Group 5 lap, 7 minutes 39.51 seconds. When Herbert Müller was killed, the race was stopped after 17 laps, well short of its distance, with Stuck and Piquet in the lead, 20 seconds ahead of Jochen Mass and Reinhold Jöst's Porsche. Stuck looked back on it 25 years later:

This was the only M1 to win an FIA long-distance race, but the event had a dark shadow about it as Herbert Müller died. … The win is in the books, but it doesn't mean a lot to me.

Hans-Joachim Stuck, Motor Sport, November 2006

His claim holds for the World Championship; M1s also won endurance races outside it, at Kyalami in 1979, in Japan in 1982 and in a 3-hour race at Hockenheim in 1983. In the same Nürburgring race König and Peter Oberndorfer won the Group 4 class in 4301062. Elsewhere in 1981 EMKA Productions' ex-Procar, 4301028, was second overall in the Silverstone 6 Hours and third in the Brands Hatch 1000 km, and other M1s were fourth at Monza, ORECA's car for Teo Fabi and Quester, and fifth at Mugello. GS-Sport's winning car had a harder season after May, and Stuck, by his own account, crashed it at night in the Kyalami 9 Hours that November. In 1982 Sauber's other car, 81.M1R.01, was third at the Nürburgring for BMW Italia, and Jens Winther's Danish team took class places in the World Championship in 4301026; Heseltine credits the M1 with "several class wins at international level, many of them with Danish racer Jens Winther".⁠7​1​10​11​12

The 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km in period colour film: Hans-Joachim Stuck and the BASF M1, No. 12, which he and Nelson Piquet drove to the M1's one World Championship win. From 2:20 to 2:52 it shows the aftermath of the accident that stopped the race.Video: DiFilm - Carrera de los 1000 KM de Nurburgring 1981, DiFilm, 1981
The white BMW M1 number 201 with green map shapes, seen from the front three-quarter from the left, in practice at the Nürburgring.
Plate I The No. 201 M1, STUCK and PIQUET on its window, in practice for the Nürburgring 1000 km on 24 May 1980; Lothar Spurzem, who took it, names Piquet at the wheel.Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de

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Le Mans, 1979–86

An M1 started at Le Mans in each of the eight races from 1979 to 1986. racingsportscars lists 24 entries in those races, 21 of which started and three of which did not arrive, and one more at the test day of 1986. The best of them was the first, the Art Car Hervé Poulain entered, sixth overall in 1979 and second in its class. After that the M1s ran in whatever class their papers allowed: IMSA in 1980, Group 5, GT and IMSA in 1981, and Group B from 1983. 1981 brought the most, six, and only one of them finished, BMW Italie-France's car, driven by Bernard Darniche, Johnny Cecotto and Philippe Alliot, home in 16th place. Helmut Gall's car, Stuck's Procar of 1979, gave the M1 its class wins, in Group B in 1984 and 1985. By then the works had long gone. The M1s of the Group B years were private entries, Angelo Pallavicini's with Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Jens Winther among its drivers in 1983, Winther's own in 1984, Edgar Dören's and Vogelsang's, and the last, in 1986, MK Motorsport's, which covered 265 laps and was not classified, its last lap too slow. Of the drivers who raced M1s there, Stuck did so in 1980 and 1981 and Quester in 1980 and 1981, and Dören drove Gall's car to its second class win in 1985. Two March-built Group 5 M1s were entered too: a reserve in 1979, which did not race, and March Engines' No. 82 in 1980, out after an accident on lap 38.

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In America: IMSA and the March M1/C

BMW of North America brought the M1 to IMSA in July 1979. Jim Busby and Manfred Winkelhock drove 4301065 in the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, where it went off the road, and Busby and Dennis Aase were fourth in the Road America 500 that September. BMW Motorsport and BMW North America ran a second car, 4301269, in 1980 and 1981, 16th in the 1981 Daytona 24 Hours for Hobbs, Surer and Quester.

The American M1 that won was a private one. Red Lobster Racing ran 4301040, Elio de Angelis's winning car from Zolder, from Daytona in 1980 onwards, and in 1981 Dave Cowart and Kenper Miller won the IMSA GTO championship with it, taking the class at Mosport that August; earlier in the year it had been second overall in the Paul Revere 250 at Daytona. The research center's excerpt from IMSA 1969–1989 puts the M1's American career in one sentence:

The tube frame M-1 Procar did crush the GTO competition in 1981 but was underpowered in IMSA's top GT Prototype (GTP) class.

IMSA 1969–1989, as excerpted by the International Motor Racing Research Center

For GTP, BMW of North America turned to March. The M1/C of 1981 was a March 81P, an aluminium monocoque with ground-effect tunnels and twin front pontoons, designed, the excerpt says, by Max Sardou with a BMW engineer it names as Raine Bratenstein. It carried the M1's name and at first its normally aspirated six; from Sears Point in August 1981 it ran instead with the turbocharged 2-litre four of BMW's 320i racing programme, "600 to 675bhp with the boost turned up". Hobbs and Surer gave it its first race, at the Riverside 6 Hours on 26 April 1981, sixth and 11 laps down, and its best later result was fourth at Portland on 2 August. BMW left IMSA at the end of that season. March built its customer 82G from the design, and Red Lobster ran one with the M1's engine in 1982. Private M1s went on in IMSA's GTO class until 1986: Tony Garcia's Montura Racing car, 4301027, David Deacon's and later Uli Bieri's 4301225, Kendall Racing's 4301065, Joe Crevier's 4301195, Diego Montoya's for Walker-Brown, the entry of "Fomfor", and Red Lobster's car under B de T Racing until 1983. March's own Group 5 M1s had raced in IMSA in 1980, at Daytona, Sebring and Riverside, and the Group 5 page has them.⁠15​12​7​1

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In Japan

One Procar never ran in Procar. The Register's PROCAR 30, 4301077, went to Japan, where the Speed Star Wheel Racing Team raced it in 1979 and 1980 and Auto Beaurex Motorsport from 1981 to 1984, nearly always with Naoki Nagasaka at the wheel; Shinji Uchida drove it in 1981, and Nagasaka's co-drivers in the longer races included Takahashi at Suzuka in 1979, Fujita in 1980, Sato in 1982 and Shimizu in 1983. Its first race, the Suzuka 500 miles of 26 August 1979, brought fourth place. racingsportscars lists 10 wins: in shorter races at Fuji in 1980, 1981 and 1982 and at Tsukuba in 1982 and 1984, and in 1982, its best year, the Fuji 500 km twice, the Fuji 1000 km in July and the Suzuka 1000 km in August.⁠1​16

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In Britain

In Britain M1s raced in club GT races at Donington Park. Jeff Wilson won five of them in 1982, entered by Doug Niven Cars, and one more in September 1983 under his own name. racingsportscars records his car as "B30-75-01", which is not a BMW serial, and no source read says what it was built on. A second car, which Mick Hill and Kevin Riley shared, ran in the same races and in Thundersports from 1983 to 1989. The British team in the World Championship was Steve O'Rourke's EMKA Productions, which raced Lauda's old Procar, 4301028, at Silverstone and Brands Hatch in 1981 and 1982 and at Le Mans in both years.⁠1

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Kyalami, 1979

On 3 November 1979, 8 weeks after the last Procar round, the Kyalami 1000 km in South Africa gave the Procars a class of their own, Category I Class B for "BMW M1 Procars", outside any championship, before 45,000 spectators. Eddie Keizan and Helmut Kelleners won it overall in Eggenberger's car, 4301026, and Winkelhock and Stuck were second in Cassani's 4301062. John Watson and Jochen Mass, in the car Ron Dennis entered, took pole and the fastest lap and finished fourth. Two more retired: Surer and van Rooyen's car for Team Gunston and Schnitzer, and Bürger and Höttinger's for Helmut Marko.⁠7

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The Interserie and the later years

racingsportscars finds M1s in 223 race entries in 1979, 282 in 1980 and 258 in 1981, and then fewer each year: 209, 166 and 94 from 1982 to 1984. Some went to the Interserie: Werner Grissmann was 16th at Zeltweg on 20 July 1980, and two M1s ran at Zolder in October 1981. Sepp Manhalter's PROCAR 0, 4301017, won at Havířov in Czechoslovakia in 1981, 1983 and 1988 and raced in Austria until 1990. The last endurance entries were MK Motorsport's at Le Mans and the Nürburgring in 1986. Scandinavia gave the type a long second life: M1s ran in the Nordic and Finnish championships for sports cars between 1985 and 1991, and Hans Christian Jürgensen won the Danish Grand Prix with one in 1986; Swedish and Canadian GT racing kept the type on the grid from 1997, and the last entries in racingsportscars' list are five in Sweden in 2003.⁠1

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Historic racing today

The Procars returned as historic cars. BMW ran 10 of them in two races at the German Grand Prix meeting at Hockenheim in July 2008, for the M1's 30th anniversary, and brought Procars to the Austrian Grand Prix in 2016. At the Algarve Classic Festival at Portimão in 2015 a Procar, a Ferrari 512 BB LM and a Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo, two of its old rivals, fought what Motor Sport called "the stirring GT fight" of a historic endurance race won by a Lola prototype. The FIA's historic database keeps the M1's recognition forms for Group 4 and Group B.⁠5​17​18​19

BMW Group Classic's Group 4 M1 at the 2023 Le Mans Classic, driven by Christian Danner, Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Peter Oberndorfer, who shared an M1 at Le Mans in 1981; the M1 is on screen at 2:20 and from 5:10.Video: Inside BMW Group Classic - Behind the scenes at the phenomenal Le Mans Classic., BMW Group Classic, 2023
A racing BMW M1 in a red and white target scheme with BASF lettering and the number 79, seen from above on a wet paddock road.
A Procar in the red and white BASF livery GS-Sport raced in, seen from above in the wet paddock at the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix, Nürburgring, in August 2014.Bassaar, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The track rivals

The cars below are those the M1 met most often.

RivalWhere it met the M1How it went
Porsche 935Le Mans; the World Championship; IMSA's GTX classKremer's 935 K3 won Le Mans in 1979, 22 laps ahead of the sixth-placed M1; Bob Wollek's 935 was third behind the winning M1 at the Nürburgring in 1981
Ferrari 512 BB LMLe Mans, 1979–82Fifth overall in 1981 and first in IMSA GTX, ahead of every M1
Zakspeed Ford Capri TurboThe DRM, 1980–81Manfred Winkelhock's Capri beat Stuck's M1 Turbo at Hockenheim in August 1981; Klaus Ludwig's Capri won that year's championship
Lancia Beta Montecarlo TurboThe DRM; the World ChampionshipHans Heyer won the 1980 DRM in one; fourth at the Nürburgring in 1981, behind the M1

touringcarracing's tables give the Kremer 935 K3 of 1980 a twin-turbocharged flat six of 2,993 cc and 735 hp, and Zakspeed's first-division Capri of 1981 a turbocharged four of 1,745 cc.⁠7​6​8​20​15

The black and red Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo, number 1, in practice at the Nürburgring.
Plate II Zakspeed's Würth-sponsored Ford Capri Turbo, No. 1, in practice for the Nürburgring 1000 km on 24 May 1980; Lothar Spurzem, who took it, names Jochen Mass as the driver.Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
A red Ferrari 512 BB LM, number 29, in profile on the Le Mans circuit.
A Ferrari 512 BB LM, No. 29, on the circuit at the Le Mans Classic in July 2010: the type that beat every M1 at Le Mans in 1981, in a later photograph.Marc le Beller (ZANTAFIO56), CC BY-SA 2.0

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Results

A yellow year marks a win.

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 60, Elio de Angelis, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 99, Toine Hezemans: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 28, Clay Regazzoni: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 1, Mario Andretti: retired⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 5, Niki Lauda: retired⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 26, Jacques Laffite: retired⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zolder 1979

    12 May 1979, Zolder, Belgium. No. 6, Nelson Piquet, in Nelson Piquet's 1979 works Procar: did not start⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1979

    26 May 1979, Monaco. No. 5, Niki Lauda, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1979

    26 May 1979, Monaco. No. 28, Clay Regazzoni: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1979

    26 May 1979, Monaco. No. 14, Emerson Fittipaldi: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1979

    26 May 1979, Monaco. No. 77, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: retired: an oil leak put him over the barriers, by his own account⁠1​10

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. No. 6, Nelson Piquet, in Nelson Piquet's 1979 works Procar: 1st overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Bruno Giacomelli: 2nd overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Manfred Winkelhock: 3rd overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 4th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Toine Hezemans: 5th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Helmut Kelleners: 6th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Dieter Quester: 7th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Tom Walkinshaw: 8th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. David Hobbs, in The first M1 to race, 4301063: 9th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Elio de Angelis, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 10th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. John Watson: 11th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Mario Andretti: 12th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Franz Konrad: 13th overall⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Wolfgang Schütz: retired: engine⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. James Hunt: retired: front suspension⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Alan Jones: retired: rear suspension⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Dan Gurney: did not start: "No driver license", as the results page records it⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Denny Hulme: did not start: "No driver license", as the results page records it⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Clay Regazzoni: did not arrive⁠1​7

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar race, Donington Park 1979 (non-championship)

    3 June 1979, Donington Park, England. Niki Lauda, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: did not arrive⁠1​7

  • 1979

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1979

    9 June 1979, Le Mans, France. No. 76, Marcel Mignot, Hervé Poulain and Manfred Winkelhock, in Andy Warhol's BMW M1 Art Car: 6th overall, 2nd in IMSA +2.5⁠7​1​21​22

  • 1979

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1979

    9 June 1979, Le Mans, France. No. 54, Brun and Cudini: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Dijon-Prenois 1979

    30 June 1979, Dijon-Prenois, France. No. 6, Nelson Piquet, in Nelson Piquet's 1979 works Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Dijon-Prenois 1979

    30 June 1979, Dijon-Prenois, France. No. 27, Alan Jones: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Dijon-Prenois 1979

    30 June 1979, Dijon-Prenois, France. No. 3, Didier Pironi: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1979

    7 July 1979, Watkins Glen, USA. No. 3, Busby and Winkelhock: 29th overall⁠7​1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Silverstone 1979

    13 July 1979, Silverstone, England. No. 5, Niki Lauda, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Silverstone 1979

    13 July 1979, Silverstone, England. No. 6, Nelson Piquet, in Nelson Piquet's 1979 works Procar: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Silverstone 1979

    13 July 1979, Silverstone, England. No. 44, Markus Höttinger: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Silverstone 1979

    13 July 1979, Silverstone, England. No. 2, Carlos Reutemann: 8th overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Silverstone 1979

    13 July 1979, Silverstone, England. No. 90, Tiff Needell: 9th overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1979

    28 July 1979, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 5, Niki Lauda, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1979

    28 July 1979, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 77, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1979

    28 July 1979, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 90, Hans-Georg Bürger: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1979

    11 August 1979, Österreichring, Austria. No. 26, Jacques Laffite: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1979

    11 August 1979, Österreichring, Austria. No. 44, Markus Höttinger: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1979

    11 August 1979, Österreichring, Austria. No. 3, Didier Pironi: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1979

    25 August 1979, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 77, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1979

    25 August 1979, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 26, Jacques Laffite: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1979

    25 August 1979, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 81, Manfred Winkelhock: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    Road America 500 Miles 1979

    2 September 1979, Road America, Elkhart Lake, USA. No. 3, Busby and Aase: 4th overall, 4th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monza 1979

    9 September 1979, Monza, Italy. No. 77, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monza 1979

    9 September 1979, Monza, Italy. No. 5, Niki Lauda, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monza 1979

    9 September 1979, Monza, Italy. No. 44, Markus Höttinger: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1979

    Kyalami 1000 km 1979

    3 November 1979, Kyalami, South Africa. No. 9, Keizan and Kelleners: 1st overall, 1st in Category I Class B⁠7​1

  • 1979

    Kyalami 1000 km 1979

    3 November 1979, Kyalami, South Africa. No. 8, Manfred Winkelhock and Stuck, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 2nd overall, 2nd in Category I Class B⁠7​1

  • 1979

    Kyalami 1000 km 1979

    3 November 1979, Kyalami, South Africa. No. 7, Watson and Jochen Mass: 4th overall, 3rd in Category I Class B⁠7​1

  • 1979

    Kyalami 1000 km 1979

    3 November 1979, Kyalami, South Africa. No. 10, Surer and van Rooyen: retired: gearbox⁠7​1

  • 1979

    Kyalami 1000 km 1979

    3 November 1979, Kyalami, South Africa. No. 11, Hans-Georg Bürger and Markus Höttinger: retired: fuel injection pump drive⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Daytona 24 Hours 1980

    February 1980, Daytona, USA. No. 25, Miller, Cowart and Beckers, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 47th overall, 15th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Sebring 12 Hours 1980

    22 March 1980, Sebring, USA. No. 25, Cowart, Miller and Bell, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 30th overall, 10th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Donington Park 1980

    26 April 1980, Donington Park, England. No. 99, Jan Lammers: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Donington Park 1980

    26 April 1980, Donington Park, England. No. 81, Hans Heyer: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Donington Park 1980

    26 April 1980, Donington Park, England. No. 27, Alan Jones: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Donington Park 1980

    26 April 1980, Donington Park, England. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 5th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    Riverside 5 Hours 1980

    27 April 1980, Riverside, USA. No. 25, Cowart, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 55th overall, 18th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Avus 1980

    11 May 1980, Avus, Berlin, Germany. Manfred Schurti, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Avus 1980

    11 May 1980, Avus, Berlin, Germany. No. 99, Jan Lammers: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Avus 1980

    11 May 1980, Avus, Berlin, Germany. Hans-Georg Bürger: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1980

    17 May 1980, Monaco. No. 40, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1980

    17 May 1980, Monaco. No. 66, Helmut Kelleners: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1980

    17 May 1980, Monaco. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1980

    17 May 1980, Monaco. No. 25, Didier Pironi: 9th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Monaco 1980

    17 May 1980, Monaco. No. 99, Jan Lammers: retired⁠1

  • 1980

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1980

    25 May 1980, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 201, Stuck and Piquet: 3rd overall, 1st in IMSA GTX/GTP +2000⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1980

    25 May 1980, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 202, Oberndorfer and Danner, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: did not arrive⁠1

  • 1980

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1980

    25 May 1980, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 203, Kannacher and Lässig: did not arrive⁠1

  • 1980

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1980

    June 1980, Le Mans, France. No. 83, Pironi, Mignot and Quester: 14th overall, 4th in IMSA⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1980

    June 1980, Le Mans, France. No. 84, Stuck, Bürger and Lacaud: 15th overall, 5th in IMSA⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1980

    June 1980, Le Mans, France. No. 95, Ferrier, Servanin and Rousselot: retired: engine⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1980

    June 1980, Le Mans, France. No. 96, Alliot and Guérin: retired: accident⁠7​1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Norisring 1980

    22 June 1980, Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany. No. 40, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Norisring 1980

    22 June 1980, Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany. No. 99, Jan Lammers: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Norisring 1980

    22 June 1980, Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany. No. 90, Marc Surer: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Brands Hatch 1980

    12 July 1980, Brands Hatch, England. No. 28, Carlos Reutemann: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Brands Hatch 1980

    12 July 1980, Brands Hatch, England. No. 27, Alan Jones: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Brands Hatch 1980

    12 July 1980, Brands Hatch, England. No. 25, Didier Pironi: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Brands Hatch 1980

    12 July 1980, Brands Hatch, England. No. 8, Alain Prost: 6th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1980

    9 August 1980, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 25, Didier Pironi: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1980

    9 August 1980, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 91, Manfred Schurti: 2nd overall⁠1​23

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1980

    9 August 1980, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 40, Hans-Joachim Stuck, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Hockenheim 1980

    9 August 1980, Hockenheim, Germany. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 4th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1980

    16 August 1980, Österreichring, Austria. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1980

    16 August 1980, Österreichring, Austria. Hans-Joachim Stuck: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Österreichring 1980

    16 August 1980, Österreichring, Austria. Carlos Reutemann: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    Mosport 6 Hours 1980

    17 August 1980, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 25, Cowart and Miller, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Road America 500 Miles 1980

    31 August 1980, Road America, Elkhart Lake, USA. No. 25, Cowart and Miller, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 6th overall, 6th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1980

    31 August 1980, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1980

    31 August 1980, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 90, Marc Surer: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1980

    31 August 1980, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 26, Jacques Laffite: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Zandvoort 1980

    31 August 1980, Zandvoort, Netherlands. No. 11, Mario Andretti: retired⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Imola 1980

    14 September 1980, Imola, Italy. No. 5, Nelson Piquet: 1st overall⁠1​2

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Imola 1980

    14 September 1980, Imola, Italy. No. 27, Alan Jones: 2nd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Imola 1980

    14 September 1980, Imola, Italy. Hans Heyer: 3rd overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Imola 1980

    14 September 1980, Imola, Italy. Johnny Cecotto: 8th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    BMW M1 Procar Championship, Imola 1980

    14 September 1980, Imola, Italy. Riccardo Patrese: 9th overall⁠1

  • 1980

    Road Atlanta 50 Miles 1980, heat 1

    21 September 1980, Road Atlanta, USA. No. 25, Dave Cowart, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 9th overall, 9th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Road Atlanta 50 Miles 1980, heat 2

    21 September 1980, Road Atlanta, USA. No. 25, Kenper Miller, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 11th overall, 7th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1980

    Daytona Finale 250 Miles 1980

    30 November 1980, Daytona, USA. No. 25, Cowart and Miller, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 6th overall, 6th in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Sebring 12 Hours 1981

    21 March 1981, Sebring, USA. No. 25, Cowart and Miller, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 27th overall, 11th in GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Sebring 12 Hours 1981

    21 March 1981, Sebring, USA. No. 14, Gebhardt and Surer: 49th overall, 18th in GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Sebring 12 Hours 1981

    21 March 1981, Sebring, USA. No. 40, Deacon, Freberg and Bartling: 64th overall, 22nd in GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Silverstone 6 Hours 1981

    10 May 1981, Silverstone, England. No. 40, Bell, O'Rourke and Hobbs, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 2nd overall, 1st in GTX⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Silverstone 6 Hours 1981

    10 May 1981, Silverstone, England. No. 35, Stuck and Heyer: retired: gear selector⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Silverstone 6 Hours 1981

    10 May 1981, Silverstone, England. No. 19, Surer and Quester: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Silverstone 6 Hours 1981

    10 May 1981, Silverstone, England. No. 20, Teo Fabi: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Silverstone 6 Hours 1981

    10 May 1981, Silverstone, England. No. 34, Servanin, Rousselot and Ferrier: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1981

    24 May 1981, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 12, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Nelson Piquet, in The Sauber M1 that won the 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km: 1st overall, 1st in Group 5 +2.0⁠7​1​10​11

  • 1981

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1981

    24 May 1981, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 14, Surer and Quester: 13th overall, 8th in Group 5 +2.0⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1981

    24 May 1981, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 38, König and Oberndorfer, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 14th overall, 1st in GT +2.0⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1981

    24 May 1981, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 24, Bell and Henzler, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 33rd overall, 10th in Group 5 +2.0⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Nürburgring 1000 km 1981

    24 May 1981, Nürburgring, Germany. No. 37, Hermann-Peter Duge and Lässig: retired⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 51, Darniche, Cecotto and Alliot: 16th overall, 5th in Group 5⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 53, Hobbs, Jordan and O'Rourke, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: retired: engine⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 72, Rousselot, Servanin and Ferrier: retired: valve, clutch, gearbox⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 52, Surer, Deacon and Quester: retired: engine⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 50, Jarier, Stuck and Henzler, in The Sauber M1 that won the 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km: retired: accident damage⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1981

    13 June 1981, Le Mans, France. No. 71, Danner, von Bayern and Oberndorfer: retired: crankshaft damper⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Mosport 6 Hours 1981

    16 August 1981, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 25, Miller and Cowart, in The Red Lobster M1, 4301040: 5th overall, 1st in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Mosport 6 Hours 1981

    16 August 1981, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 54, Garcia, Naon and Cruz: 8th overall, 2nd in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Mosport 6 Hours 1981

    16 August 1981, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 2, Hobbs and Stuck: 14th overall, 9th in IMSA GTX⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Mosport 6 Hours 1981

    16 August 1981, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 40, Deacon and Freberg: 20th overall, 7th in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981

    27 September 1981, Brands Hatch, England. No. 22, Bell and Craft, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: 3rd overall, 1st in Group 5 +2.0⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981

    27 September 1981, Brands Hatch, England. No. 24, Stuck and Heyer, in The Sauber M1 that won the 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km: retired: accident⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981

    27 September 1981, Brands Hatch, England. No. 20: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1981

    Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981

    27 September 1981, Brands Hatch, England. No. 40, Servanin and Ferrier: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1982

    Tour de Corse 1982

    6 May 1982, Ajaccio, Corsica, France. No. 10, Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: retired: its chassis broken, by Motor Sport's account (eWRC: an oil pipe)⁠24​25​26

  • 1982

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1982

    19 June 1982, Le Mans, France. No. 61, Gasparetti, Ennequin and Gabriel: 18th overall, 3rd in Group 5⁠7​1

  • 1982

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1982

    19 June 1982, Le Mans, France. No. 62, O'Rourke, Down and Mason, in Niki Lauda's 1979 Procar: retired: engine⁠7​1

  • 1982

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1982

    19 June 1982, Le Mans, France. No. 85, Garcia, Stiff and Naon: retired: accident⁠7​1

  • 1982

    24 Hours of Ypres 1982

    25 June 1982, Ypres, Belgium. No. 1, Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: retired: injection⁠27​26

  • 1982

    Mosport 6 Hours 1982

    15 August 1982, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 40, David Deacon: 29th overall, 9th in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1982

    Mosport 6 Hours 1982

    15 August 1982, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 55, Diego Montoya: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1983

    Tour de Corse 1983

    5 May 1983, Ajaccio, Corsica, France. No. 3, Bernard Béguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: retired: a split water pipe blew the head gasket⁠28​29​26

  • 1983

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1983

    18 June 1983, Le Mans, France. No. 90, Leopold von Bayern, Pallavicini and Winther: retired: gearbox⁠7​1

  • 1983

    Mosport 6 Hours 1983

    14 August 1983, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 18, "Fomfor" and Montoya: 22nd overall, 8th in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1983

    Mosport 6 Hours 1983

    14 August 1983, Mosport Park, Canada. No. 40, Bieri and Gysler: 26th overall, 10th in IMSA GTO⁠7​1

  • 1984

    Rallye International de Lorraine 1984

    12 May 1984, Nancy, France. No. 61, Bernard Béguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: 1st overall, 1st in B3⁠30​26

  • 1984

    Rallye International de La Baule 1984

    2 June 1984, La Baule, France. No. 2, Bernard Béguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: 1st overall, 1st in B3⁠31​26

  • 1984

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1984

    16 June 1984, Le Mans, France. No. 109, de Thoisy, Yvon and Dagoreau, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 14th overall, 1st in Group B⁠7​1

  • 1984

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1984

    16 June 1984, Le Mans, France. No. 101, Winther, Mercer and Lars-Viggo Jensen: retired: left front suspension⁠7​1

  • 1984

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1984

    16 June 1984, Le Mans, France. No. 102, Dören, Mertes, Jürgensen and Richter: did not arrive⁠7​1

  • 1984

    24 Hours of Ypres 1984

    29 June 1984, Ypres, Belgium. No. 3, Bernard Béguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: retired: accident⁠32​26

  • 1984

    Rallye d'Antibes 1984

    12 October 1984, Antibes, France. No. 4, Bernard Béguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne (co-driver), in BMW France's rally M1: 2nd overall, 2nd in B3⁠33​26

  • 1985

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1985

    15 June 1985, Le Mans, France. No. 151, Dören, Birrane and Libert, in Hans-Joachim Stuck's Cassani Procar, 4301062: 15th overall, 1st in Group B⁠7​1

  • 1985

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1985

    15 June 1985, Le Mans, France. No. 157, Calderari, Vanoli and Pallavicini: retired: engine⁠7​1

  • 1985

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1985

    15 June 1985, Le Mans, France. No. 152, Heger, Harald Grohs and König: retired: gearbox⁠7​1

  • 1986

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1986

    31 May 1986, Le Mans, France. No. 111, Witmeur, Krankenberg and Libert: not classified: last lap too slow⁠7​1

  • 1986

    Le Mans 24 Hours 1986

    31 May 1986, Le Mans, France. Calderari, Vanoli and Pallavicini: did not arrive⁠7​1

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  1. racingsportscars.com, "BMW M1 – All Results", 29.4.1979, Eifelrennen, Surer, 9th; 24.8.1986, Nürburgring 1000 km; 1,366 entries, 1979–2003; the DRM entries, 1979–81; the German races of 1982 and 1983; the World Championship entries, 1980–83; the Le Mans entries, 1979–86, and the 1986 test day; the IMSA entries, 1979–86; 4301077, 1979–84: teams, drivers and wins; Donington club GT races, 1982–84; Thundersports, 1983–89; the entries of 1980–2003, by year and series; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 60, 4301040, 1st; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 99, 2nd; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 28, 4301039, 3rd; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 1, DNF; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 5, DNF; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 26, DNF; 12.5.1979, Procar Zolder, No. 6, 4301018, DNS; 26.5.1979, Procar Monaco, No. 5, 4301028, 1st; 26.5.1979, Procar Monaco, No. 28, 4301039, 2nd; 26.5.1979, Procar Monaco, No. 14, 3rd; 26.5.1979, Procar Monaco, No. 77, 4301062, DNF; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, No. 6, 4301018, 1st; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 2nd; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301072, 3rd; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301062, 4th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 5th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301026, 6th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301021, 7th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301061, 8th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301063, 9th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301040, 10th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 11th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 12th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301066, 13th; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301030, DNF; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, DNF; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, DNS; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301039, DNA; 3.6.1979, Procar Donington, 4301028, DNA; 10.6.1979, 24 h Le Mans, No. 76, 4301004, 6th; 10.6.1979, 24 h Le Mans, No. 54, 4301022, DNA; 30.6.1979, Procar Dijon, No. 6, 4301018, 1st; 30.6.1979, Procar Dijon, No. 27, 4301044, 2nd; 30.6.1979, Procar Dijon, No. 3, 3rd; 7.7.1979, 6 h Watkins Glen, No. 3, 4301065, 29th; 13.7.1979, Procar Silverstone, No. 5, 4301028, 1st; 13.7.1979, Procar Silverstone, No. 6, 4301018, 2nd; 13.7.1979, Procar Silverstone, No. 44, 4301041, 3rd; 13.7.1979, Procar Silverstone, No. 2, 4301042, 8th; 13.7.1979, Procar Silverstone, No. 90, 9th; 28.7.1979, Procar Hockenheim, No. 5, 4301028, 1st; 28.7.1979, Procar Hockenheim, No. 77, 4301062, 2nd; 28.7.1979, Procar Hockenheim, No. 90, 3rd; 11.8.1979, Procar Zeltweg, No. 26, 1st; 11.8.1979, Procar Zeltweg, No. 44, 4301041, 2nd; 11.8.1979, Procar Zeltweg, No. 3, 3rd; 25.8.1979, Procar Zandvoort, No. 77, 4301062, 1st; 25.8.1979, Procar Zandvoort, No. 26, 2nd; 25.8.1979, Procar Zandvoort, No. 81, 4301072, 3rd; 2.9.1979, 500 mile Road America, No. 3, 4301065, 4th; 9.9.1979, Procar Monza, No. 77, 4301062, 1st; 9.9.1979, Procar Monza, No. 5, 4301028, 2nd; 9.9.1979, Procar Monza, No. 44, 4301041, 3rd; 3.11.1979, 1000 km Kyalami, No. 9, 4301026, 1st; 3.11.1979, 1000 km Kyalami, No. 8, 4301062, 2nd; 3.11.1979, 1000 km Kyalami, No. 7, 4th; 3.11.1979, 1000 km Kyalami, No. 10, DNF; 3.11.1979, 1000 km Kyalami, No. 11, 4301036, DNF; 3.2.1980, 24 h Daytona, No. 25, 4301040, 47th; 22.3.1980, 12 h Sebring, No. 25, 4301040, 30th; 26.4.1980, Procar Donington, No. 99, 1st; 26.4.1980, Procar Donington, No. 81, 4301099, 2nd; 26.4.1980, Procar Donington, No. 27, 3rd; 26.4.1980, Procar Donington, No. 5, 5th; 27.4.1980, 5 h Riverside, No. 25, 4301040, 55th; 11.5.1980, Procar Avus, 4301062, 1st; 11.5.1980, Procar Avus, No. 99, 2nd; 11.5.1980, Procar Avus, 4301098, 3rd; 17.5.1980, Procar Monaco, No. 40, 4301028, 1st; 17.5.1980, Procar Monaco, No. 66, 4301026, 2nd; 17.5.1980, Procar Monaco, No. 5, 3rd; 17.5.1980, Procar Monaco, No. 25, 9th; 17.5.1980, Procar Monaco, No. 99, DNF; 25.5.1980, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 201, 3rd; 25.5.1980, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 202, 4301062, DNA; 25.5.1980, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 203, 4301066, DNA; 15.6.1980, 24 h Le Mans, No. 83, 14th; 15.6.1980, 24 h Le Mans, No. 84, 15th; 15.6.1980, 24 h Le Mans, No. 95, 4301100, DNF; 15.6.1980, 24 h Le Mans, No. 96, DNF; 22.6.1980, Procar Norisring, No. 40, 4301028, 1st; 22.6.1980, Procar Norisring, No. 99, 2nd; 22.6.1980, Procar Norisring, No. 90, 4301073, 3rd; 12.7.1980, Procar Brands Hatch, No. 28, 1st; 12.7.1980, Procar Brands Hatch, No. 27, 2nd; 12.7.1980, Procar Brands Hatch, No. 25, 3rd; 12.7.1980, Procar Brands Hatch, No. 8, 6th; 9.8.1980, Procar Hockenheim, No. 25, 1st; 9.8.1980, Procar Hockenheim, No. 91, 4301076, 2nd; 9.8.1980, Procar Hockenheim, No. 40, 4301028, 3rd; 9.8.1980, Procar Hockenheim, No. 5, 4th; 16.8.1980, Procar Zeltweg, No. 5, 1st; 16.8.1980, Procar Zeltweg, 4301098, 2nd; 16.8.1980, Procar Zeltweg, 3rd; 17.8.1980, 6 h Mosport, No. 25, 4301040, DNA; 31.8.1980, 500 mile Road America, No. 25, 4301040, 6th; 31.8.1980, Procar Zandvoort, No. 5, 1st; 31.8.1980, Procar Zandvoort, No. 90, 4301073, 2nd; 31.8.1980, Procar Zandvoort, No. 26, 3rd; 31.8.1980, Procar Zandvoort, No. 11, DNF; 14.9.1980, Procar Imola, No. 5, 1st; 14.9.1980, Procar Imola, No. 27, 2nd; 14.9.1980, Procar Imola, 3rd; 14.9.1980, Procar Imola, 8th; 14.9.1980, Procar Imola, 9th; 21.9.1980, 50 mile Road Atlanta 1, No. 25, 4301040, 9th; 21.9.1980, 50 mile Road Atlanta 2, No. 25, 4301040, 11th; 30.11.1980, 250 mile Daytona Finale, No. 25, 4301040, 6th; 21.3.1981, 12 h Sebring, No. 25, 4301040, 27th; 21.3.1981, 12 h Sebring, No. 14, 4301021, 49th; 21.3.1981, 12 h Sebring, No. 40, 4301225, 64th; 10.5.1981, 6 h Silverstone, No. 40, 4301028, 2nd; 10.5.1981, 6 h Silverstone, No. 35, 4301098, DNF; 10.5.1981, 6 h Silverstone, No. 19, 81.M1R.01, DNA; 10.5.1981, 6 h Silverstone, No. 20, DNA; 10.5.1981, 6 h Silverstone, No. 34, 4301100, DNA; 24.5.1981, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 12, 81.M1R.02, 1st; 24.5.1981, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 14, 81.M1R.01, 13th; 24.5.1981, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 38, 4301062, 14th; 24.5.1981, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 24, 4301028, 33rd; 24.5.1981, 1000 km Nürburgring, No. 37, 4301042, DNF; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 51, 16th; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 53, 4301028, DNF; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 72, 4301100, DNF; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 52, 81.M1R.01, DNF; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 50, 81.M1R.02, DNF; 14.6.1981, 24 h Le Mans, No. 71, 4301036, DNF; 16.8.1981, 6 h Mosport, No. 25, 4301040, 5th; 16.8.1981, 6 h Mosport, No. 54, 4301027, 8th; 16.8.1981, 6 h Mosport, No. 2, 4301269, 14th; 16.8.1981, 6 h Mosport, No. 40, 4301225, 20th; 27.9.1981, 1000 km Brands Hatch, No. 22, 4301028, 3rd; 27.9.1981, 1000 km Brands Hatch, No. 24, 81.M1R.02, DNF; 27.9.1981, 1000 km Brands Hatch, No. 20, DNA; 27.9.1981, 1000 km Brands Hatch, No. 40, 4301100, DNA; 20.6.1982, 24 h Le Mans, No. 61, 4301059, 18th; 20.6.1982, 24 h Le Mans, No. 62, 4301028, DNF; 20.6.1982, 24 h Le Mans, No. 85, 4301027, DNF; 15.8.1982, 6 h Mosport, No. 40, 4301225, 29th; 15.8.1982, 6 h Mosport, No. 55, DNA; 19.6.1983, 24 h Le Mans, No. 90, 4301076, DNF; 14.8.1983, 6 h Mosport, No. 18, 22nd; 14.8.1983, 6 h Mosport, No. 40, 4301225, 26th; 17.6.1984, 24 h Le Mans, No. 109, 4301062, 14th; 17.6.1984, 24 h Le Mans, No. 101, 4301026, DNF; 17.6.1984, 24 h Le Mans, No. 102, DNA; 16.6.1985, 24 h Le Mans, No. 151, 4301062, 15th; 16.6.1985, 24 h Le Mans, No. 157, DNF; 16.6.1985, 24 h Le Mans, No. 152, DNF; 1.6.1986, 24 h Le Mans, No. 111, NC; 1.6.1986, 24 h Le Mans, DNA. Database
  2. Motor Sport (database), "1979 BMW M1 Procar" and "1980 BMW M1 Procar" (championship races and standings), the Procar rounds of 1979 and 1980; 1979 races, round 1, winner; 1979 races, round 2, winner; 1979 races, round 3, winner; 1979 races, round 4, winner; 1979 races, round 5, winner; 1979 races, round 6, winner; 1979 races, round 7, winner; 1979 races, round 8, winner; 1980 races, round 1, winner; 1980 races, round 2, winner; 1980 races, round 3, winner; 1980 races, round 4, winner; 1980 races, round 5, winner; 1980 races, round 6, winner; 1980 races, round 7, winner; 1980 races, round 8, winner; 1980 races, round 9, winner. Database
  3. ONS / FIA (FIA Historic Database), ONS/FIA homologation form (Testblatt) no. 670, BMW M 1, Group 4 (and its transfer to Group B), 1980, form p. 1, valid from 1 December 1980; the database record, to 1 January 1982, with its two extensions. Primary
  4. ONS / FISA (FIA Historic Database), FISA/ONS homologation form no. B-240, BMW M 1, Group B, 1983, form p. 1, valid from 1 March 1983. Primary
  5. Adam Cooper, "One for the pros", Motor Sport, Oct 2008, p. 54, p. 54, Neerpasch on the 400 cars; p. 54, the Hockenheim Procar races of July 2008. Reference
  6. touringcarracing.net, Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft season texts, 1979–1981, 1979: the Procar's national homologation; 1979, 1980 and 1981 season texts; 1979–81: the champions. Database
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Donington 1979, results page, DNF, rear suspension; Donington 1979, results page, DNS, "No driver license", as the results page records it; Donington 1979, results page, DNA; Le Mans 1979, results page, 6th, No. 76, 285 laps; Le Mans 1979, results page, DNA, No. 54; Watkins Glen 1979, results page, 29th, No. 3, 96 laps; Road America 1979, results page, 4th, No. 3, 122 laps; Kyalami 1979, results page, 1st, No. 9, 244 laps; Kyalami 1979, results page, 2nd, No. 8, 237 laps; Kyalami 1000 km 1979, race page: youngest known drivers, Manfred Winkelhock; Kyalami 1979, results page, 4th, No. 7, 219 laps; Kyalami 1000 km 1979, race page: pole position, No. 7, Jochen Mass; Kyalami 1979, results page, DNF, No. 10; Kyalami 1979, results page, DNF, No. 11; Kyalami 1000 km 1979, race page: youngest known drivers, Hans-Georg Bürger; Kyalami 1000 km 1979, race page: youngest known drivers, Markus Höttinger; Daytona 24 Hours 1980, results page, 47th, No. 25, 222 laps; Sebring 12 Hours 1980, results page, 30th, No. 25, 172 laps; Riverside 1980, results page, 55th, No. 25, 22 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1980, race page: IMSA GTX/GTP +2000 class winner, No. 201; Le Mans 1980, results page, 14th, No. 83, 294 laps; Le Mans 1980, results page, 15th, No. 84, 284 laps; Le Mans 1980, results page, DNF, No. 95, 237 laps; Le Mans 1980, results page, DNF, No. 96, 125 laps; Mosport 1980, results page, DNA, No. 25; Road America 1980, results page, 6th, No. 25, 115 laps; Road Atlanta 1980, heat 1 results page, 9th, No. 25, 19 laps; Road Atlanta 1980, heat 2 results page, 11th, No. 25, 12 laps; Daytona Finale 1980, results page, 6th, No. 25, 62 laps; Sebring 12 Hours 1981, results page, 27th, No. 25, 176 laps; Sebring 12 Hours 1981, results page, 49th, No. 14, 106 laps; Sebring 12 Hours 1981, results page, 64th, No. 40, 47 laps; Silverstone 6 Hours 1981, results page, 2nd, No. 40, 204 laps; Silverstone 6 Hours 1981, results page, DNF, No. 35, 116 laps; Silverstone 6 Hours 1981, results page, DNA, No. 19; Silverstone 6 Hours 1981, results page, DNA, No. 20; Silverstone 6 Hours 1981, results page, DNA, No. 34; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, results page, 1st, No. 12, 17 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, race page: Group 5 +2000 fastest lap, No. 12, Hans-Joachim Stuck; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, results page, 13th, No. 14, 15 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, results page, 14th, No. 38, 15 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, results page, 33rd, No. 24, 14 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, results page, DNF, No. 37, 5 laps; Nürburgring 1000 km 1981, race page: Group 3 & 4 GT +2000 fastest lap, No. 37, Hermann-Peter Duge; Le Mans 1981, results page, 16th, No. 51, 278 laps; Le Mans 1981, results page, DNF, No. 53, 236 laps; Le Mans 1981, results page, DNF, No. 72, 212 laps; Le Mans 1981, results page, DNF, No. 52, 207 laps; Le Mans 1981, results page, DNF, No. 50, 57 laps; Le Mans 1981, results page, DNF, No. 71, 49 laps; Mosport 1981, results page, 5th, No. 25, 218 laps; Mosport 1981, results page, 8th, No. 54, 210 laps; Mosport 1981, results page, 14th, No. 2, 192 laps; Mosport 1981, results page, 20th, No. 40, 168 laps; Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981, results page, 3rd, No. 22, 227 laps; Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981, results page, DNF, No. 24, 160 laps; Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981, results page, DNA, No. 20; Brands Hatch 1000 km 1981, results page, DNA, No. 40; Le Mans 1982, results page, 18th, No. 61, 259 laps; Le Mans 1982, results page, DNF, No. 62, 266 laps; Le Mans 1982, results page, DNF, No. 85, 104 laps; Mosport 1982, results page, 29th, No. 40, 16 laps; Mosport 1982, results page, DNA, No. 55; Le Mans 1983, results page, DNF, No. 90, 180 laps; Le Mans 1983, race page: Group B pole position, No. 90, Leopold von Bayern; Mosport 1983, results page, 22nd, No. 18, 105 laps; Mosport 1983, results page, 26th, No. 40, 61 laps; Le Mans 1984, results page, 14th, No. 109, 292 laps; Le Mans 1984, results page, DNF, No. 101, 96 laps; Le Mans 1984, race page: Group B fastest lap, No. 101, Lars-Viggo Jensen; Le Mans 1984, results page, DNA, No. 102; Le Mans 1985, results page, 15th, No. 151, 307 laps; Le Mans 1985, results page, DNF, No. 157, 116 laps; Le Mans 1985, results page, DNF, No. 152, 32 laps; Le Mans 1985, race page: Group B pole position and fastest lap, No. 152, Harald Grohs; Le Mans 1986, results page, NC, No. 111, 265 laps; Le Mans 1986, results page, DNA. Database
  8. touringcarracing.net, DRM 1981: race pages and "1981 DRM Class" (group), Wunstorf, Norisring and Salzburgring race pages; the 1981 DRM and Rennsport Trophäe classification; Hockenheim Grand Prix meeting and Wunstorf race pages. Database
  9. Clive Richardson ("C.R."), "BMW's Racing Plans", Motor Sport, Jan 1979, p. 54, p. 54, the Group 4 class of the German championship. Primary
  10. Motor Sport, "Hans on…", Nov 2006, p. 58, p. 58, the Nürburgring win; caption to the Monaco Procar race of 1979; Stuck's caption to the 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km: "Nelson Piquet, my co-driver". Reference
  11. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… Hans Stuck", Motor Sport, Dec 2011, p. 89, p. 89, the Kyalami 9 Hours of 1981; the 1981 Nürburgring 1000 km, stopped while they led. Reference
  12. Richard Heseltine, "BMW M1", Motor Sport, Mar 2008, p. 134, p. 134, Jens Winther's class wins; p. 134, the 1981 IMSA GTO championship. Reference
  13. Wikipedia (English), BMW M1, "Racing": Le Mans from 1981 to 1986 as a Group B car. Unchecked
  14. Motor Sport, "BMW M1: road car buying guide", Oct 2021, p. 145, p. 145, "Le Mans (1981-86)". Unchecked
  15. International Motor Racing Research Center (racingarchives.org), from Octane Press, IMSA 1969–1989 (excerpt, "BMW"), BMW of North America's programme; the M1/C; Red Lobster's GTO title; the M1 in IMSA's GTX and GTP classes. Reference
  16. BMW M1 Register, "VIN Table", row 4301077, PROCAR 30. Reference
  17. Motor Sport, "Retrospective: BMW Procar" ("Race of champions"), Jan 2017, p. 98, p. 98, the demonstration at the Austrian Grand Prix, 2016. Reference
  18. FIA, FIA Historic Database (HTPs), the M1's recognition records, No. 670 and No. B-240. Primary
  19. Motor Sport, "2015 Algarve Classic Festival, Portimão", Jan 2016, p. 119, p. 119, the GT fight at Portimão, 2015. Reference
  20. touringcarracing.net, Season car pages, "1978 Cars" to "1981 Cars" (group), the "Cars" pages, 1978–81: the Kremer 935 K3 of 1980 and the Zakspeed Capri of 1981. Database
  21. Automobile Club de l'Ouest (24h-lemans.com), "BMW Art Cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – BMW M1 by Andy Warhol: absolute icon", 16 Jan 2026, the #76 car, its three drivers Hervé Poulain, Marcel Mignot and Manfred Winkelhock. Reference
  22. J.C.T., "Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans", Motor Sport, July 1979, p. 31, p. 31, the M1 "still finished sixth". Primary
  23. Alan Henry, "Procar: When current F1 champs went tin-top racing" ("Procar – the ultimate one-make racer"), Motor Sport, Jul 1997, p. 94, Hockenheim 1980 paragraph: Pironi won "by less than a second from Manfield Schurti" (as printed). Reference
  24. eWRC-results, "26. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1982", final results, retirements, No. 10, SS10, "Oil pipe". Database
  25. S.F., "Rally review, June 1982", Motor Sport, Jun 1982, p. 41, Corsica, the first day: "its chassis broken". Primary
  26. eWRC-results, Driver profiles: Bernard Béguin and Bernard Darniche (group), Darniche, 1982, Tour de Corse - Rallye de France, 4888 PM 78; Darniche, 1982, Ypres 24 Hours Rally; Béguin, 1983, Tour de Corse - Rallye de France, 4102 QC 78; Béguin, 1984, Rallye International de Lorraine, 1st in class B3; Béguin, 1984, Rallye International de La Baule Hutchinson, 1st in class B3; Béguin, 1984, Ypres 24 Hours Rally; Béguin, 1984, Rallye d'Antibes, 2nd in class B3. Database
  27. eWRC-results, "18. Ypres 24 Hours Rally 1982", final results, retirements, No. 1, 4888 PM 78, "Injection". Database
  28. eWRC-results, "27. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1983", final results, retirements, No. 3, SS5, "Engine". Database
  29. Motor Sport, "Tour of Corsica", June 1983, p. 26, p. 26: sixth after two stages; "split a water pipe causing the head gasket to blow". Primary
  30. eWRC-results, "30. Rallye International de Lorraine 1984", final results, final results, 1st, No. 61, 2:08:57; 2nd Mény/Theveny, Renault 5 Turbo. Database
  31. eWRC-results, "17. Rallye International de La Baule Hutchinson 1984", final results, final results, 1st, No. 2, 4102 QC 78, 2:22:44.4; 2nd Andruet/Jouan, Lancia 037, +1:07.5. Database
  32. eWRC-results, "20. Ypres 24 Hours Rally 1984", final results, retirements, No. 3, 4102 QC 78, "Accident". Database
  33. eWRC-results, "19. Rallye d'Antibes 1984", final results, final results, 2nd, No. 4, 5:04:00, +33 s on Capone/Cresto, Lancia 037. Database

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