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BMW M1 Books and Sources

The magazines, homologation forms, BMW releases, registers and results databases behind every page of this independent reference to the BMW M1, each listed with its address where it has one, and with a pill that grades it.

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The earliest work cited here is the issue of auto motor und sport dated 24 April 1976, in which Karl Mauer set out the choice BMW Motorsport had made between a Formula 1 engine and a mid-engined coupé for the newly created World Championship for Makes: it took the coupé. This site is an independent reference to the BMW M1, 1978–1981, and the list below gives every source it cites, that issue among them, from the period magazines and the homologation forms to BMW's own releases, the registers and the results databases, each with its address where it has one.⁠1

How the sources are graded

Each source's pill grades the work as a kind of source, from Primary to Unchecked. Primary means made at the time, or by the maker: the magazines of 1976 to 1986 that reported the car as it was built, tested and raced, among them Motor Sport, CAR, auto motor und sport and its auto katalog; the M1's homologation forms, kept in the FIA's historic database; and BMW's own releases, from the thirtieth-anniversary release of 2008 to the Piquet tribute of 2025, and BMW Group Classic's pages. BMW's releases count as primary for what BMW said, and where one disagrees with a form or a period report, the pages give both. The date of Group 4 recognition is one case: the form's 1 December 1980 against BMW's own later account, set out on the history page.

Reference means careful later work: Motor Sport's histories, drives and interviews from 1997 on, other later articles, the published excerpt from the book IMSA 1969–1989, and two registers. The BMW M1 Register's table of serials, compiled without stated sources, is used for counts and dates; the Hagerty Drivers Foundation's National Historic Vehicle Register documents the Andy Warhol M1. Database sources are results read one entry at a time: racingsportscars.com, Motor Sport's database, eWRC-results and touringcarracing.net. Unchecked covers Wikipedia, in English and German, an enthusiast site's account of a record car, and Motor Sport's buying guide of 2021, whose history keeps English Wikipedia's wording. A page cites one only beside a stronger source, or names it in the sentence.⁠2​3​4​5​6​7​8​9​10​11​12​13​14​15

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Reading a citation

Elsewhere on the site, the numbers at the end of each section lead to the sources at the foot of the page, numbered in the order the page first uses them, so the same work may be No. 2 on one page and No. 9 on the next. Each entry gives, after the work, the place in it to look: a page, a table, a race or a form's page, such as p. 83 of Motor Sport for April 1981, Jeremy Walton's road impressions. On this page each source appears only once, its address given in plain text.⁠16

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The sources that carry most weight

SourceWhat it gives
BMW's thirtieth-anniversary release, 27 March 2008The maker's history of the car, with its specification of the road car and its technical description of the Group 4 and Group 5 cars
The homologation formsForm No. 670, Group 4, valid from 1 December 1980 and later transferred to Group B; form No. B-240, Group B, valid from 1 March 1983
The period testsJeremy Walton's road impressions in Motor Sport, April 1981; A.H.'s "M1 Magic", December 1984; the first German test, in auto motor und sport 25/1978, as BMW Group Classic quotes it
CAR, March 1979, and Motor Sport, 1979The making of the car, from Lamborghini to Baur, and Denis Jenkinson's columns on the Procar races of 1979
auto motor und sportThe decision of 1976, and the prices and makers' data of 1 August 1979 in the auto katalog 1980
The registersThe BMW M1 Register's serials, build dates, colours and first deliveries, used as counts; the National Historic Vehicle Register's file on the Warhol car
The results databasesThe M1's race entries from 1979 to 2003 (racingsportscars.com), the Procar rounds (Motor Sport), the rally car's starts (eWRC-results) and the German championship (touringcarracing.net)
Motor Sport, 1997–2023Roger Bell's drive of 1997, Richard Heseltine's history of 2008 and the interviews with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Gian Paolo Dallara and others

When two of them disagree, each reading appears with its source. The clearest case is the number built: the totals in print differ, and the production page sets them out against the Register's ledger.⁠5​4​17​16​18​19​2​20​1​3​9​10​11​21​22​23​24​25

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Printed works

Two printed works besides the magazines are cited. The auto katalog 1980, auto motor und sport's annual catalogue, dated 1979, gives BMW's price list and data and those of the M1's rivals. IMSA 1969–1989, from Octane Press, is cited through the chapter on BMW that the International Motor Racing Research Center published, on BMW of North America's racing, the March M1/C and Red Lobster Racing's GTO championship of 1981 in an M1.⁠3​8

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Every source

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. 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. Reference
  2. Aaron Severson, "Turbo Before Its Time: 1980–1986 BMW 745i (E23)", page 2, Ate Up With Motor, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/luxury-personal-luxury/1980-1986-bmw-745i-e23/2/. Reference
  3. auto motor und sport, auto katalog 1980, Ausgabe Nr. 23 (Stuttgart, 1979), https://archive.org/details/Auto_katalog_1980. Primary
  4. Karl Mauer, "Der Erfolg heiligt die Mittel", auto motor und sport, Heft 9, 24 Apr 1976, https://archive.org/details/auto-motor-sport-1979-heft-9. Primary
  5. Sandro Vitale, Article on Paul Walker's BMW M1 AHG Studie, auto motor und sport (online), 21 Jan 2021 (later updated). Reference
  6. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub USA), "Icons for Connoisseurs – Thirty Years of the BMW M1" (press release), 27 Mar 2008, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0017968EN_US. Primary
  7. BMW Group (BMW of North America, PressClub USA), "Heritage as inspiration: BMW M1 Homage" (press release), 28 Apr 2008, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0017985EN_US/heritage-as-inspiration:-bmw-m1-homage. Primary
  8. BMW Group (PressClub), "Homage to Andy Warhol on four wheels: His BMW Art Car with co-driver Frank Stella live at the Hockenheimring during the Formula 1 Grand Prix" (press release), 18 Jul 2008, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0046696EN. Primary
  9. BMW Group (PressClub Global), "BMW i8 deliveries to customers starting in June" (press release; title as recorded at stage 2), 10 Mar 2014. Primary
  10. BMW Group (PressClub Global), "BMW Group mourns the loss of Paul Rosche" (press release), 16 Nov 2016, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0266094EN. Primary
  11. BMW Group (PressClub Middle East), "BMW Vision M NEXT. Boost your moment – the future of driving dynamics at BMW." (press release), 25 Jun 2019, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/middle-east/article/detail/T0297603EN/the-bmw-vision-m-next. Primary
  12. BMW Group (PressClub Canada), "BMW and Kith continue their cooperation and present the BMW XM in an exclusive edition" (press release), 6 Dec 2024, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/canada/article/detail/T0446750EN/bmw-and-kith-continue-their-cooperation-and-present-the-bmw-xm-in-an-exclusive-edition. Primary
  13. BMW Group (PressClub Portugal), "Nelson Piquet tribute: BMW Group Classic brought legendary BMW race cars to the Circuito Estoril" (press release), 30 Sep 2025, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/portugal/article/detail/T0453064PT. Primary
  14. BMW Group (BMW Group PressClub), "Tradition as inspiration. The BMW Group's Hommage vehicles come together for the first time at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2016" (press release), 20 May 2016, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0260277EN. Primary
  15. BMW Group Classic, BMW Group Classic: service pages (group): "Digitale Geburtsurkunde" and its order form, "Werkstatt", "Classic Partner", 2026, https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/services/digitale-geburtsurkunde.html. Primary
  16. BMW Group Classic, "A letter from the sporting gods" (BMW Classic blog), https://www.presstopic.bmwgroup.com/en/bmw-classic-blog/text/A-LETTER-FROM-THE-SPORTING-GODS-11943.html. Primary
  17. BMW Group India (PressClub), "Rolling Sculptures: BMW brings Andy Warhol's Art Car to India" (press release), Jan 2020, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/india/article/detail/T0305168EN. Primary
  18. BMW M1 Register, "VIN Table", https://bmwm1.org/VIN_Table.html. Reference
  19. BMW Group Middle East (PressClub), "For the first time in the region: BMW Group Middle East brings Andy Warhol's iconic BMW M1 Art Car to Art Dubai 2025" (press release), Apr 2025, https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/middle-east/article/detail/T0449345EN. Primary
  20. CAR, "Brain and brawn in BMW's best", Mar 1979, https://carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/magazine-reviews/brain-and-brawn-in-bmws-best-car-archive-march-1979. Primary
  21. Don Sherman, "Triumph TR8" (road test), Car and Driver, Aug 1980, pp. 36–40, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Primary
  22. Shane O'Donoghue, "2020 BMW M1 (1978) review", completecar.ie, 24 Jan 2020, https://www.completecar.ie/car-reviews/article/BMW/M1/M1_(1978)/1635/9764/2020-BMW-M1-(1978)-review.html. Reference
  23. eWRC-results, "26. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1982", final results, http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=3621&s=&ct=&t=Tour-de-Corse-Rallye-de-France-1982. Database
  24. eWRC-results, "18. Ypres 24 Hours Rally 1982", final results, https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/10268-ypres-24-hours-rally-1982/. Database
  25. eWRC-results, "27. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1983", final results, http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=3620&s=&category=&t=Tour-de-Corse-Rallye-de-France-1983. Database
  26. eWRC-results, "19. Rallye d'Antibes 1984", final results, https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/9998-rallye-dantibes-1984/. Database
  27. eWRC-results, "17. Rallye International de La Baule Hutchinson 1984", final results, https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/39851-rallye-international-de-la-baule-hutchinson-1984/. Database
  28. eWRC-results, "30. Rallye International de Lorraine 1984", final results, https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/15006-rallye-international-de-lorraine-1984/. Database
  29. eWRC-results, "20. Ypres 24 Hours Rally 1984", final results, https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/9923-ypres-24-hours-rally-1984/. Database
  30. eWRC-results, Driver profiles: Bernard Béguin and Bernard Darniche (group), https://www.ewrc-results.com/. Database
  31. ONS / FIA (FIA Historic Database), ONS/FIA homologation form (Testblatt) no. 670, BMW M 1, Group 4 (and its transfer to Group B), 1980, https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/car_attachment/1601036101/homologation_form_number_670_group_4.pdf. Primary
  32. ONS / FISA (FIA Historic Database), FISA/ONS homologation form no. B-240, BMW M 1, Group B, 1983, https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/car_attachment/1601078401/homologation_form_number_240_group_b.pdf. Primary
  33. FIA, FIA Historic Database (HTPs), https://historicdb.fia.com. Primary
  34. Hagerty Drivers Foundation, "Andy Warhol Automotive Artwork Added to National Historic Vehicle Register", 14 Aug 2025, https://driversfoundation.org/articles/andy-warhol-automotive-artwork-added-to-national-historic-vehicle-register. Reference
  35. Hagerty Drivers Foundation (National Historic Vehicle Register), "1979 BMW M1 Art Car No. 4, Andy Warhol", https://www.driversfoundation.org/registry/1979-bmw-m1-art-car-no-4-andy-warhol. Reference
  36. Honest John Classics, "BMW M1 (1979 – 1981) Review", https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/bmw/m1/. Reference
  37. International Motor Racing Research Center (racingarchives.org), from Octane Press, IMSA 1969–1989 (excerpt, "BMW"), https://www.racingarchives.org/?p=6583. Reference
  38. François Prins and Tony Merrygold, "The Story of the E2A: E for Exciting Experiment", Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, https://www.jaguarheritage.com/jaguar-engineering/e2a/. Reference
  39. Motor Sport, "The British Silhouette Round Goes To The Home Team … Just", Jun 1976, p. 56, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=14229. Primary
  40. C.R., "The Lamborghini Countach", Motor Sport, December 1977, p. 69, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=10504. Primary
  41. Clive Richardson ("C.R."), "BMW's Racing Plans", Motor Sport, Jan 1979, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1979/54/bmws-racing-plans/. Primary
  42. Denis Jenkinson, "Reflections in the Woods", Motor Sport, Jun 1979, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=11750. Primary
  43. J.C.T., "Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans", Motor Sport, July 1979, p. 31, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1979/31/les-vingt-quatre-heures-du-mans/. Primary
  44. Denis Jenkinson, "Reflections in the Builder's Dust", Motor Sport, Jul 1979, p. 99, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=35339. Primary
  45. Motor Sport, "1979 British Grand Prix race report – Williams all the way", Aug 1979, p. 33, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=31625. Primary
  46. Denis Jenkinson, "Reflections in the Bourgogne", Motor Sport, Aug 1979, p. 70, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1979/70/reflections-in-the-bourgogne-2/. Primary
  47. Motor Sport, "1979 Austrian Grand Prix race report", Sep 1979, p. 29, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1979/29/austrian-grand-prix-5/. Primary
  48. Denis Jenkinson, "Dutch Grand Prix", Motor Sport, October 1979, p. 75, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1979/75/dutch-grand-prix-10/. Primary
  49. Jeremy Walton ("J.W."), "A TR7 for Le Mans", Motor Sport, May 1980, p. 37, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-1980/37/tr7-le-mans/. Primary
  50. Jeremy Walton ("J.W."), "Road Impressions: BMW M1", Motor Sport, Apr 1981, p. 83, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-1981/83/road-impressions-bmw-m1/. Primary
  51. Motor Sport, "Around and about", Sep 1981, p. 40, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=54293. Primary
  52. S.F., "Rally review, June 1982", Motor Sport, Jun 1982, p. 41, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=36663. Primary
  53. Motor Sport, "Tour of Corsica", June 1983, p. 26, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=33073. Primary
  54. Motor Sport, "BMW Supercar", Sep 1983, p. 48, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=14992. Primary
  55. M.L.C., "BMW's M-powered Coupe", Motor Sport, Mar 1984, p. 56, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=46653. Primary
  56. Alan Henry ("A.H."), "M1 Magic", Motor Sport, Dec 1984, p. 76, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1984/76/m1-magic/. Primary
  57. Motor Sport, "Road Test: BMW M5", Oct 1986, p. 64, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=21673. Primary
  58. Roger Bell, "Discovering BMW's lost leader", Motor Sport, Jul 1997, p. 88, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=20757. Reference
  59. Alan Henry, "Procar: When current F1 champs went tin-top racing" ("Procar – the ultimate one-make racer"), Motor Sport, Jul 1997, p. 94, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=20685. Reference
  60. Adam Cooper, "Dan Gurney: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar E2A Prototype" ("Original sinner"), Motor Sport, Mar 2000, p. 56, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-2000/56/original-sinner/. Reference
  61. Motor Sport, "Painted to the road", Mar 2006, p. 58, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=46889. Reference
  62. Motor Sport, "Hans on…", Nov 2006, p. 58, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=41493. Reference
  63. Richard Heseltine, "BMW 3.0 CSL", Motor Sport, Jan 2007, p. 64, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=32986. Reference
  64. Richard Heseltine, "BMW M1", Motor Sport, Mar 2008, p. 134, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=5243. Reference
  65. Adam Cooper, "One for the pros", Motor Sport, Oct 2008, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-2008/54/one-pros/. Reference
  66. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… David Hobbs", Motor Sport, Jan 2011, https://motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-2011/73/lunch-with-david-hobbs/. Reference
  67. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… Hans Stuck", Motor Sport, Dec 2011, p. 89, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=28621. Reference
  68. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… Jan Lammers", Motor Sport, Mar 2015, p. 69, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=51767. Reference
  69. Motor Sport, "2015 Algarve Classic Festival, Portimão", Jan 2016, p. 119, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=52637. Reference
  70. Motor Sport, "Retrospective: BMW Procar" ("Race of champions"), Jan 2017, p. 98, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=54061. Reference
  71. Motor Sport, "Lunch With… Giampaolo Dallara", April 2018, p. 106, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=54764. Reference
  72. Graham Keilloh, "The land speed record-breaking BMW M1", Motor Sport (motorsportmagazine.com), 12 Apr 2019 (online), https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/road-cars/land-speed-record-breaking-bmw-m1/. Reference
  73. Motor Sport, "Great Survivors", Dec 2019, p. 87, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=611095. Reference
  74. Motor Sport, "BMW M1: road car buying guide", Oct 2021, p. 145, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-2021/145/bmw-m1-road-car-buying-guide/. Unchecked
  75. Motor Sport (motorsportmagazine.com), "Art on wheels: Giugiaro's journey from 'failed painter' to greatest car designer of his generation", 14 Sep 2023 (online), https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/?p=1366808. Reference
  76. Motor Sport (database), "1979 BMW M1 Procar" and "1980 BMW M1 Procar" (championship races and standings), https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/. Database
  77. Phil Patton, "BMW M1, Painted by Frank Stella, Heading to Auction", The New York Times (Wheels blog), 9 May 2011. Reference
  78. Elliott Hughes, "Man killed in Washington DC while unloading Andy Warhol BMW M1 Art Car", Octane, 19 Sep 2025 (online). Reference
  79. Road & Track, Road & Track, index to volume 33 (1981), 1981, https://archive.org/details/sim_road-track_1981_33_index. Primary
  80. racingsportscars.com, "BMW M1 – All Results", https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/BMW/M1.html. Database
  81. racingsportscars.com, Race, results and car-data pages with BMW M1 entries, 1979–86 (group), https://www.racingsportscars.com. Database
  82. racingsportscars.com, Daytona 3 Hours 1962, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Daytona-1962-02-11.html. Database
  83. racingsportscars.com, Le Mans 24 Hours 1960, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1960-06-26.html. Database
  84. racingsportscars.com, Le Mans 24 Hours 1964, results, https://racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1964-06-21.html. Database
  85. racingsportscars.com, Le Mans 24 Hours 1965, results, https://racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1965-06-20.html. Database
  86. racingsportscars.com, Driver pages (group): John Kelly (USA), John McComb (USA), Pat Bedard (USA), Ken Slagle (USA), Lee Mueller (USA), Bill Adam (CDN), Peter Bulkowski (CDN), Bruce Kulczyk (CDN), Luc Behar (CDN), https://www.racingsportscars.com. Database
  87. racingsportscars.com, "All Results of Triumph TR8" (1979–1999), https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Triumph/TR8.html. Database
  88. Matthias Kierse, "BMW M1 Record Car", Secret Classics, 10 Apr 2019, https://www.secret-classics.com/en/?p=19774. Unchecked
  89. Michael L. Cook, "1981 Triumph TR8: Fast and Last", Special Interest Autos, no. 156, Nov–Dec 1996, pp. 10–17, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Reference
  90. Erich Kahnt, "The BMW M1 – Swiss Made!", Slickpix (first published in Curbs magazine), 29 Nov 2024, https://slickpix.de/en/cars/swiss-made-bmw-m1/. Reference
  91. touringcarracing.net, DRM 1981: race pages and "1981 DRM Class" (group), http://www.touringcarracing.net/. Database
  92. touringcarracing.net, Season car pages, "1978 Cars" to "1981 Cars" (group), http://www.touringcarracing.net/. Database
  93. touringcarracing.net, Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft season texts, 1979–1981, http://www.touringcarracing.net. Database
  94. Brenwin Naidu, "Classic Review: 1978 BMW M1 (E26)", TimesLIVE, 11 Nov 2016, https://www.timeslive.co.za/motoring/reviews/2016-11-11-classic-review-1978-bmw-m1-e26/. Reference
  95. Jim Johnson, "The Le Mans TR7 Turbo Entry", TR Drivers Club, https://trdrivers.com/articles21/lemanstr7turbo1.html. Reference
  96. Wikimedia Commons, "Category:BMW M1 Hommage", "Festival automobile international 2015 - BMW M1 Hommage", "Paris - Retromobile 2013 - BMW M1 Hommage", "BMW Vision M Next" and "BMW Turbo" (group), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BMW_M1_Hommage. Database
  97. Wikipedia (German), BMW M1, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M1. Unchecked
  98. Wikipedia (English), BMW M1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M1. Unchecked

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Sources

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Karl Mauer, "Der Erfolg heiligt die Mittel", auto motor und sport, Heft 9, 24 Apr 1976, pp. 44–45, Karl Mauer, "Der Erfolg heiligt die Mittel": the choice of the coupé; pp. 44–45. Primary
  2. CAR, "Brain and brawn in BMW's best", Mar 1979, CAR's first experience of the M1; Lamborghini, Ital Engineering, T.I.R., Ital Design and Baur. Primary
  3. auto motor und sport, auto katalog 1980, Ausgabe Nr. 23 (Stuttgart, 1979), the price list and data tables; pp. 173–178, the prices of 1 August 1979; pp. 173–178 and 196–217. Primary
  4. 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 Group 4 form and its transfer to Group B. Primary
  5. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub USA), "Icons for Connoisseurs – Thirty Years of the BMW M1" (press release), 27 Mar 2008, the release and its attachments; Specifications BMW M1 – production model; Technical Description BMW M1 Group four / Group five. Primary
  6. BMW Group (PressClub Portugal), "Nelson Piquet tribute: BMW Group Classic brought legendary BMW race cars to the Circuito Estoril" (press release), 30 Sep 2025, the release. Primary
  7. Richard Heseltine, "BMW M1", Motor Sport, Mar 2008, p. 134, p. 134. Reference
  8. International Motor Racing Research Center (racingarchives.org), from Octane Press, IMSA 1969–1989 (excerpt, "BMW"), the excerpt; the BMW chapter: the March M1/C and Red Lobster Racing's GTO title. Reference
  9. BMW M1 Register, "VIN Table", the table and its columns; the serials, dates, colours and first deliveries (our count). Reference
  10. Hagerty Drivers Foundation (National Historic Vehicle Register), "1979 BMW M1 Art Car No. 4, Andy Warhol", the register entry; the Warhol car. Reference
  11. racingsportscars.com, "BMW M1 – All Results", pages 1–14; every entry, 1979–2003. Database
  12. eWRC-results, Driver profiles: Bernard Béguin and Bernard Darniche (group), the profiles, read through the Wayback Machine. Database
  13. Wikipedia (English), BMW M1, the article as read on 16 October 2026. Unchecked
  14. Motor Sport, "BMW M1: road car buying guide", Oct 2021, p. 145, p. 145. Unchecked
  15. Matthias Kierse, "BMW M1 Record Car", Secret Classics, 10 Apr 2019, the record car. Unchecked
  16. Jeremy Walton ("J.W."), "Road Impressions: BMW M1", Motor Sport, Apr 1981, p. 83, p. 83. Primary
  17. ONS / FISA (FIA Historic Database), FISA/ONS homologation form no. B-240, BMW M 1, Group B, 1983, form p. 1, Group B from 1 March 1983. Primary
  18. Alan Henry ("A.H."), "M1 Magic", Motor Sport, Dec 1984, p. 76, p. 76. Primary
  19. BMW Group Classic, "A letter from the sporting gods" (BMW Classic blog), the account of the test in auto motor und sport 25/1978. Primary
  20. Denis Jenkinson, "Reflections in the Woods", Motor Sport, Jun 1979, the first Procar race, Zolder, May 1979. Primary
  21. Motor Sport (database), "1979 BMW M1 Procar" and "1980 BMW M1 Procar" (championship races and standings), the Procar rounds and standings. Database
  22. touringcarracing.net, Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft season texts, 1979–1981, the DRM seasons of 1979–81. Database
  23. Roger Bell, "Discovering BMW's lost leader", Motor Sport, Jul 1997, p. 88, p. 88. Reference
  24. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… Hans Stuck", Motor Sport, Dec 2011, p. 89, the interview. Reference
  25. Motor Sport, "Lunch With… Giampaolo Dallara", April 2018, p. 106, the interview. Reference

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