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The BMW M1 was the first super car made by the German manufacturer. The intention was that 400 cars needed for homologation would be built at the Lamborghini factory. The entire process was delayed after Lamborghini struck financial troubles. In the end 453 cars were built; 399 for the road and 54 Procars.
1979
1979 Procar Championship, BMW M1. The BMW M1 is most famous because of the Procar Championship. A racing series in which regular top drivers competed against formula 1 stars that were offered a factory car. Niki Lauda was the first champion in 1979. (pic Reutemann & Needell). Didier Pioni was one of the F1 guest drivers and had two podium finishes.
Procar Monza #1 Mario Andretti (USA) – DNF
Procar Hockenheim #3 Didier Pironi (F) – 4th
BMW Motorsport BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnrs. #unknown
- QUARTZO Q3038 (diecast)
- MINICHAMPS MC430 792505 (diecast)
these models have been posted before in #034 – BMW Motorsport
1979 Procar Championship, BMW M1. The BMW M1 is famous from the Procar Championship. A racing series in which regular top drivers competed against formula 1 stars that were offered a factory car. Niki Lauda drove the whole series in a car from Ron Dennis (Project 4) and became the first champion.
#5 Niki Lauda (A) – 1st
Project 4 BMW M1 Procar (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #4301028
- MINICHAMPS BMW 80 42 0 309 421 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #063 Marlboro
1979 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. For the fourth time in five years, Hervé Poulian entered a BMW Art Car at Le Mans. After Calder, Stella and Lichtenstein the series reached its high with this BMW M1 hand painted by Andy Warhol.
#76 Hervé Poulain (F) / Marcel Mignot (F) / Manfred Winkelhock (D) – 6th overall / 2nd in IMSA GTX
BMW Motorsport BMW M1 – 3,5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 injection, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. unknown
- SOLIDO #unknown (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #002 BMW Art Cars
1980
1980 Procar Championship, BMW M1. Nelson Piquet drove one of the guest cars on many occasions and won the last three races of the season to become the 1980 champion. Stuck took over the GS car after Hans-Georg Bürger sadly died in an accident in Formula 2.
#5 Nelson Piquet (BR) – 1st championship
#80 Hans J. Stuck (D) – 2nd Zeltweg
BMW M1 Procar (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC430 802505 & MC430 802580 (diecast)
1980 Procar Championship, BMW M1. Also competing in the championship was Jan Lammers in a car entered by the Dutch BMW distributor, in which Toine Hezemans drove last year. Jan won the season opener at Donington and took second twice. He looked to be a contender, but the second half of the season the speed was gone and he finished 4th in the championship.
#99 Jan Lammers (NL) – 1st Donington
BMW NL BMW M1 Procar (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #unknown
- QUARTZO based (diecast)
1980 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1 wide body. The BMW M1 is famous from the Procar Championship. The M1 was also converted to Group 5 and IMSA GTX specs by several chassis builders such as March, Sauber and Martini, but was still using the normally aspirated engine of the procar, it was no match for the more powerful Porsches 935. This March built M1 was slower than the normal M1’s and retired after a crash.
#82 Michael Korten (D) / Patrick Neve (B) / Manfred Winkelhock (D) – DNF
March Engineering BMW M1 ‘Wide body’ – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1000 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. March 002a
- SPARK S1580 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #063 Marlboro
1980 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. This car looks like it is one of the famous BMW Art-cars, but it is not. It is an entry by team Oreca.
#83 Didier Pironi (F) / Marcel Mignot (F) / Dieter Quester (A) – 14th / 4th in IMSA GTX
BMW NL BMW M1 Procar (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #unknown
- QUARTZO Q3039 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #002 BMW Art Cars
1980 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. The BMW M1 is famous from the Procar Championship. A racing series in which regular top drivers competed against formula 1 stars that were offered a factory car. In Le Mans the cars raced in similar specs – so including the large rear spoiler – in the IMSA GTX category.
#84 Hans J. Stuck (
D) / Hans-Georg Bürger (D) / Dominique Lacaud (F) – 15th / 5th in GTX
BMW Motorsport BMW M1 (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #4301028
- QUARTZO Q3040 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #063 Marlboro
1980 Nürburgring 1000 km, BMW M1. In 1980 the Nürburgring was in trouble and threatened with closure. BMW Motorsport entered this M1 with a road map of the Nürburgring to attract attention.
#201 Nelson Piquet (BR) / Hans J. Stuck (D) – 3rd overall / 1st in IMSA GTX
BMW Motorsport BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 injection, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel monocoque
- MINICHAMPS MC430 802501 limited 1008 pcs (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #002 BMW Art Cars
1981
1981 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1 wide body. The M1 was also converted to Group 5 specs by several chassis builders, but still using the normally aspirated engine of the Procar, it was no match for the more powerful Porsches 935. Reliability was not the strongest point, all but one M1’s retired with problems, this one after it was damaged. It was the only M1 that was entered in IMSA GTX, all other were Group 5. But the specs are similar, the difference in qualifying was only 0.2 seconds.
#50 Hans J. Stuck (D) / Jean-Pierre Jarier (F) / Helmut Henzler (D) – DNF
GS Tuning BMW M1 ‘Wide body’ – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1000 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Sauber 81-M1R-02
- SPARK S1584 (resin)
1981 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1 wide body. Sauber built a few wide body versions of the BMW M1. One was used by GS Tuning and entered in GTX, this one in Group 5 and entered by Sauber in cooperation with the Swiss and Austrian BMW distributor.
#52 Dieter Quester (A) / Marc Surer (CH) / David Deacon (CAN) – DNF
Sauber BMW M1 ‘Wide body’ – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 24V, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1000 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Sauber 81-M1R-01
1981 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. This Helmut Marko entered BMW M1 drove at Le Mans in a livery that was inspired by the “Carte de France” from 1981. This time it had a map of Munich painted on it.
#71 Christian Danner (D) / Leopold von Bayern (D) / Peter Oberndorfer (D) – DNF
Helmut Marko BMW M1 – 3,5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6 injection, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel monocoque
- QUARTZO Q3044 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #002 BMW Art Cars
1981 DRM Championship, BMW M1 wide body turbo. Hans J. Stuck drove in the mighty BMW M1 turbo in division I this year. He won the races at the Norisring and Salzburgring but also retired a lot.
#51 Hans Joachim Stuck (D) – 1st Norisring
Schnitzer BMW M1 turbo (E26) – 3.5 liter BMW M88/2 straight-6 turbo, approx. 800 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. unknown
- SPARK SG014 #093 / 750 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #012 Schnitzer BMW
1981 Riverside 6h, BMW M1. The M1 was also used in the USA, among others by Cowart and Miller. They finished 7th behind five Porsches and a BMW-prototype, winning their class in the 1981 Riverside 6-hour race.
#25 Dave Cowart (USA) / Kenper Miller (USA) – 7th / 1st IMSA GTO
Deren Automotive BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301062
- MINICHAMPS MC430 812525 (diecast)
1982
1982 DRM Norisring, BMW M1. The DRM was the main event in these years where group 5 GT’s and sports cars battled against each other. In the shadow of this, group B and group 4 cars competed in the Rennsport Trophae. In the over 2-litre category many ex-Procar BMW M1 were present. One of them was this Jägermeister sponsored car of Kurt König.
#33 Kurt König (D) – 5th
König BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301062
- SPARK SG 505 #092/800 pcs (resin)
this model has been posted before in #022 Jägermeister BMW
1982 Suzuka 1000 km, BMW M1 wide body. BMW M1’s were used in racing series over the entire planet. This one was entered in the Japanese Super Silhouette Series. It won the 1000 km race at Suzuka in very bad weather.
#1 Naoki Nagasaka (J) / Naohiro Fujita (J) – 1st
Beaurex BMW M1 ‘wide body’ – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1000 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301077
- SPARK KBS 064 limited 500 pcs (resin)
1983
1983 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. The M1 in Procar specs also raced in group 4, B and IMSA GTX. This one was entered by Walter Brun at Le Mans 1983. One of the drivers is Prinz Leopold van Bayern, better knows as ‘Poldi’.
#90 Prinz Leopold von Bayern (D) / Angelo Pallavicini (I) / Jens Winther (DK)
Brun BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301026
- QUARTZO Q3045 (diecast)
1984
1984 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. Jens Winther raced last year’s Warsteiner BMW. He combined the red and white from the Danish flag with the Castrol livery and the result is very nice.
#101 Jens Winther (DK) / David Mercer (GB) / Lars-Viggo Jensen (DK) – DNF
Winther BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Avon tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301026
- QUARTZO Q3047 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #069 Castrol
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