#063 Marlboro – ModelM43

Last update: October 3 currently 19 models in this collection

Disclaimer: I do not smoke and surely do not want to promote tobacco. But neither do I ignore the fact that the tobacco industry has been quite good for motorsport in the past. So, I show the cars and models here as they were; with tobacco advertising.

Marlboro is probably the most well known tobacco sponsor in motorsport for their long partnerships with McLaren F1 in the Lauda-Prost-Senna era and afterwards with Scuderia Ferrari and Michael Schumacher. But the Philip Morris brand has supported many, many more teams and cars. A small number of these can be found in my collection.

1970’s

1973 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Dutch National Racing Team. Team D.N.R.T. was a Dutch team around the Vermeulen and Frankenhout brothers. They entered two group 1 cars for the Spa 24-hours race in 1973, both managed to finish. Marlboro was very active as sponsor in The Netherlands and supported D.N.R.T., their livery was inspired by koi carps.
#79 Loek Vermeulen (NL) / Aloys Mattijssen (NL) – 14th / 4th in division 1
DNRT Opel Manta 1.9 SR – 1.9 liter Opel straight-4, approx. 110 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 950 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown
#31 Fred Frankenhout (NL) / Jim Vermeulen (NL) / Jelle Hingst (NL) – 6th
DNRT Opel Commodore GS/E – 2.8 liter Opel straight-6, approx. 210 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 1100 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown

SCHUCO 45 034 4500 limited 500 pcs (#79) (diecast)
SCHUCO 45 027 7501 limited 500 pcs (#31) (diecast)
these models have been posted before in #029 Racing for Holland

1974 Tour de France, Lancia Stratos HF. In the Tour de France teams crossed France in a few days time and had to compete in rally stages and races on famous tracks such as Rouen, Pau, Reims, Clermont-Ferrand and Le Mans. The battle in 1974 went on between the Ligier-Maserati en the Lancias sponsored by Marlboro. The event, which was part of the European GT Championship was won by Gérard Larrousse in the Ligier. Andruet finished third for Lancia.
#137 Jean-Claude Andruet (F) / “Biche” (F) – 3rd
Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 – 2.4 liter Ferrari Dino Tipo 246 V6 65º, approx. 260 hp. Pirelli tires. Wight 750 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.

SPARK SF157 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #057 Lancia

1975 Macau Guia Grand Prix, Ford Escort RS 1800. The Guia Grand Prix is an annual touring car race at the awesome street circuit of Macau, a former Portuguese colony in China. The race always attracts international presence, this year from the famous Zakspeed team. Hans Heyer started from pole position but didn’t finish, victory went to Nobuhide Tachi in a Toyota Celica.
#1 Hans Heyer (D) – DNF
Zakspeed Ford Escort RS1800 – 2.0 liter Ford BDA straight-4, approx. 280 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 800 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown.

TROFÉU RR AC17 (resin)

1975 Le Mans 24h, Sigma MC75 Toyota. Sigma Automotive raced in 1972 and 1973 using Mazda rotary engines. In 1975, this was the first Toyota entry at Le Mans and it was quite special with its little turbo engine. After only 17 laps, the oil pump gave up and the team had to retire. Sigma Automotive would later be renamed SARD and participate in Super GT and Le Mans many times with Toyota powered cars.
#18 Hiroshi Fushida (J) / Harakuni Takahashi (J) – DNF
Sigma MC75 – 1.6 liter Toyota straight-4 turbo, approx. 260 hp. Weight 680 kg. Dunlop tires. Weight 680 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. unknown.

BIZARRE BZ 8 (resin)

1979 Procar Series, 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)

1980’s

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

1980 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. 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 ‘Widebody’ – 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)

1983 Macau Guia Grand Prix, BMW 635 CSi. The BMW 635 CSi was the most popular car in the European Touring Car Championship, with Dieter Quester taking the drivers title. Team Schnitzer took the newly crowned champion and his friend Hans Joachim Stuck to the Macau Grand Prix. The Marlboro sponsored BMW’s took a very convincing win with Stuck 1st and Quester 2nd.
#1 Hans J. Stuck (D) – 1st
Schnitzer BMW 635 CSi (E24) – 3.5 liter BMW M30B34 straight-6, approx. 330 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1185 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown

SPARK SA042 #140 of 1000 pcs (resin)

1983 Renault 5 turbo cup, Renault 5 turbo. Jan Lammers’ F1 career didn’t go as hoped. But he was an absolute ace in the Renault Cups; champion in the little R5 turbos in 1983 and 1984 and 3^rd in the Alpine V6 cup in 1986. Later he would also excel in endurance racing, winning both Le Mans and Daytona.
#2 Renault 5 turbo cup – Jan Lammers – 1st
Renault 5 turbo 2 – 1.4 liter Renault Gordini 830 straight-4 turbo, approx. 200 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown

SPARK S6155 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #044 Renault & Alpine

1983 Monza 1000 km, Porsche 956K. Joest Racing used different sponsor liveries in 1983. The first race of the World Championship was held at Monza which was won by the Joest Porsche 956K in Marlboro colors.
#11 Bob Wollek (F) / Stefan Johansson (S) – 1st
Joest Porsche 956K – 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

SPARK CA-WOL-02 In memory of Bob Wollek #385 / 500 pcs (resin)
QUARTZO Q3059 (diecast)
his model has been posted before in #052 Joest Porsche

1983 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L (K). Just as in Monza, the Joest Porsche raced in the Marlboro colors in Le Mans. It damaged its bodywork in a crash. The Joest crew had to replace the rear part by that of a short tail version, which has more downforce but lacks 13 mph top speed. Despite that, it finished 6th.
#8 Bob Wollek (F) / Stefan Johansson (S) / Klaus Ludwig (D) – 6th
Joest Porsche 956L- 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

QUARTZO Q3050 (diecast)
his model has been posted before in #052 Joest Porsche

1990’s

1991 DTM Championship, BMW M3 evo. Dutch touring car champ Cor Euser entered the heavily fought DTM championship with his privately prepared M3 evo. However, Cor is a top driver with a long list of successes, he had no chance against the factory supported teams that had a far more advanced racing braking system and he remained pointless. Audi won the championship with their mighty V8 Quattro.
#42 Cor Euser (NL) – no points.
Carly Motors BMW M3 evo (E30) – 2.5 liter BMW S14B25 straight-4, approx. 330 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 950 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.

AUTO ART 69147 (diecast)

1991 World Rally Championship Tour de Corse, Toyota Celica GT4. The Toyota Celica GT4 made its debut in the World Rally Championship in 1988 and took its first victory in the hands of Juha Kankunnen in 1989. In 1990 Carlos Sainz managed to grab the world title with 4 victories and 5 more podiums. He defended his title in 1991 again with Toyota, but despite five WRC-wins – including the Tour de Corse – he finished second in the championship behind Kankunnen who had switched to Lancia.
#1 Carlos Sainz (ES) / Luiz Moya (ES) – 1st
TTE Toyota Celica GT4 ST165 – 2.0 liter Toyota 3S-GTE turbo – straight-4, approx. 265 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1100 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.

TROFEU TR0020 (diecast)

1996 BPR Series 4h Zhuhai, McLaren F1 GTR. Especially for the race in Zhuhai (China) the GTC Gulf cars were transformed into the white and bright red of Marlboro. The cars finished 3rd and 4th.
#2 Pierre-Henri Raphanel (F) / David Brabham (AUS) – 4th
#6 J.J. Lehto (FIN) / James Weaver (GB) / Ray Bellm (GB) – 5th
GTC McLaren F1 GTR – 6.1 liter BMW S70/2 V12 60º, approx. 600 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1010 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. #012 & #015

AB MODELS kits handbuilt (resin)

1997 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 911 GT1. The Porsche GT1 won its class in 1996 and finished 2nd overall. This year the privateers could also have this GT1 prototype which however was in ’96 specs. The improved McLaren F1 GTR and new Mercedes were quicker, and the Joest prototype – last year’s winner – again was also more reliable.
#29 Jürgen von Gartzen (D) / Alain Ferté (F) / Olivier Thevenin (F) – DNF
JB Racing Porsche 911 GT1 – 3.2 liter Porsche M9680 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. GT1 #101

MINICHAMPS MC 430 976629 (diecast)

1998 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 333 SP. This beautiful JMB Racing entered car was the fastest of the four 333 SP’s that competed in 1998. It had slightly different bodywork with a ‘long tail’ rear end. Unfortunately, it failed to finish because of a broken gear box.
#5 Jerome Policand (F) / Vincenzo Sospiri (I) / Jean-Christophe Bouillon (F) – DNF
JMB Racing Ferrari 333 SP – 4.0 liter Ferrari Tipo F130E V12 65º, approx. 640 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel + aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. Michelotto #022

SPARK SCFI04 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #015 Ferrari 333SP

2000’s

2000 Le Mans 24h, BMW V12 LM. The former factory cars from 1998 were entered by Dr.Tomas Bscher, technical support came from David Price Racing. The cars have changed their looks to show more resemblance to the 1999 LMR factory cars. In the previous year, the car finished 5th but this year it had to retire because the gearbox broke as a result of two earlier crashes by Gounon.
#18 Dr. Tomas Bscher (CZ) / Geoff Lees (GB) /Jean-Marc Gounon (F) – DNF
David Price BMW V12 LM – 6.0 liter BMW S70/3 V12 60º, approx. 600 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 900 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. #001 (Williams)