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The 1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the inaugural season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series ran as a support category to the European rounds of the 1979 Formula One season . [ 1 ]
Jochen Neerpasch, the head of BMW's Motorsports division, was the first to propose the idea of a one-make championship. [2] The division had started construction of the first sports car for BMW in 1978, the M1, and had planned from the start to enter the new sports car in the World Sportscar Championship in 1979, as well as offering the cars to customers for other series.
A BMW M1 Procar being driven by Nelson Piquet in 1980 at the Nürburgring In 1979 the head of BMW Motorsport, Jochen Neerpasch , devised a one-make championship using racing modified M1s. The series was created to aid BMW in building enough cars to enter the group 4 classification in the World Championship for Makes .
BMW M1 Procar, used in the M1 Procar Championship. These cars were designed and built to FIA Group 4 racing specifications. ... January 1, 1979: April 1, 1980 657 ...
In 1979, he continued under the guidance of BMW in DRM, Formula Two and also the new BMW M1 Procar Championship, again with the GS Tuning team. His impressive Procar season raised his profile more widely, as he finished fourth behind Formula One drivers Niki Lauda , Stuck, and Clay Regazzoni .
The M1, however, was more of a racecar in domestic trim than an everyday driver. The direction of the M cars changed with the 1979 release of the M535i, which was a high performance version of BMW's popular 5 Series mid-size sedan. In 1993, BMW Motorsport GmbH changed their name to BMW M GmbH.
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1979 European Formula Two: Osella Squadra Corse: 12 3 1 2 3 32 4th BMW M1 Procar Championship: Osella Squadra Corse: 1 0 0 0 0 3 24th World Sportscar Championship: Lancia Corse: 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1980 Formula One: Osella Squadra Corse: 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC World Sportscar Championship: Lancia Corse: 7 1 0 0 4 0 NC BMW M1 Procar Championship: GS Team: 1 ...