10.4.2019 Munich. 40 years after the launch of the specially initiated Procar series, BMW M1 draws once more the Motorsport Fans in his spell. In the framework of the DTM races at the norisring (5. to 7. July 2019) complete is equal to 14 copies of the according to the then regulations of the group 4 built-up and then formula 1 drivers and international private drivers controlled Race car in a spectacular Comeback on the runway.
For the Procar Revival at the Nuremberg street circuit, the BMW Group Classic so, what well-known pilots for a return to the Cockpit of the BMW M1. With the former formula 1 drivers Jan Lammers from the Netherlands and Marc Surer from Switzerland, two Motorsport go legends to the starting line, the race already in the original Procar four decades ago to the audience favorites.
With the historic Motorsport in the framework programme of the DTM, the BMW Group Classic is reminiscent in many ways extraordinary race track debut of the BMW M1. Both for racing and for the road-designed mid-engine sports car was introduced in the autumn of 1978.
Because of delays in the production process prevented a timely Homologation, the then managing Director of BMW Motorsport GmbH, Jochen Neerpasch, together with the formula 1 Manager, Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone a completely new racing series. The total of 19 in the years 1979 and 1980, staged races in the Procar series is developed to be an ideal stage for the later in other international competitions, successful the BMW M1.
The preliminary program of the European Grand Prix races, hero Procar race driver and young received private talent the opportunity to compete in technically identical to the BMW M1 with the stars of Motorsports. Among the formula 1 drivers with the five Fastest of the Friday training, qualified, respectively, for use in the BMW M1.
Celebrity drivers such as Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite and Emerson Fittipaldi found great pleasure in the chasing curves with a fast and handy mid-engine racer. In competition with the 470 HP BMW M1, the driver Can chose to be alone on the victory – a fact that caused on each course for maximum voltage and the Procar series helped quickly great popularity.
The overall winner of the first Procar season, Niki Lauda. In the following year, Nelson Piquet secured with three Wins in a row is in first place in the overall standings. The BMW M1 continued his Motorsport career in the German automobile racing championship and the American IMSA GTO Championship. As a group,-5-a racing car with a turbocharger for its in-line six-cylinder engine, a capacity of up to 1000 HP, and imposing spoiler, he also belonged to the most spectacular and successful representatives of his time.
The most important Chapter in the racing history of the BMW M1, the Procar series is up today. 30 years after the debut of the mid-engine sports car attracted in 2008 Procar series Revival, Fans of historic Motorsport at the Hockenheim ring.
On the course, which was both in 1979 and in 1980, the scene of a race of the Procar series, used by many pilots of the opportunity once again to put your skill in dealing with the BMW M1. Another Procar Revival took place two years ago, the race for the “Grand Prix of Austria” at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The Austrian formula 1 track is also one of those routes where the race of the legendary Procar series were the hero.
So, on the norisring, the Procar Racer, not for the first Time. In the second season of that series is one of the Procar races was launched on the city of course. At that time, the German Hans-Joachim Stuck won the race ahead of Jan Lammers and Marc Surer.
BMW M1 Procar in Nuremberg in 1980 (photo: BMW AG)
