Having been conceived with the primary intention of serving as the basis for a Group 4 and 5 racing programme, the prospect of a multi-year homologation delay owing to production issues meant…
Read MoreChassis 4301066 was the M1 Procar supplied to German-domiciled Austrian privateer, Franz Konrad. Having successfully campaigned a Porsche 914/6 GT during 1973 and ‘74, Konrad moved…
Read MoreBMW conceived the M1 supercar project to complement its existing Formula 2 engine supply deal and Group 5 Division 2 E21 320i programme. With a turbocharged iteration of M1’s 3.5-litre straight…
Read MoreChassis 4301021 was the M1 Procar supplied to professional Austrian racing driver, Dieter Quester. Having started his career with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in 1961, Quester raced a variety of Porsches…
Read MoreChassis 4301077 was completed in May 1979 having been built up by Project Four Racing run by Ron Dennis. Uniquely, the car was painted silver with a tapered BMW Motorsport tricolour down the…
Read MoreChassis 4301016 was dispatched to the Baur coachworks on November 29th 1978 for completion as a show car. When Canadian oil magnate and F1 team owner Walter Wolf requested an M1 Procar for…
Read MoreChassis 4301018 was the M1 Procar used exclusively by upcoming Brazilian F1 driver Nelson Piquet during 1979. Piquet, who had been signed by Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team on a multi-year…
Read MoreAfter three consecutive years of BMW Art Car appearances at the Le Mans 24 Hours (1975, ‘76 and ‘77), a two year gap followed prior to the arrival of a fourth instalment of the theme. Despite the…
Read MoreAlthough BMW had originally conceived the M1 as a homologation special with which to challenge Porsche in the Group 4 and 5 racing classes, a troubled relationship with the firm’s Italian production…
Read MoreChassis 4301041 was the M1 Procar campaigned throughout 1979 by Helmu Marko on behalf of Gerhard Schneider. It was driven throughout the ‘79 campaign by Markus Hottinger, a highly rated…
Read MoreChassis 4301030 was the eighth M1 Procar built and the only example originally painted blue. It was ordered by amateur German racing driver, Wolfgang Schutz, who had previously contested…
Read MoreChassis 4301036 was one of the M1 Procars reserved for use by the official BMW Motorsport team in 1979. It first appeared at Hockenheim (round five) in the hands of promising German, Hans-Georg…
Read MoreChassis 4301042 was the 13th M1 Procar completed. It was retained by BMW Motorsport and raced by a variety of high profile drivers during the inaugural Procar Championship in 1979. Emerson…
Read MoreChassis 1033 was the 14th M1 Procar produced. It was purchased by BMW Nederland and dispatched on May 9th 1979. The car would be campaigned by BMW Nederland’s in-house…
Read MoreChassis 4301027 was the fifth M1 Procar completed. It followed a brace of prototypes and two production examples. 4301027 was signed off on May 9th 1979 and retained by BMW Motorsport for…
Read MoreChassis 4301195 was the 36th M1 Procar built. Unusually, it did not compete in the Procar series that took place in 1979 and 1980. Instead, chassis 4301195 made its competition debut in the 1981 IMSA…
Read MoreChassis 4301072 started life as a BMW Motorsport press department car during which time it was road registered. A few months later it was sold to Manfred Cassani who campaigned two M1…
Read MoreChassis 4301062 was one of two M1 Procars delivered to Manfred Cassani (the other having been chassis 4301072). In 1979, chassis 4301062 contested the inaugural Procar Championship and two…
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