In 1995, BMW watched from the sidelines as its legendary 6.1-litre Motorsport V12 powered McLaren’s F1 GTR to ten wins from twelve outings in the BPR Global GT Championship plus a historic…
Read MoreIn addition to the examples sold to customers, BMW Motorsport retained a good stock of M1 Procars for its own requirements. Of these, some were destined for works use in the Procar series while a few…
Read MoreOf the myriad top flight drivers employed by BMW Motorsport for the CSL racing programme, none was more closely associated with the ‘Batmobile’s on-track success than Hans-Joachim Stuck.
Read MoreChassis 21R was one of four 1997 F1 GTRs supplied to BMW Motorsport. In addition to having created the 6.1-litre engine for McLaren’s F1 supercar programme, BMW Motorsport had purchased three…
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 MoreAlong with 21R, 24R and 26R, chassis 23R was one of the four long tailed F1 GTRs sold to BMW Motorsport for the 1997 season. Having purchased three cars the previous year (to contest the Le…
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 24R was one of four 1997-spec. F1 GTRs delivered to BMW Motorsport. As supplier of the McLaren F1’s engine, BMW decided to begin racing with a trio of F1 GTRs in 1996. That year, their…
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 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 18R was the third of three 1996-spec. GTRs delivered to Team Bigazzi on behalf of BMW Motorsport. At the time, the Italian Bigazzi operation were best known for handling BMW’s German…
Read MoreBMW had famously supplied McLaren with engines for the F1 supercar and, in 1996, the German firm decided to enter two GTRs for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Although owned by BMW, the cars…
Read MoreAs BMW Motorsport had supplied the engine that powered the all-conquering F1 GTR, they understandably wanted to capitalise on their association with McLaren. For 1996, the German firm…
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