BMW E26 M1 Sports car
In the fall of 1978, the road version debuted at the Paris Motor Show. BMW M1.The first model of Motorsport GmbH, the only 114 inch flat BMW M1 on the name had been baptized. BMW M1.The audience was enthusiastic, despite the steep price of 100,000 marks received numerous orders. Behind the scenes, but operating under high pressure to get the M1 on the race track.BMW M1. Because time was running away and the new BMW with about 1300 kg in any case little chance in Group 4 were certified, devised Jochen Neerpasch a brilliant move: together with Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley, he invented the BMW Procar Series, the private drivers in the formula 1 Grand Prix was an opportunity to take up the five fastest F1 drivers from the GP qualifying.The delays to the start of production of the first mid-engine sports car from BMW had the BMW racing manager Jochen Neerpasch develop the brilliant idea of creating a brand trophy, finally, the new car will be shown to the public. BMW M1.In eight Formula 1 race 15 private driver kicked the first five of the Formula 1 in qualifying practice.BMW M1.Only Ferrari drivers forbade his participation. Thus, the Procar Series was lifted out of the baptism.
BMW E26 M1 in the air
This M1 was used in 1979 and 1980 in the newly created Procar series.BMW M1. The first use of that vehicle under the experienced Brazilian Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet, later, the Austrian driver Gerhard Berger Jo Gardner and sat at the wheel. The first winner of the Procar Series 1979, by the way Piquet Niki Lauda, the second in 1980 Nelson!
BMW E26 M1 M-power design
When the M1 in 1981, finally was able to finally show the need for the homologation of 400 copies, the technology was outdated, unfortunately. BMW M1.It had been on the track barely a chance against the competition, particularly from Porsche (Porsche 935). After all, could win but Hans-Joachim Stuck and Nelson Piquet in 1981, the 1,000-kilometer race at the Nurburgring. BMW M1.Unfortunately, however, was never a successor to the M1, BMW presented.