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2016 BMW M1 PROCAR

The BMW M1 Procar Championship was a one-make car racing series, founded by – former head of BMW . The Procar racing series was especially created for the BMW M1 and held in the years 1979 & 1980.

The idea of this series was to give the most talented private drivers an opportunity to compete against top Formula 1 drivers under identical conditions and was staged as a warm-up race ahead of selected European Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Alongside the five fastest Formula 1 drivers in the Friday training session, drivers specializing in touring cars and ambitious private drivers competed against each other – a mixture with particular appeal to the public.

Both Procar Championships have been won by a Formula 1 Driver – 1979 took the overall win and was followed 1980 by . BMW M1 PROCAR

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

CHASSIS Unequal-length A-arms front and rear, wheel carriers, aluminium hubs with central locking, Bilstein shock absorbers with screw-on spring plates, anti-roll bars front and rear

BODYWORK Steel tube with glass-fibre reinforced plastic body

BRAKES ATE brakes with internally ventilated discs front and rear; brake balance adjustable while driving

TRANSMISSION Hydraulically actuated 2-disc dry clutch, ZF 5- gearbox; differential and gearbox cooling

WEIGHT 1020 kg

0-100 km/h 4,5 sec

MAXIMUM SPEED 310 km/h (192 mph)

ENGINE DETAILS

NUMBER OF CYLINDERS 6 (inline)

NUMBER OF VALVES 24 (4 per cylinder)

CAPACITY 3498cc

POWER 470 hp (345 kW) at 9000 rpm DATE OF BIRTH 22.02.1949 DATE OF BIRTH 04.03.1972

PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna | AUT PLACE OF BIRTH Montfort | NL

FORMULA 1 FORMULA 1

F1 WORLD CHAMPION OF 1975, 1977 & 1984 F1 DEBUT 1994

F1 DEBUT 1971 ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1994-1998; 2000-2001; 2003

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1971 – 1979 & 1982 – 1985 PODIUMS 2

POLE POSITIONS 24 OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS A1-GP Victory of South Africa 2005 WINS 25 LMP2 Champion of -Series 2008 PODIUMS 54 LMP2 Class Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHT Procar-Series Champion of 1979 DATE OF BIRTH 27.08.1959

PLACE OF BIRTH Wörgl, Tirol | AUT

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1984 Austrian Grand Prix DATE OF BIRTH 04.04.1958

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1984 – 1997 PLACE OF BIRTH Munich | GER

POLE POSITIONS 12 FORMULA 1

WINS 10 F1 DEBUT 1985

PODIUMS 48 ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1985 – 1987 & 1989 DTM

WINS 5

PODIUMS 19

First German driver in history to score points in F1 and US Indy-Cars. DATE OF BIRTH 28.01.1944

DATE OF BIRTH 30.05.1939 PLACE OF BIRTH Essen | GER

PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna | AUT DTM

FORMULA 1 WINS 7

F1 DEBUT 1974 Austrian Grand Prix PODIUMS 18

CAREER POLES 9 HIGHLIGHTS European 500-ccm Motorboat Champion 1962

Winner 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 1973

3rd Place 12h of Sebring 1985

Besides being a Racing Driver, also was a member of the famous »TRIO INFERNALE«. Together with his colleagues and friends Hans-Joachim Stuck and Prince Leopold, the trio was known for its »pranks« in the paddock with which they bantered the other driver colleagues. DATE OF BIRTH 01.01.1951 DATE OF BIRTH 25.01.1956

PLACE OF BIRTH Garmisch-Partenkirchen | GER PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas | VEN

FORMULA 1 FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1974 F1 DEBUT 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1974-1979 ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1983 – 1984 Besides being a Racing PODIUMS 2 Driver, Hans-Joachim Stuck also DTM was a member of the famous DTM »TRIO INFERNALE«. WINS 14 Together with his colleagues  DTM CHAMPION OF 1990 and friends Prince Leopold and PODIUMS 32 Dieter Quester, the trio was WINS 13 known for its »pranks« in the Motorcycle Worldchampion paddock with which they of 1975 in the 350 category. PODIUMS 22 bantered the other driver colleagues. OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2nd position overall in the 1979 Procar-Series

Victory 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1986 & 1987

Victory 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 1970, 1998 & 2004 DATE OF BIRTH 21.07.1941

PLACE OF BIRTH Sulgen | CH CAREER HIGHLIGHT 4th Position in the ADAC-1000-km-Race Nürburgring in 1975

DATE OF BIRTH 23.11.1937

PLACE OF BIRTH Baden | AUT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Austrian Touringcar Champion of 1973

Overall win Martha Grand National 12 hours race at Spielberg 1978 with Dieter Quester as teammate

4 diverse Austrian Championship titles in car racing between 1976 & 1987 (e.g. OKS Trophy, Div. II in Austrian car racing) DATE OF BIRTH 18.09.1951

PLACE OF BIRTH Arisdorf | CH

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1979

DATE OF BIRTH 21.06.1943 ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1979 – 1986

PLACE OF BIRTH Schloss Umkirch | GER CAREER HIGHLIGHT Victory 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in 1985 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2nd Position German Roundtrack Championship in 1969

1972 Winner of the North American Ice Racing Championship

Besides being a Racing Driver, Prince Leopold also was a member of the famous »TRIO INFERNALE«. Together with his colleagues and friends Hans-Joachim Stuck and Dieter Quester, the trio was known for its »pranks« in the paddock with which they bantered the other driver colleagues. DATE OF BIRTH 30.09.1946

PLACE OF BIRTH Dorfen | GER

FORMULA 1 DATE OF BIRTH 02.06.1956

F1 DEBUT 1973 PLACE OF BIRTH Zandvoort | NL

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1973-1980 & 1982 FORMULA 1

WINS 1 F1 DEBUT 1979 Argentine Grand Prix

PODIUMS 8 ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1979 – 1982 & 1992

OTHER CAREER CAREER HIGHLIGHT Victory 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 HIGHLIGHTS Victory 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 & Daytona 1990 Legends Parade - Spielberg, 2016