LEGENDS

2016

BMW M1 PROCARThe BMW M1 Procar Championship was a one-make car racing series, founded by Jochen Neerpasch – former head of BMW Motorsports. 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 Niki Lauda took the overall win and was followed 1980 by Nelson Piquet.

BMW M1 PROCAR

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

CHASSIS Unequal-length A-arms front and rear, magnesium 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-speed 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

PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna | AUT

FORMULA 1

F1 WORLD CHAMPION OF 1975, 1977 & 1984

F1 DEBUT 1971 Austrian Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1971 – 1979 & 1982 – 1985

POLE POSITIONS 24

WINS 25

PODIUMS 54

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHT Procar-Series Champion of 1979

DATE OF BIRTH 04.03.1972

PLACE OF BIRTH Montfort | NL

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix

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

PODIUMS 2

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS A1-GP Victory of South Africa 2005

LMP2 Champion of Le Mans-Series 2008

LMP2 Class Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008

DATE OF BIRTH 27.08.1959

PLACE OF BIRTH Wörgl, Tirol | AUT

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1984 Austrian Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1984 – 1997

POLE POSITIONS 12

WINS 10

PODIUMS 48

DATE OF BIRTH 04.04.1958

PLACE OF BIRTH Munich | GER

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1985 Belgian Grand Prix

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 30.05.1939

PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna | AUT

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1974 Austrian Grand Prix

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS European 500-ccm Motorboat Champion 1962

Winner 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 1973

3rd Place 12h of Sebring 1985

DATE OF BIRTH 28.01.1944

PLACE OF BIRTH Essen | GER

DTM

WINS 7

PODIUMS 18 POLES 9

Besides being a Racing Driver, Dieter Quester 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

PLACE OF BIRTH Garmisch-Partenkirchen | GER

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1974 Argentine Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1974-1979

PODIUMS 2

DTM DTM CHAMPION OF 1990

WINS 13

PODIUMS 22

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 25.01.1956

PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas | VEN

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1983 – 1984

DTM

WINS 14

PODIUMS 32 Motorcycle Worldchampion of 1975 in the 350 category.

Besides being a RacingDriver, Hans-Joachim Stuck also

was a member of the famous »TRIO INFERNALE«.

Together with his colleagues and friends Prince Leopold and

Dieter Quester, the trio was known for its »pranks« in the

paddock with which theybantered the other

driver colleagues.

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 21.07.1941

PLACE OF BIRTH Sulgen | CH

CAREER HIGHLIGHT 4th Position in the ADAC-1000-km-Race Nürburgring in 1975

DATE OF BIRTH 21.06.1943

PLACE OF BIRTH Schloss Umkirch | GER

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2nd Position German Roundtrack Championship in 1969

1972 Winner of the North American Ice Racing Championship

DATE OF BIRTH 18.09.1951

PLACE OF BIRTH Arisdorf | CH

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1979 United States Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1979 – 1986

CAREER HIGHLIGHT Victory 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in 1985

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

F1 DEBUT 1973 British Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1973-1980 & 1982

WINS 1

PODIUMS 8

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHT Victory 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989

DATE OF BIRTH 02.06.1956

PLACE OF BIRTH Zandvoort | NL

FORMULA 1

F1 DEBUT 1979 Argentine Grand Prix

ACTIVE F1 DRIVER 1979 – 1982 & 1992

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Victory 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 & Daytona 1990

Legends Parade - Spielberg, 2016