BMW M1 group 4 (1980)

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Homologation number: 670 and 240
Homologation start: 1/12/1980 and 1/3/1983

BMW M88, straight 6 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
93.4 x 84.0 mm
3453 cc
cast iron block, aluminium alloy head
DOHC with single row driving chain
aspiration, natural with Bosch Kugelfischer multipoint mechanical Fuel Injection with 6 throttle valves one per cylinder

BMW M88/1
94.0 x 84.0 mm
3498 cc
Rally: 430 HP @ 9000 rpm, 288 lb-ft / 390 Nm @ 7000 rpm
Circuit: 470 HP / 346 kW @ 9000 rpm

Hewland LG600 gearbox, racing version: with oil cooler
1020 kg

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Results in WSCC

1979Season

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Daytona	Mugello	Dijon	Silver stone	Nurb	Pergusa	Watkins Glen	Brands Hatch	Valle lunga
Team	24h	6h	6h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	6h	6h
BMW of North America and Munich, WBS59910004301065							#3, acci dent
March Engines Limited, 002								#16, elec trics	#16, brakes
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 3/0							1/0	1/0	1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
BMW of North America and Munich
Jim Busby							3
Manfred Winkelhock							3	16
David Hobbs							3
March Engines Limited
Ian Grob								16
Guy Edwards								16
Eje Elgh									16
Teo Fabi									16

1980Season

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Daytona	Brands Hatch	Mugello	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Mosport	Valle lunga	Dijon
Team	24h	6h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	24h	6h	6h	6h	1000km
March Engineering, 003	#3, drive shaft
March Engineering, 002	#11, drive shaft	#16, front wish bone	#38, in entry list
March Engineering, 002a					#6, tire		#82, acci dent
Deren Automotive - Red Lobster Racing, WBS59910004301040	#25, acci dent							#25, 10th	#25, in entry list
BMW France, WBS59910004301021			#43, 6th				#83, 14th
BMW Zol-Auto, WBS59910004301100			#44, acci dent	#33, 8th			#95, eng ine				#8, 5th
Cassani Racing - H.I.S. Jeans, WBS59910004301062						#202, in entry list
Kannacher GT Racing, WBS59910004301066						#203, in entry list
Garage du Bac, WBS59910004301004							#96, acci dent				#29, in entry list
Total points 15			5	3				1			6
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 14/5	3/0	1/0	2/1	1/1	1/0		4/1	1/1			1/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
BMW Motorsport GmbH
Hans-Joachim Stuck						201	84	20
Nelson Piquet						201
Hans-Georg Bürger							84
Dominique Lacaud							84
David Hobbs								20
March Engineering
Jim Busby	3
Bruce Jenner	3
Rick Knoop	3
Michael Korten	11	16			6		82
Patrick Neve	11	16			6		82
Ian Grob	11
Manfred Winkelhock							82
Deren Automotive - Red Lobster Racing
Kenper Miller	25							25	25
Dave Cowart	25							25	25
Christine Beckers	25
BMW France
Dieter Quester			43				83
Didier Pironi			43				83
Marcel Mignot							83
BMW Zol-Auto
François Servanin			44	33			95				8
Laurent Ferrier			44	33			95				8
Pierre-François Rousselot							95
Cassani Racing - H.I.S. Jeans
Christian Danner						202
Peter Oberndorfer						202
Kannacher GT Racing
Jürgen Kannacher						203
Jürgen Lässig						203
Garage du Bac
Fréderic Alliot							96				29
Jacques Guérin							96				29

1981Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Day tona	Seb ring	Mug ello	Monza	River side	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Perg usa	Watkins Glen	Mos port	Road Ame rica	Brands Hatch
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	1000km	24h	6h	6h	6h	500mil	1000km
Bavarian Motors International, WBS59910004301021	#14, 6th	#14, eng ine			#14, dnf
Red Lobster Racing, WBS59910004301040	#25, eng ine	#25, 27th			#25, 7th						#25, 5th	#25, eng ine
David Deacon Racing, WBS59910004301225	#40, dnf	#40, dnf			#40, dnf						#40, 20th	#40, dns
BMW Italia, WBS59910004301026			#32, 8th	#19, 10th					wheel
Helmut Marko, WBS59910004301036			#33, in entry list					#71, crank shaft
BMW Zol Auto, WBS59910004301100			#31, 5th	#18, 6th		#34, in entry list		#72, valve					#40, in entry list
Kendall Racing, WBS59910004301065					#11, dnf							#11, 9th
Montura Racing, WBS59910004301027					#54, 8th						#54, 8th	#54, 22nd
Joe Crevier/ Al Unser, Jr, WBS59910004301195					#67, 11th							#67, dnf
BASF Team GS Sport, WBS59910004301098						#35, gear selector
WERA-Meissberg, WBS59910004301042							#37, dnf
Kurt König/ Peter Oberndorfer, WBS59910004301062							#38, 14th
Total points 38	5		9	6	7						9	2
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 30/15	3/1	3/1	2/2	2/2	6/3	1/0	2/1	2/0	1/0		3/3	5/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Bavarian Motors International
Hans-Joachim Stuck	14										2
Alf Gebhardt	14	14			14
Walter Brun	14
Marc Surer		14
Bruno Beilcke					14
Mike Freberg					14
Red Lobster Racing
Kenper Miller	25	25		25							25	25
Dave Cowart	25	25		25							25	25
Ricardo Londono	25
David Deacon Racing
Rudy Bartling	40	40			40
Mike Freberg	40	40			40						40
David Deacon	40	40			40						40	40
BMW ZOL Auto
François Servanin			31	18				72					40
Laurent Ferrier			31	18				72					40
Pierre-François Rousselot			31	18				72
BMW Italia
Corrado Fabi			32
Christian Danner			32						+
Umberto Grano				19					+
Marco Vanoli				19					+
Helmut Marko
Gero Zamagna			33
Peter Oberndorfer			33					71
Leopold von Bayern								71
Christian Danner			32					71
Kendall Racing
Dennis Aase					11							11
Pete Smith					11							11
Chuck Kendall												11
Montura Racing
Albert Naon					54						54	54
Tony Garcia					54						54	54
Hiram Cruz					54						54	54
WERA-Meissberg
Hermann-Peter Duge							37
Jürgen Lässig							37

1982Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Spa	Mugello	Fuji	Brands Hatch
Team	1000km	6h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	6h	1000km
Team Castrol, Denmark, WBS59910004301026	#95, 10th	#92, 15th	#52, 7th		#92, 14th			#41, acci dent
Tony Garcia Racing, WBS59910004301027		#85, 18th	#54, in entry list	#85, acci dent
Lässig-Obermaier Racing Team, WBS59910004301042			#53, fire
Jim Cook/ Chuck Kendall, WBS59910004301065							#39, fuel pump
Total points 5	1		4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 9/5	1/1	2/2	2/1	1/0	1/1		1/0	1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Team Castrol, Denmark
Jens Winther	95	92	52		92			41
Lars-Viggo Jensen	95	92	52		92
Wolfgang Braun								41
Tony Garcia Racing
Tony Garcia		85	54	85
Albert Naon		85	54	85
Fred Stiff			54	85
Lässig-Obermaier Racing Team
Hermann-Peter Duge			53
Kurt König			53
Jürgen Lässig			53

1983Season
Group B classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Spa	Fuji	Kyalami
Team	1000km	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km
Team Castrol, WBS59910004301026	#82, 11th (2nd)	#89, 10th (1st)	#103, acci dent		#89, 12th (1st)		#72, 8th (1st)
Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH	#88, 10th (1st)	#88, 11th (2nd)	#105, eng ine in practice		#90, suspe nsion		#70, disqua lified
Brun Motorsport, WBS59910004301076			#101, gear box	#90, gear box
Kurt König/ Bruno Beilcke, WBS59910004301062			#102, in entry list		#88, in entry list
Obermaier Racing, WBS59910004301042			#104, in entry list
Chuck Kendall, WBS59910004301065						#101, in entry list
Total points 5	1	1					3
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 12/6	2/2	2/2	3/0	1/0	2/1		2/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Team Castrol
Jens Winther	82	89	103		89		72
Wolfgang Braun	82	89	103
David Mercer		89			89
Frank Jelinski			103		89
Lars-Viggo Jensen							72
Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH
Edgar Dören	88	88	105		90		70
Hans Christian Jürgensen	88	88	105		90		70
Antoniella Mandelli		88
Vic Elford			105
Helmut Gall					90		70
Brun Motorsport
Leopold von Bayern			101	90
Harald Grohs			101
Angelo Pallavicini				90
Jens Winther				90
Obermaier Racing
Helmut Lenz			104

1984Season
Group B classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Le Man	Nurbur	Brands Hatch	Mosport	Spa	Imola	Fuji	Kyalami	Sandown Park
Team	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km
Jens Winther Team Castrol, WBS59910004301026	#101, 9th (1st)	#101, head gasket	#101, front suspe nsion	#101, 19th (3rd)	#101, 12th (1st)		#101, 12th (1st)
Racing Team Jürgensen	#102, exhaust	#102, 19th (1st)	#102, in entry list	#102, dnf			#102, in entry list	#102, in entry list
Rolf Göring, WBS59910004301041		#100, 20th (2nd)		#109, 17th (2nd)	#100, in entry list		#100, in entry list	#105, 11th (1st)
Helmut Gall, WBS59910004301062		#109, eng ine	#109, 14th (1st)	#106, 16th (1st)	#106, eng ine in practice	#106, in entry list	#106, 13th (2nd)	#106, eng ine			#106, 15th (2nd)
Olaf Manthey/ Walter Mertes				#111, eng ine
Bieri Racing, WBS59910004301225						#40, eng ine
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 21/12	2/1	4/2	2/1	5/3	2/1	1/0	2/2	2/1			1/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Jens Winther Team Castrol
Jens Winther	101	101	101	101	101		101
Lars-Viggo Jensen	101		101	101	101		101
David Mercer		101	101	101	101		101
Jens Winther, Jr		101
Racing Team Jürgensen
Edgar Dören	102	102	102	102			102, 106	102
Hans Christian Jürgensen	102		102	102			102	102
Walter Mertes	102	102	102
Rolf Göring
Hans-Jörg Dürig		100		109	100		100	105
Rolf Göring		100		109	100		100	105
Mario Ketterer		100
Altfrid Heger				109
Claude Haldi								105
Helmut Gall
Helmut Gall		109		106	106	106	106	106			106
Max Cohen-Olivar		109
Pierre de Thoisy			109
Jean-François Yvon			109
Philippe Dagoreau			109
Kurt König				106	106			106
Altfrid Heger				106							106
Michel Maillien							106
Bieri Racing
Uli Bieri						40
Matt Gysler						40

1985Season
Group B classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mugello	Monza	Silver stone	Le Man	Hockenh	Mosport	Spa	Brands Hatch	Fuji	Selangor
Team	1000km	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	800km
Helmut Gall Sportwagencenter D. Oster, WBS59910004301062	#151, 11th (1st)	#151, in entry list	#151, in entry list	#151, 15th (1st)	#151, 11th (1st)	#151, in entry list		#151, 11th (1st)
Sportwagencenter D. Oster							#158, OTL
Vogelsang Automobile GmbH				#152, gear box	#158, 15th (3rd)
Enzo Calderari/ Angelo Pallavicini/ Marco Vanoli, WBS59910004301076				#157, eng ine
Bäuerle Farben Team, WBS59910004301041					#153, 12th (2nd)		#153, in entry list	#153, in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 9/6	1/1			3/1	3/3		1/0	1/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Helmut Gall Sportwagencenter Dieter Oster
Helmut Gall	151	151	151		151	151		151
Axel Felder	151		151
Edgar Dören		151		151	151	151		151
Walter Maurer		151
Martin Birrane				151
Jean-Paul Libert				151			158
Uwe Reich					151
Jürgen Hamelmann							158
Marco Micangeli							158
Vogelsang Automobile GmbH
Altfrid Heger				152
Kurt König				152	158
Harald Grohs				152	158
Bäuerle Farben Team
Rolf Göring					153		153	153
Claude Haldi					153			153
Michael Krankenberg					153			153
Fritz Müller							153

1986Season
Group B classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Le Man	Norisring	Brands Hatch	Jerez	Nurb	Spa	Fuji
Team	360km	1000km	24h	200mile	1000km	360km	1000km	1000km	1000km
MK Motorsport, WBS59910004301062			#111, OTL				#151, acci dent
Marco Vanoli/ Enzo Calderari/ Angelo Pallavicini, WBS59910004301076			in entry list
Bauerle Farben, WBS59910004301041							#152, in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/0			1/0				1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
MK Motorsport
Pascal Witmeur			111
Michael Krankenberg			111				151
Jean-Paul Libert			111
Helmut Gall							151
Harald Becker							151
Bauerle Farben
Rolf Göring							152
Claude Haldi							152

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