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In 1979 and 1980, BMW provided a fleet of identical M1 cars for Formula One and other professional drivers to race in the BMW M1 Procar Championship, the rounds of which were held during Grand Prix race weekends, thus strengthening the marque's ties with the sport.
BMW has been in Formula One since the beginning of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. BMW entered several races in the 1950s and 1960s. Often, they ran using the Formula Two rules. In the 1980s, they built the BMW M12/13 inline-four turbocharged engine. This engine was built for the Brabham team.
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- Williams-BMW Partnership
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In 1982, the Brabham Team, owned by Bernie Ecclestone, started using BMW engines after the two parties signed a deal in 1980. Development of the engine took time but BMW made an admirable start to its F1 career with its first win coming at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix when Nelson Piquet took home the Checkered flag. The following season, BMW-powere...
At the end of the 1998 season, Williams lost their designer Adrian Newey to Mclaren and their engine supplier Renault decided to quit F1. Williams’ partnership with Renault commenced in 1989, yielded them four Drivers’ Championship and five Constructors’ Championship. Two of the Renault-powered cars, the Williams FW14B and FW15C are considered the ...
In Summer of 2005 BMW acquired a 80 percent stake in Sauber for a reported $100 million. As per the agreement, the engine was to be designed at BMW’s headquarters in Munich, while Sauber’s Hinwil factory was used for chassis construction and wind tunnel testing. The livery of the cars showcased the traditional BMW white and blue color-combination w...
Active years: 2006-2009. History. BMW only became an official F1 constructor in 2006, but this followed two spells as an engine supplier. The first, in the 1980s, saw it break ground with the first turbo engine to power a driver to world championship success in 1983. It returned in 2000 with Williams and was winning Grands Prix the following year.
As a factory-backed, full-time team, BMW has only ever won just one Formula One race. Since the 1950 launch of the World Drivers’ Championship, BMW has competed in Formula One. BMW participated in a number of races between 1950 and 1960. They frequently raced under Formula Two regulations.
Aug 4, 2009 · Formula One’s turbo era is over and BMW bails out. Following a twelve-year break, BMW celebrates its Formula One comeback with WilliamsF1 in 2000. Up to the end of the 2005 season, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team secures a total of 10 Grand Prix wins and 17 pole positions, but no World Championship glory.
Jul 30, 2009 · BMW has been active in Formula One since 1982, when they supplied an absolutely bollocks engine to Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team.
