{"id":19774,"date":"2019-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/bmw-m1-record-car\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:59:30","slug":"bmw-m1-record-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bmw-m1-record-car\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M1 Record Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many car fans know the BMW M1 as the only mid-engined vehicle produced in Munich to date. Also its history with the development work at Dallara and Lamborghini is well-known, likewise the racing events called Procar as well as the Group 5 Turbo cars in Le Mans. However, there was another chapter in M1 history that focused on speeding records and might surprise some of our readers. Since it wasn’t an official factory project, but based on private initiative, it isn’t mentioned in many BMW history books.

The BMW M1 used for this project was built as a normal road version in 1979 and delivered to its first owner in Berlin the following year. In 1981, racing driver Harald Ertl from Mannheim\/Germany bought the vehicle, because he wanted to make record attempts together with British Petroleum (BP). With its 3.5-liter inline six-cylinder engine and only 204 kW\/277 hp and 330 newtonmeters of torque they couldn’t reach much, which was also the case with the original aerodynamics of the car. Therefore, the bodywork has undergone extensive modifications, which improved the drag coefficient and at the same time improved the airflow to the engine with big NACA ducts on the sides. Seger & Hoffmann, who used aramia fibers as the material for the glued and riveted body parts, provided the design.<\/p>\n\n\n

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