The 1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the inaugural season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series ran as a support category to the European rounds of the 1979 Formula One season.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Clay Regazzoni's BMW Motorsport Procar demonstrated at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Team	Driver	Rounds
Alimpo Sport	Toine Hezemans	All
BMW Italia	Elio de Angelis	1, 4–5, 7
BMW Motorsport	Mario Andretti	1
	Michael Bleekemolen	7
	Patrick Depailler	2
	Hans-Georg Bürger	5–6
	Teo Fabi	8
	Emerson Fittipaldi	2
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	2
	Alan Jones	3–8
	Jacques Laffite	1, 5–7
	Tiff Needell	4
	Nelson Piquet	1, 3–4, 7–8
	Didier Pironi	3, 5–6
	Clay Regazzoni	All
	Carlos Reutemann	4
BMW Schweiz	Marc Surer	2–3, 6–8
Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun	1–3, 5–6, 8
Ecurie Automobile Arvor	Jean-Louis Lafosse	1–5, 7–8
Eggenberger Motorsport	Helmut Kelleners	All
Franz Konrad Racing	Franz Konrad	1–4, 6
	"John Winter"	5
GS Team	Markus Höttinger	All
Heidigger Racing Team	Markus Hotz	1, 4–5
Manfred Cassani	Hans-Joachim Stuck	All
Memphis Team International[2]	Sepp Manhalter	1–4, 6–8
Osella Squadra Corse	Eddie Cheever	2
	Bruno Giacomelli	1–6, 8
Project Four Racing	Niki Lauda	All
Schutz Racing	Wolfgang Schütz	All
Team Krebs	Albrecht Krebs	1
	Jochen Mass	5–6
Team Winkelhock	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	3
	Manfred Winkelhock	4–8
Toleman Group Motorsport	Frank Sytner	4
Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Dieter Quester	All

Calendar and results

No.	Circuit	Dates	Pole Position	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Parent event	Ref.
1	Circuit Zolder	May 12	Jacques Laffite	Elio de Angelis	BMW Italia	Belgian Grand Prix	[3]
2	Circuit de Monaco	May 26	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Project Four Racing	Monaco Grand Prix	[4]
3	Dijon-Prenois	June 30	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	BMW Motorsport	French Grand Prix	[5]
4	Silverstone Circuit	July 13	Alan Jones	Niki Lauda	Project Four Racing	British Grand Prix	[6]
5	Hockenheimring	July 28	Alan Jones	Niki Lauda	Project Four Racing	German Grand Prix	[7]
6	Österreichring	August 12	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite	BMW Motorsport	Austrian Grand Prix	[8]
7	Circuit Zandvoort	August 26	Alan Jones	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Manfred Cassani	Dutch Grand Prix	[9]
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	September 9	Alan Jones	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Manfred Cassani	Italian Grand Prix	[10]

Championship standings

Points system

Standings

Pos.	Driver	ZOL	MCO	DIJ	SIL	HOC	ÖST	ZAN	MNZ	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Ret	1	8	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	78
2	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ret	Ret	7	4	2	7	1	1	73
3	Clay Regazzoni	3	2	5	14	5	4	5	Ret	61
4	Markus Höttinger	Ret	6	11	3	Ret	2	Ret	3	45
5	Toine Hezemans	2	4	9	15	9	10	6	5	44
6	Nelson Piquet	DNS		1	2			Ret	Ret	35
=	Jacques Laffite	Ret				Ret	1	2		35
8	Didier Pironi			3		4	3			34
9	Helmut Kelleners	4	10	Ret	7	6	12	9	4	33
10	Alan Jones			2	5	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	26
11	Marc Surer		Ret	4			8	4	Ret	23
12	Dieter Quester	5	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	11	7	7	22
13	Elio de Angelis	1			Ret	Ret		Ret		20
=	Manfred Winkelhock				Ret	Ret	5	3	Ret	20
15	Hans-Georg Bürger					3	6			18
16	Wolfgang Schutz	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	14
17	Emerson Fittipaldi		3							12
18	Jean-Louis Lafosse	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		10	Ret	7
19	Jean-Pierre Beltoise			6						6
=	Sepp Manhalter	7	11	Ret	11		13	11	9	6
=	Bruno Giacomelli	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	9		Ret	6
22	Franz Konrad	DNS	7	Ret	13		Ret			4
=	Jochen Mass					7	DNS			4
24	Eddie Cheever		8							3
=	Carlos Reutemann				8					3
=	Walter Brun	Ret	Ret	Ret		11	Ret		8	3
27	Jean-Pierre Jarier		9							2
=	Tiff Needell				9					2
29	Markus Hotz	Ret			10	Ret				1
=	"John Winter"					10				1
NC	Frank Styner				12					0
=	Mario Andretti	Ret								0
=	Albrecht Krebs	Ret								0
=	Patrick Depailler		Ret							0
=	Michael Bleekemolen							Ret		0
=	Teo Fabi								Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	ZOL	MCO	DIJ	SIL	HOC	ÖST	ZAN	MNZ	Points

References