1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship
The 1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the second and final season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series would once again support Formula One at various European rounds but also branched out to hosting its own standalone events.
Teams and drivers
Team | Driver | Rounds |
BMW Motorsport | Mario Andretti | 9 |
BMW Motorsport | Derek Daly | 3 |
BMW Motorsport | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 6 |
BMW Motorsport | Alan Jones | All |
BMW Motorsport | Jacques Laffite | 2, 4–8 |
BMW Motorsport | Riccardo Patrese | 9 |
BMW Motorsport | Nelson Piquet | 2–4, 6–9 |
BMW Motorsport | Didier Pironi | 1–7, 9 |
BMW Motorsport | Alain Prost | 5 |
BMW Motorsport | Carlos Reutemann | 1–5, 7–9 |
BMW Nederland | Jan Lammers | All |
Eggenberger Motorsport | Helmut Kelleners | 3 |
Eggenberger Motorsport | Siegfried Müller, Jr. | 5, 7–8 |
GS Team | Michael Bleekemolen | 8 |
GS Team | Bernd Brutschin | 4 |
GS Team | Hans-Georg Bürger | 1–5 |
GS Team | Johnny Cecotto | 9 |
GS Team | Eddie Cheever | 7 |
GS Team | Jo Gartner | 1–4, 6–8 |
GS Team | Hans Heyer | 1–6, 8–9 |
GS Team | John Watson | 5 |
Kannacher GT Racing | Jurgen Lässig | 6 |
Manfred Cassani | Christian Danner | 6–7 |
Manfred Cassani | Manfred Schurti | 1–4, 6–7 |
Memphis Team International | Sepp Manhalter | 1, 6 |
Project Four Racing | Hans-Joachim Stuck | All |
Peter Oberndorfer | Peter Oberndorfer | 6 |
Racing Team Jurgensen | Hans-Christian Jurgensen | 4 |
Ralf-Dieter Schreiber | Ralf-Dieter Schreiber | 2 |
Sauber Motorsport | Walter Nußbaumer | 1, 4–5, 8 |
Sauber Motorsport | Willy Siller | 7 |
Sauber Motorsport | Marc Surer | 4–9 |
Schnitzer Motorsport | Walter Brun | 2–4, 6–7, 9 |
Schnitzer Motorsport | Beppe Gabbiani | 1, 3–4, 9 |
Schutz Racing | Wolfgang Schutz | 1, 3–9 |
Team Austria | Dieter Quester | 1–7, 9 |
Team Lepitre | Edy Brandenberger | 1–2, 4, 6, 8 |
Team Merzario | Arturo Merzario | 1–6 |
Team Merzario | Massimo Sigala | 1, 3–6, 9 |
Calendar and results
Championship standings
;Points systemRace Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
;Standings
Driver | DON | AVS | MCO | NOR | BRH | HOC | ÖST | ZAN | IMO | Points | |
1 | Nelson Piquet | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | ||
2 | Alan Jones | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 2 | 77 |
3 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 71 |
4 | Jan Lammers | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 69 |
5 | Carlos Reutemann | 6 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 64 | |
6 | Manfred Schurti | DNS | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 48 | |||
7 | Hans Heyer | 2 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 41 | |
8 | Marc Surer | 3 | Ret | 13 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 37 | |||
= | Jacques Laffite | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 37 | |||
10 | Didier Pironi | 15 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | 1 | DNS | Ret | 34 | |
11 | Walter Brun | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 18 | |||
12 | Wolfgang Schutz | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 17 | |
13 | Jo Gartner | 4 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 16 | |
14 | Helmut Kelleners | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
= | Hans-Georg Bürger | Ret | 3 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 15 | ||||
= | Dieter Quester | Ret | 10 | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | 5 | DNS | 15 | |
17 | Christian Danner | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
18 | Beppe Gabbiani | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||||
19 | Arturo Merzario | 7 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 15 | 8 | |||
= | Massimo Sigala | 8 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |||
21 | Alain Prost | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
= | Edy Brandenberger | 11 | 9 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 6 | ||||
23 | John Watson | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
= | Michael Bleekemolen | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
= | Johnny Cecotto | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
= | Siegfried Müller, Jr. | 9 | 10 | Ret | 3 | ||||||
27 | Riccardo Patrese | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
28 | Walter Nußbaumer | 13 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 1 | |||||
NC | Ralf-Dieter Schreiber | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
= | Sepp Manhalter | 14 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
= | Jurgen Lässig | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
= | Peter Oberndorfer | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
= | Derek Daly | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Hans-Christian Jurgensen | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Bernd Brutschin | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Willy Siller | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Eddie Cheever | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
= | Mario Andretti | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
Driver | DON | AVS | MCO | NOR | BRH | HOC | ÖST | ZAN | IMO | Points |