1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship

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]

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]

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

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

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