The 1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the second and final season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series once again supported 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 Derek Daly 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier 6 Alan Jones All Jacques Laffite 2, 4–8 Riccardo Patrese 9 Nelson Piquet 2–4, 6–9 Didier Pironi 1–7, 9 Alain Prost 5 Carlos Reutemann 1–5, 7–9 BMW Nederland Jan Lammers All Eggenberger Motorsport Helmut Kelleners 3 Siegfried Müller, Jr. 5, 7–8 GS Team Michael Bleekemolen 8 Bernd Brutschin 4 Hans-Georg Bürger 1–5 Johnny Cecotto 9 Eddie Cheever 7 Jo Gartner 1–4, 6–8 Hans Heyer 1–6, 8–9 Hans-Joachim Stuck 6–9 John Watson 5 Kannacher GT Racing Jurgen Lässig 6 Manfred Cassani Christian Danner 6–7 Manfred Schurti 1–2, 4 Manfred Winkelhock 3 Memphis Team International Sepp Manhalter 1, 6 Project Four Racing Hans-Joachim Stuck 1-5 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 Manfred Schurti 3, 6–7 Marc Surer 4–9 Schnitzer Motorsport Walter Brun 2–4, 6–7, 9 Beppe Gabbiani 1, 3–4, 9 Willy Siller 7 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 Massimo Sigala 1, 3–6, 9
Calendar and results No. Circuit Dates Pole position Winning driver Winning team Parent event Ref. 1 Donington Park April 26 Jan Lammers Jan Lammers BMW Nederland None 2 AVUS May 11 Manfred Schurti Manfred Cassani Avusrennen 3 Circuit de Monaco May 17 Jan Lammers Hans-Joachim Stuck Project Four Racing Monaco Grand Prix 4 Norisring June 22 Marc Surer Hans-Joachim Stuck Project Four Racing Norisring Trophy 5 Brands Hatch July 12 Marc Surer Carlos Reutemann BMW Motorsport British Grand Prix 6 Hockenheimring August 9 Manfred Schurti Didier Pironi BMW Motorsport German Grand Prix 7 Österreichring August 16 Jacques Laffite Nelson Piquet BMW Motorsport Austrian Grand Prix 8 Circuit Zandvoort August 31 Hans Heyer Nelson Piquet BMW Motorsport Dutch Grand Prix 9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari September 13 Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet BMW Motorsport Italian Grand Prix
Championship standings
Points system Race Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Standings DriverDONAVSMCONORBRHHOCÖSTZANIMO Points 1 Nelson Piquet 5 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 Schütz 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 = Jürgen Lässig 14 0 = Peter Oberndorfer 16 0 = Derek Daly Ret 0 = Manfred Winkelhock 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 DriverDONAVSMCONORBRHHOCÖSTZANIMO Points
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