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The M1 for Group 5 were equipped with turbo-charged engines with a maximum power output of around 850 hp.
Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to limited production Sports Cars restricted to 5 litre engine capacity.
The entry list for the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans contained two very interesting BMW M1s. With its maximum-regulation Group 5 bodywork, the March Engineering entry looked like an M1 on steroids, with its extended body length, massively oversized fenders, and enlarged front air dam and rear wing.
21 lut 2018 · Kremer was the most successful, scoring the only outright win for a Group 5 Special Production car at Le Mans in 1979 with one of its 935K3s. Groups 1 through 6 were superseded by Groups A, B and C in 1982, and there was no equivalent of the silhouette category. The cars raced on, however.
17 wrz 2014 · Although Group 5 regulations did dictate that the racers had to be based on production road cars, relatively few actual components had to be carried over. This allowed Zakspeed to craft a purpose-built spaceframe chassis.
For 1981, two years behind schedule, several teams did take the finally homologated Group 4 cars and converted them to race in the Group 5 class, but Sauber, expanding on the their sports car racing collaboration with BMW, built the only two Group 5 cars from scratch.
Group Rally5 is a technical specification of rally car determined by the FIA for use in its international rallying competitions: World Rally Championship (WRC) and regional championships. National rallying competitions also allow Group Rally5 cars to compete.
