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!colspan=2| '''1979 Alternate BMW M1 Procar Championship'''
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|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:BMW M1 Procar Championship.jpg|200px]]
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|'''Rounds'''
|11
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The '''1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship''' was the first season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series supported all eleven European [[Formula One]] races in the [[1979 Alternate Formula One season|1979]] season and featured stars of Grand Prix racing, Sportscars, Touring Cars and beyond in hotly-contested single-make action in identical BMW M1 Procar supercars.

==Teams and drivers==
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! Team
! Driver
! Rounds
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|rowspan="2"|{{GER}} [[Autosport Mannschaft Gelsenkirchen]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|No, not that one'd by kinnik.}}
|{{GER}} [[Klaus Ludwig]]
|1-
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|{{GER}} [[Hans-Joachim Stuck]]
|1-
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|rowspan="2"|{{GBR}} [[Black Swan Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Good Game'd by _gg_.}}
|{{GER}} [[Leonhard von Gottorp]]
|1-
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|{{FRA}} [[Jacques Clouseau]]
|1-
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|rowspan="2"|{{GBR}} [[B&S Fabrications]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed from a shed by Aislabie}}
|{{GBR}} [[Divina Galica]]
|1-
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|{{IRL}} [[Kelby Rogerson]]
|1-
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|rowspan="5" |{{GER}} BMW Motorsport {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by magentac57.}}
|{{GBR}} [[Thomas Nurmester]]
|1-2
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|{{CAN}} [[Gilles Villeneuve]]
|1-2
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|{{AUS}} [[Alan Jones]]
|1-2
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|{{RZA}} [[Jody Scheckter]]
|1-2
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|{{FRA}} [[Guillaume Gauthier]]
|1-2
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|rowspan="2"|{{GER}} [[Gilden Kölsch Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Captained by Getz.}}
|{{GER}} [[Timo Fuchs]]
|1-7, 9-11
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|{{FRA}} [[Jacques Godard|"Michel Vaillant"]]
|8
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|rowspan="4"|{{BEL}} [[Luigi Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|b  e  l  g  i  u  m  e  d by butterfox.}}
|{{BEL}} [[Claude Bourgoignie]]
|1-
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|{{BEL}} [[Pierre Dieudonné]]
|1-2, 5-6, 10
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|{{BEL}} [[Hervé Regout]]
|3-4, 7-8, 11
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|{{BEL}} [[Silvio Bachot]]
|9
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|{{GBR}} [[Project Four Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|A professional organisation with an appropriate level of hierarchy headed by Ron Dennis controlled by tagliatelle.}}
|{{BRA}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
|1-
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|{{ESP-1977}} [[Reception Carrot Team]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by a russian bot.}}
| {{SUI}} [[Clay Regazzoni]]
| 1-
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|rowspan="2" |{{GER}} [[Schnitzer Motorsport]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510...}}
|{{GER}} [[Hans Heyer]]
|1-
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|{{GER}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]]
|1-
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|rowspan="2" |{{ITA}} [[Scuderia Cacciatori]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by Frogfoot from an Irish shack.}}
|{{ITA}} [[Ottavia Cacciatori]]
|1-
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|{{ITA}} [[Gabriella Mondadori]]
|1-
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|{{GBR}} [[Hope Stever|Stever Racing Enterprises]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Managed by linguine.}}
|{{GBR}} [[Hope Stever]]
|1-
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|rowspan="2" |{{ITA}} [[Team Merzario]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Czeched by <s>Slovakia</s> Dom.}}
|{{ITA}} [[Arturo Merzario]]
|1-
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|{{ITA}} [[Renzo Zorzi]]
|1-
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|rowspan="2" |{{GER}} [[Volker Schmidt Racing]] {{Tooltip|<small>[?]</small>|Oli by Peter.}}
|{{FRA}} [[Patrick Depailler]]
|1-
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|{{GBR}} [[Jonothon Hunter]]
|1-
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==Race calendar and winners==

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!Circuit
!Date
!Pole Position
!Fastest Lap
!Winning Driver
!Winning Entrant
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|1
|{{ESP-1977}} Circuito del Jarama
|28 April
|{{RZA}} [[Jody Scheckter]]
|{{RZA}} [[Jody Scheckter]]
|{{RZA}} [[Jody Scheckter]]
|{{GER}} BMW Motorsport
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|2
|{{BEL}} Circuit Zolder
|12 May
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|3
|{{MON}} Circuit de Monaco
|26 May
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|4
|{{GBR}} Brands Hatch
|9 June
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|5
|{{ITA}} Autodromo Dino Ferrari
|23 June
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|6
|{{FRA}} Circuit de Dijon-Prenois
|7 July
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|7
|{{GBR}} Silverstone Circuit
|14 July
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|8
|{{GER}} Hockenheimring
|28 July
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|9
|{{AUT}} [[Österreichring]]
|11 August
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|10
|{{NED}} Circuit Park Zandvoort
|25 August
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|11
|{{ITA}} Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
|1 September
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==Championship results tables==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
! colspan="19" |Points system
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| style="background:#ffffbf;" |&nbsp;'''1st'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" |&nbsp;'''2nd'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" |&nbsp;'''3rd'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''4th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''5th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''6th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''7th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''8th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''9th'''&nbsp;
| style="background:#dfffdf;" |&nbsp;'''10th'''&nbsp;
!Pole Position
!Fastest Lap
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|20
|15
|12
|10
|8
|6
|4
|3
|2
|1
|1
|1
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! rowspan="2" valign="middle" |Pos
! rowspan="2" valign="middle" |Driver
! {{ESP-1977}} <BR> JAR
! {{BEL}} <BR> ZOL
! {{MON}} <BR> MON
! {{GBR}} <BR> BRH
! {{ITA}} <BR> IMO
! {{FRA}} <BR> DIJ
! {{GBR}} <BR> SIL
! {{GER}} <br> HOC
! {{AUT}} <br> ÖST
! {{NED}} <br> ZAN
! {{ITA}} <BR> MNZ
! rowspan="2" valign="middle" |Pts
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