The idea of the M1 became official in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. A part of that strategy involved motorsports with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers and spectators alike. The brains behind this strategy at this time were Jochen Neerpasch, Paul Rosche and Martin Braungart. It was their goal to develop a competition vehicle which, with…
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