The 2025 Goodwood Pageant of Pace has come and gone. Though we’ve largely targeted on street-legal autos just like the new M2 CSit could be remiss to not point out the System 1 machines. Naturally, our emphasis is on these powered by BMW engines, however we’ve additionally included a couple of pictures of F1 vehicles from different manufacturers. Amongst them, the extremely uncommon six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 with a Ford-Cosworth engine.
The Arrows A8 ought to look acquainted when you’re well-versed in BMW-powered F1 vehicles. It competed within the 1985 and 1986 seasons, albeit with out notable success. Its greatest end result was a second-place end on the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix. On the coronary heart of the automobile, designed by Dave Wass, was BMW’s M12/M13, a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine additionally utilized by Brabham and Benetton throughout the Nineteen Eighties.
Talking of Brabham, the BT52 pictured beneath raced within the 1983 season. Designed by none apart from Gordon Murray, the F1 machine was pushed by Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese. Piquet secured the title that 12 months, ending forward of Renault’s Alain Prost and Ferrari’s René Arnoux, whereas Patrese positioned ninth. Brabham BMW ended the season third within the constructors’ championship.
The M12/13 was rendered out of date in 1989 when System 1 banned turbocharged engines. Nevertheless, BMW returned 11 years later with the V10-powered Williams FW22 for the 2000 season. The three.0-liter E41/4 was changed the next 12 months by the P80 sequence, which remained in use till 2005. From 2006 till BMW’s exit from F1 in 2009, the BMW Sauber vehicles ran a smaller V8, additionally a part of the P80 sequence.
As for an additional F1 return, that’s unlikely within the close to future. Nevertheless, M boss Frank van Meel informed us on the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este that BMW isn’t ignoring the game: “We’re not ignoring System 1. We’re simply not taking part. That’s on goal.”
Why? The BMW M CEO defined that F1 gives restricted tech switch to street vehicles, which is why the motorsport division focuses on endurance racing as a substitute, competing in WEC and IMSA with the M Hybrid V8.
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