{"id":1343,"date":"2018-06-19T08:57:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1343"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:55:24","slug":"bmw-m1-61-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bmw-m1-61-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M1 #61 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/bmw_m1_61_01.jpg\" alt=\"M1 #61\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted content\"><strong>1980 BMW M1<\/strong> \nPilots: R. Ennequin, M. Gabriel, F. Gasparetti \nTeam: <em>Total<\/em> \nRace: 18th overall (3rd in Group 5 class) at Le Mans in <strong>1982 <\/strong>\nSpark - S1585 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">Published 06\/10\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.topspeed.com\/IMG\/jpg\/201707\/would-you-pay-750k-f-14.jpg\">M1<\/a>  was produced from 1979 to 1981, and was BMW\u2019s first mass-produced  mid-engined car. Designed by Giugiaro, it was an homologation special  for sports car racing, and a total of 453 cars produced. Of these,  20 were race versions created for the BMW M1 Procar Championship. Later on, quite a few found their way to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. powering the  M1 was a 3453 cm\u00b3 inline-6 (<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bmw-m1-011-750x500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M88\/1<\/a>) with DOHC and 24 valves. In race trim, it was capable of 470  hp. However, compared to its main rival, the Porsche 935,  the M1 was heavy, lacked power and had dismal reliability. In truth, engine failure was a too common occurrence. During its service life, the car  competed at Le Mans over a span of eight years. With a total of 21 cars  qualified for race, only seven actually finished it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/bmw_m1_61_02.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Group 5 and it&#8217;s &#8220;card box fairings&#8221; cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Total is a French multinational oil  and gas company, one of the seven so-called \u201csuper major\u201d oil companies. At La Sarthe in 1982, team Total had only one car in the race, the M1 <a href=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2102\/5780786433_20e071925e_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">#61<\/a> (chassis ##WBS59910004301059). The <strong>M1 #61<\/strong>  , though starting out in the 29th position, did a steady race and  reached 11th place, but a crankshaft problem and later on a whole  gearbox rebuild forced it back to 18th, and was the last car to qualify.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/bmws_01.jpg\" alt=\"M1 #61\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do I look fat?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In model form fortunately the car is a winner. As expected, it\u2019s quite  better than my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bmw-m1-munchen-71-minichamps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minichamps version<\/a>,  and with an overall very crisp detail level. But what really makes me  like the car is the boxy body. In contrast, it&#8217;s a far cry from the more svelte and  elegant lines of my M\u00fcnchen M1. Nice model, without a doubt, but I guess  this one is only for the Le Mans nut. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1980 BMW M1 Pilots: R. Ennequin, M. Gabriel, F. Gasparetti Team: Total Race: 18th overall (3rd in Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1982 Spark &#8211; S1585 (resin) Published 06\/10\/18 The M1 was produced from 1979 to 1981, and was BMW\u2019s first mass-produced mid-engined car. Designed by Giugiaro, it was an homologation special for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bmw-m1-61-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BMW M1 #61 &#8211; Spark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15312,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions\/15312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}