Maurer Motorsport (Germany)
Founded | 1979 |
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Folded | 1983 |
Team principal(s) | Willy Maurer |
Former series | European Formula Two |
Noted drivers | Stefan Bellof Eje Elgh Roberto Guerrero Alain Ferté Beppe Gabbiani |
Teams' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Maurer Motorsport was a German
Racing history
Works and privateer Maurers competed in the European Formula Two Championship from 1979 to 1983.
Maurer, on behalf of Mampe, had sponsored the
For 1980, Maurer recruited Eje Elgh, who had some experience of the series previously and Austrian driver Markus Höttinger.[2] Results did not initially improve and there were setbacks after Höttinger was killed at Hockenheim when he was hit by a wheel which had become detached from a crashed car[2] and Elgh broke an arm in a testing accident.[2] However, Elgh brought some technical staff from his previous team, Chevron, and by mid-season the car (designated MM80) was more competitive, driven by substitute drivers, Beppe Gabbiani and Helmut Henzler.
For
Towards the end of 1981, Brunner began work on a Cosworth-engined Formula One design for Maurer, but the project was abandoned after Stefan Bellof joined for 1982 and the team became more successful in Formula 2 again.[3]
In 1982, Elgh departed in the hope of a Formula One career and the team recruited Bellof and Gabbiani as the main drivers. Helped by a controversial system which locked the car down at high speed in a similar fashion to the Lotus 88 Formula One car,[2] Bellof won the first two races but a series of protests and reliability problems hampered the rest of the season.[2] Bellof and Gabbiani finished fourth and fifth in the championship respectively.
Complete European Formula Two results
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Chassis | Engine(s) | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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1979 | Maurer MM1 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL
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MUG | PAU | HOC | ZAN
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PER | MIS
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DON | ||
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DNS | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | Ret | ||||||||||
1980 | Maurer MM80 | BMW | THR | HOC | NÜR | VAL
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PAU | SIL | ZOL
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MUG | ZAN
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PER | MIS
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HOC | ||
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Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
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Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||
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Ret | 11 | 6 | 13 | 7 | Ret | ||||||||||
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Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
1981 | Maurer MM81 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL
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MUG | PAU | PER | SPA | DON | MIS
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MAN | ||
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18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 17 | ||||
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Ret | 10 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | ||||
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5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
1982 | Maurer MM82 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | MUG | VAL
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PAU | SPA | HOC | DON | MAN | PER | MIS
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1 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 5 | |||
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3 | 5 | 4 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 3 | |||
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8 | Ret | 18 | |||||||||||||
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17 | |||||||||||||||
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14 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | Ret | ||||||||
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1983 | Maurer MM83 | BMW | SIL | THR | HOC | NÜR | VAL
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PAU | JAR
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DON | MIS
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PER | ZOL
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MUG | ||
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4 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DSQ | 2 | 7 | DNS | Ret | 7 | ||||||
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Ret | 14 | 12 | 5 | 14 | DSQ | 5 | Ret | ||||||||
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Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||
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8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 8 | |||||
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Ret |
References
- ^ "Die Stefan Bellof Website". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Watkins, Gary (September 2004). "Young gifted and black". Motor Sport magazine. p. 86. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "Grand Prix cars that never raced". 8w.forix.com. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2015.