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People

# Jochen Neerpasch

Motorsport manager and first head of BMW Motorsport GmbH

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Krefeld, Germany, 1939 |
| Nationality | German |

Unknown photographer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons

The record

First head of BMW Motorsport GmbH, credited in the register for the BMW 3.0 CSL and M1 programmes.

BMW Motorsport GmbH was established on 1 May 1972 with Neerpasch as head of its initial 35-person specialist team. He had previously been a Porsche works driver and Ford's head of motorsport.

The register credits him with leading the BMW 3.0 CSL and M1 programmes. BMW records that the fuel-injected second stage of the 3.0 CSL was developed under Neerpasch, while the M1 programme led to the Procar series when homologation timing changed.

### Motorsport as an ideas workshop

BMW describes Neerpasch as treating BMW Motorsport not simply as a racing department, but as an ideas workshop for the company.

The house

[![BMW](https://hiconium.dev/images/marques/bmw.svg)](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/bmw)

Credited through BMW Motorsport GmbH.

In the register

## 2 files carry this name

- [BMW 3.0 CSL Managing director and motorsport programme lead · BMW Motorsport GmbH 1972–1975 €600k 1972–1975 €600k Rating 89.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bmw/3-0-csl)
- [BMW M1 Programme leader · BMW Motorsport GmbH 1978–1981 €650k 1978–1981 €650k Rating 90.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bmw/m1)

The files above are the register's own record of this name. [The people index](https://hiconium.dev/people) holds everyone the register credits.

Sources

- [bmw-m.com](https://www.bmw-m.com/de/topics/about-bmw-m-gmbh/people.html)
- [bmw-m.com](https://www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/magazine-article-pool/bmw-3-0-csl.html)
- [bmwgroup-classic.com](https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-2759-1.the-pioneering-days.html)
- [driverdb.com](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jochen-neerpasch)