Good books sell out quickly, including this detailed work about the fascinating "Group 5", which was first published by Petrolpics (the publisher) in 2010. Due to high demand, a 2nd edition has now been produced.
Anyone who is not familiar with this book and goes into raptures about vehicles such as the Porsche 935, BMW 320 Group 5, Zakspeed Capri Turbo or Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo should consider buying this work with a recommendation from us.
"Group 5" is a book that sheds light on the famous motorsport era in an entertaining and very informative way.
The cars of the silhouette formula
Among the most spectacular racing cars are undoubtedly the vehicles of Group 5, the silhouette formula introduced in 1976, which were to retain at least the side profile of their series brothers, but were otherwise subject to very liberal regulations.
After a short and concise intro about the regulations and the racing series, the individual teams and their vehicles are presented chronologically. First the works entries from Porsche, Lancia and BMW, then the teams such as Kremer, Schnitzer, Joest, GS, Zakspeed etc.
Works cars in detail
- Porsche 935
- Lancia Stratos Turbo
- Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo
- BMW Group 5 3.5 CSL
- BMW 320 Group 5
- BMW M1
Team cars in detail
- Kremer-Porsche 935 K1, K2, K3, K3/80 and K4 . The famous liveries of Vaillant, Mampe and of course Jägermeister are of course not missing!
- Faltz-BMW Group 5 3.5 CSL and Jägermeister-Faltz-320 with Hans-Joachim Stuck
- Schnitzer-BMW 320 and Schnitzer-BMW 2002 Turbo (from Krebs/Quester to Klaus Ludwig, from Ertl to Winkelhock to Stuck, all Schnitzer entries are illuminated!)
- Gelo-Porsche: From the Georg Loos converted Porsche 934/5 in 1976 to the Porsche 935 era with Rolf Stommelen in 1977. The Gelo-Porsche raced as the Brumos Porsche in the USA in 1978.
- Zakspeed-Ford: from Armin Hahne's black and yellow Zakspeed Escort to the Capri Turbo and the Super Capri from 1980.
- GS-BMW 320: 4 generation GS Tuning, of course including the Group 5 GS-M1, which was built by Sauber in Switzerland
- Max-Moritz-Porsche: from the 935 and Carrera RSR, both in Jägermeister livery, to Manfred Schurti's victory in the 935 at the 1978 Norisring race
- HAT-BMW 320 and 320 Turbo
- Schnitzer-Toyota Celica: absolutely brilliant pictures from the 1978 season with Rolf Stommelen!
- Joest-Porsche 935 with the famous Liqui Moly livery (white with blue-red stripes)
- GS-Lancia Beta Montecarlo with Hans Heyer
Vehicles in brief portrait
Even if the following vehicles are only briefly described, it is a pleasure to follow the Group 5 cars that were created out of private enthusiasm:
- Evertz-Porsche 1976 by Egon Evertz with three great photos
- Hermetite-BMW 1976 by Holman Blackburn
- De Tomaso Pantera Group 5 1976 by Carlo Pietromarchi and Maurizio Michangeli
- Lancia Stratos Turbo 1976 from the women's team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (with drivers Lella Lombardi and Christine Dacremont)
- Lancia Beta Montecarlo 1980 of the Milan Jolly Club team
- Grab-Ford 1977 (based on a Ford Escort RS 2000) by Bernhard Grab
- Leinberger-Fiat X1/9 1977 by Wolfgang Wolf and 1979 by Giuseppe Piazzi
- K.H. Becker-BMW 320 1977 by Karl-Heinz Becker
- Lotus Europa Group 5 1979 by the reigning racing champion Harald Ertl
- Barbour-Porsche 935 1980 by Dick Barbour
- Vegla-Porsche 935 1981 by Dieter Schornstein from Aachen
Also a book for technology freaks
Even technology fans won't miss out in this book. Three chapters on the inner workings of the silhouette formula inspire thanks to an interesting perspective, namely that of the racing mechanic of the time:
Ex-BMW racing engineer Rainer Bratenstein tells us the background to the creation of the BMW 320 Group 5 car, ex-racing mechanic Michael Sauer tells us about the Kremer-Porsche 935 K4 and ex-Ford racing engineer Thomas Ammerschläger tells us about the Zakspeed-Ford Capri Turbo.
In addition to previously unpublished photos from the workshops, you can also find out all the technical data. Too bad only three such technical chapters were written...
Previously unpublished photos
The selection of photos is truly sensational, and you can often enjoy the magnificent shots in full-page size. The photos tell their own stories, and you quickly lose yourself in these never-before-seen testimonies.
General information
- Book can be ordered here
- German, approx. 320 pages
- Pleasantly thick paper, high-quality printed photos, rich colors
- Author: Harold Schwarz (40 years in motorsport, his third book)
- Publisher: Petrolpics
