Jagermeister

Note: all the photos unless noted belong to the same car that does not exist anymore today

Below: 1000km Nurburing in June

Below: 24 hours Nurburing in June

Below: 6 hours Nurburing

Right side damaged

Below: Nurburing in June or July

Joisten at the steering wheel

Below: Spa 1973

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours

1973 Spa 24 Hours: Joisten was leading at the time, co-driving with Brian Muir. Roger Dubos (Alfa ) collided with Joisten's BMW, and was killed instantly as well as
Hans-Peter Joisten.

An identical steering wheel

Other BMW E9s raced with the sponsorship of Jegermeister. The cars that you see nowadays with this livery are either other E9s or tribute cars.

History: Jägermeister concluded a partnership agreement with Alpina in 1973. The Jägermeister coupé was driven by Niki Lauda, who then began his fantastic career in Ferrari’s Formula 1 team in the following year (1974). Wins by Lauda and his co-driver Hans-Peter Joisten in the Jägermeister BMW in 1973 included the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring and third place in the Touring Cars Grand Prix. The Jägermeister BMW was completely destroyed in July 1973 when Hans-Peter Joisten suffered a fatal accident in this car in the Spa 24-hour race. Niki Lauda was able to lap the Northern Loop, which is 22.8 km long, in the superb record time of 8:17 minutes. Which is faster than all the BMW and Ford works cars. In the 1973 season, the Alpina 3.0 CSL (like the BMW works cars) initially had a 3.3 litre six-cylinder engine delivering around 360 hp at 7800 rpm. Alpina subsequently increased the capacity to 3.6 litres and achieved 372 hp (at 8100 rpm). Niki Lauda delivered glittering performances in the Alpina BMW CSL in the 1973 season. He won the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring (supported by his co-driver H.P. Joisten). Lauda drove a sensational record lap of 8:17.3 minutes in the Touring Car Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. In its top version, Jägermeister’s Alpina with its 3.6 litre M 52/2 engine provided around 380 hp at 8200 rpm. Top speed: around 290 km/h.

Races:

1. In prior 1973 races, BMW Alpina were mostly white. We can assume they were not the car described in this page

2. June 22, 1973, 24 hours Nurburing:

   1. Team: Alpina-Racing Team

   2. Race number: 29

   3. Sponsor: Jägermeister

   4. Pilots: Niki Lauda/Hans-Peter Joisten

   5. Result: Win

   6. Record: record lap of 8:17.3 minutes

   7. Grid:

   8. Tires:

3. June 27, 1973, 1000km Nurburing :

   1. Team: Alpina-Racing Team

   2. Race number: 70

   3. Sponsor: Jägermeister

   4. Pilots: Niki Lauda (A)/Brian Muir (AUS)

   5. Result: did not participate

   6. Grid: accident during practice

   7. Tires:

   8. Other E9s: many

4. July 8th, 1973, 6 hours Nurburing:

   1. Team: Jagermeister Racing Team

   2. Race number: 15

   3. Sponsor: Jägermeister

   4. Pilots: Niki Lauda (A)/Hans-Peter Joisten (B)

   5. Result: 3rd (4 laps behind the winner)

   6. Grid: 1st (8:17.800)

   7. Tires: Dunlop

   8. Other E9s: many

5. Spa:

   1. Team: BMW Alpina

   2. Race number: 21

   3. Sponsor: Jägermeister

   4. Pilots: Brian Muir (AUS)/Hans-Peter Joisten (B)listed, never drove: Niki Lauda (A)

   5. Result: DNF, fatal accident

   6. Grid: 2nd (3:52.300)

   7. Tires: Dunlop

   8. Other E9s: many

Solido BMW 30 CSL diecast
in Spa livery

Below: other Jagermeister cars

BMW 2800 CS 2202572
Genuine 2800CS

BMW 30 CSL 2275204
Tribute

BMW 30 CSL 2275533
Tribute

Owner:

1. Alpina

Reference / Thank you / Credits:

https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/niki-lauda-drives-his-‘old’-3-0-csl.29051/

John Pantel

https://forums.autosport.com/topic/32062-tragedy-of-1973-spa-24h-race/

https://www.racingsportscars.com

https://www.72stagpower.com/en/the-legends/bmw-3-0-csl/

All credits where credit is due