Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I nga tau 1960, ko te Formula One German Grand Prix i whakahaerehia i te wa kotahi me te whakataetae Formula Two i runga i te ara ano, ka taea e nga motuka BMW F2 te whai waahi. I te tau 1967
, I uru a BMW ki a Hubert Hahne i roto i te chassis Lola F2 i whakahaeretia e te miihini BMW kua whakarahihia, ko te tikanga e rite ana ki nga ture Formula One, i te wa i uru a David Hobbs e Lola i roto i te waahanga kotahi me te miihini BMW iti ake. Mo te whakataetae 1968, ka hoki mai a Hahne me te huinga o te tau o mua, ka mutu te tekau, ko te hua pai rawa atu a BMW tae noa ki tenei wa i roto i tana hitori Formula One. Katahi ka uru atu a BMW ki te toru o ona ake 269 F2 chassis mo te whakataetae 1969, mo te tokotoru o Hahne, Gerhard Mitter me Dieter Quester, engari i whara a Mitter i te aitua whakangungu ka wehe te toenga o te roopu mai i te whakataetae.