Ku qor sii wadida sadarkan - Sannadihii 1960-yadii, Formula One German Grand Prix waxaa badanaa lagu qabtay isla mar ahaanta tartan Formula Two isla wadada, taasoo u oggolaaneysa gawaarida BMW F2 inay ka qayb qaataan. Sanadkii 1967
, BMW waxay soo gashay Hubert Hahne oo wata Lola F2 chassis oo ay ku shaqeeyaan matoor BMW ah oo la ballaariyay taas oo macnaheedu yahay inay waafaqsan tahay xeerarka Formula One, halka David Hobbs uu galay Lola isla isku darka oo leh matoorka BMW ee caadiga ah. Tartanka 1968, Hahne wuxuu ku soo laabtay isku darka sanadkii hore wuxuuna dhammeeyay kaalinta tobnaad, natiijada ugu wanaagsan ee BMW ilaa waqtigan taariikhda Formula One. BMW waxay ka dib soo gashay seddex ka mid ah 269 F2 chassis ee u gaarka ah tartanka 1969, saddexda qof ee Hahne, Gerhard Mitter iyo Dieter Quester, laakiin Mitter ayaa si xun ugu dhaawacmay shil tababar waxaana kooxda inteeda kale ka baxday tartanka.