Paul Rosche. RIP.

"Rufant" (rufant2) 11/17/2016 at 03:32 • Filed to: None

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Most BMW fans will recognise !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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For those that don’t, here are a few of his greatest hits.

Oh, and then there was this.

Peter Windsor also gives some insight into his departure from BMW in this video about Ron Dennis, getting the boot from Mclaren.

Is there a biography? I feel I’ve read that somewhere, but maybe I’m confusing him with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (which is a great book btw). If anyone knows please sing out.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 03:49

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he will be missed.

Rufant > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/17/2016 at 03:50

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Agreed.

Up late or fellow Aussie?

gmctavish needs more space > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 04:13

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Damn. He designed some of my very favourite engines.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 04:17

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aussie

Rufant > gmctavish needs more space 11/17/2016 at 04:34

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Mine too.

Especially now everything is a twin turbo V8...

moltenwok > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 07:00

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He and his team did some lovely work over the years.

Image: Bimmerfest

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Images: Unixnerd

Matt Nichelson > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 09:01

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Sad to hear. He was an amazing person and one of the best engineers out there. May he rest in peace.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 10:02

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Legend. Always thought it was interesting that the most famous BMW engineer was named. P.Rosche...

RallyWrench > Rufant 11/17/2016 at 12:47

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What a rare talent, and what gifts he gave us. I remember one of the Evo Magazine “greatest driver’s car” tests and they had the well known blue F1. The description of that S72 was glorious, and it ended with the phrase, “someone should get Mr. Rosche out of retirement.”

Rufant > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/17/2016 at 13:18

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Hmmm, never thought about it like that.

Rufant > RallyWrench 11/17/2016 at 13:27

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Yeah I remember that. It had aftermarket exhausts on it and was apparently making even more power than normal. I hope someone, somewhere is still driving an F1 hard and using it just like a regular car. Probably not, but it’s a shame to think of them all locked up.

P.Rosche had a good innings though, he was 82.

I came across a couple of articles celebrating when he turned 80, whilst writing this.

http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2014/04/paul-rosche-at-80-bmw/

http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-rospau.html