The team was started by Alexander von Falkenhausen, who was in the 1930s an important engineer in the development of BMW's model 328, along with Alfred Boning, Ernst Loof and Fritz Fiedler.
O equipo foi fundado por Alexander von Falkenhausen, que era na década de 1930 un importante enxeñeiro no desenvolvemento do modelo 328 de BMW, xunto con Alfred Boning, Ernst Loof e Fritz Fiedler.