In partnership with Dorna Sports, BMW has released their new MotoGP M5 Safety Car.
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For almost 20 years, BMW M GmbH has partnered with MotoGP organizer Dorna Sports as the “Official Car of MotoGP.” That partnership has yielded some exciting safety cars to control the action during the FIM’s motorcycle road racing World Championship series. At the final race of the 2017 MotoGP season in Valencia, Spain in November, the current official safety car?the BMW M2?will relinquish it’s duties to the new head of the MotoGP support vehicle fleet: the 2018 BMW M5 Safety Car.
?A MotoGP Safety Car faces enormous challenges. It is vital to lead a field of unique, high-performance race prototypes safely through all sorts of conditions,? said Frank van Meel, President of BMW M GmbH. ?Innovative motorsport technology is an essential part of this. The new BMW M5 forms the perfect basis for a safety car, as its technical features ensure perfect handling, even at the limits of driving dynamics?on the road and on the racetrack. Development never stands still in MotoGP, which is always pushing its limits further and further. The same is true for the BMW M GmbH?and the new M5 MotoGP Safety Car is an outstanding example of our pursuit of innovation and maximum levels of performance.? The new BMW M5?and therefore the next MotoGP Official Safety Car?will be the first to utilize BMW M’s newly developed M-specific all-wheel drive M xDrive. Designed to ...