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BMW M4 Safety Car Debuts in MotoGP at Qatar Grand Prix

After showing us the brand new Safety Car for the 2014 MotoGP season in online photos, this weekend BMW officials brought the M4 Coupe out for live viewing and live photos at the first race of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha.
BMW M4 Coupe 1 photo
Photo: BMW
This marked the 16th season as “Official Car of MotoGP” for BMW and the continuos collaboration between the Germans and the MotoGP World Championship.

For this is a car that will run with the fastest bikes in the world, special changes were done to it, to better cope with its responsibility as Safety Car. Therefore, the M4 Coupe received a full body wrap with the traditional M stripes and stickers from the sponsors and a light bar on the roof.

Furthermore, a complete M Performance kit was added on the outside including a front bumper lip, new side skirts, new wheels, carbon fibre mirror covers, rear diffuser and blacked out kidney grilles.

Inside, all the seats have been removed and just a pair of Recaro racing seats was added up front, fitted with Schroth belts. To make sure the sound will match the look, the stock exhaust was replaced by an Akrapovic titanium one that sounds more than enticing.

Apart from the M4 Coupe, the competition will also get an M3 Sedan Safety Car from BMW alongside an M5 and two M550d xDrive Touring cars as medical units.

“BMW M is proud to be part of the MotoGP success story for the 16th season running. We are delighted that the BMW M4 Coupé experienced its baptism of fire as a safety car out on the racetrack,” said Thomas Schemera, Director of Sales and Marketing BMW M GmbH.

“Four generations of the BMW M3 have combined motorsport genes and unlimited suitability for daily use into one highly emotional overall concept. The BMW M4 Coupé is a natural progression of these fundamental ideas. We are certain that this model will set new standards with regard to the overall concept, precision and agility,” he added.
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