A few weeks ago Formula E announced that it would be adopting a new Safety Car for the 2022 season. You can read that story at this link. It seems that it isn’t the only series with a new pace car. This week BMW pulled the wraps off its new MotoGP Safety Car, the BMW M2 CS Racing.

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Track ready

The BMW M2 CS Racing is a customer racing car that is built by the company’s in-house performance arm: BMW Motorsport. To use a racecar as the new MotoGP Safety Car is unique, but it makes complete sense when you think about it.

The M2 CS Racing already has a mechanical limited-slip differential with separate cooling, motorsport-tuned ABS along with ZF Sachs dampers, adjustable anti-roll bars and new engine mounts, among others. In addition there is a full suite of safety items in place. All the car needed for its new role is a bespoke decal set and additional lighting.

The new MotoGP Safety Car is powered by the same 3,0-litre inline six as the road car. This twin-turbocharged unit develops up to 331 kW in race trim, depending on what series it competes in. Click here to read about our drive of the BMW M2 CS at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit.

Family affair

This isn’t BMW’s first Safety Car for the series. BMW has provided support vehicles to MotoGP since 1999. The fleet presently consists of an M3 Competition, M4 Competition, M5 CS, M8 Competition Gran Coupé, an X5 M Competition Medical Car, and two BMW M 1000 RR Safety Bikes in the paddock. The new MotoGP Safety Car will start its duties at the opening round of the season on March 6 at the Grand Prix of Qatar

Watch our BMW M4 Competition video review at this link.