BMW has been a long-time supporter of MotoGP. The company has been providing the safety car for the two-wheel series for many years now. Check out the latest MotoGP safety car at this link. Well, BMW is making good use of the relationship as the M4 and M4 GT3 debut at this coming weekend’s event. The winner of the event will be honoured with an exclusive BMW M4 Coupe; not too shabby.

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As part of a double-header, MotoGP will take place at the same track as it did last weekend, the Red Bull Ring in Austria. BMW has taken naming rights for round two calling it the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria. The upcoming BMW M4 and BMW M4 GT3 will be shown with a camouflage livery designed specifically for the occasion, as their final designs will not be revealed until a later date. The M4, and its M3 twin are scheduled to be shown in September. As you can see, the contentious large kidney grilles that were first seen in the 4 Series Coupe are also applied to the M4’s nose.

The BMW M3 and M4 Coupe will be available in two performance versions. An ‘entry-level’ variant with 353 kW and a six-speed manual transmission and a Competition model with 375 kW and an eight-speed automatic transmission will be offered in both body styles. The newly developed straight six-cylinder will also be used in the BMW M4 GT3 in numerous GT series worldwide. You can read more about the upcoming M3 and M4, and see it in action, at this link.

In his own words

“I am very pleased we are able to present both the new BMW M4 Coupe and the new BMW M4 GT3 together here. As title sponsor of the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria and long-term partner of MotoGP organiser Dorna Sports, I cannot think of a better place to hold this special premiere. The BMW M4 Coupe and its motorsport counterpart BMW M4 GT3 are the icons of the BMW M GmbH and prime examples of the technology transfer from motorsport to series production – and back again. From the outset, both vehicles were developed parallel to each other, so they both have the same genes,” says Markus Flasch, CEO of the BMW M GmbH, who himself completed the first laps on the Red Bull Ring in the BMW M4 Coupe.

Read an exclusive interview with Flasch by clicking here.