The M2 CS Racing, the first racing safety car in the World Championship, will make its debut in Qatar. Celebratory graphics for the 50th anniversary of Bmw M, high visibility lights and 450 Hp engine for the Bavarian monster
Luca Frigerio
February 25
– Milan
On March 6, in Qatar, the traffic lights for the first round of the MotoGP 2022 will officially go off and both teams and riders are ready to start this new racing season. The news, however, does not only concern two-wheelers: in fact, BMW continues to be present on the racing fields of the World Championship and, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the M department, the Munich manufacturer has removed the veils from the new safety car. maximum World Championship of motorcycles: here is the M2 CS Racing.
READY TO RUN
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For the first time in the history of MotoGP safety cars there will be a real racing car. In fact, the BMW M2 CS Racing that will face the reconnaissance laps of the 21 races scheduled this year is the same that is used in the single-make championships of the Bavarian house. Obviously, to make it more recognizable and in compliance with the characteristics required by this type of car, the lights above the roof and inside the bumpers were added (so as to increase the visibility of the car) and impact graphics on the base. white which, in addition to taking up the typical tricolor of the BMW M, creates an effect of concentric semicircles in the style of the logo of the propeller house.
THE BAVARIAN ARMY
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The passenger compartment has been completely lightened with racing seats and controls, racing buttons and the addition of the roll bar to stiffen the structure. To improve the driving dynamics of the M2 CS Racing, the technicians have studied an Abs and a dedicated traction control and, to download all the power to the ground, there is a mechanical limited slip differential. But the beating heart of this four-wheeled monster is the longitudinal six-cylinder in-line with a good 450 hp downloaded to the rear axle. This new safety car with racing DNA will be joined during the championship by the entire Bavarian team made up of M3 Competition, M4 Competition, the Bmw M5 CS, M8 Competition Gran Coupé, X5 M Competition Medical Car and two M 1000 RR Safety Bikes. The i4 M50 closes the army, a 100% electric safety car following the Fim Enel MotoE World Cup.
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