The BMW M Award It is already a tradition within the MotoGP scene. This is the name given to the award given by the German manufacturer to the driver who performs best in the rankings during the season and consists of one of the BMW M sports cars. In recent years this award had its own name, as Marc Márquez has a collection in the garage after getting seven in a row. He now changes hands and it is another pilot who takes a brand new BMW M3 Touring.
The sports family has been the prize that has been Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia for being the best poleman of the 2022 MotoGP season. The Italian has managed to consecrate himself as world champion ahead of Fabio Quartararo and has also been the one who pole position has achieved with five of them. Altogether, she has added 293 points in the rankingswhich puts him 11 points ahead of Jorgen Martín and makes him worthy of the BMW M3 Touring, which was the first time he appeared in this scene.
It is the first time that BMW has officially made an M in the compact family body and it served as the perfect celebration of the half a century of the sports division. Bagnaia will take this jewel to the garage, which moves thanks to the 3.0-liter in-line six-cylinder turbo engine, reaching a power of 510 hp and 650 Nm of torque. It can only be linked to the M Steptronic automatic transmission and the M xDrive all-wheel drive, achieving extraordinary performance. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds, from 0 to 200 km/h in 12.9 seconds and has a top speed of 280 km/h.
During the presentation of this coveted award, the BMW M Award for the upcoming 2023 MotoGP season was also revealed. And it made all the sense in the world that it was the new BMW M2, the most purist coupe in the current range. It was the first time that it appeared in Spain with that controversial aesthetic and with those characteristics that make it so unique. The BMW M2 also has the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder block under the hood, albeit with 460 hp and 550 Nm of torque. Enough to achieve good performance and also offering the possibility of mounting a manual gearbox for those more traditional.
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