Το πρωί μπορεί να είδαμε τις πρώτες ζωντανές φωτογραφίες του BMW 1-Series M Coupe Safety Car για το MotoGP του 2011, και το απόγευμα η BMW έδωσε όλες τις λεπτομέρειες του. Στιλιστικά φορά τα χαρακτηριστά αυτοκόλλητα, διαθέτει νέο μπροστά spoiler, μεγάλη αεροτομή, μαύρες ζάντες, μαύρες απολήξεις εξατμίσεων, καπό με εισαγωγές αέρα και μαύρη γρίλια.
Μηχανικά οι μόνες αλλαγές εντοπίζονται στη νέα σπορ εξάτμιση τιτανίου της Akrapovic, στη νέα ανάρτηση και στα δυνατότερα φρένα ενώ έχει χάσει βάρος αφού διαθέτει πολλά κομμάτια από carbon και πολυκαρβονικό υλικό. Στο εσωτερικό έχει τοποθετηθεί roll cage, ένα ζευγάρι sport bucket καθισμάτων καθώς και ζώνες 6 σημείων. Η σεζόν του MotoGP ξεκινά αυτή τη Κυριακή 20 Μαρτίου με το Grand Prix του Κατάρ όπου η 1Μ MotoGP Safety Car θα κάνει ντεμπούτο. 40 υπέροχες φωτογραφίες και δελτίο τύπου στη συνέχεια.
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BMW 1 Series M Coupe to serve as MotoGP Safety Car.
Munich. The motorcycle road racing world championship – or MotoGP – ranks among the world’s most popular and spectacular sporting events. The involvement of BMW M GmbH in motorcycle racing’s top-echelon event now enters its 13th year. To ensure the safety of the practice runs and the race itself, BMW M GmbH is providing the official Safety Car along with a raft of other high-performance vehicles for use by the Dorna Sports management team and IRTA officials.
At the curtain raiser on 19th March, the BMW 1 Series M Coupe will for the first time be deployed as the official Safety Car for the MotoGP events – in advance of its market launch late in April. The BMW Safety Car is a one-off built by BMW M GmbH specifically for this race series. Only the 250 kW/340 hp straight-six M TwinPower Turbo engine and the entire drivetrain were taken over unchanged from the production model.
In the interests of weight optimisation, the BMW Safety Car comes with a carbon fibre-reinforced bonnet featuring additional large air vents, as well as polycarbonate side and rear windows. A special lightweight titanium race exhaust system not only saves weight but also delivers a captivating sound for the benefit of the spectators. Complementing the discreet spoiler lip on the boot lid there is now an adjustable rear wing to provide the requisite downforce. On the Safety Car the aerodynamically honed front apron with its precisely defined air ducting, including Air Curtains, features an additional splitter integrated on the underside of the apron.
The interior of the BMW Safety Car is a model of uncompromising purism. A rollover cage bolted behind the B-pillar, the absence of rear seats, two racing bucket seats with 6-point safety belts, an M steering wheel in alcantara and a fire extinguisher are all standard in the Safety Car.
The suspension technology of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe was specially adapted for the Safety Car. Its high-performance suspension system boasts an adjustable race track set-up that includes a sports-tuned chassis in which the dampers are independently adjustable for bump and rebound. The BMW Safety Car runs on 19-inch mixed tyres measuring 255/35 at the front and 285/30 at the rear. Vehicle height is variably selectable and the camber of the front and rear axle can be altered to suit the circuit topography. The braking system of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, already designed for extremely high demands, is replaced in the Safety Car with a six-piston fixed-calliper racing brake system.
The deployment of the brand-new BMW 1 Series M Coupe Safety Car marks the continuation of BMW M GmbH’s successful partnership – begun in 1999 – with Dorna Sports, the organisers of the MotoGP World Championship. With a fleet of eight vehicles, BMW is supporting the safe running of the motorcycle world championship in the current race season. As well as the official BMW 1 Series M Coupe Safety Car, this year sees two further reserve Safety Cars from BMW M GmbH present at the track: a BMW X6 M and a BMW M3. In addition, the organising team has been given a BMW X5 M for the Safety Officer and a BMW ActiveHybrid X6 for the stewards. On call this season as a Medical Car is a BMW 535i Touring. There will also be two Safety Bikes contributing to the safe running of race weekends: a BMW S 1000 RR and a BMW HP2 Sport. The ceremonial handover of the vehicles took place at BMW M in Garching-Hochbrück on 28th February 2011. It was on this occasion that Dr Kay Segler, Director of BMW M GmbH, and Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO Dorna Sports, made an advance announcement that the successful partnership would be extended until 2016, before sealing the agreement in a signing ceremony.
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