The 2025 MotoGP round on the race track in America has already developed into a spectacle before a single round was completed. But only a few could have predicted that the first moment of the racing’s overcharge did not come from the Internet—–or even from a motorcycle. Instead, it came from the official MotoGP Safety Car, a brand new G90 BMW M5, which lost control and plowed into the barriers while warming up.
It all started with Marc Márquez, who threw the routine in disorder before the race, when he suddenly put his damp bike on the starting network and sprinted back to the box to grab his dry Spec Honda. Almost a third of the network of his leadership followed within seconds. Racing control had no choice but to throw a red flag and demand a complete restart.
Drift went wrong
But only a few moments later there was more drama, this time with the friendly approval of the support vehicle, to ensure the safety of the drivers. When the new G90 M5 began its demonstration round, things – bookstore – between 14 and 15. According to the film material, which was captured by a fan route, the car began to exaggerate aggressively and held a slide that looked deliberately for a short moment until it was not. The drift promoted in the brake zone for round 15, where the driver seemed to lose it completely. The M5 snapped straight and slammed head -on into the barriers.
The witnesses of Trackside reported that the driver might have had the car in 2WD mode for the rear-loving fun-but still moist with the surface and the tires probably cold, it might have been a recipe for a disaster. Despite the impact, the car managed to hang out under its own performance and later parked in curve 14 near the marshal post. Due to the visible damage, however, many spectators suspect that the car is a total loss.
Déjà vu for BMW?
If this feels familiar, it is because it is not the first time that a BMW M5 kissed a MotoGP barrier. In 2017, the previous generation F90 M5 was also under security car in a similar incident in Grand Prix in the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez.
BMW has been the official auto provider for MotoGP since 1999 and delivered everything from M2S to X5MS and even the breathtaking Z8 Roadster in 2002. This season, BMW released the big weapons with the M5 touring and the new Hybrid M5 Sedan. This week only one of these cars remained intact. [Photo Credit: Cesar de Oliveira]
