MotoGP World Champion Fabio Quartararo Wins BMW M5 CS For Fastest Qualifier

2021 MotoGP World Champion Fabio Quartararo has walked away with the keys to a BMW M5 CS after picking up the BMW M Award for the fastest qualifier of the MotoGP season.

The Frenchman secured five pole positions throughout the season and ended with 318 points in the BMW M Award standings, beating his closest competitors by 15 points. Quartararo was handed the keys to the car after the season’s final qualifying session in a ceremony with BMW M chief executive Franciscus van Meel and Dorna Sports chief executive Carmelo Ezpeleta.

“It has been a fantastic season for me, winning my first MotoGP World Championship, and my second BMW M Award is the icing on the cake at the end of this special year,” Quartararo said. “I am delighted to have won the BMW M Award again in 2021, having claimed my ‘maiden victory’ last year. I really enjoy driving the BMW M2 CS from the 2020 BMW M Award, and I have to say that the new BMW M5 CS obviously caught my eye as soon as it was presented as this year’s prize car.”

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“The BMW M Award is of great significance to us. MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and it is very important for us to recognize the outstanding performances of the MotoGP riders over the course of the season,” added Franciscus van Meel.

BMW has been presenting the M Award since 2003 for the fastest qualifier of each MotoGP season. Marc Marquez has won the award a record seven times, walking away with two M6s, an M4, an M2, M3 CS, M4 CS, and an X4 M Competition. Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner both have three M Awards to their name.