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Marc Márquez has once again turned raw speed into garage gold, sealing the 2025 BMW M Award and adding a brand-new BMW M2 CS to his growing collection of performance machinery. The Spaniard’s latest success extends his unmatched record in the qualifying-focused contest, taking his tally to eight BMW M Award victories after his previous run of seven straight wins from 2013 to 2019. The keys to the compact powerhouse were handed over in Valencia following the final qualifying session of the season, marking a fitting reward for a year in which Márquez reasserted his authority in MotoGP.
His return to form in 2025 has been emphatic. Márquez wrapped up the world championship with several rounds to spare, securing the title in Japan at round 17 of 22. Over the course of the season, he stacked up eight pole positions and a further five front-row starts, building such a buffer in the BMW M Award standings that even a late shoulder injury – which sidelined him from the final four races – could not derail his campaign. He ended the year on 351 points, just ahead of his brother Álex, underlining how consistently he converted qualifying pace into top-grid slots.
For BMW M, Márquez’s latest success strengthens a long-standing bond between the brand and MotoGP. Since 2003, the BMW M Award has been reserved for the rider who delivers the sharpest one-lap pace across the season, with legends such as Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Francesco Bagnaia all having taken home high-performance M cars as their reward. The 2025 edition confirms Márquez as the benchmark qualifier of his era, and once again showcases BMW M’s role as Official Car of MotoGP, supplying safety cars and support vehicles as well as the coveted end-of-year driver’s prize.
This year’s trophy is the latest BMW M2 CS, a compact coupe engineered to feel as focused as a race bike on a perfect lap. Under the bonnet sits a straight-six engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology, delivering 390 kW/530 hp to the rear wheels through an 8-speed M Steptronic transmission with Drivelogic. The M2 CS sprints from rest to 100 km/h in just 3.8 seconds, while extensive carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic components in the roof, bonnet and interior help to trim weight and sharpen responses. With its beefed-up bodywork, wider stance and track-ready chassis tuning, it is a suitably serious piece of kit for a rider who lives at the cutting edge of braking markers and apexes.
Márquez has already joked that his brother will get a turn behind the wheel, but there is no doubt who truly earned this compact missile. After a season that combined relentless pace with resilience in the face of injury, the BMW M2 CS stands as both a reward and a reminder of his standards. With the winter break approaching and recovery underway, Márquez has made his intentions clear: to defend his world title in 2026 and remain the reference point in qualifying – keeping his rivals under pressure on Saturday, and his fleet of BMW M Award cars growing in the process.
