Casey Stoner had a very productive weekend winning himself a very tasty bit of BMW kit in the form of a limited release 135i Coupé known as the BMW Sauber F1 Edition. He won the car by virtue of topping the time sheets in the MotoGP ‘BMW M Award’ qualifying shootout at the Jerez circuit in Spain.
Stoner’s time of 1:38.646s was 0.719 seconds faster than the next best time, which was set by Valentino Rossi. Both men are enjoying a productive preseason and are looking forward to the first race of the MotoGP season which will take place in Qatar (10-12 April).
At the end of the year the ‘BMW M Award’ will see a BMW M3 go to the rider with the best qualifying times throughout the 2009 season.
Details of the 135i BMW Sauber F1 Edition are scarce—is it just a few stickers, of have the Sauber lads had a decent old tinker under the skin? I can tell you that only 135 of the cars have been made, which, coincidentally matches the number of points the BMW Sauber team scored during the 2008 F1 season. I’m, on the lookout for information, but if you hear of anything please post it in the comments section below.
[Source: MotoGP.com | Thanks to Sean for the tip.]