THE FASTEST MOTO GP RIDERS 2006 WILL RECEIVE A BMW Z4 M ROADSTER AND A BMW Z4 M COUPE

Munich. Riders with the fastest time on the racing circuit will be rewarded
with a fast car to take home with them. This year, BMW is donating two awesome
new M automobiles, the BMW M Award, as prizes for the best MotoGP riders
participating in the Motorcycle Road Racing World Championship. The rider
achieving fastest time in the MotoGP tests being held in Barcelona/Spain on 5
March 2006 will win a BMW Z4 M Roadster. A BMW Z4 M Coupe will go to the MotoGP
rider with the fastest overall time from all qualifying rounds at the last
world championship leg in Valencia/Spain on October 29.

Moreover, BMW will again be supplying the Safety Cars for the Motorcycle Road
Racing World Championship for the next four years, thereby continuing its
commitment which began in 1999. In addition to four further BMW automobiles, a
BMW M5 and an M6, both delivering 507 bhp and driven by professionals, will
constitute a fast-moving and eye-catching escort to the MotoGP, an event
comprising17 races seen by an average of more than 300 million television
viewers worldwide and up to 250,000 spectators lining the circuit.

Furthermore, BMW will be supplying the Dorna company, organiser of this world
championship race, with a larger fleet of additional BMW models for
organisational purposes. Our press photo shows Professor Ulrich Bruhnke
(right), chief executive of the BMW M GmbH, handing over the BMW Safety Cars to
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta in Jerez/Spain.