2020 MotoE World Cup

The 2020 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2020 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycle racing, and part of the 72nd F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The season calendar was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season.

2020 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The season champion was Jordi Torres in his first season in the electric class, after achieving four podium finishes (including one win) and never finishing outside of the top 6. Runners-up Matteo Ferrari and Dominique Aegerter also tallied four podiums including two wins each, but retirements and poor finishes at the remaining races meant that they could not match Torres at the season's final race.[1]

Teams and riders

All teams used the Energica Ego Corsa motorcycles.

Team No. Rider Rounds
Avant Ajo MotoE 66 Niki Tuuli[2] All
Avintia Esponsorama Racing 18 Xavier Cardelús[3] All
51 Eric Granado[2] All
Dynavolt Intact GP 77 Dominique Aegerter[2] All
EG 0,0 Marc VDS 63 Mike Di Meglio[2] All
LCR E-Team 7 Niccolò Canepa[2] All
10 Xavier Siméon[2] All
Pons Racing 40 40 Jordi Torres[4] All
OCTO Pramac MotoE 15 Alex de Angelis[2] All
16 Joshua Hook[2] All
Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse 27 Mattia Casadei[2] All
Openbank Aspar Team 6 María Herrera[2] All
55 Alejandro Medina[2] All
Tech3 E-Racing 35 Lukas Tulovic[2] All
70 Tommaso Marcon[2] All
TRENTINO Gresini MotoE 11 Matteo Ferrari[2] All
61 Alessandro Zaccone[2] All
WithU Motorsport 84 Jakub Kornfeil[5] All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes

Regulation changes

In case two races are held in the same weekend, the E-Pole qualifying session determines the starting grid for Race 1, while the grid for Race 2 features the riders in the order they have finished Race 1, followed by the non-classified riders sorted by qualifying time. Previously, both races were run with the same starting grid, based on E-Pole results.[6]

Calendar

The MotoE provisional calendar, released in September 2019, featured six races in five venues, supporting the Spanish, French, Dutch, Austrian and San Marino Grands Prix—the latter being a double-header;[7] an additional race was added in December 2019, when a double-header in Valencia replaced the single French race.[8]

As a revised schedule was released in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following Grands Prix took place in 2020.[9]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 19 July Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
2 26 July Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucía
3 13 September Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
4 19 September Gran Premio TISSOT dell'Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini
5 20 September
6 10 October SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
7 11 October

The following rounds were cancelled or were removed from the updated MotoE schedule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Round Original date Grand Prix Circuit
Cancelled races:
28 June Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
Confirmed events, removed from MotoE schedule:
16 August myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
14 November Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
15 November

Calendar changes as a reaction to coronavirus pandemic

The season calendar was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season.

  • The Spanish Grand Prix, due to be held on 3 May, was postponed on 26 March.[10] Its date was later set to 19 July.[9]
  • The Dutch TT was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September.[11] It was subsequently cancelled on 29 April.[12]
  • The Austrian and Valencian Community Grand Prix, which were confirmed on the overall MotoGP calendar, were not part of the revised MotoE schedule.[9]
  • The San Marino Grand Prix, which was due to host a double-header round,[7] became a single-header event.[9] A double-header to be held at the same track was added for the following week, as part of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.[9]
  • A second event at Jerez, named after Andalusia, and a double-header at the French Grand Prix, were also added to the revised schedule.[9]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Eric Granado Eric Granado Eric Granado Avintia Esponsorama Racing Report
2 Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix Dominique Aegerter Eric Granado Dominique Aegerter Dynavolt Intact GP Report
3 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix Matteo Ferrari[lower-alpha 1] Dominique Aegerter Matteo Ferrari Trentino Gresini MotoE Report
4 Emilia Romagna and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix Jordi Torres Alex de Angelis Dominique Aegerter Dynavolt Intact GP Report
5 Dominique Aegerter Jordi Torres Matteo Ferrari Trentino Gresini MotoE
6 French motorcycle Grand Prix Jordi Torres Niki Tuuli Jordi Torres Pons Racing 40 Report
7 Jordi Torres Niki Tuuli Niki Tuuli Avant Ajo MotoE

Cup standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Rider SPA
ANC
RSM
EMI
FRA
Pts
1 Jordi Torres 6 2 4 2P 3F 1P 6P 114
2 Matteo Ferrari 2 Ret 1P 3 1 Ret 5 97
3 Dominique Aegerter 3 1P 3F 1 16P 14 4 97
4 Mike Di Meglio 10 7 6 Ret 6 2 2 75
5 Mattia Casadei 5 3 5 4 2 Ret 13 74
6 Niki Tuuli 11 DNS 17 13 12 3F 1F 53
7 Eric Granado 1PF 13F 10 Ret 7 6 Ret 53
8 Joshua Hook 9 8 18 8 Ret 4 3 52
9 Niccolò Canepa 13 5 11 6 4 Ret 7 51
10 Xavier Siméon 8 9 2 Ret 14 Ret 8 45
11 Lukas Tulovic 4 6 12 Ret 15 10 11 39
12 Alessandro Zaccone WD Ret 7 10 5 9 12 37
13 Alejandro Medina 7 Ret 13 7 9 8 Ret 36
14 Alex de Angelis 17 4 8 RetF 8 12 14 35
15 Xavier Cardelús 14 10 14 9 10 11 10 34
16 Tommaso Marcon 12 Ret 9 5 Ret 5 Ret 33
17 María Herrera 15 11 15 11 11 7 9 33
18 Jakub Kornfeil 16 12 16 12 13 13 15 15
Pos. Rider SPA
ANC
RSM
EMI
FRA
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

P – Pole position
F – Fastest lap

Notes

  1. Matteo Ferrari, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding during the previous race.[13] Mattia Casadei started the race from pole position, although Ferrari was still credited with pole position.[14]

References

  1. "Torres crowned 2020 World Cup winner, Tuuli wins Race 2". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "MotoE 2020: Alle Fahrer, alle Teams - das neue Starterfeld". Motorsport-Magazine.com (in German). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. "Cardelus joins Avintia Esponorama for 2020 MotoE™ season". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. Cobb, Haydn (14 December 2019). "Torres replaces Gibernau at Pons in MotoE". Crash.net. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. "Jakub Kornfeil to replace Smith in MotoE™". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. "FIM Enel MotoE World Cup: Race 2 grid changes". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. "Provisional 2020 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup calendar unveiled". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "MotoE™ calendar change: Le Mans replaced by Valencia". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  9. "2020 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup calendar confirmed". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. "Red Bull Gran Premio de España postponed". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  11. Duncan, Lewis (23 April 2020). "MotoGP's Dutch TT at Assen postponed amid coronavirus pandemic". Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  12. "German, Dutch and Finnish Grands Prix cancelled". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. "Ferrari claims E-Pole as Granado gets lap cancelled". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  14. "Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – MotoE – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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