2020 MotoE World Cup

2020 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 2020 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2020FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycle racing, and was a support series 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.

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 series-specified Energica Ego Corsa.

Team No. Rider Rounds Avant Ajo MotoE 66 Niki Tuuli [2] All Avintia Esponsorama Racing 18 Xavi 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 Replacement rider

Rider changes

• Xavi Cardelús joined Avintia Esponsorama Racing to replace Xavier Siméon, who moved to LCR E-Team replacing Randy de Puniet.
• Dominique Aegerter made his MotoE debut with Dynavolt Intact GP replacing Jesko Raffin, who returned to a full-time entry in Moto2.
• Jordi Torres replaced Sete Gibernau at Pons Racing 40.
• Alejandro Medina joined Openbank Aspar Team to replace Nicolás Terol.
• Lukas Tulovic and Tommaso Marcon replaced Kenny Foray and Héctor Garzó at Tech3 E-Racing.
• Alessandro Zaccone replaced compatriot Lorenzo Savadori at Trentino Gresini MotoE.
• Jakub Kornfeil replaced Bradley Smith at WithU Motorsport shortly before the season start, as Smith returned to MotoGP to replace the suspended Andrea Iannone at Aprilia Gresini. ^[5]

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] Only the pole rider of the first race of a weekend is credited with a pole position; the polesitter for the second race is not officially recorded for the rider.

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
	20 September
5	10 October	SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
	11 October

Cancelled Grands Prix

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	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
Confirmed events, removed from MotoE schedule:
–	16 August	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
–	14 November	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	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 Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Matteo Ferrari [lower-alpha 1]	Dominique Aegerter	Matteo Ferrari	Trentino Gresini MotoE	Report
4	Emilia Romagna and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Jordi Torres	Alex de Angelis	Dominique Aegerter	Dynavolt Intact GP	Report
			Jordi Torres	Matteo Ferrari	Trentino Gresini MotoE
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Jordi Torres	Niki Tuuli	Jordi Torres	Pons Racing 40	Report
			Niki Tuuli	Niki Tuuli	Avant Ajo MotoE

Cup standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had 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 6 114 2 Matteo Ferrari 2 Ret 1P 3 1 Ret 5 97 3 Dominique Aegerter 3 1P 3F 1 16 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 1P F 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 Xavi 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 Source: [15]

Race key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap Rider key Colour Meaning Light blue Rookie rider

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

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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.
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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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