As announced by Carmelo Ezpeleta himself, 2019 will not only see the contracts of all major MotoGP riders come to an end, but also electric motorcycle races taking place as a prelude to the Grand Prix classics.
After the failure of the “FIM ERoad Racing” world championship set up by the FIM in 2013, Dorna therefore decided to take up the idea on its own and promote it with all its experience in this field.
We already knew the main points: 18 identical electric motorcycles recharged using photovoltaic panels and driven by a panel of drivers mixing current holders of the MotoGP and Moto2 categories, with perhaps the reinforcement of old glories such as Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan, Max Biaggi and Wayne Gardner.
But, something new, the site is generally well informed speedweek has just revealed that contacts have been made with the Italian company Energica,
As you can see by consulting the transalpine site, it already has a given model Energica Ego developing 136 horsepower with a torque of 195 Newton-meters.
All this allows the motorcycles to reach 240 km/h, to go from 0 to 100 km/h in 2,8 seconds, which, thanks to the absence of a gearbox, makes it possible to envisage substantially identical times. to those achieved by Moto2.
The electronics which control all this, and which are generally the most difficult technique to master, are also the pride of the Italian company.
It is not yet certain that Energica will win the MotoGP market but this already gives a good idea of the performances that will be achieved on the circuits in 2019…
