The MotoE World Cup began its pre-season at the Jerez – Ángel Nieto circuit. A pre-season focused exclusively on the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto and scheduled with two training sessions of three days each. The first test took place from Monday until this Wednesday, while the second official test, also scheduled in Jerez, is scheduled for April 11 and 13.
This category of electric motorcycles, which race alongside certain MotoGP Grands Prix, will include 7 events this season. The championship will begin in Jerez, the days of the Spanish Grand Prix, then continue in France, Italy, Holland, Finland, Austria and San Marino, which will close the 2022 season.
For its last year before the arrival of Ducati, Energica presents some significant new features...
« We brought some new components,” Giampiero Testoni, CEO of Energica, told motogp.com these days, “ We changed the transmission and the engine. The feeling in the saddle is now decidedly different, thus improving the weight distribution on the motorcycle, while having a very different handling. »
Spanish Jordi Torres, reigning champion, is one of the main favorites, although he will face strong opposition from drivers such as the Swiss Dominique Aegerter, last year's runner-up, Mattia Casadei, Eric Granado, Bradley Smith, Nicolò Canepa, Matteo Ferrari, all experienced in the category, as well as the Spanish Miquel Pons, the only driver absent from these tests due to a last-minute emergency operation.
Nº4 Héctor Garzó (Tech3 E Racing)
nº6 Maria Herrera (Openbank Aspar Team)
nº7 Niccolò Canepa (Withu GRT RNF Motoe Team)
#11 Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE)
#12 Xavi Fores (Octo Pramac MotoE)
#17 Alex Escrig (Tech3-E-Racing)
nº18 Xavier Cardelús (Avintia Esponsorama Racing)
nº21 Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse)
nº27 Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40)
#34 Kevin Manfredi (Octo Pramac Motoe)
#38 Bradley Smith (Withu GRT RNF Motoe Team)
nº40 Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40)
nº51 Eric Granado (LCR-E Team)
nº70 Marc Alcoba (Openbank Aspar Team)
nº71 Miquel Pons (LCR e-Team)
#72 Alessio Finello (Felo Gresini MotoE)
#77 Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE)
nº78 Hikari Okubo (Before Ajo Motoe).
Swiss rider Dominique Aegerter dominates the first official MotoE World Cup test day.
Monday, after three sessions of 15 minutes in the first and 20 minutes in the second and third, the Swiss driver Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE) was the fastest of the day with a time of 1'48.634. Behind him, the Brazilian Eric Granado achieved a time of 1'48.925, while the third best time of the day was achieved by Matteo Ferrari with a time of 1'49.230. The best Spaniard was Jordi Torres who finished the day in fifth position with a time of 1'49.530. Marc Alcoba was tenth, Héctor Garzó eleventh, Xavi Fores fourteenth and Maria Herrera fifteenth, while the rookie Alex Escrig was sixteenth.
1st session: 1.-Bradley Smith 1.50.116 2.-Dominique Aegerter 1.50.226 3.-Mattia Casadei 1.50.426 4.-Jordi Torres 1.50.487 …..
2nd session: 1.-Eric Granado 1.48.936 2.-Dominique Aegerter 1.49.182 3.-Matteo Ferrari 1.49.230 4.-Jordi Torres 1.49.530….
3rd session: 1.-Dominique Aegerter 1.48.634 2.-Eric Granado 1.48.925 3.-Xavier Cardelus 1.49.529 4.-Matteo Ferrari 1.49.547…
Italian Niccolò Canepa set the fastest time on the second day of official MotoE World Cup testing today in wet conditions.
Unstable weather prevailed during the second day of official testing for the MotoE World Cup, with the presence of light rain during the day which caused a few falls due to the slippery nature of the asphalt.
During this second day of official testing, three sessions of 15 minutes took place in the first and 20 minutes in the second, while the third began with a simulation of the starting procedure and ended with a last session of 15 minutes.
The first morning session was dominated by the Italian driver
Matteo Ferrari who achieved a time of 2'04.730, followed by Niccolò Canepa et Dominique Aegerter. During the second session, which also took place in the rain, it was the Brazilian driver Eric Granado who achieved the best time with a 1'59.306, followed by Matteo Ferrari et Xavier Cardelús with the third beat.
In the last session, the fastest of the day, it was the Italian driver Niccolò Canepa (Withu GRT Motoe) who achieved the best time of the session and therefore of the day, with a best time of 1'58.895. Behind him in the general classification, we find the Spaniard Marc Alcoba with 1'59.084 followed by the Japanese driver Hikari Okubo
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1st session: 1.-Matteo Ferrari 2.04.730 2.-Niccolò Canepa 2.05.379 3.-Dominique Aegerter 2.05.536 ….6.-Jordi Torres 2.08.012 …..
2nd session: 1.-Eric Granado 1.59.306 2.-Matteo Ferrari 1.59.930 3.-Xavier Cardelús 1.59.995 …6.-Jordi Torres 2.01.081
3rd session: 1.-Niccolò Canepa 1.58.895 2.-Marc Alcoba 1.59.084 3.-Hikari Okubo 1.59.233…
Jordi Torres leads the times on the last day of the MotoE test but Dominique Aegerter remains the fastest over all three days.
The sun once again accompanied the MotoE World Cup riders who today completed their first cycle of official pre-season testing at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto. Testing will continue at the same location from April 11-13, almost a fortnight before the Gran Premio Red Bull de España, where the electric motorcycle series' seven-event season will begin at the Jerez circuit.
During this third and final day of testing, only two sessions finally took place, the first and the last, since the second, which was to be a simulacrum of Q1 and Q2 like MotoGP qualifying, ultimately could not be carried out in its entirety for technical reasons.
The first session, which took place under the sun but with numerous traces of humidity in different places on the track, saw 11 drivers set off, the Briton Bradley Smith being the fastest with a time of 1'55.638. Behind him, we find the Italian Nicolò Canepa, who dominated yesterday's session with a time of 1'56.902, while the Spaniard Maria Herrera is third with a lap in 1'59.550. The third session, which took place on a completely dry track, was dominated by the Spaniard Jordi Torres with a time of 1'48.877, the best of the day. The second best time is that of Mattia Casadei with a time of 1'49.060, while the Swiss Dominique Aegerter finished third with a time of 1'49.062.
During the three days of testing, the best overall time was achieved by Dominique Aegerter (1'48.634), followed by Jordi Torres (1'48.878) and Eric Granado (1'48.925).
1st session: 1.-Bradley Smith 1.55.638 2.-Niccolò Canepa 1.56.902 3.-Maria Herrera 1.59.550.
2nd session (same Q1): 1.-Jordi Torres 1.49.807 2.-Kevin Zannoni 1.50.685 3.-Xavi Fores 1.50.690…
3rd session: 1.-Jordi Torres 1.48.877 2.-Mattia Casadei 1.49.060 3.-Dominique Aegerter 1.49.062…
Combined ranking of the three days:
