2020 MotoE World Cup explained

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 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.

TeamRiderRounds
Avant Ajo MotoEalign=center 66 Niki Tuuli[2] All
Avintia Esponsorama Racing18 Xavi Cardelús[3] All
51 Eric GranadoAll
Dynavolt Intact GP77 Dominique AegerterAll
EG 0,0 Marc VDS63 Mike Di MeglioAll
LCR E-Team7 Niccolò CanepaAll
10 Xavier SiméonAll
Pons Racing 4040 Jordi Torres[4] All
OCTO Pramac MotoE15 Alex de AngelisAll
16 Joshua HookAll
27 Mattia CasadeiAll
Openbank Aspar Team6 María HerreraAll
55 Alejandro MedinaAll
Tech3 E-Racing35 Lukas TulovicAll
70 Tommaso MarconAll
TRENTINO Gresini MotoE11 Matteo FerrariAll
61All
WithU Motorsport84 Jakub Kornfeil[5] All

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] 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]

RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit
119 July Gran Premio Red Bull de EspañaCircuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
226 July Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucía
313 September Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini
419 September
510 October SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de FranceBugatti 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:

RoundOriginal dateGrand PrixCircuit
Cancelled races:
28 June Dutch TTTT Circuit Assen, Assen
Confirmed events, removed from MotoE schedule:
16 August Austrian motorcycle Grand PrixRed Bull Ring, Spielberg
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.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

RoundGrand PrixPole positionFastest lapWinning riderWinning team
1 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prixdata-sort-value="GRA" Eric Granadodata-sort-value="GRA" Eric Granadodata-sort-value="GRA" Eric Granadodata-sort-value="AVI" nowrap Avintia Esponsorama RacingReport
2 Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prixdata-sort-value="AEG" nowrap Dominique Aegerterdata-sort-value="GRA" Eric Granadodata-sort-value="AEG" nowrap Dominique Aegerterdata-sort-value="DYN" Dynavolt Intact GPReport
3 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prixdata-sort-value="FER" Matteo Ferraridata-sort-value="SUZ" nowrap Dominique Aegerterdata-sort-value="FER" Matteo Ferraridata-sort-value="TRE" Trentino Gresini MotoEReport
4data-sort-value="TOR" Jordi Torresdata-sort-value="ANG" Alex de Angelisdata-sort-value="AEG" Dominique Aegerterdata-sort-value="DYN" Dynavolt Intact GPReport
data-sort-value="TOR" Jordi Torresdata-sort-value="FER" Matteo Ferraridata-sort-value="TRE" Trentino Gresini MotoE
5 French motorcycle Grand Prixdata-sort-value="TOR" Jordi Torresdata-sort-value="TUU" Niki Tuulidata-sort-value="TOR" Jordi Torresdata-sort-value="PON" Pons Racing 40Report
data-sort-value="TUU" Niki Tuulidata-sort-value="TUU" Niki Tuulidata-sort-value="AVA" Avant Ajo MotoE

Cup standings

Scoring systemPoints 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 
Points252016131110987654321
Pos.RiderSPA
ANC
RSM
EMI
FRA
Pts
1 Jordi Torres6242P3F1P6114
2 Matteo Ferrari2Ret1P31Ret597
3 Dominique Aegerter31P3F11614497
4 Mike Di Meglio1076Ret62275
5 Mattia Casadei53542Ret1374
6 Niki Tuuli11DNS1713123F1F53
7 Eric Granado113F10Ret76Ret53
8 Joshua Hook98188Ret4352
9 Niccolò Canepa1351164Ret751
10 Xavier Siméon892Ret14Ret845
11 Lukas Tulovic4612Ret15101139
12WDRet710591237
13 Alejandro Medina7Ret13798Ret36
14 Alex de Angelis1748RetF8121435
15 Xavi Cardelús141014910111034
16 Tommaso Marcon12Ret95Ret5Ret33
17 María Herrera15111511117933
18 Jakub Kornfeil1612161213131515
Pos.RiderSPA
ANC
RSM
EMI
FRA
Pts
Source:[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-10-11. Torres crowned 2020 World Cup winner, Tuuli wins Race 2. 2020-10-12. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. en.
  2. News: MotoE 2020: Alle Fahrer, alle Teams - das neue Starterfeld. 13 December 2019. 15 December 2019. Motorsport-Magazine.com. DE.
  3. News: Cardelus joins Avintia Esponorama for 2020 MotoE season. 3 December 2019. 3 December 2019. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
  4. News: Torres replaces Gibernau at Pons in MotoE. Haydn. Cobb. 14 December 2019. 14 December 2019. Crash.net.
  5. News: Jakub Kornfeil to replace Smith in MotoE. 29 June 2020. 29 June 2020. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
  6. News: FIM Enel MotoE World Cup: Race 2 grid changes. motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2020. 19 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Provisional 2020 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup calendar unveiled . 23 September 2019 . motogp.com . Dorna Sports . 2 December 2019.
  8. Web site: MotoE calendar change: Le Mans replaced by Valencia. 12 December 2019. motogp.com . Dorna Sports. 14 December 2019.
  9. Web site: 2020 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup calendar confirmed. 11 June 2020. motogp.com . Dorna Sports. 11 June 2020.
  10. Web site: Red Bull Gran Premio de España postponed. 26 March 2020. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. en. 26 March 2020.
  11. Web site: MotoGP's Dutch TT at Assen postponed amid coronavirus pandemic. Duncan. Lewis. 2020-04-23. Autosport.com. en. 2020-04-24.
  12. Web site: German, Dutch and Finnish Grands Prix cancelled. 29 April 2020. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. en. 2020-04-29.
  13. Web site: 2020 Standings. motogp.com. en. 11 October 2020. 17 April 2023.