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 Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship 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 six. 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.
Teams and riders All teams used the series-specified Energica Ego Corsa. TeamRiderRounds Avant Ajo MotoE66 Niki TuuliAll Avintia Esponsorama Racing18 Xavier CardelúsAll51 Eric GranadoAll Dynavolt Intact GP77 Dominique AegerterAll EG 0,0 Marc VDS63 Mike Di MeglioAll LCR E-Team7 Niccolò CanepaAll10 Xavier SiméonAll Pons Racing 4040 Jordi TorresAll OCTO Pramac MotoE15 Alex de AngelisAll16 Joshua HookAll27 Mattia CasadeiAll Openbank Aspar Team6 María HerreraAll55 Alejandro MedinaAll Tech3 E-Racing35 Lukas TulovicAll70 All TRENTINO Gresini MotoE11 Matteo FerrariAll61All WithU Motorsport84 Jakub KornfeilAllKeyRegular rider
Rider changes Xavier 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.
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. 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; an additional race was added in December 2019, when a double-header in Valencia replaced the single French race.
As a revised schedule was released in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following Grands Prix took place in 2020.
RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit119 July Gran Premio Red Bull de EspañaCircuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera226 July Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucía313 September Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini419 September510 October Shark Helmets Grand Prix de FranceBugatti Circuit, Le Mans11 October
Cancelled Grands Prix The following rounds were cancelled or were removed from the updated MotoE schedule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Original dateGrand PrixCircuitCancelled event28 June Dutch TTTT Circuit Assen, AssenConfirmed events, removed from MotoE schedule16 August Austrian motorcycle Grand PrixRed Bull Ring, Spielberg15 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. Its date was later set to 19 July. The Dutch TT was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September. It was subsequently cancelled on 29 April. The Austrian and Valencian Community Grand Prix, which were confirmed on the overall MotoGP calendar, were not part of the revised MotoE schedule. The San Marino Grand Prix, which was due to host a double-header round, became a single-header event. A double-header to be held at the same track was added for the following week, as part of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. A second event at Jerez, named after Andalusia, and a double-header at the French Grand Prix, were also added to the revised schedule.
Results and standings Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 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 Dominique Aegerter Matteo Ferrari Trentino Gresini MotoE Report 4 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 Points252016131110987654321
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 1 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 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 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 PtsSource:
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