2022 MotoE World Cup

The 2022 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2022 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycle racing, and was a support series of the 74th F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

This was the last season of Energica being the sole supplier of the World Cup as they withdrew from the Cup after the season, with Ducati taking their place as the new sole manufacturer starting 2023.[1]

Dominique Aegerter clinched the championship after a crash from Eric Granado during race 1 in Misano, his first MotoE crown.

Teams and riders

All teams used the series-specified Energica Ego Corsa.

Team No. Rider Rounds
Avant Ajo MotoE 78 Hikari Okubo All
Avintia Esponsorama Racing 18 Xavier Cardelús 2–3, 5–6
28 Yeray Ruiz 1
10 Unai Orradre 4
Dynavolt Intact GP 77 Dominique Aegerter[2] All
Felo Gresini MotoE 11 Matteo Ferrari[3] All
72 Alessio Finello All
LCR E-Team 51 Eric Granado[4] All
71 Miquel Pons[4] All
Octo Pramac MotoE 12 Xavi Forés All
34 Kevin Manfredi All
Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse 21 Kevin Zannoni[5] All
OpenBank Aspar Team[a] 6 María Herrera All
70 Marc Alcoba All
Pons Racing 40 27 Mattia Casadei[6] All
40 Jordi Torres[6] 1–2, 4–6
55 Massimo Roccoli 3
Tech3 E-Racing 4 Héctor Garzó[7] All
17 Álex Escrig[8] All
WithU GRT RNF MotoE Team 7 Niccolò Canepa All
38 Bradley Smith[9] 4–6
3 Lukas Tulovic 1
9 Andrea Mantovani 2–3
Source:[10]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes

Mid-season changes

  • Bradley Smith missed the opening three rounds after suffering a fractured vertebra during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was replaced by Lukas Tulovic for the Spanish round, while Andrea Mantovani replaced him for the French and Italian rounds.[11][12]
  • Xavier Cardelús missed the opening Spanish round due to injury sustained from a training accident. He was replaced by Yeray Ruiz.[13] Cardelús also missed the Dutch round after having surgery on a ruptured tendon sustained during the previous Italian round. He was replaced by Unai Orradre.[14]
  • Jordi Torres missed the Italian round due to a fractured fibula sustained during race 1 of the previous French round. He was replaced by Massimo Roccoli.[15][16]

Regulation changes

Starting this season, standard MotoE events featured two Free Practice sessions, a Qualifying on Friday, and two races: one on Saturday and the other on Sunday.

E-Pole was replaced by more traditional Qualifying sessions: Qualifying session format: Q1 (10 minutes) – 10 min break – Q2 (10 minutes).[17]

Calendar

The following Grands Prix took place in 2022:[18]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 30 April Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
1 May
2 14 May Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
15 May
3 28 May Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
29 May
4 25 June Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
26 June
5 20 August CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
21 August
6 3 September Gran Premio Gryfyn di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
4 September
Cancelled Grand Prix
9 July Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix[19] Kymi Ring, Iitti
10 July

Grand Prix locations

Location of Grands Prix in 2022.
(: scheduled Grand Prix : cancelled Grand Prix)

Calendar changes

Comparison between the configuration of the Red Bull Ring used in 2019 and 2021 (top), and the layout used starting 2022 (bottom).
  • The Finnish Grand Prix scheduled for July was cancelled in May due to incomplete homologation works and the risks associated with the geopolitical situation in the region surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[19]
  • The Austrian Grand Prix used a new layout of the Red Bull Ring, wherein a chicane was added to the previous fast slight-left hander of turn 2.[20] This was done to improve the overall safety of the track by greatly minimizing the speed the riders take the turn. The final configuration was chosen among 15 proposals, with the track being 30 meters longer than the previous configurations.[21]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Miquel Pons Héctor Garzó Eric Granado LCR E-Team Report
Eric Granado Eric Granado LCR E-Team
2 French motorcycle Grand Prix Mattia Casadei Mattia Casadei Mattia Casadei Pons Racing 40 Report
Andrea Mantovani Dominique Aegerter Dynavolt Intact GP
3 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Dynavolt Intact GP Report
Dominique Aegerter Matteo Ferrari Felo Gresini MotoE
4 Dutch TT Dominique Aegerter Eric Granado Dominique Aegerter Dynavolt Intact GP Report
Eric Granado Eric Granado LCR E-Team
5 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Eric Granado Eric Granado Eric Granado LCR E-Team Report
Miquel Pons Eric Granado LCR E-Team
6 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix Dominique Aegerter Matteo Ferrari Mattia Casadei Pons Racing 40 Report
Matteo Ferrari Matteo Ferrari Felo Gresini 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
FRA
ITA
NED
AUT
RSM
Pts
1 Dominique Aegerter 2 4 2 1 1P F 2P F 1P 2P 2 3 2P 4P 227
2 Eric Granado 1 1F 7 5 3 8 2F 1F 1P F 1P 17 3 192.5
3 Matteo Ferrari 3 6 4 7 2 1 4 4 14 9 3F 1F 162.5
4 Mattia Casadei 17 3 1P F 2P 4 Ret 3 3 Ret 4 1 2 156
5 Miquel Pons 8P 2P 6 10 7 3 6 Ret 3 2F Ret 7 124
6 Hikari Okubo 6 5 3 6 11 Ret 13 11 4 7 7 9 95.5
7 Niccolò Canepa 11 9 8 3 6 6 7 5 Ret 12 6 6 94.5
8 Héctor Garzó 4F Ret 5 8 9 10 5 10 5 8 10 14 86
9 Álex Escrig 7 8 10 12 14 13 14 6 6 5 5 8 79
10 Kevin Zannoni 12 13 16 4 8 5 10 9 7 13 11 10 71.5
11 Jordi Torres 5 7 Ret DNS 9 16 8 10 4 5 65
12 Kevin Manfredi 13 10 13 16 10 9 11 7 10 11 8 11 58.5
13 Marc Alcoba 9 Ret Ret 9 5 7 Ret 13 12 15 13 13 46.5
14 Xavi Forés 14 11 12 13 12 12 12 15 9 DNS 15 15 35.5
15 Xavier Cardelús 11 14 DNS DNS 13 6 9 12 31
16 Andrea Mantovani 9 11F DSQ 4 25
17 María Herrera 15 14 14 15 16 15 15 8 11 14 14 Ret 21
18 Bradley Smith 8 17 Ret DNS 12 16 12
19 Lukas Tulovic 10 12 10
20 Alessio Finello Ret 15 15 17 13 14 16 12 DNS DNS 16 17 9
21 Massimo Roccoli 15 11 6
22 Unai Orradre 17 14 1
23 Yeray Ruiz 16 Ret 0
Pos. Rider SPA
FRA
ITA
NED
AUT
RSM
Pts
Source:[22]
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
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded during race 2 of the Dutch TT as less than two-thirds of the scheduled race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

Notes

  1. ^ For rounds 5 and 6, the team used the team name Zinia Aspar Team.

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