MotoE™ WORLD CUP 2021
heavier electric machinery . Crucially he kept his head in a critical moment ( the first race at Le Mans ) when all of his rivals appeared to lose theirs . He has thrice been on the podium this year and sits second overall .
The surprise of the season so far has been Italian Alessandro Zaccone ( Octo Pramac MotoE ), who picked up a surprise win at Jerez and backed that up with thirds in France and Holland . He must now be considered as one of the leading candidates for the title . There are some interesting moves for fellow riders of experience in this year ’ s field as race winner Eric Granado switches to One Energy Racing . The move has already borne fruit , with the Brazilian winning an epic contest in France and backing that up with another first at Assen . He sits third overall .
The same can be said of Aegerter ( Dynavolt Intact GP ), who placed third overall in last year ’ s series . Like Torres , the Swiss rider took no time in adapting to the class in his first year , winning two races . Only a series of unfortunate events kept him from claiming the crown . He ’ s started 2021 well , scoring two second places and a fourth before a costly crash at Assen saw him slip to fourth overall . Mattia Casadei ( SIC58 Squadra Corse ) made a heroic return to Jerez after a sustaining a serious leg injury over the offseason . He was on a podium at Le Mans , which bodes well for his title hopes . 2019 winner and 2020 runner-up Ferrari ( Trentino Gresini MotoE ) also returns . A figure capable of unerring consistency , his late season collapse in 2020 came as one of the year ’ s major surprises . No doubt he ’ ll be keen to put that right this time around .
The likes of Lukas Tulovic ( Tech3 E-Racing ), Maria Herrera ( Openbank Aspar Team ) and Xavier Cardelus ( Avintia Esponsorama Racing ) also remain on the grid , and there are some exciting new – and well-known – faces too . Yonny Hernandez joins Octo Pramac MotoE as the popular Colombian makes a return to the Grand Prix paddock , and Hikari Okubo will be putting his WorldSSP experience to the test in a new challenge with Avant Ajo MotoE . Miquel Pons and Kevin Zannoni join LCR E-Team , Fermin Aldeguer will race as Herrera ’ s teammate at Openbank Aspar , Andrea Mantovani partners Ferrari at Trentino Gresini MotoE , Corentin Perolari joins Tulovic at Tech3 E-Team and Portuguese rider Andre Pires joins the ranks of Avintia Esponsorama Racing . Judging by the racing so far in 2021 , it is proving to be another exciting year .
CLASSIFICATION
# RIDER
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Alessandro ZACCONE
OCTO PRAMAC MotoE
Jordi TORRES
PONS RACING 40
Eric GRANADO
ONE ENERGY RACING
Dominique AEGERTER
DYNAVOLT INTACT GP
Mattia CASADEI
ONGETTA SIC58 SQUADRACOTSE
Miquel PONS
LCR E-TEAM
Matteo FERRARI
INDONESIAN E-RACING GRESINI MotoE
Yonny HERNANDEZ
OCTO PRAMAC MotoE
Lukas TULOVIC
PETRONAS SPRINTA RACING
Hikari OKUBO
AVANT AJO MotoE
Fermin ALDEGUER
OPENBANK ASPAR TEAM
Maria HERRERA
OPENBANK ASPAR TEAM
Corentin PEROLARI
TECH3 E RACING
Kevin ZANNONI
LCR E-TEAM
Andrea MANTOVANI
INDONESIAN E-RACING GRESINI MotoE
PTS
70 63 53 53 43 42 40 34 28 24 20 19 18 14 12
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