FIM ENEL MotoE™ World Championship
The MotoE™ World Championship is back for its sixth season and promises to be more exciting than ever thanks to a host of exciting new names and teams joining the series .
The series received the double boost of new World Championship status in 2023 , as well as welcoming Ducati as the sole bike supplier , with the impressive V21L prototype breaking race and lap records throughout the year .
What ’ s more , there was a thrilling championship battle to keep audiences on the edges of their seats , with the fight between Mattia Casadei and Jordi Torres going right the way down to the final round – the sixth straight time MotoE™ has delivered such a conclusion .
And like 2023 , the World Championship will be contested over eight rounds and 16 races , with the series kicking off in Portugal at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in March . Trips to Le Mans , and the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya follow in May , before Mugello and Assen host rounds four and five in June . The Sachsenring will host round six in July before further Grand Prix in Austria and Misano round off the year .
There are a total of five nationalities and 18 entrants for the 2024 running . There are a number of returning headliners , including reigning Champion Mattia Casadei , who moves to LCR E-Team to partner fellow frontrunner Eric Granado from Brazil . 2020 and 2021 Cup winner Jordi Torres returns with the Openbank Aspar Team , and first ever Cup winner Matteo Ferrari stays with Felo Gresini MotoE™ .
There are also some exciting new names , including in the teams as Aruba Cloud MotoE™ Racing Team , Klint Forward Factory Team and Axxis-MSI all join the fold . Aruba Cloud MotoE™ Racing Team fields two new riders : Italian Armando Pontone and British rider Chaz Davies , who brings a wealth of knowledge from his time in the WorldSBK™ Championship . Klint Forward Factory Team go for the experience of Andrea Mantovani and Maria Herrera , and Axxis-MSI will count on Miquel Pons and Oscar Gutierrez as the latter joins the grid full-time .
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