The 2021 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2021 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycle racing, and was a support series of the 73rd F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

The Cup was won by Spanish rider Jordi Torres for the second consecutive season at the final round in Misano.[1]

Teams and riders

All teams used the series-specified Energica Ego Corsa.

Team No. Rider Rounds
Finland Avant Ajo MotoE 78 Japan Hikari Okubo[2] All
Spain Avintia Esponsorama Racing 14 Portugal André Pires[3] All
18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús[3] All
Germany Dynavolt Intact GP 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter[4] All
Italy Indonesian E-Racing Gresini MotoE 9 Italy Andrea Mantovani[5] All
11 Italy Matteo Ferrari[5] All
Monaco LCR E-Team 21 Italy Kevin Zannoni All
71 Spain Miquel Pons All
Italy Octo Pramac MotoE 61 Italy Alessandro Zaccone All
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández All
Malaysia One Energy Racing 51 Brazil Eric Granado[6] All
Italy Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse 27 Italy Mattia Casadei 1–4, 6
43 Italy Stefano Valtulini 5
Spain OpenBank Aspar Team 6 Spain María Herrera All
54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer[7] All
Spain Pons Racing 40
Spain HP Pons 40 		40 Spain Jordi Torres[8] All
80 Netherlands Jasper Iwema[9] All
France Tech3 E-Racing 3 Germany Lukas Tulovic[10] All
19 France Corentin Perolari[10] All
Source:[11]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes

Team changes

Mid season changes

Regulation changes

On weekends with two races, the E-Pole qualifying session would determine the starting grid for both races. Previously, the starting grid for the second race was based on the results of the first race.[15]

Calendar

The 2021 MotoE provisional calendar was released on 11 November 2020, featuring 7 races at 6 venues, supporting the Spanish, French, Catalan, Dutch, Austrian and San Marino Grand Prix—the latter being a double header.[16]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 2 May Spain Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
2 16 May France SHARK Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
3 6 June Catalonia Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
4 27 June Netherlands Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
5 15 August Austria Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
6 18 September San Marino Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
19 September

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Brazil Eric Granado Brazil Eric Granado Italy Alessandro Zaccone Italy Octo Pramac MotoE Report
2 France French motorcycle Grand Prix Brazil Eric Granado Italy Matteo Ferrari Brazil Eric Granado Malaysia One Energy Racing Report
3 Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Brazil Eric Granado Brazil Eric Granado Spain Miquel Pons Monaco LCR E-Team Report
4 Netherlands Dutch TT Brazil Eric Granado Brazil Eric Granado Brazil Eric Granado Malaysia One Energy Racing Report
5 Austria Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Fermín Aldeguer Brazil Eric Granado Germany Lukas Tulovic France Tech3 E-Racing Report
6 San Marino San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jordi Torres Italy Kevin Zannoni Spain Jordi Torres Spain HP Pons 40 Report
Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Italy Matteo Ferrari Italy Indonesian E-Racing 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
Spain 		FRA
France 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		AUT
Austria 		RSM
San Marino 		Pts
1 Spain Jordi Torres 3 5 3 2 7 1P 13P 100
2 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 2 4 2 18 3 2 12F 93
3 Italy Matteo Ferrari 6 8F 7 4 8 4 1 86
4 Brazil Eric Granado 13P F 1P RetP F 1P F 2F Ret 5 84
5 Italy Alessandro Zaccone 1 3 4 3 6 Ret DNS 80
6 Italy Mattia Casadei 4 2 Ret 6 3 2 79
7 Spain Miquel Pons 5 DNS 1 10 12 5 3 73
8 Germany Lukas Tulovic Ret 7 8 5 1 8 15 62
9 Spain Fermín Aldeguer Ret 15 6 7 4P 7 7 51
10 Colombia Yonny Hernández 10 6 5 9 10 9 Ret 47
11 Japan Hikari Okubo 7 Ret 9 8 5 Ret 6 45
12 Italy Kevin Zannoni 14 11 12 13 9 6F 4 44
13 France Corentin Perolari Ret 9 10 11 13 12 10 31
14 Italy Andrea Mantovani 8 DNS 14 14 11 11 9 29
15 Spain María Herrera 9 10 11 15 17 13 11 27
16 Andorra Xavi Cardelús Ret 13 Ret 12 18 10 8 21
17 Netherlands Jasper Iwema 11 14 Ret 16 14 14 14 13
18 Portugal André Pires 12 12 13 17 16 15 DNS 12
19 Italy Stefano Valtulini 15 1
Pos. Rider SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		AUT
Austria 		RSM
San Marino 		Pts
Source:[17]
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

References

  1. ^ Barstow, Ollie (20 September 2021). "MotoE title decided by stewards after controversial final lap collision". Visordown. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Avant Ajo MotoE and Hikari Okubo join forces for 2021". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "MotoE World Cup: Cardelús and Pires with Avintia in 2021". epaddock.it. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Aegerter signs on with Dynavolt Intact GP Team for 2021". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Ferrari stays! Rookie Mantovani joins him at Team Gresini". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Eric Granado and WithU Motorsport join forces for 2021". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Fermin Aldeguer set for MotoE debut with Aspar Team". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Torres and Pons Racing to defend MotoE World Cup in 2021". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b "MotoE World Cup: Pons chooses Jasper Iwema for 2021". epaddock.it. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Tulovic and Perolari form Tech3 E-Racing spearhead in 2021". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  11. ^ "2021 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup Entry List revealed". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Alex De Angelis to retire from racing". mcnews.com.au. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Miquel Pons and Kevin Zannoni join LCR E-Team for 2021". MotoGP. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Marc VDS Team withdraws from MotoE Cup". GPOne.com. 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. ^ "FIM Enel MotoE World Cup regulation and schedule updates". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  16. ^ Wong, Bethonie (11 November 2020). "MotoE releases provisional 2021 calendar". just-electric.org. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  17. ^ "2021 Standings" (PDF). motogp.com. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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