2021 MotoE World Cup

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

Teams and riders[]

All teams use the Energica Ego Corsa.

Team No. Rider Rounds Avant Ajo MotoE 78 Hikari Okubo[1] 1–5 Avintia Esponsorama Racing 14 André Pires[2] 1–5 18 Xavier Cardelús[2] 1–5 Dynavolt Intact GP 77 Dominique Aegerter[3] 1–5 Indonesian E-Racing Gresini MotoE 9 [4] 1–5 11 Matteo Ferrari[4] 1–5 LCR E-Team 21 1–5 71 Miquel Pons 1–5 Octo Pramac MotoE 61 Alessandro Zaccone 1–5 68 Yonny Hernández 1–5 One Energy Racing 51 Eric Granado[5] 1–5 Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse 27 1–4 43 Stefano Valtulini 5 OpenBank Aspar Team 6 María Herrera 1–5 54 [6] 1–5 Pons Racing 40 HP Pons 40 40 Jordi Torres[7] 1–5 80 Jasper Iwema[8] 1–5 Tech3 E-Racing 3 Lukas Tulovic[9] 1–5 19 [9] 1–5 Source:[10]

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Rider changes[]

• Alex de Angelis announced his retirement from motorcycle racing at the end of 2020.^[11]
• Alessandro Zaccone moved from Gresini Racing to replace de Angelis at Pramac.
• Andrea Mantovani made his full season debut with Gresini Racing to replace Alessandro Zaccone.^[4]
• Yonny Hernández made his class debut, replacing Joshua Hook at Pramac, and returning to the MotoGP paddock for the first time since 2017.
• Eric Granado moved from Esponsorama Racing to WithU Motorsport, replacing Jakub Kornfeil.^[5]
• André Pires made his class debut with Esponsorama Racing, replacing Granado.^[2]
• Corentin Perolari made his full season debut with Tech3 to replace Tommaso Marcon.^[9]
• Rookies Miquel Pons and Kevin Zannoni joined LCR E-Team to replace Xavier Siméon and Niccolò Canepa.^[12]
• Hikari Okubo joined Avant Ajo MotoE for his debut in the class, replacing Niki Tuuli.^[1]
• Jasper Iwema made his debut in the class with Pons Racing 40 adding a second bike, marking his first return to the MotoGP paddock since 2015.^[8]
• Fermín Aldeguer entered the class to replace compatriot Alejandro Medina at Aspar.^[6]

Team changes[]

• Marc VDS and their rider Mike Di Meglio left the class for 2021, citing scheduling conflicts with Di Meglio's Endurance World Championship entries.^[13]
• Pons Racing added a second entry in the grid vacancy left by Marc VDS' withdrawal.

Mid season changes[]

• missed the Austrian round due to him testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by Stefano Valtulini for the round.

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.^[14]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	2 May	Gran Premio Red Bull de España	Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
2	16 May	SHARK Grand Prix de France	Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
3	6 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
4	27 June	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
5	15 August	Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
6	18 September	Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
7	19 September

Results and standings[]

Grands Prix[]

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Eric Granado	Eric Granado	Alessandro Zaccone	Octo Pramac MotoE	Report
2	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Eric Granado	Matteo Ferrari	Eric Granado	One Energy Racing	Report
3	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Eric Granado	Eric Granado	Miquel Pons	LCR E-Team	Report
4	Dutch TT	Eric Granado	Eric Granado	Eric Granado	One Energy Racing	Report
5	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix		Eric Granado	Lukas Tulovic	Tech3 E-Racing	Report
6	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix					Report
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Cup standings[]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos. Rider SPA FRA CAT NED AUT RSM Pts 1 Alessandro Zaccone 1 3 4 3 6 80 2 Eric Granado 13PF 1P RetPF 1PF 2F 73 3 Jordi Torres 3 5 3 2 7 72 4 Dominique Aegerter 2 4 2 18 3 69 5 Lukas Tulovic Ret 7 8 5 1 53 6 Matteo Ferrari 6 8F 7 4 8 48 7 Miquel Pons 5 DNS 1 10 12 46 8 4 2 Ret 6 43 9 Yonny Hernández 10 6 5 9 10 40 10 Hikari Okubo 7 Ret 9 8 5 35 11 Ret 15 6 7 4P 33 12 Ret 9 10 11 13 21 13 14 11 12 13 9 21 14 María Herrera 9 10 11 15 17 19 15 8 DNS 14 14 11 17 16 André Pires 12 12 13 17 16 11 17 Jasper Iwema 11 14 Ret 16 14 9 18 Xavier Cardelús Ret 13 Ret 12 18 7 19 Stefano Valtulini 15 1 Pos. Rider SPA FRA CAT NED AUT RSM Pts

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) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap

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