The 2020 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2020FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycle racing, and was a support series of the 72nd F.I.M.Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
The season calendar was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season.
The season champion was Jordi Torres in his first season in the electric class, after achieving four podium finishes (including one win) and never finishing outside of the top 6. Runners-up Matteo Ferrari and Dominique Aegerter also tallied four podiums including two wins each, but retirements and poor finishes at the remaining races meant that they could not match Torres at the season's final race.[1]
In case two races are held in the same weekend, the E-Pole qualifying session determines the starting grid for Race 1, while the grid for Race 2 features the riders in the order they have finished Race 1, followed by the non-classified riders sorted by qualifying time. Previously, both races were run with the same starting grid, based on E-Pole results. [6] Only the pole rider of the first race of a weekend is credited with a pole position; the polesitter for the second race is not officially recorded for the rider.
Calendar
The MotoE provisional calendar, released in September 2019, featured six races in five venues, supporting the Spanish, French, Dutch, Austrian and San Marino Grands Prix—the latter being a double-header;[7] an additional race was added in December 2019, when a double-header in Valencia replaced the single French race.[8]
As a revised schedule was released in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following Grands Prix took place in 2020.[9]
Calendar changes as a reaction to coronavirus pandemic
The season calendar was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season.
The Spanish Grand Prix, due to be held on 3 May, was postponed on 26 March.[10] Its date was later set to 19 July.[9]
The Dutch TT was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September.[11] It was subsequently cancelled on 29 April.[12]
The San Marino Grand Prix, which was due to host a double-header round,[7] became a single-header event.[9] A double-header to be held at the same track was added for the following week, as part of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.[9]
A second event at Jerez, named after Andalusia, and a double-header at the French Grand Prix, were also added to the revised schedule.[9]
^Matteo Ferrari, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding during the previous race.[13]Mattia Casadei started the race from pole position, although Ferrari was still credited with pole position.[14]
