Extra, from a press launch issued by Dorna:
Race 1: historical past made as Casadei seals it with a win
The Pons rider places in a near-perfect efficiency to fend off Garzo as Spinelli completes the rostrum
Saturday, 09 September 2023
Mattia Casadei (HP Pons Los40) is the 2023 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Champion, and he did it in type! The Italian took the crown with a hard-fought victory in Race 1 of his house spherical, popping out on high in a detailed end towards Hector Garzo (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE™) by simply 0.021s. Casadei is the primary Champion because the sequence turned a full eight-round, 16-race Championship this 12 months, making some historical past within the course of. The Champions’ teammate Nicholas Spinelli was within the combine from begin to end too, and took an vital podium so as to add to the Pons staff celebrations.
Casadei’s closest title rival Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Workforce) suffered some drama, slapped with a double lengthy lap penalty after leaping the beginning, and it was a harder first race for Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) as Casadei emerged imperious.
The lights went out for MotoE™ Race 1 and there was battle in Torres but because the Spaniard flew from fifth place on the grid to grab the holeshot from Casadei, after that small however actual soar begin, with Spinelli watching on in third. Garzo quickly latched onto the highest three too as a number one group of 4 broke away from the remainder of the sector.
Casadei had hearth in his stomach as he hit the entrance, with Torres being bullied to the again of the group. We then had six laps of frantic MotoE™ motion forward of us.
That’s when information broke of Torres’ lightning launch: it was all the way down to a soar begin from the title contender, and the Spaniard then needed to take two excursions via the lengthy lap loop at Tramonto earlier than rejoining the race down in twelfth place.
In the meantime on the entrance, Casadei led the way in which with Garzo and Spinelli snapping at his heels. All of the Italian needed to do was end the race with Torres down the order and he can be topped Champion, and Spinelli and Garzo began to swap paintwork behind the race chief too. That allowed Casadei to stretch out some respiration area with three laps to go, Championship in clear sight.
The Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse duo of Kevin Manfredi and Kevin Zannoni then joined the celebration, and so they introduced Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) with them. The trio latched onto Spinelli and Garzo, who began to reel within the race chief as soon as once more.
It was too little too late although as Garzo was left with few choices to assault the race chief on the ultimate lap. The Spaniard was throughout Casadei’s rear wheel via the ultimate sector and pulled alongside the Pons machine as they flew in direction of the road, but it surely wasn’t fairly sufficient. Casadei made it the excellent ending to his Championship problem as he simply beat Garzo to it, sealing the crown with a win.
Behind the primary ever FIM Enel MotoE™ World Champion got here Garzo after which Spinelli finishing the rostrum, with Torres recovering to tenth place ultimately however ensuring to congratulate his title rival after the flag dropped. Manfredi, Zannoni and Ferrari accomplished that entrance group in that order.
Race 2: Spinelli takes beautiful maiden win to log out in type
A 3-way battle for victory between Spinelli, Garzo and Casadei brings the curtain down on a traditional season
Nicholas Spinelli (HP Pons Los40) rounded out the season in type in Race 2, making it a Pons staff clear sweep of riders’ crown, double on Saturday and groups’ Championship because the squad put together to bow out of World Championship competitors. The Italian took his maiden win with the gloves off as he fought off each Hector Garzo (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE™) and just lately topped Champion Mattia Casadei (HP Pons Los40), though the recently-crowned Champion nonetheless put a cherry on high of a dream weekend with one other podium.
With the Championship determined it was time for all-out warfare as a showstopping MotoE™ finale was on it’s the way in which. The lights went out for the ultimate time in 2023 and it was the Champion Casadei who held agency via the primary sector to carry onto the lead, with Spinelli and Garzo glued to his rear wheel.
Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Workforce) was within the combine in addition to the Spaniard now had nothing to lose, however every thing to achieve along with his sights set on a stable consequence to cap off his 2023 season.
Proper on the entrance although, Casadei dropped from 1st to third in a single fell swoop as Spinelli ducked underneath the Champion via the quickest sector on monitor, and Garzo rapidly capitalised as nicely to barge his approach via on the Italian.
Spinelli led Garzo because the duo broke away from the pack ever so barely with the laps ticking away. The Spaniard had a couple of cheeky appears up the within, however Spinelli held agency… till Flip 1 on the ultimate lap. Garzo pushed his approach via however Spinelli answered again with some poetry to depart the 2 side-by-side… after which Casadei appeared.
He shot previous each, however Spinelli wasn’t accepting second within the last showdown of the season. He attacked once more, Garzo took again over in second, and it was all all the way down to the ultimate sector. Spinelli stored it pinned to win in type, with Garzo holding off Casadei because the three staged one other battle to recollect.
With all that, Andrea Mantovani (RNF MotoE™ Workforce) and Torres each tagged proper onto the rostrum battle, and a small freight practice fashioned. They accomplished the highest 5, forward of Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) after a harder weekend on house turf. Tito Rabat (Prettl Pramac MotoE™), Miquel Pons (LCR E-Workforce) and Alessandro Zaccone (Tech 3 E-Racing) accomplished the highest ten. Eric Granado (LCR E-Workforce) crashed out with Kevin Manfredi (Ongetta SIC58 Squadra Corse), riders okay.
That brings the 2023 MotoE™ season to a detailed after a surprising 12 months of competitors. A brand new identify on high, an unimaginable profitable run and extra historical past made is simply the half of it as the electrical sequence delivered among the closest racing on Earth. However that’s all for now – be part of us for extra in 2024!
