Circuit of Barcelona - Performance MotoE

The performance of the MotoE on the Barcelona Circuit

La MotoE in action on the Barcelona circuit
La MotoE in action on the Barcelona circuit (photo: Aspar Team)

The performance of the MotoE on the Barcelona circuit

The Barcelona circuit is spread over a length of 4657m with six left-hand and eight right-hand corners and a final straight of 1047m. There MotoE took to this track for the first time in 2021. Thanks to the telemetry shared by Ducati, we can show you the performance of the MotoE on this route. On this page you can also find infographics of the track with speed and lean angle curve after curve.

Performance infographic MotoE - Speed ​​and lean angle corner after corner in Barcelona
Performance infographic MotoE – Speed ​​and lean angle corner after corner in Barcelona

The average lap record speed for the class MotoE in Barcelona it is 154.6 km/h while the maximum speed reached was 275.5 km/h. On the Catalan circuit, the electric class of MotoGP was with the throttle wide open 47.8% of the time while the engine braking was used 29.0% of the time. As for the brakes, the front is used 24.4% of the time. Regenerative braking of MotoE allow 10% of the energy used in Barcelona to be recovered.
Some of the following images were created using the graphic engine of the MotoGP23 developed by Milestone which also includes the World Cup MotoE.

Performance infographic MotoE - Telemetry on the Barcelona circuit
Performance infographic MotoE – Telemetry on the Barcelona circuit

Mattia Casadei with the MotoE to Barcelona
Mattia Casadei with the MotoE in Barcelona (photo: MotoGP)

The description of the Barcelona circuit

The lap begins with a straightaway where the MotoE reaches 275 km/h. At the end of the straight there is heavy braking to get to Turn 1 on the right, connected to Turn 2 on the left, where you can take the accelerator very early to get to Turn 3 with good speed.
In this corner, it is crucial not to stop too much the bike and take the throttle early to turn the bike better, and it is important to focus on closing the lines as maximum as possible so as to not do many meters.
Turn 4 is a corner where you enter into a skid, both when braking and when exiting, because the curve is very steep so you have to give a lot of gas and then brake immediately for Turn 5 where you need to delay the entry and curve with a lot of banking (curve steepness).

Turn 6 is completely open throttle to get to the chicane formed by turns 7 and 8. It is very important to exit these two corners well because they are uphill. Turn 9 is a critical point where you could hit the limits of the track on the exit because it is a fast corner and you can't see the end of the track. After this corner, there is turn 10, where you need to go inwards at the entrance, widen in the center and again inside at the exit to immediately arrive at turn 11, where you brake with the bike at an angle and exit with a good acceleration.
Turns 12 and 13 are very fast and the most exciting for the drivers; it's important to take these two corners at high speed and arrive at the start of the long straight with the highest speed possible."

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