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Casadei wins Race 2 in Barcelona and takes the MotoE lead

Mattia Casadei is the winner of Race 2 of the MotoE 2023 in the GP in Barcelona
Mattia Casadei is the winner of Race 2 of the MotoE 2023 in the GP of Barcelona (Photo: MotoGP)

In the Catalan GP of MotoE in Barcelona, ​​Mattia Casadei takes the victory in Race 2 and takes the top of the World Championship standings. The Pons Racing team rider precedes Mantovani and Spinelli at the finish line. Torres crashes while leading the race.

Race 2 of the MotoE of the Catalan GP in Barcelona – This weekend, it's time for the seventh round of the 2023 season of the MotoE at the Barcelona circuit.
Mattia Casadei (HP Pons Los40) won Race 2 ahead of Andrea Mantovani (RNF MotoE team) and Nicholas Spinelli (HP Pons Los40). Casadei, Torres and Mantovani had a great battle at the head of the race until two laps from the end when the Spanish rider crashed at turn 5 while he was first. For Torres it's a very heavy zero for the championship standings. Now Casadei is first, followed by Torres and Ferrari with only the two Misano races left to finish the 2023 season of the MotoE.

Jordi Torres falls in Race 2 of the MotoE 2023 in the GP in Barcelona
Jordi Torres falls in Race 2 of the MotoE 2023 in the GP in Barcelona (Photo: MotoGP)

Casadei was the fastest to start from the front row, immediately taking the lead ahead of Mantovani, Torres, Garzò and Ferrari. A few turns and Torres immediately attacks Mantovani, moving into second position behind Casadei. In the first two laps, the positions of the first three did not change, gaining a few tenths on Garzò and Ferrari, engaged in a series of overtaking and counter-overtaking for fourth place.
On the third lap Torres starts the fight for the race lead. At turn 1 he attacks and passes Casadei, taking the lead. Casadei doesn't fit and on the next lap passes Torres at the same point. Garzò meanwhile closes the gap with the first three, also bringing Ferrari, Spinelli and Pons with him. Now the leading group is made up of seven riders.
On the fifth lap, Torres repeats the attack on Casadei at turn 1 and passes him, Mantovani takes advantage of the space between the two, thus moving up to second position. The Italian also tries to attack Torres at turn 10 but the Spaniard resists and remains at the head of the group with two laps to go.

Just when the Aspar team rider seemed destined for victory, a twist occurs. The rear of the Spaniard's Ducati V21L loses grip entering turn 5, taking him wide into the gravel. Torres crashes and retires. Meanwhile, behind him is Garzò who passes both Mantovani and Casadei and takes the lead of the race.
The final lap begins with Garzò first but when braking into turn 1 Casadei overtakes both Mantovani and Garzò and takes the lead of the race. Mantovani follows him and tries to attack him at 10 but Casadei brakes hard and keeps the winner of Race 1 behind him. The order of arrival seems decided but before the checkered flag there is time for the masterclass overtaking by Spinelli who attacks Garzò for third place and overtakes at the last corner, like Rossi on Lorenzo in 2009.
The first three at the finish line are: Mattia Casadei, Andrea Mantovani and Nicholas Spinelli. In the general classification, Casadei takes the lead with 219 points ahead of Torres (198) and Ferrari (197 points).

MotoE World Championship
The standings of the 2023 championship

This is the order of arrival for Race 2 of the MotoE GP at Barcelona

POS. N. Nat. Rider Team Time Gap
1 40 flags_of_Italy.gif Mattia CASADEI Pons Racing 40 12'47.019
2 9 flags_of_Italy.gif Andrea MANTOVANI RNF MotoE Team 12'47.091 0,072
3 29 flags_of_Italy.gif Nicholas SPINELLI Pons Racing 40 12'47.407 0,388
4 4 flags_of_Spain.gif Hector GARZO Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE 12'47.443 0,424
5 11 flags_of_Italy.gif Matteo FERRARI FELO Gresini MotoE 12'47.517 0,498
6 77 flags_of_Spain.gif Miquel PONS LCR E-Team 12'48.090 1,071
7 21 flags_of_Italy.gif Kevin ZANNONI Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse 12'48.227 1,208
8 61 flags_of_Italy.gif Alessandro ZACCONE TECH3 E-Racing 12'48.820 1,801
9 3 flags_of_Switzerland.gif Randy KRUMMENACHER Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE 12'49.615 2,596
10 51 flags_of_Brazil.gif Eric GRANADO LCR E-Team 12'51.477 4,458
11 99 flags_of_Spain.gif Oscar GUTIERREZ Prettl Pramac MotoE 12'51.673 4,654
12 34 flags_of_Italy.gif Kevin MANFREDI Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse 12'53.408 6,389
13 78 flags_of_Japan.gif Hikari OKUBO TECH3 E-Racing 12'58.199 11,180
14 8 flags_of_Spain.gif Mika PEREZ RNF MotoE Team 12'58.255 11,236
15 72 flags_of_Italy.gif Alessio FINELLO FELO Gresini MotoE 13'02.542 15,523
16 6 flags_of_Spain.gif Maria HERRERA Openbank Aspar Team 13'02.689 15,670
17 81 flags_of_Spain.gif Jordi TORRES Openbank Aspar Team nc 0,000
18 53 flags_of_Spain.gif Tito RABAT Prettl Pramac MotoE nc 0,000

Photos: MotoGP

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