In the British GP of MotoE at Silverstone, Mattia Casadei takes the victory in Race 2. For the Sito Pons team rider it is the first victory with the Ducati V21L. On the podium also Eric Granado and Nicholas Spinelli.
Race 2 of the MotoE of the British GP at Silverstone – This weekend, the fifth round of the 2023 season of MotoE, the first with World Championship status and with the new V21L electric Ducati, was held on the circuit of Silverstone.
In the rain, Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40) won Race 2 of the British GP; the Italian rider preceded Eric Granado (LCR E-Team) and Nicholas Spinelli, Casadei's teammate, at the finish line. For Casadei, this is the first victory in the 2023 season with the Ducati V21L and the third overall in his career.
Casadei was the fastest, starting from the front row, immediately taking the lead. The first twist came at the first corner, with Krummenacher immediately leaving the fight for victory, due to an crash with Zaccone and Zannoni. In the first lap Tito Rabat and Miquel Pons also crashed.
Casadei immediately leads the race, carrying Granado, Garzò and Mantovani behind him in the first laps. Torres, Ferrari, Spinelli form a second group, a short distance from the first.
In the middle of the race, Casadei and Granado are the fastest and manage to gain against Garzò and Mantovani. The latter is recovered by the group of pursuers. In this group, Torres and Ferrari overtook each other several times, trying to grab important points for the fight for the championship.
From the chasing group it is Spinelli who has the best pace which allows him to recover the gap on Garzò.
Two laps from the end, Granado starts to attack Casadei who however immediately responds to the attack of the Brazilian rider and regains the leadership of the race. The fight for third place between Garzò, Spinelli, Torres and Ferrari was furious, with continuous overtaking and counter-overtaking.
In the penultimate lap, Casadei sets the fastest lap of the race in 2:19.327, gaining precious meters on Granado. Behind the first two, Spinelli passed Garzò, who also passed by Torres and Ferrari. Torres wants the podium to extend the lead in the standings, so attacks and passes Spinelli. The Italian rookie, however, wants the first podium of his career in MotoE, so he passes Torres on the outside a few corners from the finish line.
The order of arrival under the checkered flag is Casadei, Granado, Spinelli, Torres, Ferrari, Garzò, Mantovani, Okubo, Perez and Manfredi. At the end of the race, Ferrari was penalized by two positions for having triggered the accident on the first lap between Zaccone, Zannoni and Krummenacher.
Torres therefore remains in the lead in the standings with 168 points ahead of Ferrari (153 points) and Casadei (124 points).
The detailed report and the photo gallery of Race 1 and Race 2 of the MotoE at Silverstone will follow on Epaddock.
This is the order of arrival for Race 1 of the British GP of the della MotoE
| POS. | N. | Nat. | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 |  |
Mattia CASADEI | Pons Racing 40 | 14'07.906 | |
| 2 | 51 |  |
Eric GRANADO | LCR E-Team | 14'09.014 | 1,108 |
| 3 | 29 | |
Nicholas SPINELLI | Pons Racing 40 | 14'14.682 | 6,776 |
| 4 | 81 |  |
Jordi TORRES | Openbank Aspar Team | 14'14.815 | 6,909 |
| 5 | 4 | |
Hector GARZO | Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE | 14'15.630 | 7,724 |
| 6 | 9 | |
Andrea MANTOVANI | RNF MotoE Team | 14'17.021 | 9,115 |
| 7 | 11 | |
Matteo FERRARI | FELO Gresini MotoE | 14'18.265 | 10,359 |
| 8 | 78 |  |
Hikari OKUBO | TECH3 E-Racing | 14'27.389 | 19,483 |
| 9 | 34 | |
Kevin MANFREDI | Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse | 14'27.682 | 19,776 |
| 10 | 8 | |
Mika PEREZ | RNF MotoE Team | 14'27.752 | 19,846 |
| 11 | 23 | |
Luca SALVADORI | Prettl Pramac MotoE | 14'28.962 | 21,056 |
| 12 | 72 | |
Alessio FINELLO | FELO Gresini MotoE | 15'13.760 | 1,000 |
| 13 | 6 | |
Maria HERRERA | Openbank Aspar Team | 15'14.407 | 1,000 |
| 14 | 21 | |
Kevin ZANNONI | Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse | nc | 0,000 |
| 15 | 3 |  |
Randy KRUMMENACHER | Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE | nc | 0,000 |
| 16 | 61 | |
Alessandro ZACCONE | TECH3 E-Racing | nc | 0,000 |
| 17 | 53 | |
Tito RABAT | Prettl Pramac MotoE | nc | 0,000 |
| 18 | 77 | |
Miquel PONS | LCR E-Team | nc | 0,000 |
MotoE World Championship
The standings of the 2023 championship
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