Here are all the numbers, statistics and information you need to know before the start of the MotoE Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring.
Numbers and statistics of the MotoE World Championship, which this weekend disputes the Austrian GP, the sixth round of the 2023 season, on the Austrian circuit of the Red Bull Ring.
This is the fourth time that the Spielberg circuit hosts the MotoE and the first time that the FIM Enel MotoE World Championship arrives at this circuit with its new world championship status and its new supplier: Ducati.
Red Bull Ring records
The first MotoE event at the track took place in 2019, followed by 2021 and 2022. The first time MotoE was at Spielberg, Mike Di Meglio won a single-race round ahead of Xavier Simeon and Bradley Smith. Two years later, Lukas Tulovic took victory ahead of Eric Granado and Dominique Aegerter. Last year the Red Bull Ring hosted a double-race round for the first time: Race 1 was won by Granado ahead of Aegerter and Miquel Pons. The winner of Race 2 was again Granado, ahead of Pons and Aegerter.
| Fastest race lap | 1:40.064 | Eric GRANADO (2022) |
| All time lap record | 1:40.064 | Eric GRANADO (2022) |
| Pole position 2022 | 1:41.390 | Eric GRANADO |
| Duration Race 1 – 2022 (7 laps) | 11:55.313 | Eric GRANADO |
| Duration Race 2 – 2022 (7 laps) | 11:54.464 | Eric GRANADO |
Last year, Eric Granado scored a hat-trick at the Red Bull Ring, taking pole position, victory and fastest lap. The Brazilian rider of the LCR E-Team took here one of his three one-two finishes in MotoE, the other two were in Valencia in 2019 and in Jerez in 2022.
MotoE World Championship
The standings of the 2023 championship
The statistics of the MotoE
Nine riders have finished on the podium in the first five rounds of 2023: Ferrari (6), Torres (6), Casadei (4), Krummenacher (4), Garzo (3), Granado (3), Manfredi (2), Mantovani ( 1), and Spinelli (1). Torres conquered a double podium at Le Mans, Sachsenring and Assen; Ferrari at Mugello and Assen; Garzò at Le Mans and Granado at Silverstone. Only Ferrari has achieved a "hat-trick" (win, pole and fastest lap) at Le Mans, and a double victory at Assen. In 2023, seven riders won a race: Ferrari (3), Torres (2) and one each Mantovani, Casadei, Krummenacher and Garzò.
In 2023, the Dynavolt Intact GP Moto team achieved seven podiums, one more than the Openbank Aspar team and Felo Gresini MotoE with six each. Behind them, HP Pons Los40 has five, LCR E-Team three, Ongetta Sic58 Squadra Corse two and RNF MotoE one. Tech3 E-Racing and Prettl Pramac Racing are at zero, but still have six races to get their first podium of the season. The team with the most points is Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE (245) ahead of HP Pons Los40 (200) and Openbank Aspar (181).
| Victories | Pole Positions | Fastest Laps | |||
| Eric GRANADO | 11 | Eric GRANADO | 7 | Eric GRANADO | 13 |
| Matteo FERRARI | 10 | Jordi TORRES | 5 | Matteo FERRARI | 7 |
| Dominique AEGERTER (*) | 5 | Dominique AEGERTER (*) | 4 | Dominique AEGERTER (*) | 4 |
| Jordi TORRES | 4 | Matteo FERRARI | 3 | Niki TUULI (*) | 3 |
| Mattia CASADEI | 3 | Mattia CASADEI | 1 | Hector GARZO | 3 |
| Niki TUULI (*) | 2 | Miquel PONS | 1 | Mattia CASADEI | 3 |
| Alessandro ZACCONE | 1 | Fermin ALDEGUER (*) | 1 | Jordi TORRES | 2 |
| Miquel PONS | 1 | Niki TUULI (*) | 1 | Kevin ZANNONI | 1 |
| Andrea MANTOVANI | 1 | Alex DE ANGELIS (*) | 1 | Miquel PONS | 1 |
| Hector GARZO | 1 | Mike DI MEGLIO (*) | 1 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | 1 |
| Randy KRUMMENACHER | 1 | Andrea MANTOVANI | 1 | ||
| Lukas TULOVIC (*) | 1 | Kevin MANFREDI | 1 | ||
| Mike DI MEGLIO (*) | 1 | Mike DI MEGLIO (*) | 1 | ||
| Alex DE ANGELIS (*) | 1 |
Four riders have participated in all seasons of the MotoE: Matteo Ferrari (42 starts), Eric Granado (40), Mattia Casadei (41) and Maria Herrera (42). In 2023, seven new riders participate in the MotoGP electric class, five of whom are rookies: Tito Rabat, Luca Salvadori, Mika Perez, Nicholas Spinelli and Randy Krummenacher. The others have already participated in MotoE in the past: Alessandro Zaccone (2020-2021) and Andrea Mantovani (2021 and two races in 2022 to replace the injured Bradley Smith).
Granado and Ferrari are the only riders to have achieved a double victory in the same round. The Brazilian did it in the Spanish and Austrian GPs in 2022 and in Valencia in 2019, while the Italian in the San Marino GP in 2019 and in the Dutch GP in 2023.
The LCR E-Team is the only team that has had a one-two: in Race 2 at both the Spanish GP and in the Austrian GP in 2022. The Dynavolt Intact GP team MotoE has the most podiums (25), followed by Pons Racing 40 (20), Felo Gresini MotoE (19) and LCR E-Team (18).
The riders who achieved a “hat trick” (win, pole, fastest lap) in the same round were: Eric Granado (2019 Valencia GP, 2020 Spanish GP, 2021 Dutch GP, 2022 Austrian GP), Matteo Ferrari (2023 FrenchGP) , Mattia Casadei (2022 French GP), Dominique Aegerter (2022 Italian GP), Niki Tuuli (2019 German GP) and Mike Di Meglio (2019 Austrian GP).
MotoE World Championship
The TV and streaming schedules of the Austrian GP
The performance of the MotoE 2023
In the first two rounds of 2023, at Le Mans and Mugello, the V21L beat the previous lap record by more than three seconds. A new track record was also set at the Sachsenring. Furthermore, in both races of the French GP, all the participants were faster than the previous lap record of the MotoE. Also in the Dutch GP at Assen, the new one MotoE was faster than the previous track record, this time by 2.5 seconds.
Already at the beginning of the season, in the first test of 2023, in March, Granado had been half a second faster than the official record of the MotoE in Jerez. A month later, in the second test, Granado was again the fastest, lowering the official MotoE lap record in Barcelona by three seconds.
At Mugello, the MotoE set its new top-speed record: at the end of the main straight, Jordi Torres reached the speed of 281,9 km/h.
Here is some information on the Ducati V21L: the acceleration data were recorded during a start while the braking data are those recorded at the end of the main straight in Barcelona (turn 1).
Ducati MotoE
The performance on track of the MotoE of Ducati
Photos: www.MotoGP.com and Aspar Team
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