Almost all the teams of the MotoE World Championship 2023 presented their riders. The 2022 champion, Dominique Aegerter, who will race in WSBK in 2023, will not be there, while almost all the protagonists of last season are confirmed: Jordi Torres, Matteo Ferrari, Mattia Casadei, Eric Granado and Miquel Pons. Here is the almost complete list.
The teams and riders of the 2023 MotoE World Championship – 2023 will be the start of a new era for MotoE: after four years with the Ego Corsa by Energica, the new season will open with Ducati and its new electric prototype, the "V21L". The arrival of such a prestigious manufacturer and the elevation of the MotoE to the status of World Championship, have made the MotoGP electric series very attractive for riders, teams and sponsors.
There are, therefore, many protagonists of past seasons who immediately confirmed their participation in the MotoE 2023: the duo of the LCR E-Team, formed by Eric Granado and Miquel Pons, the double champion of the MotoE, Jordi Torres, the first winner of the MotoE, Matteo Ferrari, and the veteran Mattia Casadei.
Out of the line-up of the MotoE is Dominique Aegerter, the champion of the 2022 season. The Swiss rider achieved the challenge of winning two FIM titles in the same season: the MotoE and the Supersport World Championship. This extraordinary performance earned him a promotion to the Superbike World Championship with the Yamaha R1 of the GRT team. However, this new commitment is incompatible with the new MotoE World Championship, so the Dynavolt Intact GP team has found a new rider, or rather two, because, from 2023, the German team will line up two bikes, one for Randy Krummenacher and one for Hector Garzò.
Garzò is back from a subdued 2022 with the Tech3 team, which for 2023 has preferred him Alessandro Zaccone, a rider returning to MotoE after a season in Moto2 with the Gresini Racing team. Alongside Zaccone, Hervé Poncharal's team will have the Japanese Hikari Okubo, who is leaving the Avant Ajo team with which he raced the previous two seasons in MotoE.
In addition to the LCR team, Gresini Racing also confirmed both of its riders: Matteo Ferrari and Alessio Finello. The Aspar team further renews its trust in Maria Herrera and brings to its box none other than Jordi Torres, the champion of the MotoE in 2020 and 2021. Torres reunites with Jorge “Aspar” Martínez's team with whom he raced in the World Championship between 2011 and 2014, and says goodbye to the Sito Pons team with which he raced the last three seasons of the MotoE. His place in the Pons Racing team has been assigned to the young Italian rookie Nicholas Spinelli, who will join Mattia Casadei, in his fifth season in MotoE.
Whoever changes both of their riders is the Pramac Racing team. The Italian team has signed the former Moto2 World Champion, Tito Rabat, winner of the Spanish Superbike championship in 2022. The Spaniard will thus be the first rider to have raced with all three Ducati racing bikes: the Desmosedici, the Panigale and the MotoE. Teaming up with Rabar, the Pramac team has chosen Luca Salvadori, a rider who has been among the protagonists of the Italian National 1000 championship for years. In addition to his activity as a rider, Luca Salvadori is a very well-known and appreciated YouTuber by the motorcycling public and will certainly bring into the paddock of the World Championship his skills as a content creator.
MotoE World Championship
The calendar of the MotoE 2023
These are the teams and riders of the MotoE World Championship 2023:
Pons Racing 40: Mattia Casadei and Nicholas Spinelli
Felo Gresini MotoE rider: Matteo Ferrari and Alessio Finello
LCR E-Team: Miquel Pons and Eric Granado
Tech3 E-Racing: Alessandro Zaccone and Hikari Okubo
Pramac MotoE: Tito Rabat and Luca Salvadori
Openbank Aspar team: Maria Herrera and Jordi Torres
Dynavolt Intact GP: Randy Krummenacher and Hector Garzò
Sic58 Squadra Corse: Kevin Manfredi + Kevin Zannoni
Avant Ajo MotoE: Alessandro Zaccone and Hikari Okubo
RNF MotoE team: Andrea Mantovani and Mika Perez
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Alex De Angelis, Ducati tester for MotoE
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