The MotoE riders' press conference kicks off the 2023 British GP at Silverstone. After eight races, Jordi Torres leads the MotoE standings ahead of Matteo Ferrari and Hector Garzò.
The statements of the riders protagonists of MotoE 2023 in the press conference that kicks off the British GP on the historic Silverstone circuit.
One of the sport's oldest venues is preparing to welcome one of its newest innovations for the first time. It is in fact the first time that the FIM Enel MotoE World Championship arrives at Silverstone, and it is also the first time that the circuit hosts an electric race. The return from the summer break promises to be spectacular and, ahead of the start of track activity on Friday morning, some of the main protagonists sat down to analyze the key points: Championship leader Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Team), the most direct challenger Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE) and third placed Hector Garzo (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE). Here's what they said.
Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar Team)
"It's incredible. To ride here at Silverstone, that's such a long track and also is a difficult track that has many corners and many technical corners including high-speed corners and slow corners. But anyway, this year we have a bike good enough to do long races here. After the holidays, we’re trying to be in our best phase to arrive here with many options to be able to fight for the championship. We know the potential of Ferrari, who also wants to steal some points to be able to arrive at the final round with many options. For sure, we must try to stop him to stay on top. Yes, in these kinds of corners will see how our riding style is because you know it's the first time here in Silverstone, it is a new one for everyone. I haven't ridden here for nine years. It's a fantastic track, we've seen also that the asphalt and the tarmac seem very good in all conditions. We’ll see, I tried to do my best in the holidays. I trained a lot in SIM racing, also with the MotoGP videogame. Tomorrow at 8:30 we will see how the performance is after a lot of training with video games.
At the moment, the goal at the moment is to see how is the performance of Ferrari. When Matteo knows his potential and tries to squeeze the lap times 100%, it's very difficult to beat him. Yes, we're concentrating on this because if we can have more confidence than him, for sure we need more confidence than him. I think. Yes, the only option is to get our elbows out, to fight, to be more aggressive, but always with a lot of respect. For sure, showing as much battle as possible is good for everyone, but everyone wants to win and we'll see what happens."
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Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE)
“I'm really happy about how the first part of the season's gone. We were fast every track and this is very important for the championship. At the moment I want to think race by race because it’s still possible to achieve 200 points before the end of the championship which is a lot of points. At the moment the feeling with the bike is incredible and also with the team. We worked a lot during the test and I think we have a good base for every track for sure. Silverstone's a new track for MotoE. The last time I was here was in 2015 with Moto3, so it's a little bit different, but I’ve loved this track since the first time I rode it, for sure. I want to start it in a good way and we'll have to see the weather and to see what the conditions are of the asphalt, because it's different from the last time that I rode here. But yeah, I'm feeling good and I want to continue with this speed also this weekend.
In my opinion, the calendar has changed a lot as well as the points of the championship, because this year we have 16 races. In my opinion, it's better because I can push every time in the best way, 100% every time, and I don't have to think a lot about the championship. I crashed for example at race one in Le Mans, but I can now reset and already think about race XNUMX. So this format is better for me and also this calendar because every. Every time the race is very close to each other, so I think it's a good combination of things. Also, I work a lot, like every year, and like everybody. But for sure this winter it was really important for me because I change something in the way I work and I think it's a good way to achieve this result".
Hector Garzò (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE)
“I'm happy to be back after this summer break. At the end of the first part of the season was a little bit difficult. For me, the first race in Germany was tough and we were losing some important points there. Also, the weekend in Assen was a little bit difficult for me. I think that for me now it is a little bit better because we don't need to manage the pressure as much anymore, which could be a way to catch them, but anything can happen, you know. We still have the same amount of races as the beginning and anything can happen. New tracks like Silverstone for example, will change the game a little bit because it's a long track and it's difficult, but we will see how it how it will go here. I'd like to try and keep focussed and keep everything on these races in the second-half of the season to try and catch them, and anything can happen so we'll see.
I don't think so. We've seen Jordi at other races where he hasn't been there for nine years and then he wins the race. So it's not the main difference I think, but for sure I know that this track is difficult and its long. We will see the weather conditions and how they are and we will try to keep the focus”.
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